๐๐๐ฉโ๐ซ๐๐Lo volvimos hacer// We did it again.๐๐๐ฉโ๐ซ๐๐
Cuando las cosas se hacen con amor, no pesan y por el contrario salen muy bien. Hola amigos hivers, reciban un caluroso abrazo y un afectivo saludo. El dรญa de hoy les quiero compartir la jornada nรบmero dos que tuve con mis niรฑos de tareas dirigidas, pintando las franelas con motivos navideรฑos.
When things are done with love, they don't feel like a burden; on the contrary, they turn out very well. Hello, Hivers friends, I send you a warm hug and affectionate greetings. Today I want to share with you the second day I spent with my homework club kids, painting T-shirts with Christmas motifs.
En el mes de julio se me ocurriรณ la genial idea de dictarles un taller de pintura sobre tela a los niรฑos a quienes les doy tareas dirigidas. Para ponerlos en contexto, me presento para los que no me conocen; soy profesora jubilada, oriunda de La Sabana, Estado Vargas, (ahora La Guaira) en Venezuela; reciรฉn obtuve mi jubilaciรณn me dedico a dar tareas dirigidas a niรฑos vecinos a mi domicilio; quienes se han adueรฑado de mi corazรณn.
In July, I had the brilliant idea of giving a painting workshop on fabric to the children I tutor. To give you some context, let me introduce myself for those who don't know me. I am a retired teacher, originally from La Sabana, Vargas State (now La Guaira) in Venezuela. Since retiring, I have been tutoring children who live near my home, and they have stolen my heart.
Mucho antes de jubilarme, ya ejercรญa esta actividad porque me era mรกs productiva econรณmicamente hablando, hoy dรญa es mi fuente de ingresos; en tal sentido luego de jubilarme me organicรฉ mejor, tengo horarios estructurados y planifico actividades extra- cรกtedras, porque el tiempo me lo permite.
Long before I retired, I was already doing this because it was more financially rewarding for me. Today, it is my source of income. In that sense, after retiring, I got better organized, I have structured schedules, and I plan extracurricular activities because I have the time to do so.
En consecuencia, puedo hacer actividades que ellos disfrutan haciendo y yo, disfruto enseรฑรกndoles. Dรญas pasados hice un post donde les contaba la primera jornada de pintura sobre telas. En รฉste quiero compartir la segunda jornada, pero esta vez con motivos navideรฑos. Aquรญ hago un parรฉntesis, fue muy cรณmico este proceso porque yo esperaba que ellos escogieran motivos navideรฑos, รกrboles, campanas, renos entre otros; pues no. Mi sorpresa fue, que algunos repitieron el mismo diseรฑo, solo que lo vistieron de navidad.๐๐๐
As a result, I can do activities that they enjoy doing, and I enjoy teaching them. A few days ago, I wrote a post (@care1869/si-del-cielo-te-caen-limones-aprende-a-hacer-limonada-crisis-u-oportunidad) where I told you about the first day of painting on fabric. In this one, I want to share the second day, but this time with Christmas motifs. Here I'll make a parenthetical remark: this process was very funny because I expected them to choose Christmas motifs, trees, bells, reindeer, among others, but no. To my surprise, some of them repeated the same design, only they dressed it up for Christmas.๐๐๐
Me reรญ mucho, incluso tratรฉ de persuadirlos, pero no hubo manera de convencerlos, estos niรฑos son muy maduros e inteligentes, ademรกs que tienen una personalidad increรญbles y saben defender sus gustos y atractivos de manera convincente, hecho me llena de satisfacciรณn porque son la generaciรณn de relevo. Hubo una mamรก que no le gustรณ el diseรฑo que su niรฑo escogiรณ, entonces yo le manifestรฉ que esa fue su decisiรณn y debรญamos respetarla. Solo una niรฑa escogiรณ un muรฑeco de nieve.
I laughed a lot, I even tried to persuade them, but there was no way to convince them. These children are very mature and intelligent, they have incredible personalities, and they know how to defend their tastes and preferences in a convincing way, which fills me with satisfaction because they are the next generation. There was one mother who didn't like the design her child chose, so I told her that it was their decision and we had to respect it. Only one girl chose a snowman.
Me enorgullece comentarles que, felizmente para mรญ, ellos se siente muy a gusto en mi casa, el trato que mi familia y yo les damos es bastante acogedor; en tal sentido, ellos vienen para acรก con gusto, y eso no es difรญcil de observar porque ya sabemos que los niรฑos, son genuinos y ellos no esconden nada. Tal como les mencionรฉ antes, tienen demasiada personalidad y convicciรณn ante la vida a su corta edad y eso ha hecho entre nosotros y entre ellos mismos una excelente conexiรณn.
I am proud to tell you that, fortunately for me, they feel very comfortable in my home, and my family and I treat them very warmly. In this sense, they enjoy coming here, and that is not difficult to see because we know that children are genuine and do not hide anything. As I mentioned before, they have a lot of personality and conviction about life at their young age, and that has created an excellent connection between us and among themselves.
