The kids at our orphanage LOVE playing outdoor games.
The Laird family has been coming over on Saturdays to play with the kids (which the kids love, of course) and I go over every Wednesday with my 13 year old brother Jared and 14 year old sister Heidi. When we go over on Wednesdays our time with the kids involves game time:
story time (the kids also really enjoy stories and looking at pictures):
and then spending time holding and playing with the babies in the baby room.
Probably the kids' all time favorite game is Red Rover. Now in Liberian English (which is actually quite different, in my opinion, than American English), and with a Liberian accent, Red Rover is very hard to say. So the words that actually come out sound more like "right over" then "red rover". The other day as we were playing this game, the kids were shouting to their friends "Right over, right over, we call Mercy over!" and I realized they think the game is called "Right Over"! After all, what is a "red rover" anyway, and why wouldn't the game be called "right over" since that's what they are doing; calling someone over to their side!?
-Melodie, AOH Volunteer
