In Sidewalk Art we learned creative ways to decorate the parking lot! We started with simple sidewalk chalk and experimented drawing trees, tracing our shadows, and designing our own hop-scotch courts. Then friends were asked to dip their chalk in water and we explored the vibrant colors that wet chalk can create! Finally we talked about color and used paint to discover how we could make new colors by mixing primary colors. Combining our paint with soap and water we created Sidewalk Paint and added even more decorations to the street. By the end of the week we had explored the many variations of sidewalk art and the black pavement had been given a colorful makeover!
FORT BUILDING with BRIDGET
Fort building was very popular this week. We used various classroom materials to build our forts like tables, chairs, mats, rugs and silks. It was a great opportunity to work together building and problem solving. After forts were built we had time for some dramatic play. Some children became families in their forts. Some invited neighbors to dinner. One day all the forts were destroyed by an invasion of dinosaurs. It was a very exciting week.
POTATO SACK RACE with LISA
This week in our Summer Camp we set up mats and pillows to
make a track. Friends decided to pretend that the carpet was hot lava and the
pillows were “hot stones” or “lava rocks” and the children challenged each
other with jumping over them! We used pillow cases as potato sacks and took
turns cheering each other on and counting times. During the last half of our
Summer Camp, I invited children to design their own tracks for each other and
children came up with creative ways to make their track more challenging. Some
friends had each other crawl on their stomachs with the pillowcases on and the
trickiest challenge was moving across the mats by crawling on their backs,
keeping the bags from slipping off!
KNOT TYING with KERRY
In Knot Tying we played with ropes of all weights and lengths to discover new ways to, well, tie knots. I have been crocheting, knitting, doing macrame and even sailing since I was a kid, so I know a thing or two about knots. We mastered the simple overhand knot and learned to tie a slip knot. The slip knot was useful in our dramatic play throughout the week while we pretended to climb cliffs and sail the open sea. It was used to secure boats to shore, to help lift bodies up to mountain tops and even as handcuffs for a captured pirate (me). For those less interested in the adventure side of knots, I was able to teach some simple macrame. We made necklaces and bracelets that the participants were very proud of.
SLEUTHING with TERESA
Our master mystery solver mode was turned on for Sleuthing summer camp. Each day friends were faced with a different mystery to solve; the case of the missing turtle lovie, the disappearance of the shoes, water bottle vanishings, blanket banishment, and even an entire silk rack gone. We put on our thinking caps to either search for clues, create suspect lists, and deduce who the culprit could be. It was exciting to interview teachers for information regarding our mystery. On days when the answer was seemingly obvious, like finding our
DRUMMING with SHAWN
Drumming was a blast this week as we beat out our rhythms on a variety of materials. After exploring our standard drums, we examined the room for other options to create sound. Some friends found that canisters and pans work well, while others used the surfaces around them to drum.
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