Today we accomplished a lot! We started off with a very interesting lesson about Bees from our resident Bee keeper Jeff Dittmore. By using the beehive at the Center it offers the campers a very up close look into the lives of bees, they learned many facts including the three types of bees, which are Queen, drone and worker bee. Also there has been a large decline in bees in the past few years, and over half of the colonies have been lost worldwide. The best way to handle bees is to be nice to them, and they won't sting you!
Next the kids learned the basics of photography from one of our counselors, Abbie. They learned many things including the rule of thirds, point of view/angles, and the importance of distance from subject. They put these lessons in place when they went outside and took pictures around the garden!
After photography, Duane started the SPARK program, which teaches the campers about the importance of exercise and teaches them fun games that involve exercise.We started off with a light jog around the yard. Than static stretching including toe touches, and twists. After that dynamic stretching including lunges, side-stretching, Frankenstein, high knees, and butt kickers. Duane ended with a game of kickball that the kids seemed to really enjoy.
Then the engineers from Major Tool & Machine came and did an introduction to 3-D modeling. They also showed models that the engineers have created in the past.
After the engineers we had a delicious lunch of spaghetti and garlic bread! Then Linda, our nutritionists came and taught the children the importance of eating all of the food groups everyday. For snack, she brought fruit kabobs!
After lunch, Jenna explained the blog and how it will work. The campers reflections, and feelings will be posted multiple times during the week, as well as photos they've taken!
Our director, Aster then taught the students about the needs of plants (soil, water, sun, nutrients) and about the importance of plants in the world. She also showed their importance to the ecosystem and showed one of the most important bugs, worms.
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