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A Successful Day Of Learning And Fun In Ayampe!
After the hectic day in Machililla with many, many excited kids, we hopped a bus south to Ayampe for a smaller classroom at the school Ernesto Velasquez. Ayampe is famous in the surf’s world to be one of the best surfing spot in Ecuador… which explain the hotels and restaurants of foreigners located along the beach. It was yet another misty, rainy day and as we approached the school, we weren’t sure if we were in the right place. We didn’t hear the usual noise of instruments practicing for the parade of 31st august and children playing. Luckily we were in the right place and we headed to the classroom to meet the teacher of 5th, 6th and 7th grade.
When we arrived, the children had another guest teacher, a teacher from Spain. He was playing a game with them, seeing who could come up with the biggest list of animals that don’t live in Ecuador. Some of the kids were very creative, listing things like kangaroos, and even dinosaurs. We were excited to see how creative they would be with our presentation.
We started the slide show and were delighted by how much these kids already knew about whales. They were attentive and engaged in the presentation. They loved the videos so much that we showed one more than usual about the garbage continent and whale hunting. We separated into groups to play the Whale’s Journey and to put together the puzzles. The children enjoyed the games and wanted to play again and again. Even the shark joined in the games, trying to eat a puzzle piece or two.
Was difficult to say goodbye because the children didn’t want to stop playing, they had so much energy! We improvised a game called “Guest what marine animal I am drawing?”… and in the board appeared the octopus Paul and the crab Anderson… It was another successful day of learning and fun!
From Puerto Lopez, Ecuador
Enora, Simona, and Alison
Después de un día frenético en Machalilla con muchísimos niños emocionados, tomamos el bus hasta el recinto Ayampe, unos 30 minutos al sur de Puerto López para entrar en una pequeña aula de la escuelita Ernesto Velásquez… Ayampe es conocido en el mundo de los surfistas por ser uno de los mejores spot de Ecuador… lo que explica la presencia de hosterías y negocio de comida extranjeras a lo largo de la playa. Era un día nublado y lluvioso y cuando nos acercamos a la escuela y no éramos seguras que estábamos en el buen lugar. No escuchábamos el ruido habitual de los instrumentos cuando los niños practican para el desfile del 31 de agosto y de los niños jugando. Pero si éramos en el buen lugar y nos dijimos a un aula para encontrar la profesora de los niños de 5to, 6xto y 7mo. Allí, los niños estaban escuchando a otra persona, un profesor de España. Estaba organizando con ellos un concurso, el grupo que pueda escribir la lista más grande de animales que no viven en Ecuador. Algunos niños eran muy creativos, escuchamos lista con canguros y también dinosaurios! Éramos emocionadas para hacer nuestra charla con niños tan creativos.
Empezamos con una presentación PowerPoint y disfrutamos el conocimiento que los niños ya tenían sobre ballenas! Eran muy atentos. Les gustaron mucho los videos y decidimos enseñarles unos más que nos mostramos habitualmente sobre el continente basura y la cacería de ballena. Hicimos grupos para jugar al Viaje de la Ballena y para armar los rompecabezas. Les gustaron muchos que quisieron jugar otra vez y otra vez. Hasta el tiburón entró en los juegos intentando comer las piezas de los rompecabezas!
Fue difícil despedirse ya que los niños tenían tanta energía y no querían dejar de jugar. Improvisamos un juego de “ ¿Adivina que animal marino dibujo?”… y en el pizarrón apareció el pulpo Paul y el cangrejo Anderson… Otro día satisfactorio de aprendizaje y entretenimiento!
Desde Puerto López, Ecuador
Enora, Simona, and Alison
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