Sunday, July 25, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Week Two: Space Journey
Space Ships!
made by Breil, Ella, Julia, Brittany & Katelyn
Working on their "Crafts" ~ Space Crafts!
Then they each took turns in our space ship!
This week's theme: Space Journeyprompted the creation of a huge rocketship
which the kids signed and decorated and "flew in"
under leaderships of Captain Nicolas and
Co-commander, Colin.
Our home-made rocket, with Maddie and helpers, Nick and Colin
Maddie is shocked by this alien's visit(did he come up through our toilet?
nice background in the photo!)
Here is the other "alien" who came to visit the kids this week!
Dancing to the VBS (Vacation Bible School) tunes from a
More Crafts:
Illustrations of the solar system,
Paper rockets and an alien creature,
and another alien creature!!
Here is the other "alien" who came to visit the kids this week! 
Dancing to the VBS (Vacation Bible School) tunes from a week/CD entitled "Galatic Blast Off!"
Maddie and Nick and her other "assistant",
Madison, all attended a week of VBS recently
and lead the kids in some rousing song and dance about God's Love in Jesus.
Here's some of our cute boys shooting off rockets--
Our cub scout troop (greatest den leader of all time)
made this and we borrowed it to shoot
paper rockets SKY HIGH!
More Crafts:
Illustrations of the solar system,
Paper rockets and an alien creature,
and another alien creature!!The kids have had fun and so have we!!
Friday, July 2, 2010
Week One: Safari Time!
Here's a few photos of our first week at Discovery Kids Camp:
Making homemade granolachopping lots of pecans
and walnuts
Stirring in real maple syrup and coconut...
super tasty!
Yoga's Tree Pose (don't yell "timber!")
Maddies does game time and songs in a circle at the beginning and ending of each day.
She is so fun! I love seeing her creativity and hearing the kids singing and playing and having fun! Kids' camp is one of the most fun parts of our summer!
Maddies does game time and songs in a circle at the beginning and ending of each day.She is so fun! I love seeing her creativity and hearing the kids singing and playing and having fun! Kids' camp is one of the most fun parts of our summer!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Big group activities!
Yoga and stretching. The kids love it and sometimes we have contests of how long they'll hold a certain pose...
like Tree Pose
of Boat Pose
Nick is our "lunch-n-laughs" kid and does shows where he squirts himself in the eye with a water gun or trips and falls often; the kids giggle and giggle...
Circle time to start and end the camps; lots of fun!!Sunday, June 13, 2010
2010 Summer camps are on the way!
Our flyer for 2010 Discovery Kids Camps is out!
Email us for a copy or to register:
We are adding
- lunches
- separate activities for ages 3-5 year olds
- baking time
- water activities
Dates are:
June 29 & July 1 (T, TH)
July 7 & 9 (W, F)
July 21 & 23 (W, F)
July 27 & 29 (T, TH)
Aug. 3 & 5 (T, TH)
Aug. 10 & 12 (T, TH)
We are still planning one family week-long vacation and one of the later weeks this summer might get cancelled (for the camp). We'll let you know.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
What our camp looks like:
Yoga classes
Being silly
Making crafts
We have weekly themes, like oceans, space, animals, etc.
We make cool stuff to take home!
And we have time outside, snacks, some Spanish, some stories, some sign language, some acting and dancing and some entertainment by Nick :)Wednesday, August 12, 2009
2009 Discovery Kids' Camp!
We have created a blog to write each summer about our experiences as Camp Directors in our home with some terrific kids from our neck of the woods. We want to post photos from each week and let them see their photos and be able to save them from this website.
OUR BEGINNINGS
Maddie B. started hosting/directing Kids' Camps 3 summers ago. We got the idea from the Earnshaws in NH. Maddie attended them when she was little and as she got older we both thought we would enjoy (and Moms would really enjoy) giving young kids something to do and to look forward to during the long days of summer. So Discovery Kids' Camp was born and we have added new things each summer and increased our enrollment, too.
