Our story Magic

The story of the Queen of the Tortoises. This story was very intriguing, has there not been a time in each of our lives that we wanted to be the Queen. This may have been when you were still 2 or 3 yrs old or any other age up until now. The story is about the Tortoise that is tired of being just a normal dirty tortoise so she decides to start bathing and then she would become the cleanest tortoise around. however this was not enough she wanted to also go to the meetings that all the leaders got to go to. But this was not going to be an easy task because meetings were held across the river. so she made a plan, she asked the Ducks for helped and they decided to fly her over. We all know what happened next.
The story is magical because it shows as that we can achieve anything we want to, however the lesson is that we should do this within limits. We cannot always achieve the impossible. After all Tortoises cannot fly!!!

Monique

Well Done

Hi ladies,
Well done for the good performance at the Maponya mall. The efforts, time, passion and the zeel we all had for the reading program was amazing. The program was a success despite all the running around. Indeed   i have realse that, we are not only being prepared for classroom work but also being trained to give back to the community which has made us. The joy and the smile we put on the faces of these little one's will forever remind them of reading. Bravo to you all.

Faustina.

My book at Maponya

Good day fellow students here are some pictures from my book. As you can see the pictures can tell the story on its own. like i said some learners may not have understood but the pictures are detailed enough to tell a story on its own. I also think that these pictures are colorful  and inviting and a good aspect in a book. It is exciting and invites the learners in.

Monique

Hi ladies

I have to add on everything that was said by my colligues. We really work well as a team, and saterday was a big success. thank you D. for the nice pictures you have chosen for our blogg. Hey!! guys did you see that "I am a celebrity" I am on yertardays star news paper and it feels so good to see myself interacting with children like that, its really a good and heart warming experience. Lets keep up the good work guys, thanks to all of you.

 Anny.

Maponya Mall reading

Dear ladies

I must say Saturday was a success; everything went very well our group handled everything with style. I am also very happy that we work so well together. Monique you are the bomb you remembered to take all the pretty photos. And girl thanks for getting all my good sides. Back to the reading...

 T
he kids enjoyed my book, but like I said a book about religion can raise a lot of questions with the young ones, they don’t stop asking questions. One child asked me when is God's birthday... I struggled there for a bit but a good friend only told me afterwards all my possible answers like "every day, because God does so many good things for us every day" that is a nice one right?

Well I didn’t think of it at the time.But in a nut shell this is a good idea and I hope students after us treasure it and enjoy it like we did. If you going to be a teacher this is the ultimate test, How to keep a child on the straight and narrow with their parents staring at you from the other side of the black fence

Signing out

Kamo

Kamu reading to the children with great expression

Faustina and Monique engaging with the children through their readings

Kamu posing with her book before reading to the children

Learners waiting in line to take their pictures with the the muppets

Me (Danita) & Anny reading to the children

Some Photos of the day

 All the faces are being painted!










We would all agree
butterflies were very
popular on the day
I must have painted
20!





Faustie ready to start 
the day!

Registration desk
The first parents!

Banner!

 Say cheese Neno!

 Im sure we can remember all the excitement when Moshe arrived. Here he is dancing for the kids.!

Kamogelo and Moshe

 Haha! what was so funny Kamo!

 Moshe with one of the little ones!










Me(Monique) and Moshe! Did not think he would be that tall wow!

 Danita reading to some of the last learners!

 Moshe, Neno and Kami (did you know Kami is derrived from Kamogelo).

This ends a fun filled day! Reading, Painting and a picture with the Muppet! I would say that this was a productive day! Thanks to everybody in the group for making this day even more fun! working together as a team.

My Book at Maponya Mall

The book that i chose to read today was Winnie the Pooh and Tigger too! I have chosen this book because it is a fun and exciting book.This book is about Tigger always bouncing in the Hundred acre wood and how the other characters want to stop him form doing this. Tigger enjoys bouncing however his bouncing has been ruining the others Gardens and even their houses. This book is a fun book although it is English i found that when reading it to the children they really got engaged in the story. Most of the learners were able to tell me what they saw was going to happen in the story just by looking at the pictures. The older learners got so engaged that they even explained the story to the other learners that did not understand English so well.

I really enjoyed the experience of working with the kids in the community. It has been fun but also tiring.

Todays presentation

Hi Ladies,
How was this afternoon's presentation ? the book entittled Whoops! was choosen for pre-schoolers because it was age appropraite, the pictures are bold and the writings in it are not too much. The story  which is about  how excited a school boy is about a new school uniform and the... an interesting story to listen. For these reasons i would like to read it to the pre-schoolers who would be there at Maponya mall tomorrow.See you there tomorrow.

Kind Regards,
Faustina.
 

The books i have chosen. Anny

The book that i chose for saterday is Mr. Fox's Socks, by Damain Harvy. The book is about Mr. Fox's grand mother who decided to make two warm sox's for Mr. Fox to wear, and three mouses that came and ate his sox's and left a whole in them. I chose this book because it teaches the children litteracy and numaracy at the same time. And it has lots of pictures for children to be able to realate to the story even if they dont know the words.

And by the way thank you Danita for creating a block for the group.

The first Easter by Loise Rock

Good day Girls.

I am reading the a bible book.This book is about the how easter came about and why we celebrate easter, It is truelly a nice read. The book mentions a lot about the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Because it is retold with  simplicity and sincerity from the bible I honestly feel that the young children at Maponya will love and understand it.
I enjoyed reading this book but my only worry was if the little children will be able to relate to the story.
I am also struggling on what types of aids I can create to help with transpose the message of the book with ease.

So if any of you girls can assist please let me know on the easter bible aids that are a go.

your girl kamo

My (Danita's) Book

The gift of Gold is the story I have chosen for my "storytelling" on Saturday at Maponya.

"Here are all the ingredients of a classic fairy tale: a curse, a lucky gold pebble, an inquisitive little girl and, of course, a happy ending. The South African characters who help the girl along the way include traditional tribal people praying for rain, a friendly chameleon, and a misunderstood tokoloshe—a small ugly gremlin from African folklore."

The reason I chose this book is, because i believe that this is a fun filled book that is culturally appropriate for the audience on Saturday.

Regards
Danita

Gooday fellow students I created this blog, hope it is the correct thing that was expected of us.

Regards
Danita