Teaching

After a couple of posts about our learning, we thought it would be interesting for people to hear about our teaching!  Twice this year, we have taught groups of women who have been touring Eastern Nepal to learn about different handicrafts.  We called them paryatak-haru or the trippers.  (After their visit we called them didis - sisters!) We think this is good for them and good for us!!  They have a lot of fun learning about polymer clay and they get to meet us and learn a little about our lives.  We get paid for our lesson and can improve our teaching, planning and English.  They said that the time in Birtamod was a special part of their holiday and that they loved to make beautiful jewellery to remind them about their journey.  Some wanted to stay longer with us and they are already planning when they come again to visit us.It is very special for us to be teachers.  We know we have improved a lot and Cynthia didi told us this too.  We all worked together to design the project and plan the lesson.  We practised teaching the steps and thought what questions people might ask us.  We thought how long each part would take and made samples to show what we mean and a kit for each person.  Each of us taught one step of the project-Pramila was first and explained about polymer clay.  Some of our visitors knew a lot about polymer and others had never used it before.   Sita had the longest part of the lesson where she explained the hardest part of the project and was very encouraging.  We hope our new sisters will love to wear their jewellery and remember us whenever they wear it.