Preparing to play with the kids: Game + Goal

My conversations with Gerd and Megan this week were very helpful in reminding me that everybody's work in Liam's and Dusya's SonRise programs requires some preparation.

Imagine if when you are or were in school, your teachers come and repeat the same things over and over again. It would be boring. In this job in the SonRise program, we are all the teachers, so we need to have some preparation for our “classes” so that Duch and Liam do not think their SonRise programs are boring.

I had this conversation with most of you this weekend and I will continue having this conversation next week. We need to bring diversity to the playroom and we need to have an idea in advance so that our interactions with the kids are most effective and their learning more fun.

Let’s talk this next week. As you think of your next session with the kids, ask yourself: "What is my game? What is my goal?"