Check out this great activity the interns at La Aldea Infantil have cooked up. This post is from Annalee:
As interns we’ve been working on boosting the self-esteem of all the children at the Aldea. We take a night at each house and focus on why each child is important. We’ve made this crazy looking stick, and whoever is holding it is the child we are spotlighting at the moment. Everyone shouts out different things they like about this person or something they are good at. Each kid gets a chance to be spotlighted and hear what other people like about them. It’s really hard for the kids to say nice things to each other; they just aren’t use to vocalizing the nice things they think about each other. It always starts out a little slow, but by the end of the night the kids are really good at giving each other compliments. I love seeing their faces as they hear good things about themselves. A couple of the kids have started crying as they have heard positive comments about who they are and why they are special. It’s really touched my life to see the happiness this is bringing to the children.
Thanks!
Annalee
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