Little Walsh: A lot can happen in a month!

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

A lot can happen in a month!

I can't believe it has been a whole month since I have blogged! I need to catch up on the end of summer, Colton Alexander Walsh's birth, the start of school, nanny Mary moving out and so much more! My goal is to blog at least once every two days until I am caught up. Wish me luck!

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For her last activity of the summer Cadie attended two of Miss Lowry's camps: "Fairy Tales and Heroes" and "Reading is Yummy." She was originally only signed up for the Fairy Tales and Heroes camp, but at the end she wanted to go back we signed her up for the next week which was "Reading is Yummy." Miss Lowry's "camps" are at her house which is basically a preschoolers dream house. There is stuff everywhere! Aquariums, dress up clothes, art supplies, toys, games, books, etc. It is a little crazy and the first time Grant went there with me he asked if Cadie was safe.

The "Fairy Tales and Super Heroes" camp had a theme song! Super-Kid theme song, to the tune of Superman:

"We're super kids...we're soaring up high.

We're super kids...up high in the sky!

We'll use imagination to save the population,

Using our powers for good;

We're super-kids!"

The quote for the week was: "I believe there's a hero in all of us, that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble..." Spiderman

For the "Reading is Yummy" camp, they would read a food kids book and then do cooking activities, games and role plays related to the books: Stone Soup, If you give a Pig a Pancake, Curious George and the pancake breakfast, Green Eggs and Ham, Strega Nona, Scrambled Eggs Super, Jamberry by Bruce Degen, Cook-A-Doodle-Doo, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

The chant for the week was:
Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum, Something smells good, Yummy-yum-yum-yum!
Is it coming from the kitchen? Let's go and take a look.
No, it's coming from the pages of my book, book, BOOK!

Here are some of the fun games they did at camp, as told my Miss Lowry's brother, Uncle Jake:

"-YES IT IS! We passed around common household objects (a cup, a jar of peanut butter, a spoon) and took turns pretending them into something else. "This is a Hippopotamus!" And everyone says, altogether, "Yes it is!" This is a great way to get our imaginations working quickly, and to get in the collaborative spirit of agreement and encouragement. It helps us to be brave and silly while our peers are supportive - Very helpful when we're about to start making plays and stories together.

-GROUP TRANSFORMATION For this game, we split into two groups and, with our group, formed frozen pictures. A circle. A square. A zoo. A playground. While one group froze in their tableaux, the other group would examine and talk about what they saw. This helps prepare us to be considerate and kind audience members, and to be comfortable being looked at while we're in performance mode. And frozen lions and monkeys are pretty hilarious."