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Fun ideas to pass an hour with 1 12 year old girl

 
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ewlandon



Joined: 30 Jan 2011
Location: teacher

PostPosted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:49 pm    Post subject: Fun ideas to pass an hour with 1 12 year old girl Reply with quote

I was just told that a class was cancled today so the kids could go to middle school orientation, but one of the girls is not going to middle school so I need to entertain her/teach her for an hour. Any ideas on short notice.

Thank you.
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sonicmatt



Joined: 04 Oct 2007

PostPosted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mr bean or a word search
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ssuprnova



Joined: 17 Dec 2010
Location: Saigon

PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 12:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Spongebob.
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jvalmer



Joined: 06 Jun 2003

PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 2:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just sit there and let her draw in her notebook...
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koreatimes



Joined: 07 Jun 2011

PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 3:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had to "teach" these three girls once. All they wanted to do was read about princesses and draw pictures of a carriage with a prince and princess inside.
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Skipperoo



Joined: 05 Jul 2010

PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've had to do one-on-ones a bunch of times when school tests or trips wittle down my class sizes. Usually I just sit and talk to them about their lives, usually with a few fun or silly topics up my sleeve to fill the gaps.
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NYC_Gal 2.0



Joined: 10 Dec 2010

PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Make a fashion magazine with her. My girls love doing the "Hot or Not" section. I make sure that they describe exactly what they're drawing.
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I-am-me



Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Hermit Kingdom

PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wow...112 yr old! Nothing like starting late in life. Very Happy
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koreatimes



Joined: 07 Jun 2011

PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Actually it looks more like 1012 with the space.
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Squire



Joined: 26 Sep 2010
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Whatever you do get Mr Bean loaded and keep it on standby just in case what you decide to do doesn't work.
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ewlandon



Joined: 30 Jan 2011
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks for the tips guys. Mr. Bean really? Kids like that? Does he even speak?

I prepared a rummy type game but she just wanted to draw pictures of me on the white board.

and teach me the korean alphabet.
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koreatimes



Joined: 07 Jun 2011

PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have avoided Mr. Bean videos for 8 years. I don't know why. I love the videos. I finally downloaded the whole series and 2 movies. I have been playing one these past 2 weeks. It's a high school, but I am sure the kids will like them. One student in fact brother his brother (Koreans) age 7 and he said I acted like Mr. Bean.
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schwa



Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap

PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ewlandon wrote:

I prepared a rummy type game but she just wanted to draw pictures of me on the white board.

and teach me the korean alphabet.

Yep, thats typical. In one-off or casual small classes with younger students it can be really productive to just let the student take the lead. You can mine whatever they come up with for lots of vocab practice & laughs & get to know them better. Them teaching you some korean actually involves a good bit of english communication.

Always good to have something on hand like interesting pictures or a really simple game, but 9 times out of 10 you wont need them. Sometimes just hanging out with some easy english thrown in has real value.
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I-am-me



Joined: 21 Feb 2006
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

UNO cards come in handy! Or Boggle. Or show me yours, I'll show you mine.
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proverbs



Joined: 28 Apr 2009

PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

for some reason the title of this post seemed inappropriate...
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