cockroaches--edible or not??

wah! it's been awhile since i wrote. i was away from home longer than i thought this weekend, and tuesday is a national holiday here, so i haven't written. i've got some things planned that require a bit of research, so i'll post those later, but i thought i'd at least leave you with a cute story.
sometimes, with the afternoon classes, i'll say something a bit ridiculous in order to get them to give a desired answer (okok, sometimes just to make them laugh). for example i was teaching them frequncy words such as "always/often/sometimes/never" and was having a hard time getting them to say something that they never do. so finally i asked "do you ever eat poopoo?"
anyway, the other day i was with the 4-6 year olds and we were talking about favorite animals. i taught them the word cockroach. cockroaches in japan are huge and scary. i asked if anyone likes cockroaches. of course they all say no. then i asked "who likes to eat cockroaches?" and of course they all said no. then i asked "who likes to eat chocolate covered cockroaches?"
there was a very long silence while they all considered this. they looked to each other to see if anyone was going to say yes. they couldn't decide if this was a good or bad idea.
i just laughed and moved on.
Tags: kids, esl, cockroaches

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