The overnight camp is our first big event of the American homestay trip. It's a chance for the kids to get to know each other and for us to iron out a few last minute details.
We met at Shambala Nursery on Chok Chai 4, and at first the kids seemed a bit shy & quiet. Some of them buried themselves in their phones, while others chatted with their school friends or sat in the corner observing everyone else. However, once the pizza arrived and we started setting up the blogs, the kids started to loosen up.
I sat back & let them set up their blogs on their own. It was their first challenge to overcome as a group & they did very well. Here's a list of their blogs. Please follow them all & give them lots of feedback!
June
Bangpan
Pokpong
Dada
Gam
Gene
Didi
Jinny
Sai
In
May
Japan
And of course, don't forget to follow Patty's blog so you can listen all her latest complaints about what terrible husband I'm turning out to be:
Panida Carroll
Once we got the blogs set up, we played a few icebreaker games with the kids. The first game involved secret numbers and speaking only in Alien language. It seems aliens like to grunt and point a lot, hahah!
Next we played Charades, which surprisingly none of the Thai kids had played before. I wrote out the words beforehand, and so the kids would give me dirty looks when they found out they had to act-out words like "Gangnam Style", "penguin", or "anime" but they were soon laughing & joking like old friends. The losing team had to go wash the dishes & clean up the trash, too!
I think this year's group is going to be really great together. I really liked the way they helped each other out when setting up the blogs & how they jumped up to do the dishes without complaint. This is a great group of kids we have this year, and I think they are going to have an awesome time on this trip!
Cheers everyone, hope your have a good expereice.
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