My first day!

Today was my first day of teaching! I am on the eastern coast of Italy, between Cesena and Rimini, in a small town called San Mauro Pascoli. I am living with an AWESOME host family in a nearby town. They have two girls, Francesca (12) and Daniela (8). I think I am Daniela's new best friend! She hasn't left my side since I got here Saturday night! : ) She is so adorable!

My class this week is third grade (age 8-9) and they are so smart! Today it was raining outside all day, so we had to stay in the classroom, but we worked on the alphabet and drawing pictures for each letter; making introductions; and things that we like. We also started planning for our show at the end of the week! With 9 students, we have lots of imagination! And now I need to come up with a script for Alice (from Wonderland), Shrek, Hannah Montana, a vampire, Jasmine (from Aladdin), Lilo (from Lilo & Stitch), Frankenstein, and Princess (& the Frog)...wish me luck!!! : )

But I absolutely love my kids and teaching is a lot of fun! I am really glad I found this organization and would recommend it to anyone--education major or not! It's hard work, but it's very rewarding! (Plus, you get to travel Italy!!!) : )

I will keep you updated with how the rest of my week goes and where I'm headed next week!

BACI!! xxx