Miscellaneous School Activities

This game was such a favorite of the grandkids to play at Grandma Waddoups' that I decided to try it for school.  We have been learning the English names of articles of clothing, so I thought this would help the kids learn 'scarf' and 'mittens'.  That didn't work really well, but they had a good time playing the game AND eating the chocolate bar afterwards.  It did bring back some really fond memories of the grandkids sitting around Mom's kitchen table and all of them, including her, playing the game.  It was a family favorite!

 We gave up on using the scarf and just settled for using the mittens.  The game was also to have helped them learn their numbers up to six by using the dice.  Again, not sure how successful it was, but they had a good time!

This is Khulan and she is deaf.  But she is a pretty good artist and brought her portfolio to school to show us.

We had a good time using the ring toss to count the number of times a person threw and how many rings they got the ring around the bottle.

 

They thought his was a pretty fun game, but it sort of got out of hand and the kids are pretty competitive.  But they are also very kind to each other and cheer each other on when someone actually got a ringger!

We learned all the numbers up to 12 and then used the Skip-Bo cards to practice. Most of them could put them in order, but the English words were a little difficult.  This young man, Bilgee, did a great job, could say the names of the numbers and could even count backwards!

 I'm not sure they are learning the concepts behind the activities, but we sure have a good time and they love our English class.  All the kids are so happy when we first get there and they try so hard!  This has truly been a rewarding part of our mission, even though they may not have learned or are able to learn what we are trying to teach.  I think they know we love them and they love the attention!

This is Shuree from Alan's advanced class!  She is blind and has learned how to read and write in Braille.  The little girl is also blind and is new to the school.  The school administrator asked Shuree if she would help this little one learn how to use Braille so she can also read and write in English. It was a pretty tender scene to watch her put her arms around her and move her fingers over the raised bumps. I hope she is successful in this attempt.  Shuree has so much poise and meets the world pretty head on!  This little girl is really shy and needs the ability to read and write to help her gain the confidence she needs.