Enriching Lives...Well Trying To Anyway

Hey there guys!


Today we (Atiya and I) coordinated/ran a couple of activities for the kids! It was so much fun, although I must admit the kids were a tad bit resistant to begin with but when we got the game started and began playing with them the kids got really into it and I think we all had a great time together!

The first game we played was froggy murder! (I know not very kid-friendly but tons of laughs and fun) they really enjoyed that, probably because as a part of the game tongues had to be sticked out at each other, and we all know how much fun they have with that! After what seemed to be 3 million rounds of froggy murder we turned to my game which was sharades! This is my most favorite game of all time because I love to act out things and seeing what the kids come up with and how they put their own creative spin on it. Playing sharades was definitely the loudest/chaotic game we played though because of all the screaming and shouting out guesses, but besides that I think our games were a most definite success.

After playing those two games we had to rotate kids, more and more laughter came along with them. I think that was my favorite part of today, seeing their smiling faces! But back to what I was saying, after playing those games I went with the group of kids who went to the park, we all played basketball (counselors included) it was fun but for the more competive kids it wasn't as fun, but we encouraged them and reassured them that it was just a game and they eventually got into the game and points weren't a concern to them anymore!

A couple hours later when everyone at the park was sweaty and out of breath, Laura and Mercedees prepared dinner for us! Beef Stroganof, YUM! Dinner is probably the one time out of the day where all the counselors and kids come together and actually interact with eachother, because elswhere we're all spread out and don't get to see everyone at the same time, so dinner is pretty cool, and having pretty interesting conversations with them. I can't wait to come back for more! The kids, the food, the center everything is pretty amazing, I love my internship!


As always thanks for reading, and god bless <3