teaching

Teaching has been a blast these past several weeks. Homeschooling 4^th graders has its ups and downs, but it’s been good.

The boys have been struggling through fractions but they are getting the hang of it. They have loved learning about the Mayans and Christopher Columbus, as it is a huge part of the history of Honduras. Copan is a very important city, in Honduras, that is very important in history and to this day as the descendants of the Mayans live there and keep the culture alive. They have loved doing activities and talking about some people from Copan that we know.

            One science unit that we did was about natural disasters and volcanoes. We were able to make a model volcano that erupted and they loved every minute of it.

 

When a group came they got to be apart of a service project where they helped paint inside one of the churches in one of the nearby communities.

English class has been pretty fun as well. Everyone has a good laugh when I don’t make sense, or say a completely different word that sounds like the word I’m trying to say. It’s also super fun when they learn new words, and are trying to make new sounds and say the words correctly.

 For one class only about half the kids come but the ones that come have been learning about feelings. Their favorite answer for “How do you feel?” is always happy or in love, because those are the easiest words to say.

Another class is learning about fruit, and their favorite fruit is always mango because it is the same in Spanish. Those punks. It’s fun to hang out with them and expose them to new things even if they only retain a little.