Showing posts with label picnic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label picnic. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Gather 'Round the Campfire!

Camping week was great fun and filled with tons of imaginative play!  I started by creating a campfire using tree blocks and playsilks and added a s'mores tray for some fine dining.

Here is a closer look at the s'mores.  I used chopsticks, cardboard, brown paper and cotton balls and the kids thought it was amazing!  they had a blast making s'mores all week!!


The highlight of our week, however, was the addition of a giant tent, which was so huge, we had to put some of our toys and furniture INSIDE!
My Pre-K kids created woven checkered picnic blankets with red and white paper.

I wish I'd gotten a photo of the finished product, she drew the most adorable little ants on her picnic blanket!

All the students also created binoculars, which I neglected to take a picture of - actually, I didn't get many pictures all week - but you can see the binoculars being used here as we went on our bear hunt!!


My older kids, who had been camping, took it upon themselves to tell scary stories around our campfire and set up beds and other necessities inside the tent.  Camping week, though lacking in photographic evidence, was a blast!  The kids are STILL asking me for the bear hunt song!




Friday, July 4, 2014

Our Literary Summer: Week 4 - Yes, Let's

I'm a little late posting about the fourth week in our summer literary adventure.  We were super-busy doing family things after Daddy returned from 12 days out of town.  Our fourth book was Yes, Let's by Galen Goodwin Longstreth.  
The story follows a family on a fun day trip into the woods and shows, in very detailed illustrations, everything they did that day: swimming, picnicking, hiking, etc.  I wasn't able to take pictures of many of the activities we did this week, but here's a quick look at how we spent our time.


Underwater Art - watercolor and foam shapes

Hand Print Boats


Going on a Bear Hunt from Greg and Steve's Kids in Action CD


I'm Packing a Picnic Lunch Game
This is a fun memory game to play with the class.  Sit in a circle and start off by saying, "I'm packing a picnic lunch, and I'm taking sandwiches (or any other food)".  The child next to you says, "I'm packing a picnic lunch, and I'm taking sandwiches and (they choose a food).  Continue around the circle with the next person repeating what the previous people have said and then adding on.  If you get around enough times, things will start to get very silly and giggly!!

And the best part of our week, playing picnic!!  The children set out Play Silks and pretend to be all of the places pictured in the story.

Easy Peasy!


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