From Grits to Chopsticks

Last week, we had a pretty big group of students come to our English Corner lesson on the Easter Holiday:

Prior to the arrival of the students, we had prepared and hidden some plastic eggs that contained candy and a paper with the name of an Easter or Spring symbol:

After Susan’s lesson, she sent the students hunting for the eggs.  This is a new idea for many of them, so surprisingly, they find it challenging, even in a small apartment:

After they found the eggs and opened them, students practiced their English by describing the meaning of the symbol based on what they remembered from the lesson.  We also taught them how to color Easter eggs (with dye made in China, but purchased in the US):

Here are some of their interesting creations.  A tennis ball egg:

Faces and fruit:

A self-portrait:

The students below are from the nearby medical university.  The guy on the left has been training to do head surgery for a few months, so his egg includes his rendition of an incision:

The “bird’s nest” snacks below took an entire box of Rice Krispies and were quickly consumed:

As with each week’s English Corner, we were left with nice memories of precious students.  This time, we were also left with a few eggs: