Mi vocabulario

We are moving into week 3 and it is so much fun to look back on the past couple of weeks and realize that my vocabulary in Mexican Sign is improving. I think when I first arrived I knew how to sign my name, the bathroom, and other staff member names. I know feel more confident about leading my class with the little vocabulary I know. I bet I am up to at least 100 different signs. I know animals, colors, commands, places, people, some nouns, and now I am working hard to memorize the spanish verbs. I know many verbs in spanish, but the signs are what I am stuck on. It is great though because if I can't remember how to sign a word then I can finger spell and my students will still be able to understand me, and it forces them to work on their spelling so it is a win / win situation for us all as we learn together. I am looking forward to teaching the INEA books to my class this week, which are the standardized books provided by Mexico's education system so that our kids here at the Ranch can study and prepare for the tests at the end of the year. My homework lately has not only been practicing my LSM (Mexican Sign), but to practice math (fractions, division, measuring, perimeter), vocabulario (spanish verbs), and much more. I have just as more or probably more homework then the kids, but the more work I do now the better my teaching will be. Thank you everyone for your continued prayer for myself , the staff, and the students. I will try to post some photos of each of them and our play for Independence Day last week. Te quiero a todos familia y amigos.