For my third day volunteering I wasn't too sure if I should go back to Cabrillo or if I should find something new. I couldn't think of anywhere to really go, so I just went back to Cabrillo. Since I did enjoy it the first time I volunteered there. I went on Tuesday and signed in at the office and the secretary told me to go back to the class I helped tutor before. So I did.
When I walked into the class room I was just being starred at but a few of the kids remembered me from the last time I was there. I put my stuff down and signed in on their volunteer sheet in their class room like one of the teachers told me before to do. I sat down, since one of the teacher helpers was doing a short math lesson on the board about adding and subtracting. Once she was done a couple of kids raised their hand for help on their math homework. I helped a little girl named Stephanie and her friend, I couldn't really understand when her friend said her name because she talked very quiet. Anyways Stephanie and her friend we're still confused on subtracting, so I helped them out by showing them its easy to count with your fingers. I had them try that for one of their math problems and they both got it right. There was a group of boys that needed help so I helped them out with subtracting and did what I showed the other two girls. I had difficulties with the boys because they kept goofing off and not staying on task. Later I was walking around the class room to see if anyone else needed help but the other teachers were helping most of the kids, there were like four other teachers in the class room with me. Around 4:45 some of the kids were starting to leave and once it was 5:00 my two hours were done so I signed out.
Volunteering at an elementary school really isn't that bad. Seeing some of the stuff they learn makes me think back to when I was in elementary learning how to add and subtract. The kids seem thankful that they have someone there to help them and I'm glad that I can be there to help them out with stuff they don't understand. Knowing that I'm helping someone out makes me feel better about myself. Tutoring these kids is a fun experience because they re all really nice. I think its good for the kids to have these after school programs because they all seem to get their work done and not to many of them are off task. I wasn't able to get any pictures again from what the principal said before. I was going to take a picture of the door of the class room I worked in but I forgot to.
4 comments:
I'm glad you enjoyed volunteering at Cabrillo so much and that you returned to volunteer there. Cabrillo's a really good school, I volunteer there myself too. It seems you have a good time volunteering there, if you feel good about volunteering you do a better job and I'm glad you're doing such a good job. By the way you should go volunteer on Wednesdays so you can play soccer with us.
I volunteered at Parkmont before and I agree with you that volunteering at elementary isn't that bad. Sometimes it's fun to work with the kids although sometimes they are annoying or they don't listen to you. But good job on helping them:)
It is really fun working with the kids at Cabrillo. Even though it can be hard at times with all of them it is a really rewarding experience.
It's always a great experience being able to help kids and teaching them things that you once struggled on around the same age . I bet you enjoyed yourself and the kids must have really appreciated the help they got from you on their subtracting and math problems. With kids especially its always the little things that stick with them the most! Glad to see you learned something from this volunteering experience Daniella and good job !
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