I just got my placement.

I just got an e-mail today saying that I am placed with an organization called Mobile Creches. They are an organization that "enables young children of marginalized and mobile populations to develop into competent and confident individuals."

So basically I will be working with children from the ages of 4-7, which I am at a loss as to what I should be doing! They gave me a list of things to do, this includes:

· Organize activities, including games, songs

and arts & crafts.

· Assist the staff with daily routines

· Teaching Nursery Rhymes, Alphabets, colors,

animal names, fruit names, Vegetables names

· Provide individual attention to the children.

· Pre school activities like learning to share etc

· Be a role model. Encourage and praise the

children while also enforcing rules of good behavior.

I have little experience with children so I will be doing a lot of research in the next couple of weeks and I hope to bring things from America over. The agency has a strong policy about ensuring that volunteers do not leave "gifts" because they believe it creates a dependence on outsiders.
I'm going to have to ask Michele for some ideas.

Other than that I am very excited to go! 16 more days.