Like a true pastoralist, Steven traveled from Bethesda to Baltimore to spend another energizing day, this time with the students and faculty at Calvert School. He even wove an anecdote about the difference between traveling on paved or tarmac roads with typical travel in Kenya. The village market on the reading rug in the library turned out to be a great hit with the youngest students.
Steven had
an opportunity to read a brief excerpt from Pinduli (Cannon, J. Harcourt Children's Books, 2004), a story chosen by the teachers about a small hyena in the African savannah. Steven had not read aloud to students in this way before as it is not part of the teaching tradition in Kenya. He enjoyed it, and we gained another title for our East African bibliography!
After speaking with a group of well-prepared and curious girls, Steven spoke in the beautiful Calvert School theater on a grand stage where the projected pictures of Ngurunit, its people and animals became larger than life! Thank you, Calvert School!
We even managed to fit in a brief stop at the National Aquarium at the end of the day -- quite mind-boggling for Steven as he expressed that Samburu people have little knowledge of the sea and its creatures.
Laurel
Photo: Laurel Seid
Steven had
an opportunity to read a brief excerpt from Pinduli (Cannon, J. Harcourt Children's Books, 2004), a story chosen by the teachers about a small hyena in the African savannah. Steven had not read aloud to students in this way before as it is not part of the teaching tradition in Kenya. He enjoyed it, and we gained another title for our East African bibliography!After speaking with a group of well-prepared and curious girls, Steven spoke in the beautiful Calvert School theater on a grand stage where the projected pictures of Ngurunit, its people and animals became larger than life! Thank you, Calvert School!
We even managed to fit in a brief stop at the National Aquarium at the end of the day -- quite mind-boggling for Steven as he expressed that Samburu people have little knowledge of the sea and its creatures.
Laurel
Photo: Laurel Seid
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