Build up to Thanksgiving

Hello everyone,

Although it’s mid – November now, and getting colder, it still feels like summer here, as the trees are all green and it is still hot and sunny most of the time. We are in the full swing of thanksgiving preparations, and next week turkey headdresses will be made and my kids have to sing a thanksgiving song  in front of the whole school (which I’m slightly nervous about).

We also begin working at our secondary project, which is a daycare for children of poor families in the area that don’t go to school.  We had asked what we were going to be doing, and a fairly vague answer was given about helping out in the classroom, playground e.c.t. We turned up on Monday, only to be handed the marker, in true Honduran style, and left to teach a lesson for two hours! We muddled through the lesson, but hopefully next time we will be a little more prepared. There are about 30 kids in the class, and they range from about 2 to 6 years old. There is also very little recourses – they don’t even have paper for the children to write on, however, the staff are all lovely and very glad to have us there, and teaching the kids some English. The atmosphere is much more laid back and friendly and there are no requirements for what we have to teach. After the lesson we play outside with the children for about an hour - just generally having fun with them and giving them some of our time and attention.  The kids are all really cute, and on our first day they took our hands and showed us around the building, then played some duck – duck – goose and after we gave them all piggy backs.

We also got some really positive feedback from the school this week, which is nice to hear. Also, next week Erin and I will also start teaching phonics to 1^st – 3^rd grade after our kids have gone home, which will mean more work, however I am quite looking forward to teaching the different age group. Preparations for the Christmas play – which will be the Grinch  - are also underway, and Erin and I will be helping out with it, starting with the auditions on Tuesday. All and all we are very busy!