Plan for children while they are at my house.

Tomorrow, the children for Arun Shanti Nivas are going to come to my house. I had invited them the last i had gone to visit them. I figured that i wasn't any good at teaching them, and also that i was told that they were given only pure vegetarian food, and that they were allowed only in a few occasional events to have chicken. Also the fact that they had holidays, so they were not allowed to go out and play cricket.

So what i had planned out for them, is:

1. Cricket
2. Food (lunch and tea)
3. Movie
4. Some badminton ( depends on how many kids know how to play )

I was told that all the kids play cricket, so i will divide them into 2 teams, 1 that i will lead and the other would be led by the other oldest guys who's name is Mohankumar. We would play series of many games with 5 overs each. We will plan out accordingly, which would be the best way to play and win.

Visit to Arun Shanti Nivas

Today i went to Arun Shanti Nivas today. It was a pleasant area, it was a small building with a garden and a drive way. As i entered the building i was approached by small children. They seemed to be shy. I was told that i would be escorted by the manager of the place, he explained the whole place and how it worked. There was a worship place where they had all 3 gods, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism. Followed by that were 2 dormitories and 1 dinning hall with a joint kitchen, and a class room.

There were a tot

al of 16 children, all boys. I was escorted to the class

room where all the kids got their books out and sat in a disciplined manner, and waited me to start. This was my first time teaching and i was a bit nervous, because the original plan that i had devised was, not working because there were children of all ages, some knew more English than the others, some were just starting to learn. I still went on and told

them to write 5 lines about themselves. All they could all write was:

1. Their hobby (to play cricket)
2. How old they were
3. Which school they went to
4. That, they were happy.
5. Their names

It was good to see that, they could for a sentence with less difficulties.

After they had all written their list, i thought that i should have some fun time with them, so i told the manager to ge

t the caro

m board, we all took a chance at it. Some were really good, and some had just started. I also took part, but i was too bad at it, that i lost the game.

This is when we played Carom.

This is when i was teaching them and classroom.

This the praying area.

This is their dormitory.

These children have really touched my heart, so to make them happier i decided to call them over to play cricket at my house this Saturday. Since all of them expressed the wish to play cricket, i thought that they would have a good time playing cricket and eating food. Every bit that we do will affect their life in some way. It really got me thinking, what would my life be without my parents? I don't know the pain of not having 1 parent let alone both. I really wish that we put all efforts into making them feel that they are wanted and have a bright future in front of them.

Plan for teaching the children at Arun Shanti Nivas.

Arun Shanti Nivas, is a organization that helps the needless and hopeless kids that have either been abandoned by their parents during war, or lost them and the children that have been abandoned for some other reason, but still have relatives.

These children are mainly Tamil boys, with 1 Sinhalese boy. They aren't as fortunate as us to have such comforting homes or accessories as us. They are blessed with a shelter, 3 times a day with food and education. These are the conditions which they live in. Their age ranges from 4 years to 18 years old.

PLAN:

I plan to teach them a bit of basic English.

1. I want to start of by asking them too write a bit about themselves, like about 5 lines.
2. I want to show them that their are other fun ways to learn English, like playing word tennis. Basically in this game, we are supposed to start with a word, then the next person is supposed to use the last letter of the word to form a new word.
3. I want to also play games with them, so that they don't feel like it is all about studying, it is also about enjoying yourself.

I hope this visit will benefit us both, them in a educational way and me in a satisfactory way.