Friday Recap

On Friday, we visited the Pangliu Village School. Juli K. and Wallis R. said: "The best part of the experience was seeing how excited the students were to use magnifying glasses. The most challenging part was communicating with the teacher who did not speak English. [We were able to communicate through translators and pre-translated vocabulary words and lesson plans.] The most surprising part was that the students repeated everything we (the teachers) said!" Here are some images of our experiences teaching a science lesson to children of all ages at the school.

Today, our first day in Beijing, we visited the Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square, and the Forbidden City. I'm still catching up on images and stories from the last few days, so tomorrow's post will include a fuller update on this exciting day!

Tomorrow, we will begin our week of teaching and learning at the Dandelion School here in Beijing. Pairs of participants will teach a series of lessons to eighth graders at the school, demonstrating pedagogical techniques for the teachers and introducing new content to their students. We are sure that we will learn as much from the teachers and students at Dandelion as they learn from us!