Ridin' Solo

I had my first solo teaching lesson today - Arts with Master Lucas (sounds like a some sort of Jedi knight) Grade 2 (this is around 8/9 years old).
I was sitting at the back of the class waiting for the English lesson before to end then suddenly Lucas walked over to me and said "Go on" , for a minute I paused and then asked "You want me to teach now?!" with which he replied "YES my friend !" and walked off to do some paperwork. Talk about being put on the spot!! I walked to the front slowly, with all of these eager eyes were upon me, a couple of children felt my hand as I walked past then - probably thinking I was some sort of painted man. I tried to think of something to teach on this 5 second walk, and then it came to me! At the front after I had turned around and seen all their smiling faces - drawing animals! I introduced myself and they all exclaimed "HELLO MR.GEORGE!" (even though most of them new me anyway! I found that when you tell 1 child your name... Nearly all 300 know your name within 1 hour!) I quickly explained the lesson, handed out paper and asked them all to name and draw their favourite animals! It took a whole but eventually all I could hear was the eager scratching of pencils and crayons on paper - trying to make their picture the best! I drew a giraffe on the blackboard for inspiration , and at the end of the lesson a few of the children had attempted to copy my giraffe exactly!
I said my goodbyes and went out, after all the children had handed in their pictures - "wait! Wait! Mr.george!" It was a enjoyable lesson and Master Lucas was pleased!
The pictures are currently decorating my fridge and walls of my room! Next lesson I think we'll learn about colouring in neatly!
Enjoying every minute here, hope everyone's enjoying England! :)