International Day, March 26

On Saturday the International students at the University of Pretoria went to Mamelodi to host an International Day for the students.  I was the team leader for the Country France.  Throughout the day we took our teams to different stations.  The first station that France attended was music.  In music we learned a song that two children for the UK wrote for Mamelodi.  After music, we went to the reading station.  I read books to the children, and then I let one of the girls read a book to the group.  Before lunch we had a little bit of time so I taught my group the game duck duck goose.  They enjoyed the game especially catching one another on the run around the circle. The children then had lunch and after that we went to art.  In the art session we painted their faces with any flag they wanted, and while some were getting their faces painted, others were painting a mural for the school.  After art we had sports, where some of the children played soccer and others played Frisbee.  There was also a group that played hair dresser on my hair.  Many of them have never felt a white person’s hair, so they could not get over my hair.  I didn’t mind them playing with my hair because a head massage always feels good!  After sports, all the countries came together and performed the song they had learned in music.  All of the children seemed to have a great time throughout the day, and many of us could not of had enough hugs by the end of the day.