The Priceless Rambunctious Standards at PRS

Just our second day at PRS and surprisingly, we already have a routine, sort of. This time, we got there and Montana led LuRue up to the Standard 3 classroom, which is weird, because usually LuRue is the one with the map of the place in her brain, but this time it was Montana. For Standard 3, we did things very similar to what we have been doing at Christ King. We introduced "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" to the kids and had half of the class say "One, two, buckle my shoe", then the other half would say "Three, four, shut the door" and so on. Then we introduced the memory game and went on to songs. The kids didn't know many kid songs, because no other Global Volunteers have worked with the younger kids at PRS. So, Montana and LuRue introduced "Five Little Monkeys", "Alice the Camel", "The Penguin Song", "The Hokey Pokey", and "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes". The kids had a great time doing that. We ended that lesson with some 'I Spy'.

LuRue and Montana went down to Standard 2 then. Standard 2 was very similar to Standard 3, but we had to do it more simply. We still did "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe", introduced songs, and ended with 'I Spy' and 'Simon Says', but the sections took longer to introduce, because the kids had a harder time understanding it. The memory game was also too complicated for them, so we had to ditch that. 

The hardest was probably Standard 1. It is a lot like dealing with the pre-primary students in Tanzania, except more controlled. That class was mainly repetition of songs and 'I Spy'. 

In the afternoon, some more videos were filmed with lots of retakes, because of the problem with keeping straight faces. We left for SEAM at 4:15 today so that LuRue could give her fabric to the tailor.



We got to SEAM early, so while we were waiting for Jeff and Stephen, we sat around and talked to the kids and Sheeba. We went right to crafts instead of singing and dancing first, because a tutor was there, but only could be there for a certain amount of time. People seem to be really interested in the rubber bands now. The materials for the bracelets are fading away. We also brought out some coloring and sticker books which interested the girls, even some older girls, which was unexpected.






Today was Swathy's 14th birthday, so the day ended with singing birthday songs and some delicious chocolate cake being served to the children (and us).