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AJECOMCE...
UMK
by SIMM Solomon
“I would like a baby titter and ya
know how I am gonna do it? l am
gonna feed my mommy lou of real
sweet food so shell get real fat and
that's how ya gcta baby." A candid
story from a five-year-old girl
Now that AJECOMCE Day
Camp is well into second session,
all the staff are comfortably into
the routine. At this point they are
all much more at ease with the
rhythm of the day so more energy
can be channeled into getting to
know the campers. After hearing a
number of stories like the one
above, the staff decided it would be
a crime not to capture the priceless
gems that constantly flow from the
children's mouths all day, and put
them in writing
After interviewing the children,
hearing bitk and pieces of
conversations between counselors
and their campers and encouraging
spontaneous stories from the
campers, it became obvious that
children make a special kind of
sense of this world which is all their
own.
The innocent, magical mind of a
child, unfettered by the mondaoe is
beautiful. For example, when a
child is told Shat “the grass is
always greener on the other side,”
the child naturally assumes that
“the other man must be using
better fertilizer.” Or in an
attempted dtspimlnn With five-
year-old girls about the puts of the
body, one of the counselors posed
the question, “What are the five
senses?" To which a little girl
cheerfully responded, “A nickel of
course!” <
The children's natural responses
to questions become even funnier
as the staff entered then world by
gearing questions using their
candid and bizarre answers as a
guide. The fottowiqg remarks and
stories were in no way rehearsed,
they are just a collection of every
day, normal responses from
normal children:
A six-year-old boy came
prancing, up at flag raising tad
shouted, "Yesterday was my
birthday P
“Really, what did you do for
your birthday?” he waa asked.,
“Well, I had cookies, cake,
candy, coke, ice cream and threw
up!” he responded with a smile.
It v was picture day for the
youngest unit at camp which
consists of. five-year-old boys and
girts. All of the children were
anxiously- waiting for the
photographer to set up his camera.
After a painful delay of about 15
minutes one of the girls decided
that she was tired of waiting She
charged up the grassy hill to where
her counselor was sitting folded
her arms bravely across her chest
and exclaimed, “Ya know, if dat
man doesn't hurry up and take my
ptc’her. I’m gonna Mow a gasket!"
Totally shocked by this child’s
vocabulary, the counselor had to
know if she understood what she
counselor asked. Adults would
have fumbled around for a long
detailed, probably drawn out
reply. She came right to the point.
“Well, it's a big balloon that goes
way up in the sky und pops when it
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gets over the trees. Ugh, huh. Dat's
what it is.” She assured her
counselor and herself that she
knew exactly what she was saying
During one of the interview
sessions the staff asked a group of
four through six-year-olds the
following, question: "What does
your daddy do?"
The answers included the
following
“He
after dinner.”
Oddly enough, only two
children made a reference to their
daddy’s occupatioa. To them,
daddy “does" so many other things
of such greater importance that the
obvious answer to adults is totally
unimportaat and completely
ignored by children.
In a confuted state of panic an
eight-year-old boy came dashing
up to hie counselor and asked,
“Hey, ie this constructional or free
swim?” The counselor looked at
him and laughed.
A group of seven-year-olds were
asked - if they could recite some
table manners to their counselor.
The responses included:
“Yea, don't throw up at the
table.’
“My mother said that when
you’re at the table with company,
don't pick anywhere*
As Art Linkletter wrote after
compiling his collection of kids
remarks, “...there is a vast gulf
between the world of our children
and our own. And everywhere we
bridge that gulf—even if it’s only
for a moment—we recapture some
of the freshness and spontaneity
that makes life worth living”
Just stop and listen to the
children around you. You will
discover that your kids really do
say the damdest things!
Preserve
future.
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