Next week:

Mad Scientist

with Mr. Richard

and Ms. Susan

Basketball

with Coach Cam

and Ms. Sam

Back to Bedrock:

Preschool/

Kindergarten with

Ms. Liz and Ms.

Widline

Fairy Tales:

Beginners with Ms.

Crystal, Ms. Amy,

and Ms. Christina

In this issue: Olympics with

Coach Cam and

Ms. Sam

2

It’s Alive!:

Beginners with

Ms. Crystal, Ms.

Amy, and Ms.

Christina,

Preschool/

Kindergarten

with Ms. Liz and

Ms. Widline

3

Woodworking

with Mr. Richard

and Ms. Susan

4

Summer Camp Week II June 18—22, 2012

Newsletter by: Laura Clark, 11th Grade

! As our country prepares to

compete in the 2012 Olympics in

London this summer, our campers

competed in a wide variety of

Olympic(ish) events. Once divided

into teams, each team chose a country

to represent. These were Guinea,

Germany and the Former Yugoslov

Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

Campers also learned about these

countries, their flags and anthems.

Medals were even awarded for a

trivia competition based on

knowledge of the respective ‘home’

countries.

We learned about, trained

and competed in many traditional

events, especially Track & Field

events. However, we predictably put

a fun and silly twist on things by

competing in some very

unconventional events that were quite

fun! There were even craft

competitions. Each and every student

earned medals for their team over the

week and had a great time supporting

each other as they playfully competed

for their countries.

Should you have any

questions or concerns regarding

sports camp please contact Coach

Cam at cparker@millhopper.com. We

hope to see you Monday for another

awesome week!

with Coach Cam and Ms. Sam

This week in the Little House the students learned

facts about insects, the names of the insects body parts, and

completed Practical Life work that had insect manipulatives.

There were insect puzzles for choosing, insect matching, and

insect coloring sheets. The students also enjoyed playing

rhythm instruments, singing songs about insects, participat-

ing in insect themed creative movement, and doing a class

drawing on giant butcher paper. We made insect gliders and

flew them in the back field and created bug jars.

There was a monarch chrysalis in class, and we waited in

anticipation for it to hatch, revealing a butterfly. Splash day

was a big hit, even with the new students. It was a fun week.

The students are looking forward to Fairy Tales next week.

Where did this week go? This week the children learned about some very interesting insects; they es-pecially liked learning about ladybugs (also known as the ladybird beetle).

Here are a few additional activities we enjoyed this week of Summer Camp:

Geography and Science:

We learned there are more than a mil-lion kinds of insects and they live al-most everywhere on Earth! The chil-dren were fascinated with the many different kinds of butterflies and moths.

Spanish:

Ms. Jeanne-Marie joined us this week to present Spanish every day with the children; focusing on the theme of in-sects. She included not only Spanish words for the insects but many songs!

On Wednesday (“Movie Day”):

The children enjoyed watching an old favorite, “A Bug’s Life”!

Music, Movement and Art Activities:

The children learned how to use two

“musical” instruments this week: the triangle (used in the song “Frere Jacques”) and the “Sounding Bowl”.

Some of the children’s favorite songs of the week included “Puff the Magic Dragon” and “Fireflies”.

The favorite art activities included making butterflies using their handprints, Bug gliders, animal pup-pets and “marble-rolling” painting!

Needless to say, the children loved Splash Day on Friday!!

Cooking:

Who said dirt and bugs don’t taste good? The children learned how to make “Dirt” Cake!

Go to Millhopper Tech / Summer Camp for the recipe so that you can enjoy making it with your child at home!

This week we learned a lot

about carpentry skills and tool usage.

The students worked on building a

toolbox, decorative bookends and a

pencil cup as their main projects. Also,

each student spent time using various

tools in our outside tool station.

Handsaws, drills planes, hammers, and

electric sanders were some of the tools

that were used. At the end of the week

the projects went home with the builders

as well as an original creation made from

the scrap box. We were very impressed

with the concentration and focus that the

builders used throughout the week. We

hope they will take the inspiration and

continue to build during the rest of the

summer. Thanks to our counselors and

helpers that worked so hard during the week.

Lindsey and Sunny help each other use the saw.

Fabiana paints her bookends.

Norma and Sofi paint their toolboxes.

Dominick assists some wood-working students with the saw.

Caryss prepares a woodworking webquest for the kids.

Laura works with Penny on her toolbox.

Mia sands down a piece of wood for her project.

Catherine helps the students work on a project.

Mr. Richard helps the students with their projects.