The day began early, with recounts of many hours of reading the night before from the campers. Then off to the reading centers...a typical day (if any day at camp could be called typical) at Reading Camp. I arrived a bit before lunch (I am a counselor), and along with the other (mostly male, remarkably enough) counselors, enjoyed being regaled with short stories from the kids of what they did in their centers, which ones they liked the best, writing and pleasure reading, and that everyone's favorite fruit seemed to be bananas.
Shortly thereafter it was off to our first outing of the day...Bi-okoto, which is a cultural institute of african dance and drumming. We learned about the continent of Africa, the second largest continent, and about how there are 450 different languages and dialects spoken in Nigeria.
Then we learned how to play each type of percussion instrument our group had and played a very musical song. African dance was next. We learned dance moves that were about respecting ourselves, the earth, our ancestors, and the rules. After another bus ride it was off to the most awaited activity of the day...the pool! It was there that I was informed by Tiffany that she “wished this camp would last forever!”, to which I heartily agreed.
And after a late snack at the pool it was back on the bus to head back to Trinity for the final moments of another day at Reading Camp. The kids were all tired but were promising to read tonight and bring in their library card forms in the morning as well as being so excited about tomorrow.
- Volunteer Jessica Otten is a Reading Camp coiunselor from Trinity, Covington with the Northern Kentucky Reading Camp
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