week back

This week the whole class has been there (well 2 of the 4 days I was there). And 12 isnt’ much different from 10. as a matter of fact it seemed better to have them all there. Even more extra hands this week as is brought on by the summer vacations of the rest of the world. Extra hands this week have been from the Netherlands, US, Malawi, and England—Laurah who was here last week, the McCall kids (Ruth (helping in 1st grade), Miriam (reading stories and playing out side), and 2 brothers who play soccer with the kids during break), Chifundo, and Rhona. Rhona came to school with me on Friday and lucky for her it was a really good day. The kids mostly listened and did what they were supposed to do. Practiced writing their numbers and dividing ladybug spots into 2 (mostly) equal groups were the worksheets we did. Read books, sang songs, built long trains of legos, did puzzles, wrote names on the board and kept busy. I love having all the extra hands—though it does get confusing because anyone big in class gets called teacher. The kids are constantly calling out “teacher, can you see? Teacher, can you see?” (meaning “look at this, look at this”) and I think they mean me but it is whoever is closest to them.