Walking (And Writing) In The Park

Saturday morning the kids were behaving really well.  Dalys, our counselor, asked me about taking them to the park.  She had an activity she wanted to do with them and she thought it would be fun to go to the park.  We got water bottles and Kathy, Dalys and I headed to the park with seventeen of the kids.  It is always fun to walk to the park.

When we arrived at the park, Dalys got right down to business of her activity.  She began taping a piece of white paper to everyone's back and handed every one a marker.

She then sat them down and gave very detailed instructions.  They were to get up and start walking.  They were to write something nice about the person on whose back they were writing.  They had to keep walking.  And writing.  No stopping.

There was a lot of talking and laughter and giggles.  And more than once, one of the adults had to say, "keep walking."  The kids did write nice things about each other.

Then they all sat down again and read everything that was on their papers to the rest of the group.  Jackson and Sisi read for Josue, Reina, Rosy, Doris and some of the others that could not read yet.  After each child read his/her paper, he/she had to say thank you for the nice things the others wrote.  And for the children that did not read their own, they still had to say thank you.  After that, they posted their papers all over the park.

The kids all played for a short while.  They had some chips.  And as rain threatened, we rounded them up and headed for home.  Lucky me.  I got to use Rosy's umbrella. 

A walk to the park and back always makes for easier nap time.

Terri