Children's Activity Sessions

One of the things that we are most excited about doing here in the village is organizing various activities for the local children. We get a lot out of it too as it helps us with learning Bulgarian and gives Lielle interaction with other children. At the moment we are doing it once a week, and hopefully once the school summer holiday begins in a few weeks time, we shall be able to extend it to twice a week and also make it available to a larger group of children.

Each Sunday afternoon a friend from the neighboring village of Osikovo drives over in her horse and cart together with 6 children ranging in age from 4 - 12. We spend around 3 hours together, usually starting off indoors with various craft activities, and then after a break for a simple snack, we play some kind of game.

This week, after showing them our new chickens, we headed indoors to do some artwork combining oil pastels with water colors for some interesting effects. After the break we headed down to the nearby spring where we let off steam with a water and sponge relay race which was great fun. Other things we've done in the past are tissue paper flowers, making martenitsi and working with salt dough.

We are always interested in ideas for new activities and welcome anyone who has skills to share or who can provide materials.