Camp Mom

This Monday was messy craft day. What we did:

• Painted with foam shapes and fingers
• Did homework
• Played Bingo
• Put together a jigsaw puzzle
• Wrote in journals
• Played a speech game

Tuesday is bowling league day. What we did:

• Bowled two games
• Worked on a beading project
• Did homework
• Wrote in journals
• Played some speech games

Wednesday is movie day. What we did:

• Went to a free showing of Ice Age 2
• Played on computers
• Played a speech game
• Did homework
• Continued a bead project
• Wrote in journals

Thursday is field trip day, and this week's foray was to a Wild West theme park/museum. What we did:

• Took nature walks
• Visited recreations of an old-time jail, doctor's office, barber shop, bank, and more
• Went on a train ride
• Watched live shows of Western goings-on, like cowboy races and stagecoach-robbing

Friday is make-a-pizza day. What we did:

• Took a nature walk
• Continued a beading project
• Played with sidewalk chalk and soap bubbles
• Did homework
• Made bagel pizzas
• Painted with leaves and other nature items
• Wrote in journals

This Monday mixed free play with a few together activities. What we did:

• Took a walk around the neighborhood
• Did homework
• Played with cars, puzzles and computers
• Colored inserts for plastic mugs
• Played outside with chalk, bubbles, blocks and plastic bugs
• Wrote in journals

Tuesday is bowling league day. What we did:

• Took a walk near the bowling alley while we waited for our lanes to be ready, then bowled two games
• Did homework
• Played with shaving cream
• Wrote in journals

Today's zoo field trip was rained out, so we made do with some indoor activities. What we did:

• Made cookies
• Played Bingo
• Did homework
• Made a "zoo" with pictures cut from magazines
• Wrote in journals

Thursday is field trip day. What we did:

• Went to the Crayola Factory in Easton, Pennsylvania
• Did art projects
• Colored on walls with pens and the floor with chalk
• Floated boats at a canal museum
• Shopped at the Crayola store
• Watched DVDs in the car

Friday is make-a-pizza day. What we did:

• Took a walk and stuck nature items onto tape "bracelets"
• Did homework
• Made French bread pizzas
• Made a painting with Jello and ice cubes
• Played indoors and outdoors
• Wrote in journals