On the morning of March 7, 2015, the weather was cloudy, but the children from Youdao Qingpu Children’s Center felt particularly warm in their hearts. Today the teachers and students from Changnin International School not only gave them a vivid lesson but also became their good friends.
The course topic was "how to cross the road.” The children immediately said the topic was too simple and that their teacher had already taught them red means stop, green means go, and yellow means pause. But when the volunteers asked the children to express these ideas in English the classroom fell silent and the children looked to their teachers for guidance.
Volunteers took out prepared papers with English pictures and words and distributed them to every child. They told them to cut the words out one by one, and to see if they understood the meanings. The children carefully cut all of their words and pictures out and when they were done the volunteers let kids paint the color of the traffic lights to prepare for the next game - cross the road.
Volunteers drew zebra crossings and lanes and put the children’s’ pictures as the traffic lights. Children then decided to go or stop according to the color of the pictures raised by the volunteers. During the games, some of the children’s’ mothers were attracted by their children’s enthusiasm and joined in the activity.
After the course, the children's passion continued to grow. They held the volunteers’ hands to do activities together. Some played football, some played with sandbags, and some played chess. The classroom and the yard were filled with volunteers and children's laughter.
The activities always go by so quickly. The children did not want to see the volunteers leave. Today the children not only had fun, but also learned valuable safety lessons.