Now we are 21

Now we are 21 and so far this evening none of the sick girls are very sick - no fevers, rashes or blue finger tips! The 3 sick kids all seem better tonight. We have 21 girls now with a new teen named Loris, age 14 from the Darien region. She will start secondary school, that is 7th grade and we found a place for her in a school where we have two good students - a good example.

Our three first graders, all who for one reason or other are starting 1st grade later in life than expected, are doing well. Sinilida can copy a short sentence from the board and tonight copied, in cursive (which is what they teach first here) the names of many of the other girls. One of the older girls iniciated it and it was a nice interaction. I have found that showing them how to write something or practice something in pre-writing goes very well with practice on a white board or black board (a small one about 2 feet by 2 1/2 feet) really helps.

One of the new girls, now in 3rd grade, who has bot been to school for a year or two, seems to have missed introductory multiplication in 2nd grade - so we are going to start with it after dinner.

Tia Sue