Laura and I met on Tuesday to work on some lesson plans. We decided that our overall theme will be "My Life." Each week will have a different topics within this theme. Week 1 will be “My Life Before”, so we can review the English they already knew as well as introducing topics like introductions (“my name is…”/“I am …. Years old”). Week 2 will be “A Year in My Life” and we will be teaching the kids about seasons. The other weeks also follow this theme. We have, using an old lesson plan as a guide, come up with games, crafts, and music to accompany our topics and make our lessons more fun and interactive. Right now we’re gathering all of our supplies. We’ve had donations from a wide range of people. Laura’s dentist has donated some toothpaste, people from my church have donated magazines, and others have donated supplies like paper and crayons. We still have some supplies to purchase, but hope to get most of those costs covered by donations.
Tonight Laura and I are meeting again to finalize our plans, and tomorrow we are meeting with Bobby Houser, the director of TWI. TWI is the organization that is sponsoring us. It has facilitated our placement with the Mostar Orphanage, hired our interpreter, Aldin, and organized most of the details of our program. There is a link to their website, with information on their wide variety of programs, on my post below.
Our flight is on Monday at 8 am, so I’m very busy packing, planning, and shopping for last-minute supplies and necessities. The next time I update will probably be in Sarajevo next week.
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