Advent 
With the conclusion of Mes de Maria start here so slowly, the Christmas preparations. After seeing the kids have crafted an advent calendar and I explained what it was all about - because it is an advent calendar here in Chile is not - must not every day a different girl open the next door. I made playing cards at the end together form a kind of memory, with images of objects and the corresponding English translations, extended play for the children to their vocabulary, as with other forms of teaching English to get here not far away, the children can hardly in English and in general most of the girls doing very hard in school, many are several times sit still and sometimes it can be seen already shocking how big the gaps here, for example at the most basic arithmetic species. A computing task such as 7-7 is here, even by the 15-year-olds counted on the fingers of difficulty and still not solved properly. Now, however, remains only a week of school before the children have two and a half months of summer vacation, so the children have little more homework and so little is being learned.
To Hogar a bit of decorating for Christmas, I have bound together with Tia an Advent wreath. However, I'm hardly in the Christmas spirit as it is here gradually warmer and the "Christmas Markets" here in the plazas are not comparable with the German. It sold a lot of kitschy jewelry items and plastic Christmas trees with artificial snow.
Last Tuesday it was the first Christmas here in the Hogar. There were ten people from outside who know the children are not actually in a home with bags full of coke, candy and the ingredients for "completos", these are hot dogs, a la chilena with diced tomatoes, avocado cream, ketchup and mayonnaise. At noon we had cleaned the house with the children, executed the beautiful Christmas table cloth and china plates and so could the children together with us Tias take place while these people were besieging our food, warm strings and made "completos" Hinrich ended. Unfortunately, that was between Tia and coordinates the guests have been pretty bad because we had only shortly before the guests arrived, had dinner. However, each child crumpled and then there were two Completos, in addition to the many sweets that are eaten a piece of cake for everyone. After then, many photos were taken, the guests disappeared.
certainly wanted people make the child a favor and do something good - that they, too, on the one side - but the whole thing was somewhat of a Christmas party, especially since the people have really no relation to the children themselves, and one that could invest the money better - for example, new dish towels.
Nevertheless, it was a beautiful evening for the children, they enjoyed the food and it was such a welcome change to the home everyday.
With the conclusion of Mes de Maria start here so slowly, the Christmas preparations. After seeing the kids have crafted an advent calendar and I explained what it was all about - because it is an advent calendar here in Chile is not - must not every day a different girl open the next door. I made playing cards at the end together form a kind of memory, with images of objects and the corresponding English translations, extended play for the children to their vocabulary, as with other forms of teaching English to get here not far away, the children can hardly in English and in general most of the girls doing very hard in school, many are several times sit still and sometimes it can be seen already shocking how big the gaps here, for example at the most basic arithmetic species. A computing task such as 7-7 is here, even by the 15-year-olds counted on the fingers of difficulty and still not solved properly. Now, however, remains only a week of school before the children have two and a half months of summer vacation, so the children have little more homework and so little is being learned. 
