Thursday, July 14

Pictures to follow!

Today we had a major bug-venture! We started by discussing all of the different types of bugs in the world and which kinds we would like to be. As bugs, we went on a mission and rescued people despite facing many obstacles along the way. We slithered and crawled our way to success!

Animal yoga was next, and everyone did so great today! Campers are sure to be little yoginis by the end of this summer.

In cooking today we made a treat for our bird friends using pine cones, bird seed and lard! After that we made our own bubbles and bubble wands and went outside to blow bubbles. We filled all of Chicago with our bubbles!

After a fun art project where we made snakes out of looped paper, we said goodbye to morning campers and hello to afternoon campers!

In the afternoon... we went to China! Ni Hao!
We learned about some of the things that make China so special, including it's large size, famous inventions (like the compass, fireworks and paper), and the animals that are native to the country.

Next we sang a dragon song, made a dragon art project and even made our own Great Wall with popsicle sticks and sugar cubes.

In science we made our own paper from scratch! We used a blender to mix used paper and water into a mushy paper pulp. After spreading the pulp onto screens we allowed it to dry in the sun. We cut up our homemade paper and gave everyone a piece to take home and remember this awesome afternoon!