Class begins at 8:30a.m. So by 10:00 a.m. we are ready for a break! We get up and move around for 10 minutes. Everyday is different. We have basic movement verbs we use...and add onto the list weekly. All of the students take turns leading us in some kind of exercise. My class like to dance. This day my volunteer helper Juli from Indonesia is teaching an Indonesian dance.
Polina and Vladimir from the Ukraine are following her simple instructions..."Move your hands to the right...now to the left...turn around..." We all repeat the commands. Often we practice our verb tenses...present, continuous present, past, continuous past, etc. For example: "We are clapping our hands...we are shaking our heads...we are putting our hands up...down..." We practice our prepositions of location: in front of, behind, above, below, etc.
One day my Columbian student Angelica taught us Cuban Salsa dancing. (We had to do that downstairs in a larger room.) Here, Yvette, the director of our program (pictured on the right) joins my class "for a break!" We all fell so much better after we have ended a vigorous workout with, "Breathe in...breathe out..."
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