Alyssia
Psychology Undergraduate |
Alyssia
Psychology Undergraduate |
Saturday 1/14/23
This morning we got to have a free day! We were supposed to go to the Monkey Jungle and Ziplining but it was supposed to rain so we moved that adventure back. There isn’t going to be much reflection in this blog because we really only went to the beach and out to dinner, To start the morning we got to sleep in! My favorite part! Then all the girls got together and went to the beach. We took a ton of pictures and tanned. Around lunch time I came back inside and ate some snacks. I wasn’t feeling the greatest so I decided to take a nap. I woke up from my nap and some of us went out to Pomodoro for dinner. I got pizza and it was not like Buffalo at all. I really miss the pizza at home. While we were there it started raining so hard! We were the crazies who decided to sit outside under the umbrella while everyone else went inside. We called a taxi home and that was the end of our night. Sunday 1/15/23 Sunday, I woke up really sick, I couldn’t go on our trip which really bummed me out. I heard all the stories from the girls when they came back, and it sounded like such a fun time. My day consisted of a long nap and cleaning up around our house. I did start to do some blog writing but I didn’t get through much. I still wasn’t feeling the greatest when the girls returned but I made the best of the situation and I went out to the beach for a few minutes to soak in what I could of the day. I also did laundry too! Oh, and the Bills won!!!!! Even though my weekend was not how I planned it, I still got a lot done. Monday 1/16/23 This morning we started our day like we always do, at Cabarete coffee. We would be staying at Tres mariposa Montessori all day today. Today we got to have a meeting with Manny which was really interesting, and he gave us lots of feedback on our mindfulness activities that we wanted to do with the children. He helped us with our age groups and what we could do to improve the activities. I had gave him my research questions for him to answer because I was interested to see his take on what mental health really looks like in the Dominican Republic. He gave a lot of really nice feedback and talked about the ways that kids with mental health problems can get help, as well as how they can detect if something is going on with a child. We also brought our donations of yoga mats and other goodies to the school that day. We observed the upper elementary as well which was interesting because it did feel like more of a traditional school setting, but they were teaching themselves. There was less playing with materials and more notebook work. This was an interesting observation because it was so different from the other ages. There was also an interview for some of the girls research and I got to sit in on that. It was really cool because the entire interview was translated into Spanish for the teacher they interviewed. Toward the end of the day we played outside with the kids and I even got to swing with them! To end our day at the school, we got together to brainstorm activities to do with the kids at 3MM. We got together in a circle and started calling out different activities to do. We all would be reading our bilingual books and doing our mindfulness activities but we needed more to fill the time. We brainstormed songs, dances, and games to play. We came up with things like the cupid shuffle and the cha slide. We also wanted to do the buffalo chant with everyone! It was a productive day! We stopped at Ponderia for a sweet treat before ending our day at the school and it was fantastic! When we arrived home I still was not feeling good, but a girl named Maddie from the Mariposa DR foundation and her mother in law were coming over to make dinner for us all. We all went to the other girls house and that’s were dinner was made. We had delicious food, I cant really remember it all but I know it was rice and salad and some kind of meat. After we ate, I went back to my house and went straight to bed hoping to shake the sickness!
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AuthorHi! I am currently studying psychology at Buffalo State College! I hope to be a clinical child psychologist in the future. I love to spend time with my friends and family and I love taking naps! You’ll catch Me on the couch every Sunday for the Buffalo Bills game! Im always busy learning or trying new things! :) Archives
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