Switch to Las Flores

At the beginning of last week I switched from working at La Montana to Las Flores. Las Flores is the first center the kids go to when they come to Pronino. It's been nice to change up the routine a bit and get to know the kids at Las Flores. But it's also tough because the kids at this center aren't used to me, I'm not used to them, they don't know what to expect of me, and I don't have their respect like I had at La Montana.

The schedule there is completely different, too. At La Montana there is an hourly schedule- with classes, sports, and the times when groups of the kids go to school. At Las Flores, none of the kids ever leave and the "schedule" is really basic and almost always the same every day: Eat breakfast at 8, play futbol until 10, shower, have a charla (with interesting themes like stealing and hygiene) until 11, make a craft until 12, lunch, chores, free time, and "classes" until 4. The classes are the toughest part for me. For example, I have second grade...which is four kids. The youngest is 11 and the oldest is 14. Two of them can read, only one can write well, and their math is all over the place. Planning and thinking of something to do with all of them together is tricky. It's hard to find something that will hold their attention and is at a good level for each of them.

Plus...I've no idea really how to teach kids, on top of that teaching in Spanish. Hm. We will see how this goes.