This October, the DENER volunteer team came to Shree Mangal Dvip School in Kathmandu, Nepal. The school was kept well by the children, and there were many greens that they planted. Senior students led the volunteers to visit the campus and explained in detail children’s daily life. We also saw the children’s little painting studio; there were many children’s works. These paintings are reflections of their mind, simple and cute.We also began playing games with everyone. Volunteers brought many Taiwanese specialty snacks and candies, as well as soccer ball and stationery. The kids were very joyful. Later, the

To become a seeded teacher, the most important element is ” continued enthusiasm”. Since I seldom participated in international volunteering activities, so when I first learned that DENER was looking for volunteers and seed teachers, I was curious and wanted to learn to teach, hence I joined the seed-teacher recruitment meeting. But after the meeting, I kept thinking over and over: “Can I come to every training lesson?” “Can I apply all I learn?” “Can I design my own lesson?” ” Can I successfully become a seeded teacher? “” Can I really stand on the podium to teach

In the beginning, I attend the seed-teacher training class of DENER because I heard my friend’s experience of teaching in rural area of ​​China. Because I like spending time with children and also the unique opportunity to go abroad to expand my experience, I decided to come. During the training class, each teacher’s method was a little different. It also allowed me to see the different essences. I’ve also learned how to make extensions to different picture books. It really benefited me a lot. However, although I’ve learned a lot of skills, methods, and concepts during the seed

In the summer days, when you walk into Tainan Yujing Elementary School, you can see that children are studying hard. The second day of the course was started by teacher May’s class –“creative soldiers.” In Teacher May’s class, she prepared cute tailor bags for higher grades. The children all turned into little tailors and made their own cartoon character sets. On the other hand, the lower grade students practiced making their own collage. Through these exercises, the kids cultivated sensitivity and concentration. At the same time, Teacher Ken’s picture book story-“Something from Nothing” was coming to the climax

After long-planned volunteer recruitment, teacher training and teaching preparation, the awaited opportunity for field teaching has finally come. This year’s teaching event was held in Yujing, Tainan.  The ” Reading into the Tea World” teaching event was jointly organized with “Tathagata’s Home Humanity Care Association” Yujing is famous for growing mango.  Most of the parents here are mostly farmers. Farming season is very busy and many children would take on the burden of housework since childhood, sharing the heavy work and taking care of elder. The children in Yujing are less resourceful than children in the city. Even

After series of training classes, the seed teachers came to the first internship teaching opportunity, allowing them to apply what they’ve learned in the training course to actual teaching. The internship started at Guanglong Elementary School in Taiping District in Taichung on July 9th. Many thanks to the school and teachers for their support and assistance. There were more than 20 children participated, from first grade to fifth grade.  The class began from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. The teacher would present the difficult language in the picture book in different ways such as hand-drawing, cutting and making