Helping Hands

This week in Helping Hands we introduced the children to our new student leaders. Elizabeth and Sasha, responsible 11th grade students, will be the official new student leaders in a few weeks when I begin my exams. This week they simply served as spectators, as they began to learn the ropes of being a helping hands teacher.

I planned and initiated a lesson which continued the topic of animals. I taught the class the song  Old Mcdonald Had A Farm. It was a challenge at first to get the kids to sing along and learn the lyrics, but eventually it came together. The following is a picture of Sasha sitting with some of the children.

Later, the class did a relay race to solidify their understanding of animals. The kids were asked to run to the end of the field and yell out the names of each animal picture. This activity was beneficial in the development of speaking skills. The following is a picture of the children running in the relay race with big smiles across their faces!