OUR SUMMER CAMP GOES LIKE THIS
Maddie hand draws little name tags that feature themes of the week (starfish, planets, jungle animals) for the kids to put on when they come over; they sign in and we get parents' contact information. We play a CD of kids' music (ABC song, Ants Go Marching, etc.) and usually a CD of 'rock-n-roll' from Vacation Bible school, which really gets the kids excited and dancing.
We spend a few weeks planning out our themes and then head to the best craft store, Hobby Lobby, to purchase supplies for all our crafts and activities.
She advertises with a bright flyer that we make together on the computer. We email and hand deliver it all over the neighborhood. She puts her email address on it and telephone number so they can register with her. She starts getting calls and we start the roster. 10 kids was our cut off this year.
We made a big poster to welcome the kids; during our first week we let them draw on it and make it look Kid-Friendly. Maddie writes up the exact schedule, for every half-hour of what she will be doing with the kids. I do a little crowd-control, homesickness help, and guide distracted ones back to the group. Making muffins or cookies, and inviting "cooking assistants" seems to help... :)
She includes:
Yoga (mom)
Crafts
Reading
Acting
ASL (last year)
Spanish (mom)
Water Activities
Recess
Snacks
Cooking (with mom as the lead)
Coloring
Learning about the weekly theme
She loves the teaching and reading and crafting and recessing. She doesn't love the clean-up and the exhaustion that comes after, but I keep telling her, "Making good money doesn't come easy." It's true! She has saved lots of money every year and been able to buy most of her own school clothes. We look forward to next year, when we plan to offer two types of camps: Pre-K Discovery Camp and Art Camp for ages 6 and up. I plan to use some of my Humanities major and a fabulous "how to" art book that focuses on certain famous painters' styles of creation and teaching about the painter and then letting the kids imitate and try new art techniques. We are super excited about it!
Photos from 2009 to come and then later we will post photos from 2008 camps. And if I can find any from the small camps we had in 2007, I'll post them, also
OUR BEGINNINGS
Maddie B. started hosting/directing Kids' Camps 3 summers ago. We got the idea from the Earnshaws in NH. Maddie attended them when she was little and as she got older we both thought we would enjoy (and Moms would really enjoy) giving young kids something to do and to look forward to during the long days of summer. So Discovery Kids' Camp was born and we have added new things each summer and increased our enrollment, too.
OUR SUMMER CAMP GOES LIKE THIS
Maddie hand draws little name tags that feature themes of the week (starfish, planets, jungle animals) for the kids to put on when they come over; they sign in and we get parents' contact information. We play a CD of kids' music (ABC song, Ants Go Marching, etc.) and usually a CD of 'rock-n-roll' from Vacation Bible school, which really gets the kids excited and dancing.
We spend a few weeks planning out our themes and then head to the best craft store, Hobby Lobby, to purchase supplies for all our crafts and activities.
She advertises with a bright flyer that we make together on the computer. We email and hand deliver it all over the neighborhood. She puts her email address on it and telephone number so they can register with her. She starts getting calls and we start the roster. 10 kids was our cut off this year.
We made a big poster to welcome the kids; during our first week we let them draw on it and make it look Kid-Friendly. Maddie writes up the exact schedule, for every half-hour of what she will be doing with the kids. I do a little crowd-control, homesickness help, and guide distracted ones back to the group. Making muffins or cookies, and inviting "cooking assistants" seems to help... :)
She includes:
Yoga (mom)
Crafts
Reading
Acting
ASL (last year)
Spanish (mom)
Water Activities
Recess
Snacks
Cooking (with mom as the lead)
Coloring
Learning about the weekly theme
She loves the teaching and reading and crafting and recessing. She doesn't love the clean-up and the exhaustion that comes after, but I keep telling her, "Making good money doesn't come easy." It's true! She has saved lots of money every year and been able to buy most of her own school clothes. We look forward to next year, when we plan to offer two types of camps: Pre-K Discovery Camp and Art Camp for ages 6 and up. I plan to use some of my Humanities major and a fabulous "how to" art book that focuses on certain famous painters' styles of creation and teaching about the painter and then letting the kids imitate and try new art techniques. We are super excited about it!
Photos from 2009 to come and then later we will post photos from 2008 camps. And if I can find any from the small camps we had in 2007, I'll post them, also
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