English Camp: Monday

FIRST DAY OF CAMP!

English Camp 2009: Monday

Today was the first day of the English Camp and excitement is everywhere! We have about 100 students enrolled in the week long camp, 14 volunteers from Oklahoma, and countless Czech volunteers.

The theme of this years camp is "One Big Village" and the kids will be hearing stories from the travels of Paul and then learning about different regions of the world each day as they travel through the different stations.

To start off the morning the kids met the new Oklahoma team and went into Energizers! There are so many familiar faces from last years camp, but also some new ones, from both the volunteers and the kids.

During the day the kids "travelled" to crafts where they decorated a picture frame with Paula, Jean and Sam. Then to Recreation where they played games with Tim, Rachel and Austin. Next was Snack with Jody, Chip and Barb where they introduced one another and filled out their passport information page (Tuesday they will get there passport picture!). After Snack they travelled to Celebration station where they put together a puzzle map of Europe and talked about Fairy tales with Julie and Ben. And last, but not least, they headed to Surprise to see Leah and Kelly for a "trip around the world" with a paper airplane. Bob followed the groups around to capture the fun on video.

This year is a little different from the past, mainly because the camp activities were planned by Jeremy and I (hopefully the kids will have as much fun as they did in the past). Also, the group from Oklahoma is made up of mainly first timers, so they kids get to meet a whole new group of people! (however, Ann, Bill, Kati, Jackie, Kerry and every one else who has come in the past are dearly missed). There are many of the Czech youth that have stepped up and taken some ownership of this camp, which is great to see.

Keep checking the blog for more updates for about the camp!