Today was our first day of 4-H Cloverbud Day Camp. This is a fun camp designed especially for our 5-8 year olds. It is meant to get them back into the swing of school. We do that in a variety of ways like the hours of the camp are 8:30 am-3:30 pm. We have a set schedule each day but each day is a theme day. So for our first day we had teambuilding. We thought this would be a great way to get to know each other, learn to follow directions, and starting working together for common goals using our communication skills and doing it in a fun way.
New this year are our COVID guidelines. For us that means making sure we have our own workspaces, being socially distanced, and wearing masks. Although we do things together we also spend a great deal of our day working together apart from each other. You will see what we are talking about.
We started off finding our spaces, decorating our name tags, and coloring in our coloring books. After everyone arrived and we felt comfortable we put up our crayons and took a moment to talk and make up our list of things we can do this week. Those items included listening, walking, being quiet in the office, being nice/kind, and being respectful.
After learning the mechanics of the office we played some games this morning. We had a nerf ball that we passed around and it had questions on it we answered. We also had to learn our left from our right to do it correctly. We played a game called Tenzie. It is a group game that we adapted to play at our stations and it was a lot of fun once we figured it out.
We did take a snack/mask break outside today. We weren't the only ones biting down. While we toured the garden we saw bees, beetles, and wasps. We also felt mosquitos. They decided to feast on some of us. We decided outside mask breaks might be too itchy to do. (We will probably try again tomorrow).
When we went back in we played would you rather. That was a funny game for us to play. We also played Jenga, pick up sticks, and dominos in a whole new way, one at a time as a group. It was still fun and kept us safe. We played some listening games today and one of our favorite games was to spin two dice one with activities the other with numbers. So we did lots of toe touches, jumping jacks, arm twirls and deep knee bends today.
After lunch it was time for Ms. Jo Jo. She made us our own special workbook and put together a snack for us that we could take with us and eat on the go. With the help of Germie we learned about washing our hands the proper way and kitchen safety.
It was a busy and fun day today and we can't wait to see what our Plant Tuesday has in store. To glimpse at our adventures from today please click this link.
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