Our special guest storytellers enchanted our alumni keiki today!
Mahalo to Head of School Sarah Bakhiet, Seabury alum and K-2 teacher extraordinaire Annie Lowson Queirolo (and her daughter Daisy), and Seabury Sophomores Mikhaila and Patricia Sung for bringing such joy to the little ones!
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Here are some reactions to the experience. Profesora Mrs. Fuentes-Asato:
"I really enjoyed the Google hangout with Mariana Llanos. It was great to see my students so engaged and interested in knowing more about Tristán Lobo. I also enjoyed seeing them asking different kinds of questions to Mariana regarding her career, personal life, and hobbies.
I think this Google hangout was a great experience because we got to do something outside the classroom and it was different. It was neat to meet the author that we had been talking about for the last few days and to learn so much from her.
Even though Tristán Lobo is a story for kids, it had new vocabulary, expressions, and different past tenses, which made the lessons more meaningful and challenging, perfect for a high level Spanish class.
I highly recommend this to all the teachers." From some of los estudiantes: "I enjoyed listening to Mariana share her story with our classes-- it was a nice change in classroom setting and really nice to hear a native speaker speak over video chat. It was very different and I loved the idea of the video chat. I really enjoyed listening to her talk, her voice was so energetic and fluid. Overall, it was a great experience, meeting someone so passionate about what she does."--
Shayla
"I thought the visit went really well except for some technical glitches like the sound and the text on screen. But overall, it was really cool to have a Google hangout with a Spanish-speaking author who told us a story and then answered our questions afterwards." --Jesse
"I really enjoyed the visit because Mariana was very energetic and passionate about her books. It was nice to change up the normal classroom activities and have a bit of real world situations in having a conversation in Spanish with strangers. There were technical glitches, but that didn’t ruin the experience. It was really good practice for listening and speaking in Spanish which was very helpful and fun for me." --Ava
"I enjoyed meeting and listening to Mariana. Although it was occasionally hard to follow her Spanish speaking, it was a great experience and showed me that with more practice I could really be able to have a conversation with somebody in Spanish. She made me feel very comfortable and seemed very excited to help us practice our Spanish!" --Peyton
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We'll be purchasing more of Mariana's books, and you can too, either HERE (for an autographed copy) or on Mariana's website.
I was thrilled to facilitate Mariana's visit. Hopefully there will be more Google hangouts and author visits in our future! (◕‿◕✿)about.me[Subscribe] Cross-posted at mauilibrarian2 in Olinda.
