Blowing Up and Slimming Down

Our second day of cloverbud day camp was, to say the least exciting. We found out how to blow things up and slim ourselves down in a tasty and fun ways. Of course our morning started with one of our favorite morning activities, coloring. Then we played games, working on our reflexes and team working abilities until it was time for morning snack. After a little munchie we headed back to work and split up into two teams, one stayed in the kitchen with Mrs. Janice and the rest of us went in to work with Miss Shea Ann.

Working with Mrs. Janice we learned about measuring. Did you know there are different measuring cups for dry ingredients and liquid ingredients? We learned where a quarter of a cup is and how to add things so we can cook at home and help our parents. We also measured all the ingredients for a special cookie that we will get to eat later.

Miss Shea Ann did a little science experiment with us. We learned about chemical reactions and what can happen. She took a balloon filled with baking soda just like we use to make cookies. Then she had some vinegar in a soda bottle. What was cool was that when she put the balloon on top of the soda bottle and dumped the baking soda into it a chemical reaction happened which created a gas, specifically carbon dioxide which blew the balloon up without anyone taking a breath. It was really cool. After we did a science experiment we learned about an ancient art and craft, origami. Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding. We all got the chance to make our own cat, dog and cup that we took home with us. It was a lot of fun.

After we all got a chance to work with Mrs. Janice and Miss. Shea Ann it was time to head to the bathroom and wash our hands to get ready for lunch. Mrs. Penny is an awesome cook and everyday we have great lunches that we all seem to like.

After lunch we got a chance to have story time and rest while our bellies were full. After story time we had our afternoon time with Mrs. Tameka and Professor Popcorn. We learned about our food groups and got to try popcorn with all sorts of seasonings, whatever we wanted to try. It was really good and we found out popcorn is a whole grain snack that is good for us. It was lots of fun and we can't wait to see what tomorrow will bring.