First off, GOOD LUCK UVA SWIMMERS AT NATIONALSSSSS!!! Swim fast tonight Peter, Scotty, Matt and Lauren!!!!
Sorry I haven't written more this week. I've been so tired/busy! Second week of camp is going great though. Monday morning we got the best news ever. After all of the academic, life skills and sports competition points were put together from last weeks competition, the Red Team is in first place for morning AND afternoon teams!!!!! Ahhh, the kids were SOOO excited, it was so fun to see how happy they were when we told them. Tomorrow is our second competition day so I hope they can stay in the lead :)
In tennis this week we have been working on ACCURACY (much harder than you think), volley's and serves. The kids are loving their first experiences with the game Kings Court. They get sooo excited when they "claim" the throne from whoever is the reigning king of the court.
In English we spent time learning the alphabet! It was so fun teaching it to the kids. They seemed really excited to be learning it--especially since it's more of a song rather than memorization of terms. They dominate the letters ABCD...the rest is a different story. But we're working on it :) Some of the class material has gotten really difficult though, teaching object pronouns, subject pronouns and linking verbs. Christie and I have been trying really hard to find fun ways to teach these things. We've also taught them the days of the week, probably 25 prepositions, and the names of all of the sports we play at camp plus the location. (Ex. basketball court, tennis court, soccer field etc)
Tonight after camp (Thursday) we will split up in groups to go see some of the campers houses and talk with their families. I am really looking forward to this! Each color team has a high school helper who is with us throughout the day and I'm not sure if I've mentioned him before but ours is a boy named Tan. He is one of 5 children and he did Coach for College last year but now he is too old. (Each camp session is different ages 6th grade, 7th, 8th, 9th) Tan is incredibly helpful and also really sweet. He goes above and beyond his expectations and even though it is difficult to communicate with him since he is not very confident speaking English, I love being around him. ANYWAYS, Andy told me that Tan's parents offered to have some of the American coaches go to his house to visit with them, so I really really hope that I can be one of them!
Tomorrow night after camp we head to the Gulf of Thailand for the weekend!! I am really looking forward to it. I can't wait to see another cool place and go to the beach! I have gotten pale since I've been here :( :( :( It's sunny for like 20 minutes at a time with clouds in between or monsoon's basically haha. I'm going to try to upload some photos now or possibly a video of the alphabet!
Love, Jenn
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