Hot Enough for You

This camp began with a group prayer for Baby Lozon.  He is healing from his heart surgery, so we all joined hands and prayed, then sent a message and picture to Mr. Lozon.  Wonderful to carry our faith with us wherever we go and to know what to do when there is a need.
Have you ever seen such cute campers?

I had to snap these right off because you know we get a little worse for wear as the day goes on.

Julian and Kipton discovered deer tracks as they were searching for their letter.

We changed things up a bit today for the older campers.  They had to find five letters and make a word from them.  Then, when they wrote the word on the board, they could add a prefix or a suffix for an extra point.

We installed new bees on Saturday.  The campers were already used to going down the hill on the side opposite the hive entrance, so we did not deter the bees on their path to pollen.

Another change was a move of story time from the tree fort to the front yard.  While the ambience isn't as impressive as sitting in the Enchantment Tree, the attention is ever so much more, well, attentive.

You never quite know who will visit the story blanket. 

I hope your camper is sharing all the adventures of Balser and the bear cubs,  or of Joe, Fanny and Bessie in the Enchantment Tree. 

We added a new game with water today, seeing as how if the water gets spilled, the person it is spilled on will be grateful-we hope. While it looks like play and is certainly fun, this is great practice for being attentive.

Today we talked about what it takes to imprint the spelling of a word on our brain, most especially those very pesky vowel blends.  I shared with the kids that  it is so very important to track words that are read every chance they get.  It is the seeing, along with hearing, that will help imprint the word in the brain.  Even when the poem is memorized, keep looking at the words as you read them.

I am amazed at some of their stories.  Don't be afraid to transcribe a story for your kiddo.  Most always they can read a story they've written themselves, and love to show off their reading of big words.  You can write it, or word process it for them to get all of their thoughts down quickly. This really encourages them as a writer.   They can then copy it and read it as they copy- another way to practice spelling.