Teaching and House-hunting

Here I am again! Right in the middle of my second week of active teaching, fresh from a lesson about the Queen and playing Pictionary with the kids in the youngest year. 

Today also marks The Day That I Start Teaching Simone English - Simone being the eight-year-old son of my mentor, Claudia. I've cut out the months of the year in both Italian and English so he can match pairs, coloured bits of paper on one side and written the colours on the other (hours of fun to be had flipping tiny bits of paper) and made a sheet of cartoon animals that I am rather proud of: 

So, we're all set for today's lesson. I'm starting off easy, just vocabulary rather than sentences, but it will be interesting to try and teach English while speaking Italian, unlike the way I do it at school...

In other news, I have found a flat! It's about five minutes away from the school on foot, and it's just had all its furniture put in - so new kitchen, new tables, new wardrobe, new bathroom, new beds, new everything! The first rent instalment needs to be paid today, and then once I've packed up all my stuff again, I'm going to move in on Friday. Marine, the French assistant, is moving in this afternoon, but it's easier for her as she's been staying with us for the past few days, so all her things are already in their suitcases.

I intend to photograph the new flat as soon as possible, if only to reassure my loved ones that I'm not living in squalor :P