Only 3 days to go until I head back down to Nicaragua!  I have been collecting picture books to bring down and was able to fill my carry-on suitcase with a variety of bilingual, Spanish, and English picture books.  Thanks to the Lima Library for their donation and to friends and family for their support as well.  I am also collecting CDs of children's songs to bring. 

After speaking with the volunteer coordinator in El Sauce, here's the plan for my stay:

- Observe in various classrooms in El Sauce and the surrounding communities to see how English is taught
- Help teach an advanced English class for a few days while the regular instructor is away
- Sit in on adult English classes in the community
- Visit Ocotal and the Buena Vista school that I helped build in February
- Teach 3 workshops on a variety of topics, including classroom management, grammar instruction, strategies for implementing reading and writing of English in the classroom, and anything else the teachers need support with
- Take Spanish lessons

I am really looking forward to learning more about their education system and providing any feedback I can with the experience that I have.  I will keep my blog updated as much as possible to share the results of my work.  If you are interested in donating to my project and helping the schools I will be working with, please visit my fundraising page.  Also, feel free to share my blog with anyone you think might be interested in reading about my volunteer work in Nicaragua.  Thanks for your support!