Kindergarten Chaos

Today was probably the most organized day yet. At least we knew the basics of what we were going to be doing. We woke up at around 7, had breakfast with most of the group, and, at 8:15, went to the primary school. We started by introducing ourselves, then we got the kids to get up and move around while we sang songs like “Alice the Camel” or “5 Little Monkeys”. Montana tried to record them singing and dancing, but that didn’t go very well. The first video showed Montana that there was a hole in her pants on the butt and the second video was a two-minute video of LuRue’s butt shaking.

We tried teaching the kids several things like the alphabet, number, or body parts, but we’re pretty sure that didn’t understand anything we said. The kids went out to recess where they played a different version of duck, duck, goose and sharks & minnows.

After recess, the teacher (well, not really a teacher, but someone who spoke Swahili) told the kids to write numbers on smaller blackboards. We helped them write the numbers correctly, and then everyone went outside to draw on the dirt. LuRue and one kid had a pattern where LuRue would draw something, then the kid would and so on. Montana thought it looked like a person holding a cup of tea and a loaf of bread.

They went back to the mission house for lunch and hung out around there for a while. Then went to pick up their homemade skirts. They came back to the mission house and tried them on. LuRue liked how hers turned out. Montana’s skirt, she couldn’t get on over her legs, so she had to put it on over her head, which was still very tight.

At 4, like usual, they went to the secondary school. This time there were less than 30 people, so it was easier to teach them card games. We started with “I Doubt It”, but then the kids wanted to play Uno instead. Half of the people were getting into it; the other half started going their separate ways. The game of Uno kind of turned a lesson on how to play Uno, Pommern style. Confusion took over and Montana and LuRue just watched the kids play.

After getting back from that, Montana and Morgan went out for a walk around the town. At the house, it was very quiet. LuRue mainly worked on filling out a Global Volunteers question form, while the others read.

It was then time for dinner, which was French fries, chicken, greens and store bought cookies. LuRue’s favorite part was obviously the chicken and Montana’s favorite part was the cookies.

After dinner, since it was the last night Morgan and Jean would be there, the group discussed their goals and whether or not they met them, then read the journal. Everyone shared some words of wisdom and went their separate ways for the night.