So far Stephanie, Daniela, and I
have started our CAS project, which is teaching English to the kids at
Salvation Army. The first days were hard because we weren’t really sure how to
start teaching them or even grabbing their attention for an hour but as the
classes passed on we can see who are the kids that really show interest in
learning and who don't, and with this we can focus on the kids that want to
learn because we don't want to force anyone into learning something. We brought in folder for them to decorate to their liking so that they could place all the work they had done in our classes. We have started teaching them really easy things like the colors and numbers.
May 12, 2012
Today was mothers day here in Venezuela, so we came up with the idea to make the class about mothers and love and family. We helped them create heart shaped cards with origami and helped them write a letter to their mothers in english. Not all of them had mothers, but they were still eager to create the heart shaped origami figures for anyone else.
June 9, 2012
We have been going to the orphanage for some days now, due to our different schedules it has been hard for all of us to go together to every single class, but we have managed. Some of the kids have not shown much interest so the class has been getting smaller, but the ones who have stayed really like the classes. Unfortunately this was the last class we are able to go this year since summer is almost here and most of us are leaving for vacations. Therefore we decided to make this class more fun instead of just doing work.
May 12, 2012
Today was mothers day here in Venezuela, so we came up with the idea to make the class about mothers and love and family. We helped them create heart shaped cards with origami and helped them write a letter to their mothers in english. Not all of them had mothers, but they were still eager to create the heart shaped origami figures for anyone else.
June 9, 2012
We have been going to the orphanage for some days now, due to our different schedules it has been hard for all of us to go together to every single class, but we have managed. Some of the kids have not shown much interest so the class has been getting smaller, but the ones who have stayed really like the classes. Unfortunately this was the last class we are able to go this year since summer is almost here and most of us are leaving for vacations. Therefore we decided to make this class more fun instead of just doing work.
August 24, 2012
Today in the CAS showcase we showed the Juniors and some teachers a video we made about Salvation Army and whether what we were doing was helpful for the kids. We interviewed the guardian of the orphanage about our job, we even made small videos so the juniors could meet the kids that are staying in the orphanage. In another note, this new year we have decided to stop the english classes after some consideration since we can see how it is more important to them to have better reinforcement in their Spanish for the future so they can be more prepared once they leave the orphanage at 18. So we have been going there to help them with their homework in general.
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