Shipwreck and Under the sea week: Went on a letter treasure hunt, had a pirate obstacle course with a plank, sharks and alligators and sword fighting, under the sea playdo center, shell dig and clean, shark teeth fine motor skills and fishing. We made a jelly fish and enjoyed pirate hats and eye patches. We also read lots of fun books, sang, danced and talked like a pirate.
Moovin' and Olympic week: We had some fun with music and bean bag action songs, we practiced a lot of exercises with our parachute and made rainbow ring for our olympic flags. For our Olympics we played tennis with balloons and fly swatters, ice skating on wax paper, hockey with beach ball and noodles, learned some gymnastic moves, and jumped hurdles and the long jump. We talked about never quitting and taking good care of your body. We finished the week out with olympic medals and cheering for everyone.
Out of this World and Robot Week:
We made suns with squirts of paint on a paper plate and covering with saran wrap to mush around. Practiced some space yoga and unraveled am astroid with a gift inside. We made moon crater with play do and put the first American flag on them, made space bracelets, did a bean bag star toss and made straw rockets. We also made robots out of pool noodles and pipe cleaners, created robots made of gear and magnets and learned to talk and move in robot commands.
Dinosaurs and Fossils/Mad Science Week: We learned about dinosaurs and their habitat. We made habitats out of rocks, trees, sand and pebbles and played with the dinosaurs. We made salt dough fossils and painted them, went on a Dino egg letter hunt and used pattern blocks to build dinosaurs. They made a volcano through blow art. For science we make tin foil boats to see how many gems they could hold before sinking, made rain in a jar, tornado makers and watched how oil and water don't mix. We also made a Lava Lamp which was EVERYONE"s favorite! They also loved seeing how you could walk on eggs and not crack them. They even got me to try it. And one little guy made sure his pet monkey got to try it as well.
Critter and Camping Week: This was one of their favorite weeks. We made a fox craft, played with bugs, rocks and play do, made forest animal pattern blocks and played Sneaky Squirrel. We also had some visitors stop by to show us real bunnies and snakes that we got to touch and learn about. For camping we had some fun with dramatic playtime in a tent with sleeping bags, lanterns, roasting marshmallows and fishing. We practiced shapes and colors with center time.
Legos and Art Week: For lego day we had lots of different centers. They fed the lego monster the correct color, made patterns and numbers out of legos, built a lego marble run, lego stamping, lego bridge building challenge, played good night gorilla for a literacy connection and played a lego memory cup game. For Art we made rainbow toast, made a rainbow fish craft, played outside with bubble painting and sidewalk chalk and finished it off with scribblers popsicles.
Secret Spy School and Passport to fun week: We had a spy obstacle course with balance beams, laser beams, and caves. They used marshmallow shooters to get the bad guys and practiced being extra quiet and sneaky. We made invisible ink messages, saved the good guys from ice, played a mystery object game and made a disguise with putting mustaches on. For our passport day we had passports with stickers and visited Mexico to learn how to do the jumping beans freeze dance and eat churros, we traveled to France and made the Eiffel Tower out of legos and tried fruit and chocolate, Went to China to make a paper lantern and eat with chopsticks and then last to Australia to learn about Koala Bears and make Fairy Toast bread.
Hawaiian Hullaballoo and Splish Splash Week:
We had fun having our own luau, playing sea limbo, learned to hula dance, played beach ball volleyball with our parachute and made a pineapple craft. We also played lots of water games on our last day of camp.
