I've been working with ELL students at an elementary school here in Cedar Rapids, and I've really enjoyed the experience. One particular event that was fun, was helping a class build a city. The class and I walked around the neighborhood by the school, and identified key things that are needed in a neighborhood to make it safe. The kids pointed out a hospital, fire station, and police station. It was really fun helping them out. One thing that I really enjoyed is that while walking with the class, one little boy said that in the city he wanted to put a building for recycling. I never knew that kids that young would even think about that. I also noticed that while we were walking this same little boy was picking up trash that he saw. It was just nice to see kids take in interest in trying to help keep the city clean.