this week, all 24 of us pulled off an awesome 4-day nature camp for students during their april vacation (yes, our students get a week off in february AND april. not fair!). we had monday to prepare any last minute props and iron out details...
on tuesday, we welcomed 80 kindergarten-3rd graders to the state forest for two days of fun and learning! we had this overarching mystery going on throughout camp, so we began and ended our day with a skit related to the mystery. on tuesday, i was a group leader which meant i stayed with the same group of kids (the owls!) through the whole day. we went to 7 different stations and took breaks for snack and lunch. the day ended with some all camp skits and games.
on wednesday, i taught a station on recycled musical instruments. that was a blast! a lot of crafty work, but having kids make drums and kazoos and dance around to music that they make is just kind of awesome.
thursday and friday we hosted the older kids (4th grade-8th grade) at our site. some of them had been coming to hawley nature camp since they were in kindergarten, so it was great to learn about what they know already and build upon that knowledge. i was "camp director for the day" on thursday which meant i carried around a radio and a fancy clipboard. luckily, nothing bad happened...the biggest problem was some concern of afternoon storms, but we just moved activities in the pavilion space and that solved the issue! oh, i did arrange to have coffee made for the group leaders and teachers at lunch and baked them cookies so that they were still warm and gooey at the end of the day.
on friday i taught a lesson on energy conservation. the students became energy detectives after a brief discussion of what energy actually is...the lesson was awesome! they loved it.
i am so excited now for my job in california! i really enjoyed the week : ) next week, i'll be learning some basic work skills for trail work!
ps. today i spent some time outside learning how to properly hula hoop. i also did some handstands and played frisbee! great time spent outside : )
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