Son demasiado transparentes, asรญ como se sientan lo van a decir y a demostrar; es asรญ pues, que fueron ellos mismos quienes solicitaron esta segunda forma de taller. Fueron ellos quienes me preguntaban durante el primer lapso, quรฉ cuรกndo รญbamos a pintar las franelas de navidad. Yo les respondรญan siempre lo mismo: ยฟya les compraron las franelas? ๐๐ ellos respondรญan que no, y yo les decรญa: Si no tienes la franela ยฟcรณmo vamos a pintar?๐๐ ๐คฃ
They are too transparent; as soon as they sit down, they say and show what they think. That is why they themselves requested this second type of workshop. They were the ones who asked me during the first session when we were going to paint the Christmas T-shirts. I always gave them the same answer: Have you bought the T-shirts yet? ๐๐ They said no, and I said, โIf you don't have the T-shirts, how are we going to paint them?โ๐๐ ๐คฃ
Obviamente, no era su responsabilidad, ni estaba en sus manos. En consecuencia, presionรฉ un poco a los padres y le puse fecha a la actividad, para que les compraran las franelas a los niรฑos. En la primera jornada yo tenรญa franelas y se las vendรญ, pero en esta oportunidad era responsabilidad de sus padres, comprรกrselas.
Obviously, it wasn't his responsibility, nor was it in his hands. Consequently, I put a little pressure on the parents and set a date for the activity so that they could buy the T-shirts for the children. On the first day, I had T-shirts and sold them to them, but this time it was their parents' responsibility to buy them.
El taller consta de 6 horas de 60 minutos, no pedagรณgicas (45 minutos) es decir tres clases de dos horas cada clase, cuando son de color blanco y si son de otro color requieren mรกs horas, sin embargo, yo los ayudo. Siempre les echo una manita y estoy pendiente de su trabajo para que el producto sea impecable y los resultados hermosos.
The workshop consists of six 60-minute sessions, not including teaching time (45 minutes), i.e., three two-hour classes. When they are white, they require fewer hours, but if they are another color, they require more hours. However, I always give them a hand and keep an eye on their work to ensure that the product is flawless and the results beautiful.
Luego que las franelas estuvieron listas, les organicรฉ en complicidad con sus padres una fiesta de fin de aรฑo. La misma tuvo una duraciรณn de tres horas, el dรญa 16 de diciembre despuรฉs que ellos ya estaban de vacaciones; y la condiciรณn era venir con la franela puesta y cualquier otro atuendo navideรฑo. Dรญas antes yo estuve en el estadio, en un juego de bรฉisbol y en ese encuentro repartieron unos mechudos, no se como lo llaman en otros paรญses. Pompones quizรกs? Son los que utilizan las porristas en las manos para animar eventos deportivos.
Once the T-shirts were ready, I organized an end-of-year party for them in collaboration with their parents. The party lasted three hours on December 16, after they had already started their vacation, and the condition was that they had to come wearing the T-shirt and any other Christmas attire. A few days earlier, I had been at the stadium for a baseball game, and at that game they handed out pom-poms, or whatever they're called in other countries. Maybe pompoms? They're the things cheerleaders use in their hands to cheer at sporting events.
Mientras me venรญa, estuve recogiendo varios y me los traje para la fiesta,๐คฃ๐๐ ellos jugaron, bailaron, cantaron, comieron y disfrutamos todos de la actividad. Mi hermana y mi sobrina me apoyaron y me colaboraron en la celebraciรณn del compartir navideรฑo de tareas dirigidas. Hubo rifas, juegos, premios y cotillones; los cuales ellos disfrutaron y agradecieron de la actividad. Sus padres tambiรฉn quedaron muy satisfechos.
While I was coming, I picked up several and brought them to the party. They played, danced, sang, ate, and we all enjoyed the activity. My sister and niece supported me and helped me with the Christmas celebration of guided activities. There were raffles, games, prizes, and party favors, which they enjoyed and appreciated. Their parents were also very satisfied.
Por mi parte agradezco a Dios todos los dรญas, que me haya regalado el Don de ser docente. Agradezco a los padres tambiรฉn por confiar en mรญ, mi casa, mi familia, mis valores y sobre todo mi trabajo. Gracias a todos estos elementos, hemos consolidado un "Club de Tareas Dirigidas" (asรญ me gusta llamarlo) ๐maravilloso y eficiente; ya se estรกn viendo los frutos de las tareas. Los resultados se observaron en la boleta del primer lapso y en funciรณn a las observaciones de las maestras estamos trabajando para mejorar las debilidades observadas en ese perรญodo. Por esto y todo lo demรกs puedo decir: ยกGracias!
For my part, I thank God every day for giving me the gift of being a teacher. I also thank the parents for trusting me, my home, my family, my values, and above all, my work. Thanks to all these elements, we have established a wonderful and efficient โGuided Homework Clubโ (as I like to call it) ๐, and we are already seeing the fruits of our labor. The results were seen in the first term report card, and based on the teachers' observations, we are working to improve the weaknesses observed during that period. For this and everything else, I can only say: Thank you!
y no serรก necesario castigar al hombre"
Pitรกgora
and it will not be necessary to punish men."
Pythagoras
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