So... I usually don't like to share too many details of the day to day activities of the camp because I actually want people to read the blog but I've got lots to say so bear with me here. Yesterday ( cause it's actually Wednesday -- another reason I have lots to say) was quite a day. It's really been my favorite camp day in the past, the day that Anin (Maria Victoria Carreño) comes to teach the campers about poetry. She wrote this poem on the board:
Ayer las estrellas se acostaron sin cenar
Y el sol tenia un nudo en la garganta
And then she explained how she wrote it the day of the earthquake in Haiti as a way to express her emotions as she thought about the children of Haiti, going to sleep hungry that evening and the whole world unable to do anything to help. She explained imagery and then had the kids write poems about the same theme using their own imagery. Such a well-structured and powerful lesson. Even my group, usually , shall we say, rather energetic, was captivated.
Later in the afternoon we all went over to La Escuela Doña Chucha, a local school and did some real life service learning. We had shipped down (remember all those boxes?) tons of school supplies that Tanya had got at Savers and yard sales and from donations. So we had the leaders organize all those supplies, as well as the books we sent down, for the kindergarten class at the school. At the same time, the leaders built a garden for the school. That's right ... A real live garden. I think the pictures would really tell the story here:
