Der Rattenfänger Von Hameln (The Pied Piper) German Fairy Tale

'The Pied Piper' will be told in German by Frau Goss, a teacher with 35 years of language teaching experience, understood through pictures, gesturing and explanation in English or any other needed language (if I speak it). Topics derived from the story will include 
Each class contains a greeting, alphabet practice, part of the story and a parting poetry verse.  In addition we will be

-Learning to give and get simple, individualized information in German.   
-Learning basic imperatives and responding to them accordingly.  
-Learning the words for animals and the sounds they make in German. 
-Learning the colors and basic anatomy of the animals in the story in German by drawing and coloring them.    
-Learning German numbers taught and practiced by repetition, counting, answering questions, and by doing very simple math.   
- Learning clothing vocabulary.  
-Learning the German alphabet which we will practice by connecting them to words from the story.  

Students interact with me and each other constantly.  Even Though I have a game plan, the needs and desires of my learners always come first.

This class uses sound, music, movement and imagery to convey meaning and involve the learner in the learning process.

Each session begins with greeting each other in German and learning the letters of the day.  We then recite our pronoun verse.  The story of the Pied Piper comes next, and then we will participate in an activity meant to entertain and anchor language learned in the story.  We will recap what we talked about and then recite our goodbye verse. 

Week 1 
features the first part of the story using pictures to introduce the characters and then participate in an activity using opposites and introducing numbers 1-10.  

Week 2.    
features a continuation of the story and then a rhyme and activity to learn clothing vocabulary and numbers 11-20. 

Week 3 
features Story Time and learning the names of musical instruments and a song and then numbers  20-100. 

Week 4 
features Story Time and then animals and the sounds they make then ANIMAL BINGO and very basic animal anatomy. 

Week 5 
features Story Time and discussing 'Lieblingstiere' and the song, 'Kopf, Ohren, Nase, Schwanz'. 

Week 6 
Games, Games, Games 

As in all of my classes, there will be almost constant interaction between learners and me. Learners will also interact with each other. While this class will certainly be fun for people with a little background in German, experience with the German language is not be necessary. My teaching style is supportive, informal, multisensory, cooperative and learner centered. The class will progress as fast or as slowly as learners need.