So have I really been Dominicanized? Today was a true test. The plan for the day was to learn about bees from Tio Thomas (Tanya's uncle, who had brought one of his bee colonies down from Cambita for the camp). We started the day with a KWL (know-want to know-learned) to prepare the campers for the bee lesson. As we were finishing that up tanya informed me that Thomas would be late so we had Charlie, Jacob and Evan teach each class how to draw a bee. But... Half way through that we were told that Tio Thomas had arrived. Back to the original plan it was (as yoda might say) so we all marched over to doña Yolanda's - our home base - where Thomas was waiting with his bees. At this point we only had 20 minutes left for the activity. Thomas began by seeing what the campers knew about bees and what questions they might have. Apparently our prep activity was pretty successful because the campers jumped right in with all sorts of question and ideas. Then Thomas showed the campers the bees but they only could see them in groups of 10, so 20 minutes became 40 minutes which meant that we didn't have time for Los talleres today.
'Twas quite a hectic and ever changing day and it sounds like a mess right? But in the midst of all this the students learned a lot about bees and got to see up close and personal a real and functioning bee colony. As well, we talked about how bee colonies relate to the ideas of community and cooperation-- the two themes that we had previously discussed. So, at the end of the day it all worked out. And throughout it all I was my newly created calm cool Dominican self. For real mom.
