On Monday I had a meeting at the assement center to find out when they would like me start volunteering and what I would be doing. After I got there I found out that they were not prepared for me and they told me that they would call me back. I just got off the phone with them and it looks as though that door is closing too. She said there is a slight possibility that I could come and volunteer with another volunteer, but she is not sure yet.
On the other hand, I had a meeting at the orphanage about volunteering there. The meeting went well and I will be teaching them English 2 mornings a week. After the meeting I had all the kids sit in a circle and I tried to learn their names. What a challenge. The day after the meeting was my first day teaching there. It was so much fun! If anyone has any activitiy ideas please send them to me. I have 26 kids ages 2-14 with varying degrees of English (none - some). So I need creative ideas to teach them English and I am open to any and all suggestions that you may have. The children are such a delight!
Please pray that God shows me what else He wants me to do here. I know He has me here for a reason... I just need to discover what it is.
Thank you for all your prayers!
Love, Beca
2 comments:
I found that with kids who don't speak english, teaching a song in sign language (you can make up the signs) is good to teach vocabulary. Just try to find a song with useful words in it... little miss muffet's tuffet isn't that valuable ;) but a worship song might be. I did "here I am to worship" once, and it's got some good words to it.
I don't know what your access is to paper/pens/etc. but you could do matching games where you draw/paste pictures of objects, and write the word that matches elsewhere on the page, and the kids have to draw lines between word and object (more of a classroom activity)
skits are great if you can find a story the kids already know. or a really simple story (funny is good!) We did one in Kazakhstan with a talking bean... and I jumped up and said "I'm a bean!" I don't remember the context, but again, if the kids have lines they have to memorize, and it's interactive, and especially if it's funny, they'll remember those words.
you'll do great beca! I'm praying for you!
Perhaps a crossword would help? It's more for written English, demanding proper spelling. There are some Free Software applications out there to build them.
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Alex K
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