HBBH Newsletter- Week 6
Camp Notes:
Thank you for a wonderful summer at camp! You are all invited to attend the annual Lip Sync, which will occur this Thursday, July 20th at 2pm outside HB by the fountain and turf field. If you are unable to make it, no worries! I’m sure your campers would love to give you a private performance.
Movement: Campers continued to move during the last week of Movement. Many campers took this opportunity to practice their lip sync performance.
Lanyard: For the last week of camp, there were many campers who worked on more advanced lanyard stitches. Some favorites this week included the Twist, Corkscrew, and Tornado.
Duckland: The last week of Duckland was a celebration of all games “ducky”. Some of the games included the classic, Duck, Duck, Goose, a duck toss, and a version of sharks and minnows. What a ducky summer it has been!
Fairymaids: The final week of camp means the Mermaid and Fairy Ball. What a special celebration of their hard work this summer finding and learning about fairy magic!
Escapades: The final escapade this summer was a trip to the Solon Freeway Lanes for a bowling party. What a fun way to end camp!
Quick Bites: Campers made a sweet treat this week. They created a unique concoction of chocolate quesadillas. They were a huge hit!
Challenge: What amazing growth these campers went through over the past six weeks! For the final week of challenge, campers continued to work on their skills and many campers practiced climbing. What a great summer!
Improv: Campers created their own mini plays, deriving inspiration from their favorite fairytales. While the story was already known, their interpretation and presentation of it was new and unique!
Fun and Games: Campers took two classic yard games and played different variations of them: dodgeball and kickball. Ask your camper to teach you their favorite version of the games!
Table Top Challenges: In Table Top Challenges, campers have access to various games, including cards, puzzles, math games, collaborative games, and board games. The focus this week was being able to work together during a game and trying games for the first time.
Discovery: Campers had a Mexican fiesta this week! They made their own food spread of salsa, guacamole, corn tortilla chips, and limeade. For a craft, campers topped off their fiesta with their very own homemade piñatas. Olé!
Ink: The youngest campers continued to work on their letter recognition by fishing for letters and finding letters on a scavenger hunt. What a great and fun way to practice their understanding of the alphabet!
Minute to Win it: Campers did a variety of activities this week, getting to relive some of their favorites from the previous weeks. Many groups worked on a variety of word games and riddles, which really stretched their brains and relied on team work.
Be-You-Tiful: For their final Be-You-Tiful class, campers participated in the paper plate challenge. They taped a paper plate on their back, and then their fellow campers wrote positive messages about them on it. After everyone wrote a message on the plate, the campers got to take them off their back, read them, and take them home as a reminder of their own inner and outer beauty.
Razzle Dazzle: Aaaah. This week was all about relaxation. Campers made their own soothing bath scrub out of real rosemary and sea salt. Then, they each got hand massages and ended the class with cucumbers on their eyes. What a great way to end camp!
Art: This week’s focus in art is creating watercolor paintings. However, the campers are not just using paint brushes. Once the paint is on the paper, campers used straws to blow the paint around, instead of a brush. What a unique way to create a painting!
Maker Space: Campers’ creativity was at its peak this week! It was almost like being on Chopped, but without any food! There were a variety of supplies available to them and they had to use the supplies to come up with something unique. The fun was in making something new out of something old.
Kindergarten: It has been a wonderful summer! This week, the kindergartners enjoyed all their favorite classes for the last time and spent a lot of time working on their wonderful lip sync performance. Thanks for a great summer!
The three-year olds (Koala Bears): The last week of camp was all about butterflies and bugs! Campers got to go on a bug hunt, trying to search for some of the bugs and butterflies about which they learned. What a great way to end a wonderful summer at camp!
The four-year olds (Giraffes and Elephants): It has been a great summer of fun and learning! This week, campers made the ultimate treat for a hot summer day: popsicles! Our craft this week was making adorable sea creatures. What was unique, was that we made our sea creature friends out of cupcake liners. Thanks for a great summer!