Staff Blog
On Monday of this week, a new business venture was begun at CSC! The Level C1 kids are trying their hand at a food business to learn about math, economics, supply and demand and who among their teachers and aunties has a sweet tooth or an unhealthy need for soft drinks! :)
For the next 12 school days, each day during the snack time break they will sell their handmade goodies (and handpurchased drinks); something different will be offered each day. The first day was a red hotdog in a soft bakery bun---they also provided ketchup for those who prefer a more dressed up dog. I had forgotten to visit the school during snack time, but I needn't have fretted as the group came to my office with their food, their bank, complete with tissues and ketchup if I needed! Such service! They also excitedly told me that they have Coke Light; however when I asked for one I was told that I could visit their school for that one. :) But really, how can you turn them down?! And T. Glenda is a smart cookie to encourage them to make their business a mobile one! :)
Yesterday's snack was arroz caldo, a warm soupy rice dish. Again, the girls found me in my office. They were, however, sold out of arroz caldo, but were wondering if I would like a drink. They had decided to also make their drinks a part of their mobile sales---I rewarded their business savvy with my purchase of a Coke Light.
Today was gulaman; a gelatinous dessert. It is the consistency of jello but today's was made with coconut milk instead of water. I bought one for 3 pesos and a Coke Light to wash it down, 25 pesos for that, so my delicious snack was 28 pesos in all. That is about 50 cents---a steal!
I have heard rumors that Monday is pancake day! I am SUPER excited for Monday.
At the end of this project, they will calculate their earnings, split them amongst them and will go shopping together. I have already asked some of them what they think they will buy, so far the unanimous decision has been: JUNK FOOD! Go figure. ;)
Today's snack
Future business ladies:
They are learning early and are quite persuasive already! :)
I love how EXCITED these girls are about school and learning and I LOVE how they brighten up my day when they come to my office in the morning!
Oh and the face masks are so they practice proper food handling and hygiene; there is no end to the benefits of this project!
Also, did I mention that Monday is pancake day? I am looking forward to Monday...
:)
J-O-Y!
Loving life....and more specifically....hackysacks! :)
Thank you to our visitors for giving every kid their very own hackysack---as you can see, they were eagerly received!
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SRA Day!
Last Friday was SRA Day at school! SRA is our reading curriculum so it includes reading, writing, and spelling! We spent the morning having some fun reviewing things the kids had learned in SRA throughout the year. It started off with one student from each level sharing why they like SRA. Then we had a cheer competition. The children were divided into four groups and each group had 10 minutes to create their own cheer about SRA or reading. It was cool to see what they came up with!
After the cheering competition was the spelling contest! The kids took turns writing letters or words on the white board as a review of things they had learned. They also drew pictures that related to some of the themes our classes had studied. Some of the older kids went up and explained how their pictures related to the theme.
The final part of the program involved several presentations by our kids. The Level A students performed sang "The Alphabet Song". Jaime and Pretchy each did a beautiful job sharing poems about reading! Shiela & Rowena sang a duet of "America the Beautiful", a song they learned in one of their reading units. Then three of our Level C students shared stories they had written during class.
Here are some more pictures from our exciting day!
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Friends
Friendships are an important part of life at CSC. Although most of our children have siblings at CSC (about two thirds), they all seek out friends in their age group and enjoy hanging out, playing, making music and talking about life. Our kids can easily find friends who have similar backgrounds and can understand and accept what they have gone through in life. Some friendships can go on for several years, depending on how long the children stay at CSC. When a child leaves for adoption there are often sad friends left behind who wonder if they'll ever see them again. In some cases, friendships that began at CSC can pick up later on when children are placed in the same geographical area. Check out a few pictures of friends at CSC:
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Movie Night
One of the things we often hear at CSC is laughter, and one of the best places to hear it is during a movie night.
It's hard to organize a trip to the movie theater, so often times staff will gather up a group of kids and setup the projector in the library at the school. The movie night below was a "girl's night out" that Teacher Lindsay organized. However, being the IT guy, I was allowed to attend because I had to setup the screen and projector. :)
The movie was Mr. Popper's Penguins.
It's hard to see much in the video below, but it's really fun to listen to the laughter of the kids.
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The Littlest Waveboarder
Waveboarding is the cool thing to do during playtime here at CSC. Lots of the older kids got waveboards for Christmas, but recently more and more of the little kids want to try the waveboards as well. The other day I noticed this little lady trying out her older sister's waveboard in the driveway and I couldn't stop laughing - it was so cute! And she's so good at it!
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