Ethan's Talk

Last Friday it was the K-2 assembly at school and Ethan's class were hosting it.  Four children out of his class were asked to present an animal that they had written about in class and Ethan was one of those 4.  A little note went home the week before with Ethan's talk asking if they could practice their talk before presenting it at assembly.  So Ethan & I spent the week helping him to learn his talk.  Now I didn't have to beat him with a ruler or take away his nintendo for him to learn his talk, he just did it.  It's amazing how children just soak up information effortlessly and can tell it back to you.  Ethan was the only one out of the chosen 4 who had eye contact with the audience and who had memorized his talk.  He has such a lovely gentle yet expressive speaking voice.......it was beautiful.  Ethan is very dependable and you know that he will feel confident enough to get the job done without any fuss.    I'm so proud of him and he was pretty chuffed at being one of the chosen 4.

Here is Ethan's talk that he wrote:  This is a Cheetah.  The Cheetah has many black spots.  Their eyes are orange and brown.  The baby is called a cub.  They are the fastest mammal on the land.  They have long and skinny legs.  The baby calls to its Mum.  They live in South Africa.  They are good at hunting and are dangerous mammals.  Cheetahs are from the cat family.

After their talks the class did an African Zulu dance, it was so cool to watch and  Ethan was so serious with his dance performance, but he clearly loved it.