Today, I taught a small group of five elementary school girls at The Madeleine School. We gathered in the room and the girls got out their pre-lesson snacks. While they ate, they updated me on their day at school, whose birthday it was, the Halloween candy their teacher had given them, etc.
All of a sudden, the following conversation took off with no input or participation on my part. To follow, you may need to know that
Hay = There is/There are
No hay = There isn't/there aren't
Helena: (holding out an empty container) Look! No hay strawberries! (pause)
Helena: But hay strawberries in my mouth! (laughter all around)
Amelia: Well, hay strawberries in your belly!
Katie: No hay snack! (referencing the fact that she had no snack today)
Helena: Hay strawberries in my belly now!
Ingrid: (holding up an almond) No hay más snack! (and pops the almond into her mouth)
I was scribbling this all down, of course! I tell you, this is the stuff the truly makes my day. To see Spanish come out naturally and with such excitement! They were laughing and so easily using hay/no hay. Almost racing to be the next to say something with their Spanish. It was delightful to see!
27 October 2009
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