Guatemala Blog (Eagle's Nest Orphanage) December 29, 2013

Day 2, Not What We Planned!

The most interesting thing that happened today was definitely working with the 2-5 year old orphans. We had gathered all the children in a classroom, and there was Jonathan, Helen, and me. The kids were pretty rambunctious, but I was confident I could calm them down and get some good learning done. I told them to sit down in a circle, and they did initially ,but then all together all the kids started army crawling, squirming, worming around the floor giggling with glee. Jonathan and I shared a look, and we knew then that this class would be much harder than expected.

We did eventually get a few music things done, but the day definitely didn’t go as initially planned. New plans were made and are currently being made. I do have to give a big thanks to Helen, my Guatemalan helper with major Spanish skills, as she has greatly helped me with communication with the children. Sometimes my slaughtered Spanish skills do not do the trick.

I did thoroughly enjoy my first day teaching though, and with a lot of plans out the window I can not wait for the rest of the week of teaching.