Learnin' English!

Thursday was my last day of tutoring.  I loved this family so much and tutoring was one of my favorite parts of this semester.  On our last day I went over to their house early to eat lunch with Maria.  Then we walked to their school to pick them up.  It was about a 20 minute walk.  Maria walks to pick them up every day and she says it is the best part of her day.  We brought them fruit and little sandwiches to snack on.  Their school days last from 9:00 to 5:30!  Even for Anna, and she is five.  Anna's school was so cool.  Part of it was all outdoors and they have a class pig named Lucy.  Anna brought me around to introduce me to all of her friends.  She was sure to tell them that she was practicing her English with me and then would demonstrate proudly to her friends what she knew.  I think she has improved so much over the past few months!  Next we walked to Luis and Juan's school, which was completely chaotic.  Maria was trying to introduce me to the teachers, but Anna would get upset every time I had to stop talking with her.  We sang our ABC's all the way home.  

Anna with her favorite book, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"

Juan is the silliest.  His favorite part of the class was always playing Simon Says!

 I am so proud of all of them!  Juan earned an A on his last English test, and Luis has been studying very hard for his English exam at the end of May.  If he passes it, then he can say that he is proficient in English.  I think they will all have a great summer in Maryland and I have already promised to Skype them this summer to hear about their adventures in the US!