Show 'n Tell

Mrs. Kenny (aka "Lily") teaches four year olds at a Chinese kindergarten. Ever since we met Kenny, he's been telling me she'd like Lydia to visit her school one day. We finally did that this week.

It was a surprisingly large school, with about 200 kids ages 2-6. Lily's classroom has about 30 kids in it, with only one teacher and one helper. Kenny tells us that it gets so loud in the classroom that Lily has to yell almost the whole day to be heard over the kids. Then she comes home and she keeps yelling so Kenny has to ask her to please stop yelling, she's not in kindergarten anymore.

When we came to the doorway, all focus was on Lydia and Marcus. A very sweet little girl came outside and gave a stuffed kangaroo to both Lydia and Marcus and then Lily and her assistant quickly ushered both Lydia and Marcus inside. I was surprised at how willingly they entered. It's quite intimidating to enter a room of 30 Chinese kids, all speaking in Chinese and staring at you! Especially for a two and five year old...

Lily told her class a lot of things in Chinese, they asked me to take a picture and then we left. Kenny told me afterwards that one of the girls said Lydia's hair must be fake. I'm not sure what else came out of the childrens' mouths that day. Maybe it's good thing we don't understand the language sometimes.

And there you have it. Lydia's first show n tell.