cherry class has got talent.

As the term comes to an end, Suji Kids College decided that it was probably a good idea to have us teachers come in on two Saturdays in a row.  The first Saturday was for the Talent Show.  My class, being one of the younger classes, only had to perform a skit and two songs.  I had to find a skit that would allow for an equal amount of speaking parts for each of the children so everyone was given an equal chance.  I was having trouble finding a skit that had 10 equal parts, and was not a total bore.  I tried to try and tweak The Three Little Pigs, but I found that by tweaking I was adding more and more lines, and I decided to bail on that idea because these poor little kids are like 5 and can barely speak English in the first place. I came up with a way better idea, to have them explain the life of a flower beginning as a seed and withstanding all of the harsh weather conditions until it can bloom into a beautiful flower in spring.  It worked perfectly, and after practicing every day for 3 weeks in a row, the kids had memorized their lines (who knows if they knew what they were even saying). 

Of course, in Kids College’s attempt to appear organized and put together, we had to pick out costumes for our kids out of a Korean costume magazine.  This magazine was funny in itself, but had nothing to offer in the flower area.  Since most of the kids were involved in the green part of the flower, I tried to find a green outfit that everyone could wear.  I had to settle on a Peter Pan and Tinkerbelle costume, but Peter Pan ended up looking more like a Peter Pan from the 60’s. 

The kids did such a great job on the day of the performance.  I made huge poster drawings for each part that they were playing.  They all knew their lines, and where they needed to stand to form a flower.  It was actually really fun to get to hang out with them on a Saturday, in an environment where I didn’t need to enforce any rules or always make sure they were in their seat.  We got to hang out in the classroom while the other classes were doing their performance, so we were playing games and dancing around and such.