Visit 7

Today when I went to the Boys and Girls Club, it was my final visit and because today was my last visit, I was the teacher. This meant I chose what we did for the sport in the beginning, and I selected the snack. For the sport, I decided to play Dodge Ball because it was all the children’s favorite. While playing this game, I realized how much the kids enjoyed having volunteers there because they all wanted to be on my team. After a 45-minute game of Dodge Ball, (instead of 30 minute usual one) it was snack time. I had made decorated sugar cookies for the kids as a special surprise. I could tell that the children appreciated them, because they all kept asking for more and more. While I was getting ready to leave the club, Tadeka asked me, for the last time, if she could play the viola for me. I was touched and answered of course. Tadeka non- stop for 10 minutes and then it was time to take pictures. For the remainder of the time, I took pictures with all the children at the club. I will definitely miss going to the Boys and Girls Club every Monday, and I will definitely miss working with Tadeka. I have already asked if I can continue as a volunteer, however, you have to be 16 or older to work there. 

Visit #6

Today when I visited the Boys and Girls Club, many exciting things happened. First, when I arrived ,we played outside on the giant big toy. Until this visit, we had always remained indoors .  After a while, everyone started to get cold so when went back inside for Power Hour. For the first 20 minutes of Power Hour, Tadeka wanted to play , her instrument, the viola to me. Although she this was her first year playing, she is already very good and most importantly, she seems to really enjoy it. When Tadeka was tired of playing the viola, she asked me if I could help her with her homework. Her first assignment was to match a group of words with their definitions . For this, I had to explain to her what many of the words meant so that she could then match the word correctly . After doing her English homework, she worked on her math homework. By the time Tadeka was on the second page of her math homework, everyone else was finished with all their homework. All the kids were asking Tadeka to hurry up, so that they could play hide and go seek in the dark. At one point when we were working on her homework, Tadeka told me that she was done and that she would finish the rest at home, but I told her, that because we started her math we were going to finish it. 10 minutes later, all her homework was completed and she was able to play with all her friends.  When I had to tell Tadeka that we were going to do her homework now vs. later, I felt like an adult. I have learned that the saying “ Do not put off  until  tomorrow what you can do today “ is very important to remember ,not only for doing your homework , but also for doing many things.