Wandering Words: Summer camp progress

The world map project is coming along! With two weeks left of summer camp classes, things are progressing quite nicely, and Jess and me continue to have fun helping the niños learn about geography and cultures that they otherwise wouldn't be exposed to. I get a kick out of every map class I teach, because the kids are so into it! They giggle about the fact that male and female Kenyan marathon runners look pretty much alike, they gasp over the size of the pyramids or the sound of water rushing over Iguazu falls, they have fun teaching me how to say rhinoceros in Spanish, and they always get sad when the slideshow of travel pictures for that week is over. Here's some photos from week five:

Painters at work

Africa week: talking about Egypt and learning some Arabic :)

Drawing country maps and facts into their "passports"

Besides world map, another fun class we have going is a "professional hour" for high schoolers. Every week, Jess and me find a different professional in Cajabamba to come talk to the kids about their work and do some relevant activity with them. This week was one of the best yet, since we got to visit a Professor/Dairy Products Engineer out at CEFOP (a technical college). Rocío is the lady in charge of teaching the CEFOP students how to care for the school's resident cows, and how to make yogurt, dulce de leche, butter, and cheese from the fresh milk. For our class, she gave a quick presentation on what her job involved, told them a little about studying at a technical college, and then took them to visit the dairy lab and the stables. It was a very hands-on, science-y day, and the kids were transfixed by all the cool equipment and by getting to visit the cows.