Jeiun Lee, a university student from Korea observed in our classroom last week. We asked her to teach us a Korean song as we had been told that she was learning the piano. We also wanted to hear a Korean story. During her first day with us we were allowed to ask Miss Lee questions about Korean life, including school life. We compared life in Korea to that of New Zealand. Miss Lee told us that Korean students work hard at school and feel much pressure to be successful. She liked the way we had a chance to run our own Team meetings and to discuss our needs openly. She was surprised that the classroom programme took each child's needs into consideration. While Korean children read from the same book, we have many reading groups within one classroom.
The song Miss Lee taught us told the story of 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears.' We thought you would like to see photographs and a quick film strip with us singing together. We found it quite difficult to master the Korean words.
Our story was about the creation of Korea. Miss Lee told us the story about a bear that wanted to be a person. The bear had to eat garlic and a special plant for one year at the end of which time the bear became a woman. The woman met God's son and married him. They had a son who went on to create Korea. We talked a little about this creation story and compared it to others. We found this really interesting.
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