More Active Appreciation: Eliza's Class

They didn't exactly line them up in rows and put on a performance. It was supposed to be more of a demonstration of the kinds of activities they do with the kids. At any given time, there were one or two kids wailing. All the little kids wanted to be sitting with their moms instead of participating in the demonstration.

The woman with the long dark hair is Miss Iman who is the Arabic language teacher. She is always talking to Eliza in Arabic which I asked her to do and appreciate since it does seem to have helped Eliza to understand quite a lot. Miss Iman's daughter Jude is in Miles's class, and she always comes down to play with Eliza after her class before I pick them both up...to E's chagrin... I think J sees E as her personal doll to be carried around and pinched a played with. In fact, E seems to engender that behavior in other kids, as well.

I wish I could load up more, or a longer one, but it appears to be more than our connection can handle. What you missed are her singing some Arabic songs, recognizing shapes by their Arabic name, and an activity where she identified the color of the circle being held up and a classmate wearing the same color.