Well boys and girls, it was my first day back to school, and it was damn near a snow day! I awoke this morning to nice dusting of snow and a pleasant amount of flakes in the air. The snow really brings out the beauty of Berlin.
In any case I met up with Geraldine, who would be showing me the ropes, at the school while freezing my marbles off. If everything goes according to plan, I'll be heading to this Kita (which as children ranging from 2-6) every weekday from 9-12. It's actually quite a sweet gig. I will be working with about two German Erziehern (teachers of little kids), which makes things much easier should I have any little bastards in my class, which is sure to happen being in Germany.
We started off the day singing some songs, both in German and English. We then taught them Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer (not about Rudolf Barbie you history buffs) and then Geraldine took me on a quick tour of the Kita. There are about 4 other classes in this particular building, each one with its own English teacher.
After some coloring, it was time to head outside and play in the snow. Now, when I was a kid I remember playing in the snow with soaking wet pants, chilly shoes, and no hat or scarf. These kids were decked out to the core, snow pants and all. And guess who had to help them put all that shiz on? Me. I pretty much helped dress these kids head to toe, but the thing I noticed that needed the most help were the gloves. One kid kept balling up his fists when trying to put his gloves on. If the glove don't fit you must acquit...
Finally they were all dressed and we made our way down the treacherous stairs, but not before I noticed little Achmed walking around with a look of disbelief on his face as he held up his had, glove all twisted and turned. A simple readjustment got him back to normal and out into the snow.
It was fun watching this little kids waddle around in the snow. Something tells me I'm gonna be doing this a bit more often in the following months...
Janna, Mladen, & son Elliot turned out to be Swedish and exceptionaly interesting. They are a theatre family and live in their theatre in Southern Sweden. The building is gorgeous, apparently an old school house. They claim it is the southern most theatre in Sweden. They are down for the weekend enjoying Berlin & having some meetings with theatre folk. They have travelled to such far-off places as Timbuktu. Seriously- Timbuktu with sand and camels. Janna said they had to chase camels off the space so they could perform "The Little Prince". And Elliot goes with them everywhere- lucky kid.
