So yesterday I tried out a new strategy for teaching health and it worked out really well. I taught them a song about the importance of brushing your teeth. I think the reason this worked so well is that Armenian children enjoy singing,and Armenian teachers like to teach songs, and use song to control the kid's attention begins to slip. So I took an important and useful cultural practiced and used it to accomplish my goal of community health education. I was really proud of myself.
Since the teacher's are used to teaching to songs to the younger children they enjoyed teaching, and the content of the song led them to talk about the content, which was the importance of brushing your teeth everyday. So the teacher enjoyed co-teaching with me, they talk about health, and the kids had fun too. It was an all around winner.
And today they even sang the song without me being there! Sustainible too! It days like this that make me really happy to be a Peace Corp volunteer.
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