Camera Crazy Kids

During recess the little kids are especially curious about us, we don't work in their classrooms- only 2nd grade and above and they don't really speak English.  They would initially address me as "white" (in their native Ewe) and I would tell them my name.  In this moment they were noticing my blue eyes and I would say "blue" and they would repeat after me.  Then I would point at their eyes and say "brown" and of course they would say "brown.  Christy thought this was a cute moment and pulled out her camera.   The next picture is what happened when they noticed the camera!!!

Entertaining kids during recess simply by taking their picture and showing it to them- they would get so excited to see themselves!

This is actually a relatively calm group until. . . 

I put on the flash and started holding the camera above them and counting. .when the flash went off they cheered and then started counting with me. .they did this over and over- they were laughing and cheering every time the flash went off- it was so contagious that I started laughing.  Every few pictures I would show them the results to additional exclamations.  I tried to quit a few times and when I would start to put my camera away they would start counting and keep counting until I brought it out to take a picture again.  I just kept laughing-the energy was contagious!!!