Today is going to be the day I have the hardest time figuring out the highlight, as there were so many. I started out the day working in one of the classrooms I hadn't worked in yet, and that would be Anna-Maria, 1st grade. There were two kids that I worked with more then the others, Machel and Tatiana. All morning I was up and moving, trying to keep up with ADHD Machel, and runaway Tatiana. We played in the basket ball court and Reyner and Machel got into a chalk war, and to try to break it up, I sat in the middle, and got chalked up myself. In the classroom, when asked to actually sit down and do something, Machel didn't want to sit, and Tatiana only wanted to sit in the chair. Ava was working with Jose Daniel, so I put Tatiana in my lap. Anna-Maria sat with Machel, who then cried for a little, until the she was brought out side. Tatiana had lost focus and was so crazy that I took her outside, and when I got back into the classroom, Machel was in timeout with the teacher. When I asked why, I was told that she slapped the teacher, so now was being forced to sit with her.
After the classroom situation was cleaned up a little, I went out the basketball court where the preschoolers were. Victor was just sitting there, and when I walked over, the smile on his face was so big that I knew I will never forget his face. I played with him for awhile We played on the court, played in the room, played on the swings, and at the end of the day we did something real special. Last year, the students brought down a electric piano, so we sat there at the end of the day, playing on the piano. Jesus was also there, trying to figure out what is was, as he is blind, but loves music and dancing.
At the end of the day I went to work with Darwin. Darwin is one of the older student that cant walk or clearly talk. Sammie was also there with me, so we worked on simple addition, subtraction, and writing numbers. At the begging of the week, the teachers said the he couldn't do addition or subtraction, but today he was able to do it with only the slightest help. While in the same classroom, I went over to work with Dayana. She was doing a search in a book, so I sat and worked through it with her. The end of the day approached way to soon, and I barley got to work with her.
After school, Ava, Ashly, Nathaniel, Ms. Gutmann, Axle and I went to the store to get food for our fiesta tomorrow We were hoping to get 20lbs of chicken legs, and 20lbs of chicken thyes, but had to settle for 10lbs and 30lbs because the didn't have enough. After everything was wrung through, our total was close to 14,500 Cordoba. The exchange rate of dollars to Cordoba is 1 to 24, so that was a lot of food.
Highlights:
My highlight today. Ahh, where to begin. My first highlight was chasing Tatiana around the fence of the school. She kept trying to run away, so when I caught up to her, she would look over her head backwards, and start laughing, then she would let me carry her back to the rest of the kids. A couple minutes later, she would repeat herself.
Another highlight of my day was when I was with Victor. I was holding him, so decided to see if he would enjoy it if I fliped him upside down. Not only did he enjoy it, he adored it. He would keep putting his head back, asking to be flipped again.
The thrid highlight of my day was with the piano. Victor didn't want to leave, and when I tryed to pick him up, he layed down on the piano.
The last highlight of my day was when it was time for Victor to leave. He saw his dad, and then just clung to me tighter until we were about a yard away. Then he ran to his dad, then back to me, trying to drag me back to the piano.
Lessons:
Today I learned one real lesson. I didn't notice I had learned it before, unitl I started to type the lesson section. Today I learned to find a situation that work well in, then ventrue out, but never to far that you cant return. I always managed to wander my way back to the preschool, no matter where I previosly was.
Photos:
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| Darwin practicing his writing |
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| Machel |
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| Tatiana |
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| Playing with the Piano |
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| Dayana |
Plan for Tomarrow:
Tomarrow. Doomsday. It is the last day I get to work with any of these children again. I truly will make the most of every minute. We have the fiesta, and also the goodbyes. The smiles then the tears.
Looking back, I relize that every smile I got from any of the children is one more smile, one more moment, and one more light shining in this world. Every memory that they have will stay with each of them forever, and I promise to myself that I will one day, go back and relight those memores, burning in their minds.
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