July 19, 2012
Kay Timoun is back!
Kay Timoun is back in the world after having no Internet for
over a week. Summer is in full
swing. The children are into the summer
schedule, going to special class three mornings a week and learning math,
science, and language arts. I work with
the kids who need extra help in math and reading. Estemi, although he is 13 years old, reads
like a very young child. He is excellent
in math but hasn’t learned to read. The
teacher has given him special reading assignments and I’ve been helping him
along, but he really needs a professional tutor for one on one
instruction. Wonald and I work with the
younger children in math, helping them to understand numbers. The older kids are on their own, doing math
worksheets. And then there is homework
that is assigned by their teacher. Our
purpose at Kay Timoun is not only custodial care. It is raising children to live into their
highest potential, giving them opportunities that they would not otherwise have.
The children here at Kay Timoun take at least three showers
or baths a day! The girls shower four at a time in their bathroom;
the younger boys like to bathe outside. And
each time they bathe they put on clean clothes, so that the laundry here is
tremendous! And all is washed by
hand! The girls wash their own clothes
but Naomi has most of the burden of the laundry. (I can hardly believe the amount of bath soap
and laundry detergent we use.) When clothes are washed and chores are done, the
kids usually break up into groups of four to play their favorite game, Dominoes.
And marbles!
It’s too hot for soccer until early evening when the sun is
setting. They completely wore out their
ball. It’s thread bare but they still
manage to kick it around. After dark the
kids play games or dance throughout the evening up until bedtime. So, after the last bath of the day, they put
on clean clothes and go to bed. No PJ’s
here.
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