new kids

well, all my new kids started on monday. usually i have 12 kids in the class, but now i've got 17, with only 16 coming on any given day. this is because they're starting a new nursery class but the new teacher doesn't arrive until mid-month.
i've got 7 new ones, a few of them were in my after school class, so i already know them. i'm really pleased with how the class is going so far.
of course, most of them have spent a significant amount of time crying. usually this is really hard on kana, because the kids only want to be comforted by the japanese teacher. i want to snuggle them, but if i come near them, they only scream louder. but this new group of kids is not afraid of me and will come to me for hugs when they are crying, which makes me pretty happy.
i was smart this time around and planned to not have a lesson for the first three days. instead i'd set out educational toys and we would just play with them. i think this is making for a smoother transition. tomorrow i start in with real lessons.
they're pretty good kids and i'm happy. sad that i'll be losing some of them to the new teacher though.
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