Wednesday already... Wow! This week has flown by and tomorrow is our last day at the Alpha Center. Today we were able to plan the lessons and organize the games around the idea of personal hygiene. My group taught about the importance of handwashing. One activity was to help the children to trace their hands and color what they thought their hands look like when they are dirty. The kids pictures of germs and dirt were very colorful and creative! After the lessons we walked to a park and played! It was a great day and I was able to learn much about teaching the children. We ended with lots of smiles and hugs.
We then headed to several different places around the southern part of Dominica. My favorite being St. Luke's primary school. It was so colorful with old tires painted as flowerpots. The school day was over but students were still around working on skills from the piano, dancing, reading, drums, and much more. As soon as the children saw that we were a group of vistors they sang us a wonderful welcome song! The school was fantastic! There was a group of boys, third grade and under, playing some of the most beautiful music on the drums. Next to the boys was a group of girls dancing with bright smiles. The girls quickly showed us the steps and we were all able to laugh and dance together. When it was time to leave I was surprised by the kindness the girls extended to me as stranger with lots of hugs and "Good Days". We then were lucky enough to finish up our day with a swim in the Caribbean Sea and bakes as a snack. Now are about to watch the Pirates of the Caribbean 2, which was largely filmed here.
