The Body Lesson, Group 3

First part: Marleny Campos and Isaac Rodriguez

It is important to mention that despite of the fact that in the first lesson most of the activities were kinesthetic the mood of the students was so dawn that children did not want to participate in none of the activities. Besides, the nervousness of the teachers in charge was evident, however; when they saw that some activities did not go well, they changed them which was something good. Maybe the way in how the class started determined the flow of it. Finally, it was evident that the students have really understood because in the production part when children were making a body with the modeling clay, they pointed at the part of the body that teacher told them to point or touch.

Second part: Konny Martinez and Orlando Gomez

Regarding the second class, the songs worked very well because children try to assimilate the movement that teachers were doing and the fact of moving their bodies awake them a little bit. The rhythm of the songs were very catching that even the classmates, who were in charge of watching the class, were singing it. The idea of telling them a story was good because children had been too much time standing up and they were already tired and that was a moment in which they could sit down. In conclusion both classes had their strengths and weaknesses; however, at the end of both classes children showed their understanding of the body parts which was something great. 

Marleny´s own experience

Regarding my experience in the lesson I was part of, I can say that this time I had more time to teach than the last time, which was something good; however, many parts of my lesson did not accomplish the objective. While my time teaching I could not control my nerves, which is a shame, however I am still learning how to control myself when I am in front of people, and probably that was one of the reasons why some parts of the lesson did not go well. Apart from that, I felt frustrated when I was trying children to do something I demanded and they did not even move from their position. Besides, I felt happy in the production part when I saw that children were more active and they were performing the tasks we assigned to them. The part I enjoy the most was the moment in which they were creating a body with modeling clay because in that moment I could really notice that, despite of the fact that some of the activities seemed to be a failure, children learned something; and that was the  moment in which they let it show. I cannot describe the happiness I felt because when I was asking them to point to a specific part of the body, they pointed it correctly. In conclusion, both classes have represented a challenge for me, because I am not used to teach, but I am willing to keep on trying because I know that by practicing and learning of my past mistakes I will learn how to do it well.

Konny´s own experience

This was the second time that I taught to children. I was really excited to see if the songs I had prepared for the class were going to work and in fact, they did work very well. I know that I could have sung a little bit more and have students singing too, but I decided not to do it because I saw that one of the children was getting a little bored , so it was in that moment when I decided to stop singing.  I felt really nervous because I knew that I finished the warm up  before time and I was running out of ideas too. However, I was glad to see that for the first time, songs really worked and most of the children really liked it and they were following me. I have to say that I really enjoy working with children, but in this class children weren´t that active so it was really difficult for me to make them participate.

Moreover, during the second song they really enjoyed it too, but they got a little bit confused because they hadn´t understood the parts of the body very well. I can´t deny that some of them had learned the parts of the body already, but some others didn´t , so It was difficult for me to make them participate all, but at the end of my class most of them had understood and I was happy to see that they were not as bored as they were at the beginning of the first part of our lesson. I´m really happy because I´m becoming a more experienced teacher. Every time I have the opportunity to teach I get some new ideas, and I get to know what things Ss like and what things they don´t like at all.