Ready Set Go!

As one of the priests always says, “It brings warmth to the heart to see children having a good time.” What a true statement. Playing games with the children at school is one of my favorite things. Today one of the interns and I played some games with two of the classes at St. Padre Pio. We started with a game of crab football (soccer). The kids really seemed to get a kick out of this game (no pun intendedJ). Because the grass had just been slashed they were kicking dead grass up along with the ball. The game sadly had to end after a bit when the ball lost its air after the seal somehow came out. We spent a little time looking for the small seal, but it was literally like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
Later with another class, we played the game red light green light. However, these children have never seen a stop light and therefore couldn’t associate the colors with go, stop, and slow. They still enjoyed the game though, and it was quite amusing to watch them. Even when games don’t turn out the way I expect, the kids always have a good time and that is all that matters.