Take Me a Little Deeper: My little Chickadees

Alejandro and Miguel pretending to be monkeys

Learning the letter 'C'

I remember when I was seven, sitting my brothers down in a little room behind our house, taking out the little chalkboard and teaching them math. Ever chance I had I was writing on that chalkboard wanting to teach something to anybody that wanted to learn. This desire was probably fueled by the wonderful teachers I had throughout my schooling years.
When I was in kindergarden my teacher, Mrs. Warden, used to call her students "chickadees." Her laugh was contagious and if you were having a bad day her hugs would make all the sadness go away. Some of my favorite memories with her at school were planting sunflowers outside and going on a field to a pumpkin patch in the fall. I truly enjoyed going to school and being her student. Now that I myself am a teacher I feel I treasure those memories more and try to bring into my classroom all that love and creativity I received growing up.
After moving to Guatemala I was given the opportunity to teach here at Casa Bernabe. My class consists of two three year olds, two two year olds, and one who we think is two years old. My friend Abbi, who also lives here with her husband Clint, brings her one year old daughter and helps out with the class. We have been teaching for two months and it has been fun. We have been teaching them their colors, shapes, letters and numbers, as well as basic motor skills.
Here are some pictures of us.