Vivere il Playgroup

Ciao a tutti, sono Ivonne e organizzo i Learn with Mummy ad Abbiategrasso, questo è il mio primo post e ammetto di essere emozionata. Da dove inizio!? Ok, ci sono: posso dirvi che l’esperienza come insegnante dei Learn with Mummy che sto vivendo è in assoluto una delle più emozionanti ed appassionanti che abbia mai fatto. E’ vero, non sono mai salita sulle montagne russe, non ho mai fatto bunjee jumping, non mi sono mai lanciata da un aereo con il paracadute, ma l’adrenalina che un Playgroup può trasmetterti è comunque tanta! L’atmosfera che si crea è magica e travolgente, ad un certo punto non so più se sono io a trascinare bambini e genitori o il contrario! Il tempo vola via e tu vorresti solo restare ancora lì a cantare, ballare, giocare… Pensavo fosse un’illusione, poi uno dei “miei” papà mi ha scritto:

Good morning Ivonne,

thanks for the e-mail but most of all thank you for the funny lesson we had on Saturday: maybe you noticed that V. spent the first 15 minutes just watching us as she was trying to understand what was going on, then she started to participate and she finally enjoyed both the story and the song.

In fact while we were going home she told me “tac tac tac” patting on her head: at first I thought she had hit her head but as she continued I understood she was recalling Hocus coming out of the egg!

So we went through the story again and again and quite surprisingly she repeated ALL the words that I said about the birds and ducks and frogs, a thing that had never happened before because she usually “translates” all I say from English to Italian. This was a huge gratification to me and shows how great the “having fun with the language” is. She finally saw that that code (English language) that Daddy uses is also useful to play with some other kids! And that was the most remarkable result.

Then we arrived home and we repeated all the lesson again for mummy, to show her what we played and here again V. started the song, no words but only the rhythm, but I recognized “head shoulders knees and toes”, and there we went on.

So I can definitely say the first lesson was more than worthwhile and I can’t wait for the next!

Che dire, dopo una lettera così hai solo voglia di riprovare quell’esperienza dandoti un pizzicotto per essere sicura che sia davvero reale! Ogni volta scopro un’emozione diversa e molte volte mi sono chiesta chi si stesse divertendo di più: io, i bambini o i genitori? Le risate, lo sguardo complice, lo stupore di chi sa cosa succederà e freme per partecipare. Ogni tanto mi chiedo anche se è stata una bella lezione, se ho saputo dare il meglio, e poi arriva un’altra lettera:

I must share this with you: yesterday morning we went out to bring V. to the nursery and when we arrived near the garage I heard her singing “mouth and nose…”, touching her lips and nose and laughing. So I cheered her up and sang the song all together one time again before going into the car. Then while I was fixing her seat belts V. told me “Andiamo dai bimbi?” meaning she was expecting we were about to go to the playgroup ! And I said “Do you want to go to the Playgroup?” and she replied “Sì, dai!”

…it’s hard to explain she must wait until Saturday….

Anche io fatico ad aspettare un sabato dopo l’altro!

A presto allora!

Immagine: Poster Time spent teaching is never lost, Barbara Mock