¡Hola a todos! Hoy pasé la mañana ayudando en el salón de Kinder. Era muy diferente de las clases de Kinder en Eden Prairie. Solamente tuvieron 2 mesas, y aproximadamente 20 escritorios. Habían 3o niños en la clase y una maestra. Los niños aquí también tienen merienda y recreo, pero es muy diferente de lo que tenemos nosotros. ¡No puedo esperar para compartir mis experiencias con todos ustedes!
¡Un beso y un abrazo fuerte!
Srta. Asuquo
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Kindergarten
This morning was fantastic! I just got back from a three hour tour in the classroom that started in the kindergarten room. I was a little nervous to teach my lesson. It's hard enough to teach 22 English speakers in Eden Prairie, but 30+ 5 and 6-year-olds that don't speak English is another story. I wasn't sure if I would be able to communicate as well as I wanted to, but it turned out to be wonderful!
My first activity was to read the book "It looks like spilled milk"to the children. They were very attentive and listened and interacted extremely well with the story. However, after the book I had a painting project that went along with the story. I was surprised that none of the children knew any of their sounds and were unable to write their name. They also looked extremely small for their age. Anyway, there was paint all over the place! I'm not sure they have ever used paint before. Totally crazy, but when the kids folded their paper and then opened it up to see their creations, they were very excited.
After my lesson I went and worked with Natasha, Larry, Jeanine and Chris on some other art projects. After three hours of trying to communicate in Spanish while teaching lessons, I am physically and mentally exhausted. The people taking down the wall have nothing on us. Our work was tough, but extremely gratifying!
Tomorrow I plan to do a cheerio math activity with the kids, which I hope will have less cleanup.
Nick Windschitl
My first activity was to read the book "It looks like spilled milk"to the children. They were very attentive and listened and interacted extremely well with the story. However, after the book I had a painting project that went along with the story. I was surprised that none of the children knew any of their sounds and were unable to write their name. They also looked extremely small for their age. Anyway, there was paint all over the place! I'm not sure they have ever used paint before. Totally crazy, but when the kids folded their paper and then opened it up to see their creations, they were very excited.
After my lesson I went and worked with Natasha, Larry, Jeanine and Chris on some other art projects. After three hours of trying to communicate in Spanish while teaching lessons, I am physically and mentally exhausted. The people taking down the wall have nothing on us. Our work was tough, but extremely gratifying!
Tomorrow I plan to do a cheerio math activity with the kids, which I hope will have less cleanup.
Nick Windschitl
The Animals and Critters of Honduras
As I lay in bed hearing the dog barks echo through the streets of Comayagua, I thinking about the different animals and critters I see every day. In our backyard, we hear the parrots screech their ever present "Holas" to everyone who walks by. There are blackbirds feasting in the mango trees and geckos scurrying on the ceiling to greet us each night. On the trip to the Hogar, we see horses roaming freely and cows with their calves wandering down the roads. Vulture-like birds circle the sky and all kinds of critters roam the ground. Fire ants, termites and all kinds of beetles are found underfoot. As we walked back to the Hogar, we watched a happy calf eating the leaves from the Mango tree cut down earlier by Evan and Ben. Never seen a more content soul.
Larry
Larry
Laundry
WOW....we have a whole new appreciation for washing machines! We dyed shirts yesterday and today the job was to "launder in the warmest water for the fabric." Well.......water is a different resource here. I thought maybe we could find a laundromat in town to throw a couple loads in. EVERYONE here washes all their laundry by hand the old fashioned way. Even the hotel we are staying at does it this way. So, we used a bar of soap and a washboard and buckets of water we dipped from the pila (rainwater)and washed all approx. 60 shirts we had let sit overnight. It was a humbling and enlightening experience. The clotheslines are full of colorful shirts that each child had labeled and made themselves.
Today we also did a easier version of dyeing with 21 of the younger kids. All we had to do was help them tie these magic dye-filled strings around their shirts, then dip them in salted water, cut off the strings and wa-lah.....they were done. Needless to say the kids liked that they were done so quickly. Their faces were priceless. The yard is filled with colorful drying camisas that are strung on extention cords and ropes. This afternoon we will be doing all the boys camisas and laundering them tomorrow!!
The things we take for granted in the USA like water, machines, and sidewalks are very different here.
We are having an incredible experience and cannot wait to tell you more stories and share photos when we get back.
Hasta luega!!
Jeanne and Darla
Today we also did a easier version of dyeing with 21 of the younger kids. All we had to do was help them tie these magic dye-filled strings around their shirts, then dip them in salted water, cut off the strings and wa-lah.....they were done. Needless to say the kids liked that they were done so quickly. Their faces were priceless. The yard is filled with colorful drying camisas that are strung on extention cords and ropes. This afternoon we will be doing all the boys camisas and laundering them tomorrow!!
The things we take for granted in the USA like water, machines, and sidewalks are very different here.
We are having an incredible experience and cannot wait to tell you more stories and share photos when we get back.
Hasta luega!!
Jeanne and Darla
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