first few days

So the first few days of my center went better then expected. The girls were all so excited and eager to be a part of the center... i tried my best to make them let down their guard and realize that the center was a place were there is no one there judging them on their thoughts or dreams. For one of the activities i gave them all journals and told them that these journals were like diaries for no one to read but themselves and the first journal entry was what do you want to do after you finish high school. It took about 10 minutes of me giving examples of what they could write for the girls to finally get it... they have never been encouraged to shoot for the stars, talk about what they dream of doing with their lives. I hope that it got them thinking a little bit about what they want in life and what they have to do to get there.

Another thing i did was the write out your name and use an adjective to describe each letter... describing what an adjective was was a little harder then i thought it would be but the girls caught on and were thrilled that they were supposed to decorate the papers with whatever they wanted using the craft supplies i had. Creativity is another thing that was kind of dropped to the wayside out of necessity and it felt great to watch the girls get so excited about coloring and drawing and decorating the room with their artwork (we put them all on the walls).

Now Im trying to create somewhat of a schedule for the center, which is harder then it sounds because a lot of the girls have classes until 6pm and the sun starts to go down around 630... ive spent hours starring at an excell sheet i made trying to come up with an answer that doesnt exist. well i mean it does, but i was just hoping to have classes after school and not on the weekends but it seems like that wont be an option now.

first day of basketball class in on saturday!! ankle length skirts, mulafas, and all!