Maestro?

First English class was today! It's crazy that a few months ago I was at CDH learning Spanish, and now I'm in Venezuela teaching English. Today did not go how I expected it to at all. Monday is supposed to be homework help day for kids in 7th and 8th grade. They're to bring their homework from the English class they have at school and I'll help them with it. However, school doesn't start until October 3rd. Which I did not know. SO what that meant for me was that 6 or 7 kids showed up today, never having had an English class, and with no homework for me to help them with. Suddenly I had a class to teach, with no plan whatsoever about what to teach them. The first few minutes were mostly me stumbling around trying to figure out what to do. All the preparation I've done for the classes has been for the advanced classes, with students who already have a decent understanding of English. My plan for tomorrow includes the verb "to be", the importance of using subject pronouns in English, and introductions/getting to know someone. Today however, I suddenly had to teach a group of 12 and 13 year olds completely basic ideas. So, we worked on colors and numbers. Sounds easy right? The thing is, I have no idea how to be a teacher. Looks like I'll be learning as I go. I ended up writing the numbers 1-20 on the board, with the english word for each next to it. We worked on pronunciation by playing the repeat after me game. Great stuff. Moved on to erasing the numerals rearranging the words, then calling on someone to show me where #_ was. I would say the number in spanish, they would choose the (hopefully) correct English word on the board. Not quite sure how to explain that, but it was good. The class ended up working out really well, I could tell the kids actually learned something. Which is nuts. I managed to get through an hour of teaching an English class with no preparation, and at the end the kids all seemed satisfied and happy, and seemed to have learned something. I was satisfied and happy, and definitely learned something. Pretty cool feeling.