Camp Laffalotta part 1

A week ago the girls started attending Camp Laffalotta. In fact, they started the day after school let out. Any guess as to the name of the camp director? Yours truly, of course.




The first week's theme has been Oceans of Fun. We checked out a pile of ocean books from the library, we've played fish games, we've made sandy beach cookies, we've read and read and read, we've eated tuna salad sandwiches, taken a field trip to the pet store to look at fish, and made fish-related art. In addition we do a couple of worksheets each day to keep skills sharp.



One of today's activities was to draw pictures of dolphins, then color them using a melting crayon technique (that needs a lot more refinement in coming weeks!). I put a piece of aluminum foil on a griddle, then put the paper on it. Then, using the butt end of the crayons, the kids slowly drew on the paper. The crayons melted and it was really fun! I think we'll use it for larger pictures in the future. These particular pictures were made to decorate thank you cards for Aunt Sandra and Uncle Bob as well as Grandma Jane and Grandpa Bob for birthday presents. Writing activity coming up next!