Rain Rain, Go Away...

The past week Rhodes University was on holiday, but the children were not! So going into the week with no volunteers, I assumed that half of the kids would play outside, or do art, while I could work with a few of the children on the laptops...

But then the rain came...and it came hard...

So, since the children couldn't play outside, approx. all 60 children got out their XO laptops! I was a tad nervous...I mean, how was I going to control all of the children, ranging in age, and at all different laptop skill levels?!

This rainy day happened to be one of the best days so far! As hectic as it could have been, I saw something amazing. The children were helping each other out...without me saying anything, or asking. When one of the younger kids was struggling, without hesitation, the older, more experienced children would go over and explain how to, for example, add a character in the game "Scratch" or quit "Maze."

The younger kids respected the older ones and the older ones didn't act "too cool and tough" for the younger ones. I finally got to see this community of children come together, work together, and improve together. These laptops have encouraged the children to want to do well on activities and see their peers succeed as well. It truly was an amazing sight!