I started doing volunteer work a long time ago. I taught a 5-year-old girl named Catherine English for free as my volunteer work.
At the very beginning, I thought it must be difficult to talk about everything with such a young girl in completely English, but anyway, I tried to say “Hey, how are you” and “what do you like to do” when I sat beside her. She was very nervous at first as she could hardly understand anything I said. She wanted her mother because she really didn’t know what to do. I suddenly said: “Catherine, how about playing a game?” “A game?” she replied curiously. I knew that I definitely caught her attentions! “Yeah, the game is called ‘Diane says’…” I explained the game rules and started right away. “Diane says touch your mouth! Touch your head!” I said to the girl and she did it very well. After a while, we decided to play “Catherine says”. She was quite excited to see a girl who is 10 years older than her standing in front of her and following all her orders! At last we had a competition on this game. Unfortunately, I was 2 points lower than her… I gave her my chocolates. When I was about to leave, I check her new vocabulary. To my surprised, she learnt them all by heart! So quickly! As a prize, I gave her all my chocolates.
My first volunteer experience ended successfully and I had been looking forward to teaching her again. When I saw her for the second time, she came and gave me a warm huge at the door. She asked me about all the names of Disney characters, especially the Disney princesses. “There are so many princesses in Disney Castle, who do you like the best?” I asked. She told me in Chinese. “Ah, Snow White! In English, she is called ‘Snow White’.” “Ok, Snow White, Snow White!” She shouted with excitement. Later I also taught her “Little Mermaid”, “Mickey Mouse”, “Donald Duck”. Finally she was so excited that even started to draw! I thought that was a great chance to teach her all the colors. When every time she changed a color, I told her to read after me. “This is blue. Blue, read after me Catherine.” “Blue.” “Yellow.” “Yellow.” She really remembered those words in the end!
Till now, I have been teaching her for more than ten hours and she could say the words on weathers, animals, clothes and food. She really got to know more words which were absolutely beyond my imagination! I could tell that she enjoyed learning from having fun.
For me, teaching Catherine was totally a volunteer work but I enjoyed so much! I never felt tired after doing this. I really love seeing other people get what they need from my help though there was no paying back. So, Catherine needed the new knowledge and I offered her. Nothing was paid back but it was worth!
At the very beginning, I thought it must be difficult to talk about everything with such a young girl in completely English, but anyway, I tried to say “Hey, how are you” and “what do you like to do” when I sat beside her. She was very nervous at first as she could hardly understand anything I said. She wanted her mother because she really didn’t know what to do. I suddenly said: “Catherine, how about playing a game?” “A game?” she replied curiously. I knew that I definitely caught her attentions! “Yeah, the game is called ‘Diane says’…” I explained the game rules and started right away. “Diane says touch your mouth! Touch your head!” I said to the girl and she did it very well. After a while, we decided to play “Catherine says”. She was quite excited to see a girl who is 10 years older than her standing in front of her and following all her orders! At last we had a competition on this game. Unfortunately, I was 2 points lower than her… I gave her my chocolates. When I was about to leave, I check her new vocabulary. To my surprised, she learnt them all by heart! So quickly! As a prize, I gave her all my chocolates.
My first volunteer experience ended successfully and I had been looking forward to teaching her again. When I saw her for the second time, she came and gave me a warm huge at the door. She asked me about all the names of Disney characters, especially the Disney princesses. “There are so many princesses in Disney Castle, who do you like the best?” I asked. She told me in Chinese. “Ah, Snow White! In English, she is called ‘Snow White’.” “Ok, Snow White, Snow White!” She shouted with excitement. Later I also taught her “Little Mermaid”, “Mickey Mouse”, “Donald Duck”. Finally she was so excited that even started to draw! I thought that was a great chance to teach her all the colors. When every time she changed a color, I told her to read after me. “This is blue. Blue, read after me Catherine.” “Blue.” “Yellow.” “Yellow.” She really remembered those words in the end!
Till now, I have been teaching her for more than ten hours and she could say the words on weathers, animals, clothes and food. She really got to know more words which were absolutely beyond my imagination! I could tell that she enjoyed learning from having fun.
For me, teaching Catherine was totally a volunteer work but I enjoyed so much! I never felt tired after doing this. I really love seeing other people get what they need from my help though there was no paying back. So, Catherine needed the new knowledge and I offered her. Nothing was paid back but it was worth!
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