thursday we took the kindergarten kids on a field trip, my first since i've been here. it was a lot of fun, we went to the children's grand park, which is basically a big park with a small zoo and a small amusement park. we checked out the animals, had a picnic lunch, played some duck, duck, goose, and finally played on a jungle gym before heading back to school.

the bus ride over to the park was especially fun. i had the window open, and was just happy to be out and about, enjoying the nice weather. the kids were also really excited, when we drove over the river, i said, wow, look, the river! and they all responded with wows. then i realized i could get them to say wow at anything so i started saying, look, trees! and they'd all say wow!

i told all the kids the bears were scoping out which one they wanted for lunch. i told them that morning he'd had a naughty little boy for a tasty breakfast. they didn't buy it.

i was in charge of tiger class, which was the easiest assignment of all, they're the oldest and smartest of the morning classes. they can all understand and speak english really well, and all of them except for yuna have spent some time in either america or canada. we took a break once all of them started complaining about being hot and wanting water.

from left: yuna, wonjin, jay, jaewoo, youngjae, and jinwon. three of them have some sort of jay in their names and wonjin and jinwon have the same syllables only reversed. it can get pretty confusing, especially when you're hollering to try to get their attention.

from left: philip (with the bright red cap), jinny, melody, daniel, leo, sam, and kayoung.

then it was on to see a few more animals before lunch. once of my favorites was a huge cage with tons of different birds in it, from chickens and turkeys, to vultures and ostriches.

after a picnic lunch in which dozens of kids with dirty hands kept generously offering me food, we played a spirited game of duck, duck, goose. the next day i asked each kid in tiger class what they're favorite part of the day was, and they all said duck, duck, goose. so much for polar bears, i guess.

then it was on the playground, which had a jungle gym, slides, and other fun stuff.

it was a lot of fun, but also really tiresome. i wanted a shower and a nap, but unfortunately i still had to teach the regular afternoon schedule. miraculously, however, all three of my students in my first class didn't show up so i had a nice break.