Christmas camp
During Christmas time, Don Bosco organized a
christmas camp from the 23rd December to the 8th of
January. During this camp we received 40 children each day, and we divided them
in 2 groups: the little kids (from 4 to 6 years old) and the bigger (from 7 to
13 years old). Some days, when we were just a few, we gathered the groups. The
monitors team was composed by 6 Spanish and 3 Europeans voluntaries.
During these 2 weeks we tried to mix all types
of activities. So we suggested different activities, like crafts, sports,
treasure hunts, board games. And sometimes, we let the children choose their
favorite activity and they surprised us with games that we didn’t know yet.
We also did a lot of handcrafts in order to
develop the children’s creative spirit. We did for example a workshop of
Christmas cards, decorated with glitter, colors, newspapers or magazines.
Besides we did trees and stars in 3D with cardboards papers. The children had a
model and they had to cut around it. Also we did origamis (boxes in starshape)
and they drew it to decorate it.
Moreover we had sport activities for the
physical aspect of the camp. The games were for example araña, brilé, juego de palmada, balon
sentado, … We tried to develop speed, precision, flexibility, technique, … . The
traditional galician games were also a part of this session. We decided to
organize mini olympic games and let the children try a lot of different
activities.
So, after 2 weeks, the european voluntaries know
more people and children, we learnt a lot about Galician games and also about
the possibilities that the Don Bosco center offers.
Nicolas
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