4/23/16

Sorry for delay!

We, Kaisuli and Eetu, have been teaching Finnish culture for third graders at South Range Elementary School for two weeks now (we've been here for three weeks already but the first week at school we only observed and gave Finnish names to kids). So we're super sorry for starting this blog just now.

We are two teacher students from Lapland University. It's the first time for both of us to visit US. We've got lots of new experiences so far and we're about to get more every day. So far people here at UP have been super friendly and helpful! We've found it very interesting how many people here have Finnish roots and we're longing to hear their history more specifically. 

The practical training so far has been wonderful! The kids are super excited about Finland and we're too about teaching them. During first week we focused on the language. We learned couple of songs and phrases, numbers, days, months… Kids are so fast to learn! This week we focused on the Moomins during the first three days and the rest of the week we started to learn more about Finnish forest. 








We built this forest from pupils' threes they drew. On Friday we got to know some Finnish birds and filled the forest with them. Next week we'll continue with the same topic and fill the forest with the animals that belong there. Every day we also read the Comet in Mooinland on a campfire we imagine there in the forest. Eetu plays guitar and Kaisuli reads the book. We've found it as a good way to end the days. 

But now we're spending a weekend here and will explore Hancock and the UP a little more. We shall update this blog from now on a little more. :)

kisses

- Kaisuli and Eetu