Estancia Post-exams

The last few weeks have been a little more low-key than when school was officially in session. Two of the three teachers still came to school daily after exams and did various things with the students such as Christmas arts and crafts. Other days, PCVs would come to the school and do activities with the students. Erin's science experiments have been a huge hit. She began with a unit on air and did a basic demonstrations while explaining and asking questions about the results. The students were definitely excited and ready to participate, and even remembered some of the discussions during the following class.

Tara has been doing a unit on values with the students and several of the activities were particularly great. During the lesson on kindness, there was a bingo-like board of kind things the students could do. If they did a row of kind things, they would win candy. All of the kids (large and small) accomplished the goal and many even tried to cover the whole board!

Another recent development has been the introduction of the card game "Uno." I am not kidding--two weeks after I first played it with them, it is still the current sought-after activity (even over watching movies!). Tuesday was the end of the year ceremony/6th grade promotion and Alex, the previous´s volunteer´s going away celebration. It merit´s a separate entry with pictures, so look forward to that coming soon!