A little Picnic

      These kids and myself love to play outside. Yesterday we agreed that we will each bring lunch and eat together at a little hut near the rice field which that was harvested last month. some kids didn't packed their meal so we shared our foods. Then we explored around the area a bit. it's my Bday today so I just let them do whatever they want and it's so nice to spent it with them.

a walk to the hut.

where we eat.

Eating

delicious!.

After lunch.

crossing to the other side.

Jump!.

a beautiful day.

photo time.

near the rubber farm.

a weedy crown.

walking back through the rubber farm.

looking up.

On the evening, went to the other side of the island. this is a view of Koh Yao Noi.

Angry Birds mania

     the kids love angry birds and after teaching them to read I printed out angry birds for coloring. at the back of their paper each wrote some related vocab like clouds, pigs, yellow bird, eggs and such. we had a lovely time and when they are doing art they are nice and quiet. :) 

same red bird!

start coloring.

fill the colours in.

finished!

Let's read

          So, after several classes I begin to evaluate their proficiency in English which was not good at all. Kids at about 10 years old cannot read simple word fluently. and I personally believe it's important to be able to read and that reading will lead them to something else. So I look for some work sheet to help them learn to read like b_n c_n m_n  and they learn about -an sound. afterwards, I asked them to read with me one by one and the rest can color while waiting.

Color time!

I just love Nudron's angry bird.

Crossword Game

       I bought a crossword games for them to play and learn English in a fun way. It's a bit hard when they don't know many vocabs. So, I told them they could look at the dictionary ( in my talking dictionary one ) because what's more important is that they are learning now and it's not about competing.

Yaya-un and Hud are enjoying Crossword game.

Rice picking and beach time

                Part of the volunteering experience is to learn how the locals  live and work so I join many people's rice field to help them pick the rice. They use thier own labour and most ( actually all of them ) of the rice field, the women are the people who works from 8 with 2 hours break during noon then work again until 5 in the eveing. No wages are paid since they are using the helping-each-other out system. They will go to thier friend's field and thier friends will help them back. It was nice, they chatted a lot. the only thing that made it so difficult is the sun. I can feel the heat coming right through my clothes.

. and JaNee is showing how to cut and pick  the  rice

My little fan club. These kids never work in the field and are curious with how thier mom pick the rice.

after a long day of rice's picking we always go have fun at the beach.

After I showed them fun way to jume they just can't stop,

A little bit of Democracy.

       Since there is an election going on in the village, I asked the kids to draw and think of how they would help the community if they are a real candidate. Then we talked a bit about Democracy, what it means ? why do we need it? what is voting ? Why voting? Can you vote? Have you vote or elect someone before? . We had a nice time discussing about it. 

Group discussion circle.

Drawing poster.

Not yet coloring poster of RooWaida, a candidate number 7.

Yaya-un is designing her own poster.

Does Santa Exist?

   
     Today I teach them about Santa Claus. Since they are Muslim so it is a new culture. I'm showing pictures of Santa, Snowman, Rudolf and Reindeer. They had a fun time learning new words and enjoy watching Jingle Bells Rock in Glee. 

Kids showing thier santa word search that they had coloured.