
Art Nature Mindfulness Camp Session 2: Day 1
After a week break, we are back in the swing of our summer camps! This week we have a tenacious group of ALL GIRLS! We are very excited to have a jam packed week full of art and learning about how we can love ourselves and each other! GIRL POWER!!! Day 1: *Mindful Morning* We began our week by discussing what being "mindful" means. Our campers brainstormed the following: "relaxing, being quiet, concentrating, closing our eyes, and poses!" Following our idea session, we practi

Art Meets Science: Day 4!
It's hard to believe today was our last day of Art Meets Science camp for this week and the entire summer! The week has flown by, and we had a final day full of discussing all types of birds, including chickens, and we even got to see and hold a special surprise from our own chickens! We started our day with our morning together time, and Ms. Kim read us a special book called Hello Chickens! We learned that chickens like to live in a special chicken house called a coop and th

Art Meets Science: Day 3!
Because our campers have had such an interest this week in crickets, we changed up our plans a bit today to include an entire project centered around our chirping friends! We started the hot and humid day today with a little inside together time discussing crickets and an insect that comes from the same scientific order, grasshoppers. Both of these insects are from the Orthoptera order! Ms. Kim even read us a fun book on her iPad about crickets! We learned that crickets have

Art Meets Science: Day 2!
We were so excited to see our campers again this morning for another day of exploration and discovery! Upon arrival, many of our campers quickly checked on our cricket habitat and even went on a hunt for more crickets! Yesterday on our nature walk, many of our campers were intrigued by the bark on the outside of the trees we saw. To further explore their inquiries and how the science of trees is incorporated into nature and art, we started off our together time outside discus

Art Meets Science: Day 1!
Welcome to week two of Art Meets Science! We welcomed a whole new set of campers today ready to explore, learn and create! We started off our day with introductions learned about how important seeds are for helping plants to grow! We shared with our new friends our favorite type of seed. We had many campers who liked watermelon seeds, apple seeds and cherry seeds. We also listed many different types of plants or fruits that contain seeds! Ms. Kim wrote down all of our favorit