İHola República Dominicana!

Yesterday we arrived in Santiago and then took a bus to Monte Cristi. We arrived really tired but ecstatic to Marina Del Mar. Today we woke up excited to prepare to teach the students. We had an American breakfast and then we had an overview of the week’s festivities with the Outreach leaders. We learned the principles of Outreach 360 by being separated in small groups with other schools and acting in skits. Then we took the walking tour of the city, we saw the beach, Outreach center and the neighborhoods. We then hurried on back for lunch and then we began preparing lesson plans for the students ranging from grades kindergarten to 4^th grade. We then had a quick break also known as siesta time. We took a mini trip to the coastline to relax and take selfies while Lydia and Lauren went swimming. Throughout the week we will be teaching the children words such as cleaning, washing, and brushing while also implementing pronouns and questions into the mix. Each day we will be reviewing the days of the week, the alphabet, numbers 1-10 and greetings. Soon after the lesson planning, we had a pasta dinner and then had reflection. We are looking forward to the rest of the time we have here and we’re excited for tomorrow, our first day of teaching!

Ashlei Anderson and Maria Poggi