The Case Of: Getting To Know Children

I was there on time. Big surprise.

This saturday, I felt that our connection with the children got stronger in a very good way. These kids are full of life, and joy, and their imagination glow no matter how much they shy away.

First, we played a game called "Three Fingers". In which we had to memorize everyone's favorite color, animation series and meal. I was not exactly honest, except for the color part, since I don't really have a favorite color. It happens.

Then, we had the game of "Sculpture". As pairs, we were sculptures at first, (following the instructions of the kids) and then we made sculptures of the kids. Thankfully, there were more kids. So when it was a pairing of kids, we observed the dynamic between them. And no, I did not like standing on one foot while leaning towards front. My leg still hurts.

Then we played a game called "Parrot", and it didn't last long because kids didn't want to keep on going, and it was not surprising.

As the final game, we played a game of "Storyteller", and we sat in a line, and the one on the right started the story with a sentence, and the one on her/his left kept the story going with a following sentence...

We ended up creating and performing a story of a person stealing shoes that did not fit, and she got caught. Well, at least it had a happy ending.

See you again.

The Case Of: Traffic?

Today, I went to my first session of CEP, and I'll go to Nisantepe Primary/Secondary School for 4 more saturdays. So, without further ado, I'll write about what I did today...

...Which was mostly basically waiting in the traffic and yawning. I have a burning hate for traffic, like everyone else who doesn't have a fetish for fumes. And no, I got on the bus I was advised to get on.

I got off the bus and walked to the school without any expectations, and when I got there, I found my fellow participants and they've easily integrated me into a game they were playing with the children from 5th/6th grades.

The game was built on kids' imagination, which is basically infinite and full of surprises when set free. We made a circle, and one peer chose an object, and she wanted children to pretend as if it was something else. And those kids were very comfortable with setting their imagination free, and that could have caught me off guard...

...And yes, imagining an iron chair as a guitar was a bit ridiculous. But I'm glad I got there.

See you on 16th.