1 May 2014
I was definitely right about this group of kids, they’re a noisy, easily distracted handful. This morning I had a wide variety of ages, but we mostly managed to stay following the schedule, probably because they were rather tired and there were only 6 of them, some of them shy. We had a quick lunch and then it was back up to Club HAL. At 12:45 (we don’t open until 1), I had 4 kids waiting outside for me. By 10 after, I had 3 3-year olds and 3 6-year olds signed in and attempting to do model magic. At least that seemed to keep their attention for the most part. Well, one of the ‘3’ year olds really was two, his parents made a very big deal of his not being able to come, and apparently corporate has given permission for him to be allowed in, he does after all turn 3 in 10 days (and is better spoken than some of the 6 year olds). That slide though is definitely a problem and a giant distraction. Danielle came in to cover for me as I had to attend the HESS meeting for new crew (she’d gotten out of it since we at least needed two of us working at that time, and Teleya-my hotel roommate-and I had to go to the meeting since we’re NEOPs).
The meeting lasted a very long hour and a half, but at least I’m pretty much done with NEOP stuff now. I made it to Club HAL for the last activity to find a bunch of kids running around doing various things. We covered up the slide, saying it needs a nap, to try to stop that major distraction and it kind of worked a bit. I did at least get most of them to sit down in the paint bucket when I asked. Although, this group does have a very difficult time with the whole “close your eyes” thing, which makes games like ‘where’s my shoe’ hard to continue. I was very glad when the afternoon session ended, even those last 30 minutes felt like it was taking an entire afternoon’s worth of energy.
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