I am having a great time in Costa Rica. I have adjusted to my life here, and I am really enjoying teaching during the week and traveling during the weekend. Last week was a great week at school. I love teaching the 7th, 8th and 9th grades, the students are very welcoming and excited to see Megan and me everyday. We planned some activities to help them with their pronunciation and spelling, and they loved it. We gave out stickers, erasers, pencils and books as prizes and they were extremely motivated by this.
Last Thursday was the Talent Show at San Ambrosio. Throughout the week we saw students practicing their dance routines, and we were excited to see the finished product. Some of the teachers transformed an area of the school into an outdoor stage and decorated it with stars and butterflies. It was neat to see our students out of their uniforms and interacting with each other and their families. There were a lot of talented actors, dancers and singers, and I´m glad we were able to go.
On Wednesday there will be a mass in the morning and then we are all planning an English day. Stephanie and Lena made English labels to put around the school and we are teaching the students Christmas carols and Christmas traditions from the United States. It will be fun to teach them our traditions and to learn about theirs.
My Spanish is improving everyday and I am able to understand a lot better than when I came here. Armando (my host brother) doesn´t speak any English, but he has taught me a lot of Spanish and he is very patient with me.
Learning how to Salsa
Hiking up the mountain
Megan, Lena, Stephanie and I on top of El Cerro, the mountain next to Nicoya.