Camp will begin with a short prayer service. All campers will be invited to read and or lead us in prayer.

All weeks include water fun, technology, crafts, sports, and reading

Themes Summer Camp ‘09

Week One-Jump into Summer

Jump rope for heart contest through the American Hear Association and Learn the rhymes that boys and girls used to say when jump roping

Share our favorite books. Start building a reading caterpillar-add a book for every one read-how long can we make it?

Make our own playdough. Paint masterpieces without using our hands

K3-1^st kid friendly sites. 2^nd-up  rules for safe surfing visit kid friendly sites

Week Two- Lions and Tigers and Bears-Things in the Forest-Oh My!

Make a mask of a forest animal

Make your own pawprint with plaster of paris

Going on a Lionhunt…a make believe song/adventure

Computer Virtual Tours-zoos around the world

Week Three-Inventions

Inventions from found objects

Take apart and remake

Invent a new bug on a string-just don’t scare anyone!

Invent a new board game to keep and share with others

Week Four-Castle Time

Make a castle and your very own dragon to rule it with tagboard and clay

Explore tales of old

Virtual Castle tours

Don’t forget to talk with you thee’s and thou’s

Week Five-Under the Sea

3D fish that you can hang up when you are done, edible aquariums

Edible aquariums-blue jello and gummy fish

How are fish different than us? Observe/study fish

Play a go-fish championship!

Week Six- Yum Yum

Incredible edible foods

Good food choices-better food choices

Painting with different types of food

Building towers with marshmallows and pretzels

Week Seven-Picture This

Sketching

Morphing our own photos

Put together and publish online-our own comicbook

Make a life-size You-that shows your favorite things

Week Eight-Imagination Station

A very Merry Un-birthday to us  tea party

Puppets on a stick (making your own Fairy Tales)

Pretend games/role playing

Make our own toys from everyday ‘found’ objects

Week Nine-Wet and Wild Week

A snowball fight with shaving cream

Water fun rely races

Pool games

Beware of the water balloons and squirt guns

Draw with water? Cool

All campers need to have bathing suit, towel, and water bottle with name clearly marked

K3-1^st need napmats, pillow, and extra change of clothes