Abu Says and Canada Night

Wednesday July 23^rd

Today was mathematics day. I started with the four triangle activity, which they seemed to really enjoy. Patrick, my co-tutor, led them through the theory and syllabus of mathematics in Ghana. He talked for a long time, so in order to energize them and give them a break I took them outside to play Simon Says (with the name changed to Abu from their new literacy reader). I demonstrated it and then divided them into four groups and had them select their own leader. They loved this and had lots of fun. They really love all our energizers and behave like little kids. Later I introduced them to the concept of dominoes (which they didn't know) and explained to them the domino fraction activity.

After lunch Owen, Cameron, Angela, Leah and I rearranged the desks in the main hall. We moved about two hundred desks to the back and all the chairs to the front where we set them up for seating for tonight's Canada Night.

We rushed back to the hotel for dinner and then a quick turnaround for the evening's festivities. I was the MC for the evening and wore my Canada headband and glasses. We showed them four photos each of our provinces, I talked about Terry Fox and then we taught them some movements to go with our journey across Canada: climbing, skiing, skating, fishing, etc. They loved this activity and really like to be active. Next we selected ten men and ten women from the audience and had them tie balloons around their ankles and try to break each other’s. The women represented the east and the men the west. This was a frantic activity and much to Lyle's delight the West won.

Back to the hotel for a night cap and off to bed.