Summer Fun ~ Part 1

Our June has been filled with adventures of all kinds! 

We started the month with Pirate Camp. One of the first orders of business on Monday morning was to complete our pirate ship. The children then drew maps, created pirate flags, and bedazzled cutlasses and spy glasses. We learned how to safely walk the plank, build forts, and perform water attacks. We also learned quite a bit about geography, cartography, world landmarks, flags, and languages.

In Art Camp, we explored a wide range of mediums — painting, drawing, cutting, pasting, and coloring our way through all kinds of projects.

In Camping Camp, we pitched a real tent right in our classroom! The children were taught basic survival skills, and we dove deep into the animal kingdom — discovering what makes a carnivore, herbivore, or omnivore, and learning the difference between diurnal animals and their nocturnal counterparts. We learned the names of North American birds and mammals and practiced identifying them both by sight and by their tracks and calls.

Though summer camp is very art-heavy, we still manage to get quite a bit of learning in! Every day, the children explore the classroom and spend some time working on reading, writing, and math activities. 

We also manage to squeeze in song and dance daily and picnics on the slightly cooler days.

I hope you all enjoy your Fourth of July, and I can't wait to see you in a week!!

May at Marlowe

May was epic! We started the month with a visit from a beekeeper, who brought a hive so we could observe the bees in action. We welcomed our families into the classroom to watch us work, and we celebrated our moms (and dads) with handmade crafts and a special morning together. 

The children dressed up as everything from astronauts and firefighters to Snow White and tigers, and we filled the days with art projects, lunchtime picnics, glow stick dance parties, and dance time with the bubble machine. We tie-dyed T-shirts, watered the plants with water balloons, and capped the month with Field Day and our 16th annual dance recital. 

The teachers and I have so enjoyed spending time with your children this year. I hope everyone has a wonderful summer break, and I look forward to seeing so many of you at camp and school in the fall!