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It has been awhile since I updated the blog. But here I am again to let you all know what an amazing and terrible time I had these last two weeks. So here goes.

The second week of school the cycle one Dutch teacher and I decided to clean up the resource room and make space for all Dutch materials. We started out well on Monday, but it was terrible dusty and moldy in there. And of course I got so caught up in rearranging and cleaning that I spend 5 hours straight in that room (without ventilation since the airco was no working and windows could not open.) Well in the night I started having difficulties to breed and my head started to hurt really bad. So I was sick of the mold inhalation that my doctor confirmed on Wednesday. Luckily I felt good enough to go back to work on Wednesday. For the rest of the week I managed to work for half an hour in the resource room and then an hour in my class.




The third week I finally started with my lessons. It was an adjustment, but I really love teaching Dutch as a foreign language. It is so amazing. We do word work with dancing in between. We actually have 2 dances at the moment that we do: Klaar voor de start (ready for the start) and Bewegen is gezond (moving is healthy) van Kinderen voor kinderen.




Also not to forget is the fact that the amount of children at our daycare is not 4 but 6 children. With prospects of 2 more on Monday. We really need to look for a bus now.


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