Cambodia:
Other Adventures
An
English Lesson:
Glenn befriended
Tola, a waiter at our hotel, who taught English in the evenings to the
children
in his village. He
invited us to come
for a visit and Solin joined us. Tola
and
his wife and 9-month-old son lived in an unpainted, but well-built
wooden home
on stilts. Children
of many ages, some
carrying a younger sibling on their hip, gradually gathered and sat on
the
ground beneath the wooden home. They
were warm, friendly and curious about us.
The
children arriving for their English lesson.
Tola led them in a repetition of English sentences on a white board and then asked Glenn to do so.
Tola
showing Glenn the white board.
After completing that, Glenn asked if he could teach the children a song and soon he was leading rousing and ever-faster rounds of “Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” with the children laughing and thoroughly enjoying themselves.
Writing
the words to "Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" on the board.
Glenn then suggested a game of “Simon Says”, which these beautiful children caught on to right away and were very good at.
Up
and
moving around.
We brought notebooks and pencils for the children, which they proudly held up for the photo and warmly embraced us farewell.
Our
new
notebooks.
This was a magical moment for me to see Glenn and these children so actively engaged without having much of a shared language. Plus, I got to hold Tola's baby, Sovanda
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Updated September 7, 2015
Sovanda
refused to let go of me when it was time to go. I didn't mind.
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