Thursday, April 23, 2015

Tongue Twisters

As a teacher, I have learned to go with the flow when teaching new concepts. Some days Abbie & Sophie learn the material fast, fast, fast; other days there might be tears, time-outs, and long bouts of repetition. Unexpectedly, today was a slower learning day with giggles and smiles rather than tears and time-outs. 
In English, we started to learn about synonyms and antonyms. Abbie and Sophie had no problem remembering synonym = same/similar meaning words or antonym = opposite meaning words; BUT, they couldn't pronounce synonym/antonym to save their lives! Oh my goodness, it was sooooo funny I had to film part of Abbie in the process of learning and share it with y'all.




I think Abbie learns better when she can read it so I wrote it down phonetically on the white board. She  finally got it down as long as she said the words separately. Sophie (major audio learner), on the other hand, got it down in a matter of seconds so I wasn't able to film her.


Sunday, March 22, 2015

Serving and Saving

This weekend Jeremiah's Hope joined together with International Faith Initiatives to host a 3 day medical training conference. This gave me a chance to brush up on my CPR skills and put faces to some of the heros in Ukraine. Some of these men have been on the front lines (as in fighting to maintain the Donetsk Airport) and some are about to volunteer for the first time; but, all believe in the power of Jesus Christ and are willing to lay down their lives for him. 

http://www.jeremiahshope.org/2015/03/surrounded-men-of-great-faith/