Welcome to Krakow, Aynur 😊

Week 1

From the first Day in Krakow I feel like home. It is my first time being somewhere so far away from my Homeland and before coming here I felt very nervous as I did not know what to expect. People are so nice and welcoming. First week Polish Language scared me but after getting used to it I AM already able to under stand the context of the conversations and Express myself with Simple sentences. First days in the kindergarten 176 were full of New exprience. Children are very active and always involved in the activities with the aim to improve their skills. The first thing that impressed me the most is Pani Marzena’s teaching methods. Her teaching methods and activities for children maliny based on the inquiry-based instructions so she always entourage students to ask questions and investigate. From an Elary age they start to aquire problem solving skills. In addition the most import ant thing that I learned throughout these four weeks  from Marzena was how to use Visualisation. She gives us helpful instructions to create activities for children using Visual elements. Firs week we were asked to teach children colours in Spanish and Azerbaijani Language. Creating our own materials to teach them New language was full of fun for me and Mary =) We are great team =) The fact that children easily learn New language impresses me so much. Children are not forced to memorize knowledge. The environment in the classroom Leads them to learn. Now we have Spanish and Azerbaijanian colours hanged on the Wall so children see them everyday and learn them without Any ef fort. And of cours games help to strengthen that knowledge.

Week 2

This week was full of activities made by me and Mary but first I want to mention children’s attitude toward us. No matter in which part of the World you are these Little Citizens of the World have enough love for everyone. They are always happy and ready to share their happiness with everyone who wants it. Kids in the group number  five are great. Whenever we enter the classroom or leave it they hug us and give lots of positive energy.

These week we were asked to creat puppets in order to show to children Cerwony Kapturek fairytale in Tyree different languages.  I did not know that I an very good at puppet making but I was really good =) Never created something like that and from now never will stop doing it =)

Then During the second week we made presentation about ourself. It gave children additional information about parts of the world. This is great opportunity for them to learn that world is bigger than they think. I remember  when I was at their age I thought world consists of Only my country =D They asked a lot of questions about my family and my childhood. Children are really keen on learning New facto about me and Mary. In addition to this activity we also made a flag of our countries. Nowi t is hanged on the wall. Sometimes children Draw my flag, write colours in my language and give it to me as a gift. Cutest thing ever =D

The last activity that we did this week was to make Animals shapes and colouring them. Later Mary and me did tree in order to place those Animals on that.

Week 3

During this week we had an opportunity to see children from another group. They were 3 years old and were looking like Little alive dolls =D  We did not have Chance to do some activities there but we helped them with daily routine and played some games.

This week we finished making puppets and had performance.  Children from different groups were invited to see Cerwony Kapturek in Spanish and Azerbaijani. I want to mention a few things about this teaching activity. During previous weeks children Got some Basic information about our countries. This activity gave chance to children to aquire how our language sounds based on the story that they know in Polish. This metod allowe children to have fun and Get to know our language in a less formal environment. It improved their listening skills and after the performance they came to me and started to say words in Azerbaijani such as Qirmizi Papaq which means Red Hood in Azerbaijani.

Also we continued to decorate our classrom and made another flags.

The last thing done by us Turing this week was Origami. We devided children into two groups and each of us had Her own group. It was great opportunity for us to improve our teaching skills. Children were listening to our instruction and repeated it.  This is one of the Best activities to do with children if you do not know their language. At the end we had strange Animals that look like dog and Rabbit at the same time =D

Week 4

This week we did some contess based activities for children. It was Amazing! Children enjoyed it so much. WE were happy because it was full of funny moments. Also this week we had Chance to go to the theatre with kids. It was also very interesting and funny experience. After some weeks I realized that it is now much easier for me to under stand Polish. Hope soon  I will comunicate it Polish, this is one of my aims during these 9 monthes