KB in Honduras: End of Week 7 Activities

My host sister’s third birthday is on August 26, so we had a birthday party for her on Wednesday. This is the first birthday party I have attended in Honduras and it seemed pretty traditional. We had a piñata and cake, along with other food. Marcela was very excited all day for the piñata but when it came time to actually knock it down with the stick, she was afraid of it. It was a nice afternoon of family fun, and the rain waited until the end of the party!

We are continuing our self-directed projects and had Wednesday and Thursday afternoon to go to our schools and work with the students. Michelle, Emily, and I planned our lessons for the two days, focusing on literacy, the alphabet and sight words. On Wednesday 6 students showed up at 2pm for the class and only 2 of them were actually students on our list for the class. We gave the school director copies of our schedule to pass out to the students as a reminder, so we are not sure why so few showed up that day. We had a better turn out on Thursday with 24 students, although less than half were actually from our attendance list. One of the activities we did with the children was make “I see ____.” mini books, like “I see 2 globes.” But of course it is in Spanish and they have to illustrate their books. One little boy drew three people in his book and labeled them as me, Michelle, and Emily! It was very cute.

On Thursday after classes, my group wanted to have a little bonfire and roast marshmallows. A PC staff member was able to bring us firewood and we (basically just Jim) built a fire. Chocolate is very hard to come by in Honduras so we did not have real s’mores, but roasted marshmallows and crackers were still delicious! It was a nice break to hang out with each other after a long week of classes.