My mom is a teacher at heart. Always has been, always will be. Her trip to Beijing would not have been complete without a visit to Bianca's little school. Bianca attended Children's International Bilingual Academy (CIBA) two times a week.
Not only did her visit include visiting Bianca at school, but also reading and crafting. She brought leaf books (it was Autumn and all the leaves were "falling") and made a special song to sing about "Autumn Leaves are Falling Down" that was the melody to London Bridges. She is so creative! Funniest moment: when my mom stood up to teach the song to the class, Bianca marched right up front next to DeeDee and also "taught" the song. She was very proud and acted like she knew the song and was also trying to teach it to her friends. Hilarious! The teacher, Mr. Edmar, loved it all and even wrote down her songs she sang. Bianca still sings the songs on her own even months later.
The night before mom and I worked on creating a craft to bring (see the leaf people below). The kids seemed to really love it all and Mr. Edmar even wrote an entire page on it in his monthly newsletter. It pays to have a grandma that was also a "top notch" teacher! You still have skills, Dee Dee!!! The kids loved her.
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