Sea, Sand and Sky: Teaching Moment

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Frisbee fun!

Ahmed showing the kids a lobster

What's up, guys? Kiauna here.

Today was quite an enlightening day at Courageous Sailing. Another JPA, Amhed, taught the kids lots of fun facts about crabs. The kids were really smart. They knew all about what kinds of crabs live in the water. From Green Crabs to Red Rock Crabs. They knew it all. I wasn't very surprised that they were pretty familiar with Mr. Krabs, from Spongebob.

After we had great conversation about crabs, the kids got to hold a few. They even got to see a lobster! For some of them it was for the first time so they were kind of nervous. Most of them were brave and held it. They sure are braver than I am! Especially Emily. She held it twice!

It wouldn't have been Save The Harbor style if we didn't do something with frisbees. Of course we played a game with an official STH frisbee. Ahmed and I walked to the field and set forth in our game. He had a system where he threw the frisbee and the person who caught it had to tell a fun fact that they knew about a sea creature. Supposedly a shark is likely to watch me undress. I'm not sure how much truth there is to that theory but, hey! We did not discriminate about what kinds of facts were thrown into the mix.

Stay golden,
Kiauna Peete

Ps. Shoutout to Bruce Berman. I know how much he enjoys reading about frisbees

Pps. Ahmed and I did all of the above while drinking milkshakes. McDonough may have sully's but look out! Tedeschi's is catching up! That is a big bonus about being at Courageous. Tedeschi's now has a smoothie/milkshake maker!

Only $2.99!

Yummm!

Monday, July 15, 2013

The Power of Unity

Working with these kids so far has been a wonderful experience, for all of us. This week I realized that I am part of something much bigger than just a job. This job gives me the opportunity to meet new children and learn about them as they learn about me. This week I met this sweet, caring, and protective girl named Jeliah. Jeliah has a little brother named Elijah and she is always looking out for him and making sure he's having fun.

Jeliah and Elijah Getting Water Dripped on Them

This week all the kids showed great teamwork by being there for one another. Whenever someone needed help, there was always a volunteer ready to help. This week the kids showed both mental and physical respect for one another. I was proud of Evelyn, one of the returning kids from the previous week, for showing so much excitement for returning. Eve was helping and teaching all the other kids how to set the crab trap and how to hold the crabs. All of the kids are learning a lot and they are always excited to return and tell they're parents about the fun.

Evelyn Showing Jack How to Hold a Lobster

Exciting second week : Jazeel Mendes

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