The children had many new experiences today. They got to spend part of the day in an elementary school. We stayed for a couple classes, lunch, and recess. At the end of the school day, we had them share what was different to them in an American school. One said that the recess was REALLY long. In China, they probably only have a couple of minutes. Another said that the children and teachers are really friendly with each other and freely walk up to the teacher's desk to ask questions or to get something. In China, there are about 50-80 children in every class so they are not allowed to do that.
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| Crafts with some 3rd graders. |
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| Chad participating in class! |
The orphans also got to go swimming today!! That was super new. They had never been swimming. I have never seen such big smiles. At first, every one was really scared to go into the water and get their whole bodies wet. By the end of the day, almost every single one of them were able to float on their backs! :)
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| Floating! |
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| Claire and I :) |
They also got to try turkey today! They really enjoyed it.
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