Juanducation
The little community of Puerto Rico brings us many joys; whether it is watching all the children smile and jump as they grasp the weekly TEFL lessons or rolling around in the mud during our epic Sunday football games (which never fail to disappoint). It is also the place where we get our tiny and guilty pleasures down at Don Sanchez’s local shop – fizzy drinks and maniceros (chocolate bars with peanuts!) are the most popular. However, being part of the first team taking part in the Leadership BTEC offered at GVI Amazon gave me the
awesome opportunity to teach the children more than just English. Armed with my four FUNtastic team members, Chris, Bec, Joe and Laura, we were all set to design a poster that I hoped the kids would remember and could build on for time to come. We designed a poster to educate the kids about the human impact on the rainforest. We managed to include everything from the importance of animals and trees to the effects of deforestation and hunting.By making it clear, bright and colourful and by enlisting the help of Juan the frog (a frog shaped hat)
we really engaged the kids. We filled their eager minds with how important the rainforest is to everyone. By the end, listening to the kids scream “protect the trees, frogs and birds,” was one of the best feelings and the biggest gifts Puerto Rico has given me yet.
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