School ended May 31st, and summer break began June 1st. The school year flew by ridiculously fast. And I didn't slow down either.....
I applied to work at Camp Collins for the month of June. Luckily I was hired. It is a program that is offered for students in Kindergarten all the way up to 6th grade. Each grade has a lead teacher that travels with them to all activities, and the activities have lead teachers as well. This year, 3rd and 4th grade are grouped together, and 5th and 6th grade are grouped together. K, 1st, and 2nd are all separated with their own group. The activities we have going this year are Art/Music, Outdoor Classroom, P.E., Reading/Technology, and STEM (Science).
We have a great group of workers. This is my first year, but I must say, our teamwork is outstanding! Everyone helps everyone, and everyone knows exactly what to do. I'm lead teacher for 2nd grade. I have 21 students on my roster, but of course not all of them have came all at once. They are the best group of kids! The theme for camp is "Survivor." We each have a tribe name and color. My tribe is "Raziya" which means "compassionate." Our tribe color is orange.
Monday was day one, and we painted "war" paint on our faces in out tribe colors. The kids also toured the outdoor classroom, had reader's theater, and learned how to filter dirty water using paper towels, cups, and coffee filters.
On Tuesday, the kids had a guest speaker to teach them how to make a compost. They also did leaf art, learned how to use the Apple computers and Ipods, and had a water balloon activity.
On Wednesday, they painted stones and made tribal art, made the cutest safari hats out of newspaper, had a Limbo competition, took pictures with Ipods in a photo booth with cute props, and had a guest speaker from Sci-Quest. In Sci-Quest, the kids learned about physical and chemical changes, and did 3 different experiments.
On Thursday, K through 2nd grade were scheduled to travel to the local splash pad. We had to cancel our plans due to storms. Instead, we set up some fun rotations. We played Just Dance on the Wii, made posters with our names and tribe name, and finally played with Ipads.
On Friday, we took a field trip to Cathedral Caverns. The kids toured the cave, and did some gem mining. The kids loved it!
After camp everyday, I worked at Big C. I absolutely love being back at the store. I have so much fun with all of them. Its like I never left, even though I've been gone for over a year. Tomorrow starts week number 2!! It's already going by really fast!
