Today, we got up bright and early for our first visit to Huantugloma, the community in which we will do most of our service this week. The drive to Huatugloma from Universidad de Cuenca took over an hour, winding up in the mountains to the primary school at the very top of a hill.
When we got to Efrain Naula, the school where we will do our workshops, we
visited the classrooms of each of the ten grades the school teaches. We saw recent class projects, student work, and vocabulary words in Spanish and Kichwa. These displays should help those of us who are Spanish beginners to catch up to a first grader's Spanish language skills. Miércoles!!
After we toured the classrooms, we went on a "walk up on a hill" that people who are not from the Andes region would call a "strenuous hike on a mountain." Our host from the Universidad de Cuenca, Ana, said this walk was preparation for a much harder walk we would take later in the week. ¡Dios mio! Here's our victory photo:
When we got to Efrain Naula, the school where we will do our workshops, we
visited the classrooms of each of the ten grades the school teaches. We saw recent class projects, student work, and vocabulary words in Spanish and Kichwa. These displays should help those of us who are Spanish beginners to catch up to a first grader's Spanish language skills. Miércoles!! After we toured the classrooms, we went on a "walk up on a hill" that people who are not from the Andes region would call a "strenuous hike on a mountain." Our host from the Universidad de Cuenca, Ana, said this walk was preparation for a much harder walk we would take later in the week. ¡Dios mio! Here's our victory photo:
We spent the rest of our time at Efrain Naula playing futbol with neighborhood niños and giving endless piggyback rides. We are very excited to return to the school on Lunes to begin our service there!
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