Fieldnote_Apr 26 2023 _ Naluwan_Sherily

This week's class was planned by Molly, who used shells to make decorations with the elders. The finished product is a bit like a wind chime. When the wind blows, the shells will make a crisp sound, which is very pleasant. The shells made today were picked up by the students at the riverbank last week, and then cleaned and turned into today’s materials. I was responsible for part of the cleaning work, but I almost forgot about it. Fortunately, I remembered it the day before.

However, because today's content was mainly done by hand, and everyone was very serious, coupled with limited time and the fact that I am someone who can only do one thing at a time, I didn't have many opportunities to communicate with the grandmas today. I had a plan to see photos of the grandmas last week, so I had to give up and make an appointment with them later.

My group of grandmas didn't make one by themselves, but instead collaborated to create a spectacular decoration. Both had clever hands and were very fast. When I was still struggling with the shells, they all planned to string them together. Although Grandma Akin said it wasn’t very interesting, she still worked hard on it, it’s so cute! And I finally finished my decoration at the last moment, so I’m so happy.