This morning, we went over the research assistants’ house to help them prepare for kid’s day.  This event is taking place Saturday, but we will not be able to attend because that is the day we leave.

Kid’s day is an event where locals from Playa Blanca and La Palma come out to play games and have a good time with family, while teaching kids about a specific topic, this year’s being sea turtles.

The research assistants have come up with creative ideas and games to play with the kids, and it requires a lot of preparation.  Most of what we did was draw on, cut up, and paint on cardboard to form different “costumes” to represent sea turtle predators.  We also made name tags for the kids and signs indicating where to go during the event.  It was a little relaxing to hang out, talk, and listen to music while doing some arts and crafts.   Most of the work we were able to finish on Tuesday, but we had to wait for some more supplies to come in and we were able to finish up in a few hours on Friday.   While sitting outside, we saw several baby green iguanas along with scarlet macaws.