Today was a big day.

I was planning on waking up early and going to a yoga class with some of the American volunteers here, but after a lot of other big days I ended up sleeping in and missed the whole class. After a very Indian breakky of muesli, yoghurt and fruit juice and a very short shower (because the hot water keeps running out) we all piled into the cars and drove out to our placements.

The kids and staff at the Earth Saviours Foundation are definately starting to trust us a lot more now, and when we arrived there were smiling faces and "hello's" all round. We soon realised that the kids were in the middle of assembly when we arrived, but it was a very different process to what we were used to back home. Here, the kids lined up on the grass and listened to notices, before they participated in exercises while a big bass drum was being played. Then, all the SSC students were asked to stand in front of the 100 or so students and lead the exercises. Being creative, we all lead a short session opf star jumps and running on the spot - I don't know how impressed the kids were with us.

Afterwards we all went and started the lessons for the day. Bill and I are teaching about 10 grade 3 students maths, english, and arts and crafts. Even though the kids know more english that we do Hindi, the language barrier still makes teaching quite difficult. Today we introduced the days of the week as well as words such as today, tomorrow and yesterday. We also revised animal names and sounds, as well as the times tables. I dont know what I was expecting, but honestly the kids at this school are so smart.