<span style="color: #000080;">Camper</span> <span style="color: #ff0000;">of</span> <span style="color: #000080;">the</span> <span style="color: #ff0000;">Week</span><span style="color: #003366;">:</span> <span style="color: #ff0000;">Madelyn</span> <span style="color: #000080;">Vizzini </span>

<strong>Tuesday:</strong>

The Pandas were excited for their return / first visit to camp!  We started the day off with a fun game of tag.  Then we made a fun caterpillar craft in art class.  After our fun project, we planned out our commercial that we will be performing later this week in Hollywood!  Ask your Pandas what commercial we will be doing, you'll be sure to get lots of laughs out of them before they tell you!

We had a great time swimming in the pool today - especially since it was hot outside.

We are loving each day and meeting new friends along the way.  We especially can't wait until we perform our commercial later this week!

<strong>Wednesday: </strong>

Ask your Pandas if they had fun during game time today when we played "Sharks and Minnows".  They sure looked like they did!  Especially when they were chasing their counselor, Gloria and instructor, Katie.  After this fun game, we decorated and dressed "Gingerbread Men".  They look like they are ready for the beach and will be coming home to you soon- along with our caterpillars from yesterday.  Next up was Hollywood where we practiced our commercials and are getting ready to perform them.  Talk to your Pandas about what they're doing in their commercials - they'll be excited to share all about it.

We had fun in the pool and are really practicing hard on swimming, kicking and becoming more comfortable in the water.  It was really fun getting to jump into the water at the end of class, too!

In science, we learned about how an egg sinks in water and sugar water, but will float in oily water, baking powder water, and salt water!  We really loved seeing baking powder and vinegar mix together to form a bubbly "volcano eruption".

Computers was fun, too!  We played on all sorts of games - from placing the various states onto the map of the USA to matching games.  We loved it all!

Lastly, we ended our day with our group cheer, which we performed for the whole camp!  We did a great job and can't wait for another fun day tomorrow!

<strong>Thursday:</strong>

"Go Bananas!"  Today, like every Thursday was Banana Day.  Each day on Banana Day, we sing the Banana Dance song with hand motions.  Your Pandas did a fantastic job remembering / performing the song and hand motions this morning.  It was fun to watch them!  Ask them to do the song and hand motions for you... it is very cute!

After our Banana Dance, we played a fun game of freeze tag outside along with another round of our camper favorite, "Sharks and Minnows".

In Art class, we had fun rubbing pastels onto paper and creating rubbing masterpieces.  You'll find your Panda's creation in their book bag.  They all did a great job and had fun sharing their work with their classmates at the end of Art class.

Next up was Hollywood, where we finally got to perform our commercials.  The Pandas had a great time and had many laughs filming their.... diaper commercial!  It was very funny and they all enjoyed being a part of it.

After our commercial, we headed to the pool where we practiced more swimming and kicking.  It is great to see the kids become more comfortable in the water each day.

During science class, we were able to experiment more with salt, water and oil.  We got to see that when you mix all three, the oil begins to bubble up to the surface.  It SO FUN to see!  We loved it!

Computers was filled with fun games and in sports we had fun playing games, too.

Tomorrow we will see everyone's commercials and we can't wait to see ours, too! Pandas love their time at camp and can't wait to come back for some more fun tomorrow!

<strong>Friday:</strong>

The Pandas welcomed in Luau Day by watching an instructor/counselor game of knockout. They had fun by cheering us on! Next, we played "Red Light, Green Light" during game time. We got into the Hawaiian spirit by creating leis in art class. We used strips of paper and decorated them with different colors of tissue paper crumpled up. It was a lot of fun! During Hollywood, we had fun watching all the groups commercials including our commercial. In the pool, we continued to have fun working on our kicks and swimming techniques.

Our favorite part of the day was our camp-wide luau. We had fun participating in a hula hoop contest, limbo, a relay race, coconut bowling, and beach volleyball. We even got to have some Hawaiian punch! We had a very fun day at camp and a fantastic week! We can't wait until next week for even more fun memories to be made!

Instructor: Katie, Counselor: Gloria

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