"Heres a crayon, go have fun."

So today I went with Kate and her mom up to the refuge at coyote hills where we got the chance to volunteer. We arrived there not really having a set plan on what we were going to do but we did get help from another volunteer we saw heading up to the community center. That lady told us to go ahead and help her with the arts and crafts table so, we went ahead in did that. As we went into the community building we were lead upstairs to the arts and crafts area. We were then told by that same lady to go ahead and help set up, we did just that. First this guy actually needed help putting up a sign on the patio. It was very windy so it was difficult to put it up but we managed with fishing line and strong knots. After we set up tables, covered them with paper and took out scissors, crayons, lots of paper, and the activities themselves. There was two different activities in which the kids would be doing today; making a marsh harvest mouse and a clapper rail bird. Me and Kate were at the station where we had to make clapper rail. Before we worked and the little kids would arrive, I was given a shirt to be shown that im a volunteer and also had to fill out some paperwork as well. after that, the kids were running upstairs ready to do activities. What we did was let the little kids have there crayons and color whatever which way they wanted then after they finished that long period of time coloring we would poke holes on certain parts of the paper so they could make the wings move and feet. then they'd stick in pins to hold it all together. For me it was sort of frustrating because the table was awfully crowded with little kids trying to color whatever which way they wanted and would hog them all and then other kids will start to whine a little bit. but i managed to keep up with their speediness of wanting their bird finish after they've colored so i give myself a pat on the back for that. After a while me and Kate really got the hang of it and breezed through helping every kid cut, color and make holes in the paper for them. I find today a really fun experience working with little kids. they can be a pain and sort of awkward and really cute too.