Summer Camp in La Colmena

The middle of January brought a round of Peace Corps summer camps put on my PCVs through out Paraguay. I traveled into my nearest town to help out fellow G28er and Environmental Ed. volunteer Kevin. We were also joined by nearby volunteers Beth and Sarah. This was the first day of camp where we recieved a great turnout of kids from ages 8-14. We started off the day with a fun name game in the courtyard of the school as seen in the picture below.

After that we went back inside the school and sang a few songs about the environment we went outside to the park across the street. In the park we played a couple of fun games having to do with tree identification and understaning the benefits of having trees in the surrounding environment. You can see different aspects of these activities in the pictures as well as Sarah conducting a little question and answer with the kids as we all enjoy a good snack! To end the activities in the park we did a little leaf collection and brought them back to the classroom where we did leaf etching. This was a really great activity and the kids loved it. It was really graet to see their creativity growing as they experimented with colors and designs.