BLOG FOUR - March 31, 2017

1. What have you accomplished?

• We did the first activity that we planned and I did my first read aloud.

2. What has gone wrong? 

• Well, we didn't anticipate many kids to come so we only brought a small amount of origami paper. Additionally, we weren't expecting to do the read aloud ourselves, so we didn't have books prepared for it.

3. What challenges have you faced?

• It was a challenge trying to get the kids to lower their voices because they kept talking over us and some of them weren't paying attention. Teaching the kids origami was another challenge because it was so stressful since all the kids kept bombarding us with questions like "can you do this?" "can you do that?" and that wasn't what we were aiming for. We thought that the kids should have done it themselves, but there were so many of them that were confused so we ended up doing it for them. And I am telling you, that was really difficult because kids are very impatient and all they did was complain. So, it really takes a lot of patience for you to keep a smile on your face and help them.

4. What have you learned through the process?

• I learned how to do origami with the kids and to always have more than enough materials because you never really know how many kids will be there.

 5. How have your skills improved over the past week?

• I definitely know how to be more patient with kids now and to smile at them even if you don't want on the inside. Being kind is one of the best qualities you can show when working with kids.

6. Are you on track for an on-time delivery?

•  Yes, my team and I are on track for time delivery because we had activities prepared on time.

7. What adjustments need to be made on the timeline?

• We don't need to make any adjustments at the moment.

8. My next action is….

• We need to start planning our next activity.