Camp Day!

Camp fires, tents, flashlights, worms and bears were scattered around BMS this morning as the children entered. Right away Isabel gravitated towards the table with the live earthworms. She didn't hesitate to touch them and as she did her friends wanted to try. Though some children were hesitant to touch the worms at first, by the end of the morning, nearly all the children gave the worms at least one gentle pat.

On the rug in the Daisy's room, Evan went fishing near the tent while Sam and Jake played guitars by the fire in the Sunflower's room on their sleeping bags. Ryan Casey and Lukas hunted for worms and pretended Jake was a scary bear.

During morning meeting we sat around the fire and sang many camp songs including, I've Been working on the railroad, Johnny works with one hammer, Do your ears hand low and John Jacob, Jingleheimer Schmidt. After we sang songs, the children roasted marshmallows by the fire as Ms. Rebecca told a story about Little Red Riding Hood and a The Big Bad Wolf.

After the marshmallows and the scary story, we went on a bear hunt in the Sweet Peas room. After a long day of hiking, looking for bears, canoeing, playing with worms and roasting marshmallows, we decided to change camp sites and get into our sleeping bags and listen to the story, A Camping Spree With Mr. McGee.

After our story, almost every child ate a s'more, Ava, Ashley and Max made fires with twigs and red tissue paper while Ms. Rebecca, Lukas and Isabel  (with a little help from Eli and Ashley) planted some remained flowers from last week. There were also a few pretend camp fire burns which Ava, Sam and Ryan treated in the doctor's office.

During lunch the Daisies read We're Going On a Bear Hunt and talked about what to wear tomorrow for beach day. The Sunflowers and Sweet Peas had a combined Show and Tell and lunch and Rebecca told the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.