Hi everyone!
Sorry it's been such a lot time since I updated this blog! Since my last post, I've been to Thailand, Malaysia, and now Guatemala! In Thailand, my team and I taught preschool to refugee kids. A refugee is a person who has left his or her country for safety reasons. Many of the families I met had left their countries because they were not allowed to practice Christianity openly there.
In Malaysia, I worked at a school. The class I was in was for 7-9 year olds. It was very different from most schools in America. The students either came for four hours in the morning or four hours in the afternoon. You might have "Center Time" in your classroom, when you work on tasks by yourself or in a small group while your teacher works with different groups of kids. This school in Malaysia was basically like that for the whole day.
In Guatemala this month, I worked at a home for girls who are not able to live with their families. They like to do a lot of the same things that you like to do - play sports, watch movies, color, play card games, read, and dance. In the video at the top of this page, you can learn some popular clapping games that the girls enjoy playing. In Guatemala, they speak Spanish. Here are some Spanish words you might like:
Hola - hello
Adios - goodbye
Como estas? - How are you?
Bien - Good
Y tu? (pronounced "Eee too?") - And you?
Yo - me
Tu - you
Amigo/amiga - friend
Salud! - Bless you (when someone sneezes)
Cuantos anos tienes? - How old are you?
Until next time!
Miss Jacobs
