Less Time Wasted, More Time Working!

Ah, another fantastic week of learning how to build and incorporate technology into cool and funky sculptures with Scratch programming. The kids this week have been enjoying their time at the camp very much, they are like little ever flowing fountains of energy and ideas! So many ideas, and such a room filled with so many different personalities and perspectives that sometimes it doesn’t always work out so naturally. This week, there is a large number of kids in this camp, and there are also more kids in each group who seem to desire taking leadership, but it is really important to remind them of how to slow down and think together and that everyone is an essential part of the progress, and it is so rewarding to watch them grow from this process.

Above in the picture is a group who has gotten so much work done in the past couple days of building. Once the kids come to an understanding with another, it is so beautiful how well they work together silently, almost as if their minds are connected. We have learned so much from them, and little tricks that we can share with the next camps. There are simple little things for example, the group in the picture above taped down their dominoes on just one side so that setting up again wouldn’t take as long. So smart! Stay in tune for more, more pictures to come!