Day Three - Blog Post by Megan Schrass

Day 3- by Megan Schrass

Today was the first day working at the school with the kids. As we all were jumping into something new and asked to step out of our comfort zones, the kids were also returning from a three-week break making the first day very hectic. The kids were full of love, happiness, and hugs. To begin the day, our team was split into two groups where one began with helping aid kids in the classroom and the others helped prepare a classroom for the young kids. After the classroom was prepared, the kids were patiently waiting for us to come play with them. As each of us learned the games that the kids played, we were also able to teach the kids some of the games we played as kids. We realized that many of our hand games overlap with the ones that the kids taught us. When the lunch bell rang after playing with the kids, we had a 30 minute period to enjoy our lunch and get a break from the kids. Right now the school is a couple teachers short and Veronica asked if a couple of us could teach some classes to the kids. Grace, Ryan and I began teaching a history class right after lunch. The kids were very well behaved but for us teaching we felt very unprepared. However, in the end we were able to make everything work and the kids seemed to love having us as their teacher for the day. This was the last class period for the kids before they had time to do their homework and it was time for us to play yet again. After one day with the kids, its easily noticeable that certain kids will attach themselves to the “teachers”, the name that every kid calls everyone on the team. All the kids want is attention from us and they want to show us more about what they enjoy doing. One thing that the kids love doing is playing with the long hair of the girls, as most of the time you would find more the one kids playing with one person’s hair. Although the only thing the kids wanted was to play and take pictures, they were very well behaved as we taught our lesson for the day. Finally when it was time to leave, no one wanted us to leave and the kids said their goodbyes with huge hugs and smiles. After returning home and having a nice cooked meal, we debriefed and talked about the day and prepared for tomorrow.