Monday at Balara

We went back to Balara last Monday.  I arrived a little late and when I went to get my students, the teacher said that they had been waiting for me.  We went down together and I saw that both of them had grown close and that they were already comfortable talking with me.  

We started out with some games first and did some drawings.  One of my classmates, Carlo, accompanied me because both his students were absent.  The first part was fun and lively, we sang together, drew together and laughed together.  Then we went to the lesson proper; Carlo and I took turns teaching them both.  

At first they were very attentive but during the latter part of the lesson, they were no longer listening and just wanted to play.  Jericho, though, still focused somehow on the lessons while Daniel really wanted it to end already.  I realized then that I really need to make my lessons more interactive so that they won't get bored easily.  Also, during the last part of the lesson, I realized that they were already able to read and write though not that good yet.  Their skills have improved from the first time that we met.  

It was the most tiring tutorial I had so far but I still enjoyed it.  I was glad that they already went out of their shells and were getting better in reading and in writing but we still have to work on their attention span.