<span style="color: #000080;">Camper</span> <span style="color: #ff0000;">of</span> <span style="color: #000080;">the</span> <span style="color: #ff0000;">Week <span style="color: #000000;">(July 5-8th)</span></span><span style="color: #000000;">:</span> <span style="color: #ff0000;">Madelyn</span> <span style="color: #000080;">Vizzini </span>

<span style="color: #800080;">Camper of the Week (July 11-15th): Aidan Barber</span>

<span style="color: #008000;">Camper of the Week (July 18-22nd): Patrick Wurdemann</span>

<strong> Monday:</strong>

The start of the new week brought us some new friends and the return of many of our old friends!  The Pandas / Ducks 1 campers were eager to get started this morning!  We began with a fun game of "Red Light, Green Light" and had many laughs throughout the game.  Creativity was flowing in art today!  Sculptures and Spin Art were the fun projects that your Pandas / Ducks 1 kids were able to create in art.  It was fun to see all the different things the kids made out of the clay.  It was also great to see them so excited about what their Spin Art masterpieces looked like after they spun around in the machine.  The pictures were beautiful!

Later on, we went to Hollywood where we are beginning to work on our music video to the tune of.... "Old McDonald".  By the end of the week, your Pandas/Ducks 1 campers will have performed this tune with movements... on video!

During science, we learned about fire safety and got to watch a video about all sorts of interesting equipment that firefighters use to fight fires.  We really enjoyed seeing the "Water Bomber Planes".   We learned that they are special planes that pour out a lot of water onto big forest fires.

We all had an exciting first day of the new week and are looking forward to the many exciting things happening around camp this week!  Tomorrow (Tuesday) we will get to see a Reptile Show.  On Wednesday, we will have Art Patrol and on Thursday we will have Music Patrol!  We have such a fun-filled week ahead of us!

<strong>Tuesday:</strong>

Pandas / Ducks 1 campers started the day off with some puzzles, books and games in the special Panda Room!  They enjoyed listening to stories read to them as well as playing various board games.  Shortly after, we went into the gym to experience the Reptile Show!  It was truly a fun learning experience for all in attendance.  Seeing snakes, a taranchula, a hedgehog, a gekko and a slew of other critters up close was exciting.... and scary (for some!) to say the least.

The pool was very refreshing on this hot day and we got to splash and kick our feet!  We are working hard each day to become more confident in the pool and it is definitely showing!  Your Pandas / Ducks 1's are really doing great on these skills!

Computers was fun today. We got to play Earth Day games on pbskids.org and play a fun "Curious George" and "Dinosaur Train" game.  After our computer fun, we got to play sports!

After sports, the whole camp gathered together in the gym to perform our group cheers.  We had fun performing and watching the other groups' cheers!Tomorrow will bring some Art Patrol fun our way and we can't wait!

<strong>Wednesday:</strong>

In gym the Pandas/ Ducks 1 campers enjoyed playing a game of "Duck, Duck Goose".  Keeping our bodies cool was very important today, so we made sure  not to run too hard during our games in the gym, but it sure was fun to chase our friends and try to win!

Hollywood brought out our dance moves and it sure was fun!  We danced to different songs and let our creativity out as we created fun dance moves to the songs.

In the pool, we worked on putting our heads into the water as well as more kicking moves.  We enjoyed the water since it was such a hot day!  Having the chance to jump into the pool today was a highlight, too!

During science, we learned about pollution and keeping our water clean.  We talked about how trash. such as paper, can get into our water and make it unhealthy for fish and even us!

In computers, we had fun playing Earth Day games on the computer and really loved playing on pbskids.org . We're looking forward to another fun day tomorrow at camp and really can't wait for Music Patrol!

<strong>Thursday:</strong>

The Pandas /Ducks 1 campers started off this hot day in the cool (literally!) Pandas/Ducks 1 room  which is our room for puzzles, board games and books.  After we were nice and cool, we headed to our special event for the day which was Music Patrol.  This was certainly a camper highlight of the day.  The kids got the opportunity to hear a Jembe drum played as well as dance to the drum beats.  It was such a fun event!  The kids all loved creating dance movements.  At one point, the campers got to perform some of their dance moves for their friends.  They enjoyed every minute of it.  Another highlight from the Music Patrol was when the campers got the chance to play a Tamborine or a hand drum while music was played on the Jembe drum.  Moreover, the campers loved being able to play a short drum beat on the Jembe drum at the end of the special Music Patrol event.

Next up for the Pandas/Ducks 1 campers was art.  In art, the kids were able to create frog, pig or dog "masks."  They loved crumpling tissue paper to glue onto their masks.  These creative creations will be finding themselves in your homes very soon - we're just going to put the finishing touches on them tomorrow!

Pool time brought some much needed relief from the hot day outside.  We were able to work on all of our skills, such as kicking, swimming, and putting our faces into the water today.  It was definitely refreshing!

Science class taught us about liquids that are acidic.  We learned that lemon juice and acid rain are both acidic while rain water, salty water, and even polluted water are not acidic!  It was very interesting!

Sports found us in the Panda Room as it was awfully hot to play outside and we enjoyed staying cool in the airconditioned room!Tomorrow we're looking forward to another fun day as we end this fourth week of camp!

Instructor: Katie and Counselors: Milly and Dave

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