Today was the last of the Summer Workshops for this year. In previous years August has been the fund raising month doing private shows and bookstores to fund the free school visits, but this year was the real thing with hours and hours of elementary school workshops. And it is really great because in the Summer the teachers have the time to think things over and really are looking for help with their lessons.

Today’s first school was great. As usual you can always tell how things will be by the head teacher’s greeting, and the guy today greeted me with a massive thick folder of print outs from the website! He was totally into things, and hence the workshop was great. Actually yesterday I was given a DVD of one of the July workshops and man do I talk fast!!! I always talk as fast as I can until people start getting lost, then I slow down a touch and have found their level. But that means at some schools I’m fair belting along. So today I did things a bit slower and as we had 3 hours it was cool. Again lots of questions ( always the same ones but that’s OK!) which every seemed very happy to learn the answers to!

Then in the afternoon it was in another city. This time the teachers had no idea who I was! I asked the teacher what she needed help with and she said she desperately needs to find some lessons plans, songs, games and pronunciation materials but can’t find them anywhere. I love these types of school, where the teachers have absolutely no idea what I do, but in the workshop I give them all the tools they are looking for. Needless to say they were very surprised and very happy at the end of things. I also had a bit of time free before the end so did the “Birthday Song“, and they just loved the funky intro!!!!

So I great end to a great Summer, but it’s not really over as my schedule is getting full up right until I leave for Europe at the end of November!