I woke up excited to greet the smiling children from our group the Red Robins. The children are all adorable, sweet, and bright. I am grateful to have such wonderful councilors and children to work with. Going into the theatre all the kids were SO excited to be there. I was surprised to find that there were a couple new additions to our group Maria and Karee. Karee and Maria were both shy especially Karee who in the beginning of the day was covering her face when someone she didn’t know was speaking to her. When we got to homeroom we began the lesson plan and everyone was really focused on the poem we were discussing and I was very proud. Emma was able to draw what we were discussing in the morning lesson and was repeating to Dana that we are all part of a circle. I felt like I was really getting through to the kids and when I asked them if they were having fun, they said yes. We played some name games to finish up homeroom and then went to the play creatively room. During play creatively we played musical chairs and I was so glad to see Karee’s confidence blossom when she won the game and from that moment on her introversion had ceased and she was interacting and smiling. We also created a peace sign out of yarn and I was very proud of the way everyone was listening and communicating with one another. All the children seemed to enjoy themselves during their music and dance classes. Their attention was hard to get when we were leaving the room and trying to get everyone in a line and quiet. They were a lot more talkative than yesterday and got into a few more arguments, however, once their attention was obtained they were very receptive. The art class and the afternoon homeroom went well. We discussed communication and listening. I read them a book and we had very good conversation going about ways we get people to listen and how we feel when we don’t feel heard so it is very important to listen to other people. We ended with the quote, “God gave us two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” I learned a lot today.
Second Day of Camp
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