First Day of School!

Today was our first day of teaching! Today we woke up prepared to teach the students and excited to see the kids we were going to be teaching. After our amazing oatmeal and cornflakes with warm milk (delicious according to Ms. Brown) we headed off to our school. After our long walk we arrived to the school and were greeted with smiles from the little kids. Walking into the school, students walked up to us and showed us the way to the classroom. We started off teaching the kindergarten and we found it a bit challenging to interact with them. They did not seem fully engaged at first. However, as the class progressed they became more interested. At the end of our first class we had recess with the kids! As soon as we walked out of the classroom, students began walking up to us and grabbing our hands so that we would play with them. It was wonderful to be able to interact with them outside of the classroom and just have fun with them. After lunch we had the third grade class. It was a much different experience than the kindergarten class, as they seemed to understand the majority of what we were saying and had a very positive attitude! It was very evident that these students truly wanted to learn and weren’t just forced to do so. Transitioning into the fourth grade class, we found it challenging to capture their attention and get them to be fully engaged. After today, we revised our lesson plans for the days ahead of us so that we can better capture their attention. We look forward to the rest of the week!

Lauren Carr and Hannah David