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Camp Mom

A summer's worth of fun for kids

By , About.com Guide

Day 11

Photo by Terri Mauro
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

Day 12

Photo by Terri Mauro
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

Day 13

Photo by Terri Mauro
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

Day 14

Photo by Terri Mauro
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

Day 15

Photo by Terri Mauro
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

Day 16

Photo by Terri Mauro
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

Day 17

Photo by Terri Mauro
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

Day 18

Photo by Terri Mauro
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

Day 19

Photo by Terri Mauro
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

Day 20

Photo by Terri Mauro

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

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