the girls of Nueva Vida need a Math Tutor

Good Morning friends of Nueva Vida!

 The girls at Nueva Vida are struggling with conceptual math.  They are learning how to perform a task in math, but are missing the how to reason and deduce part.   for example, if you ask how much is left if you take 9999 away from 10000?  They can write it out, and perform the subtraction, but don't seem to have the concept of logical deduction  

If you or someone you know can volunteer as a math tutor to help them with conceptual and deductive reasoning  at Estancia Nueva Vida a couple of days a week, it would really be fabulous. 

The math tutor must speak fluent Spanish, English is not required for this position (other positions don't require Spanish). 

This is really important as some of the girls are really struggling with math and they need an understanding and caring person to help them move ahead. We are talking 4th grade to 6th grade level. The girls take their work seriously so please reach out if you know of anyone. 

Please contact  "Patricia (Tricia) Pipkin" <pjpipkin@mac.com>, or  99-99-03-52-97

Thanks so much and have a great day!

Halloween at Nueva Vida, 2013

18 October 2013

We had our Halloween Celebration for the girls at Nueva Vida yesterday. 

 A little early this year, but next Friday they are off school so you fit these things in when you can.

As you can probably imagine getting 24 girls corralled, and listening to instruction can be, well, interesting.  But Tricia does a fabulous job!

The girls got dressed in costumes and faces painted.  

We play games; 

Pin the Nose on the Witch, 

Ghost Toss,

 grabbing a moving donut on a string with only your mouth, 

and of course apple bobbing, 

which is really difficult when you are 6, 7, or 8 

and missing your two front teeth.

And of course the Trick or Treating - they had 4 stops for candy

And then there was cake - 

we also celebrated the October birthdays of 

maestro Brian, Vanessa, and Eskarlet.

unfortunately we didn't taken the group foto till after the games,
and a lot of the cute facepainting got wiped off after the apple dunking.