What+to+do+Ideas

=What to do. . . Ideas=

==== __Investigations__ - This is something you want to do, learn or know while in Belize. It's more of a focus for you while you are there, but flexibility is a major factor. Will you need materials? Need a special contact in Belize?====

Connecting students - here and there
write postcards describing their place; Alphabet books (not just for little ones!), weather readings, leaf identification books, survey students and graph results, 'Images and Reality' (write images of other place and then ask others to write the reality), collect information to create a web page for the school, artifact box, story starters,

In A Classroom
Much of our time will be spent with teachers and in schools. It's often a good idea to have an activity in 'your back pocket' if you find yourself in a classroom and you want to interact with the students. This is a brainstorm from our first few years of the program. Feel free to add on.

Say hello, introduce yourself, share or teach a song, tell a story, listen to a story, origami, learn what they make with palm, wood, etc., investigate clay whistles, play/teach a game, teach lesson collaboratively, jump rope songs, bring a mystery box, make thumbprint books, talk about snow or winter, show postcards, geography lesson, bring pictures to share, share pen-pal letters, read favorite story of yours, read Mayan stories and have children draw or vice versa, work on first language dictionary or bilingual ABC or story book, tape music or language lesson, rhythm game like Lemmi sticks, teach about hand puppets, explore shadow games, share a secret, Big Books (little ones too), math games, find and use jungle manipulatives, explore neighboring bush, talk to or about families, make a mask, leaf rubbings, talk to children, interrupt class! listen, observe, bring supplies, talk with /interview staff, introduce yourself, take pictures, audio/video record with permission,. ..