I am listening to seven kids who have been playing vampire in the back yard for hours. They are from the immediate neighborhood. It is likely that they would hardly know each other if they weren't neighbors, they are all so different from each other. The game started out with some face paint and video cameras. They were filming a movie. But the game soon got so active that the cameras were forgotten and the costumes got more extravagant. What I love to see is how they each have found a role they are comfortable with. They each seem to be the master of certain talents and the others step back and let it flow. Well, flow isn't exactly the right word. It is galloping. Hour after hour.
There has been no fighting, no bullying, no disagreements. I can't think of how much work it would be if adults would be trying to make this happen. It really says something about letting the kids have some real freedom in a safe place. It is amazing to me how creative they are, and how they are delivering all their speech in character, in a rehearsed manner.They keep one of the more sanguine boys together by reminding him to focus. Imagine! The youngest is 6 and the oldest 11. Both boys and girls.
It is so refreshing that they have the time (no lessons), that they aren't hanging around waiting to be entertained, that they have found everything they need without bugging the adults. To me, it is the essence of kids summer. Gracias a Dios.
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