Community Extension Program (August 19 and 26, 2011)

We conducted our community extension program / tutorial in Malalim Elementary School, Malalim, Batangas City last August 19, 2011 and August 26, 2011 respectively from 8:00 am to 11:00 am. Our objective is to enhance the knowledge and skills of kindergarten pupils through tutorials with the help of all the JAEBA officers and volunteer members.

The first thing that had happened when we got there was Ms. Lovely Joy Ebora, the in-charge teacher introduced us to the 19 pupils of kindergarten. All of them greeted us warmly wearing their sweet smiles on their faces. We are really impressed to the children for the politeness and good behavior they had showed to us. We felt very welcome to their class room.

We started our tutorials by letting the pupils lead the prayer and sing their greeting song. After that, we made a short orientation to the pupils of our purpose why we are there and what are our expectations. During the orientation, they were silently listening to us showing that they were really interested. We can see the excitement and enjoyment on their faces. We introduced our selves one-by-one and asked the children to stand-up in front to introduce themselves as well. We gave each one of them colorful name tags and school supplies such as notebooks, pencils, eraser, sharpener, paper and envelope that they will be using throughout the session. Subsequently, we ask them to follow the morning exercise that we prepared. Luckily all of them are following with us. After the exercise, we started our activities such as story-telling, letter-writing, coloring and identifying different shapes, arranging jumbled numbers, identifying five-senses and illustrating their family through drawing. In group activities, each member of the group proved their cooperativeness and friendliness to each other. We also prepared games for the children such as Bring Me; The Boat is Sinking and Tanging Hininga Mo. At the end of every activities and games, we are giving them prizes that motivate them to join in all the activities and perform well. All throughout the session, children showed their alertness and enthusiasm in learning. It was really amazing to know that at their very young age, they were awfully active and fast-learners. Beside the activities and games, we also gave them foods during the snack-time.

The teacher said that the children learned a lot from the tutorials and they were really glad to have this kind of program for it truly helps the children. It serves as the assistance for the school in teaching as well as in forming the character of the pupils.  We successfully carried out the kindergarten tutorials.