Miss Jess...

or Miss Jekissa, or My Teacher...I seem to be answering to any of the above these days more often. School's in session. I've got a new class that I'm tutoring and I've just got to go ahead and tell you that they have just become a spot of sunshine in my weeks. They're such sweet kids. English is the name of the game that we're playing...in the picture, I baked them cookies for their surprise this week because they all had smiley faces left at the end of the week. Let me tell you that my cooking skills are much improved this side of the water (I am still a work in progress, though), and I hope the cookies will motivate them to keep those smileys! Other than constantly making each other laugh and wanting to never stop singing our silly school songs...they're pretty well behaved. Even when they're not, I have to stifle a giggle before I tell them to sit down or listen. I meet with them three times a week and I kind of feel like I'm back in grade school again. When I was little, I used to ride my bike down the street and play 'school' with my girl friends. If memory serves me correct--I like to get my way--I think I was the teacher quite often! We'd get old worksheets and make bulletin boards...all the works. So, I've been having fun getting creative with my lesson plans again, many years later. Not to mention the fact that I have to live up to their former teacher (the real live teacher from America--not to mention fabulous teacher--Katie)... but I'm doing my best. Melissa's been helping and laughing at me as I ravage Google for ideas and am constantly making up silly songs now to whatever we might be learning! The last one was called, 'School is Fun' to the tune of 'Three Blind Mice'...and really, school has been fun!