Camp Day 2

The campers exuded enthusiasm from the start to the end of camp today! Down to every detail, we were excited about our activities. Zain exemplified our excitement when he asked Miss Steph and Miss Tamara for help putting on a costume accessory by saying, "Will you help put this bad boy on me?" Needless to say, no game was played, no project was made, no song was sung without the essence of fun seeping its way into it.

After an exciting welcome play time, when we met some new friends and said hello to the old ones, we went to circle time. There we each had a chance to talk about what type of super power we would want if we were superheroes. The most desired powers were flying, invisibility, super speed and rainbows. Cate got extra creative and wished for the super power of art!

Next we ran around on the rooftop during outdoor games. We took turns being traffic controllers during "Red Light/Green Light" and pretended to be foxes during a game called "What Time is it Mr. Fox?"  There were some pretty fast and energetic campers in attendance today -- I know from experience... they chased me around the playground.

Once we recouped, got some water, and walked like sneaky dinosaurs back to our classroom, it was time for art. We used markers, glue and cloth shapes to make superhero capes. Different shapes meant different things to us. Circles turned us invisible, squares made us fly and tear-drop shapes caused a flood!

After reading a book called, The Best Nest, we chatted with our friends over our yummy snacks!

When we were done, we had energy to burn, so we went on a bubble chase around the blue track and then came back for music time. Miss Tamara taught us a lot of songs, one was about having animals on our heads -- and we each had a stuffed animal on our head that we had to dance and sing with. Another song was about moving in different ways by the side of a river. We had a blast watching Miss Tamara play her ukulele while we danced and learned new tunes to sing together.

The last part of camp today was spent in superhero training. Together we recited the Superhero Oath,

"I promise to help, not hurt, 

To protect everyone from harm,

To use my brain over my muscles,

And to respect everyone's force field."

 When we were done we looked at pictures of superheroes and practiced using their super powers.

Then, the campers read Miss Steph's mind and told the story that she was thinking about -- without her having to say a word!

In Miss Steph's mind (as read by the campers) there was a story about Batman! Batman turned into a bat to help save Wonder Woman who was trapped in a cage. Unfortunately for Batman, Super Woman was planning to save Wonder Woman at the exact same time, so Super Woman and Batman bumped heads and fell down. Luckily Superman flew in to save everybody! How did they know that's what Miss Steph was thinking!? ...Telepathy.
...I wouldn't be surprised if they knew you were reading this right now, without even having to look...

Until tomorrow!
Steph