Teaching GK Kids

Originally, the teaching committee planned to tutor kids. The committee was supposed to be divided into two: for students and for the out-of-school toddlers. The intended age bracket was 3 to 12 years old. Those who were attending their classes would be helped on their assignments and lessons; while, those who were not going to school would be taught basic preparatory lessons incorporated with stories and creative activities. We were supposed to gather them at the Telus court, though we really had problems regarding this venue due to inconvenience and changing weather. 

However, on our first meeting, we found out that our schedule, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, was not amenable to the children. Many of the kids were at their schools at these hours and the others were sleeping as it was their siesta time. Ate Mila, our contact person in the GK Telus, also advised us to play games and teach stories instead as most of their kids were students and learning school matters again in the afternoon would burden them more. As a response to these concerns, we then decided to change our plan to conducting fun games and story-telling but integrated with moral values.

The stories we taught were The Monkey and The Crocodile (a fable of friendship and trust) and David and Goliath (a parable about faith and self-confidence). Some of the games we facilitated were Bahay, Bagyo, Bato (for agility and speed), Simon Says (for attentiveness), Crab game (for focus and cooperation), Charades (for creativity and intelligence) and the Boat is Sinking (for competitiveness).

We also decided to participate in every game in order to foster friendship with them and also in order not to make them feel apart from us. All in all, we were able to gather more or less 30 kids every Monday.

            Generally, there were no major problems encountered during our meetings. In our last few sessions, we saw good results such as cooperation among the children and an established friendship between them and us.

Among these, we can declare a success for the Teaching Committee.