Just finished our first week of summer camp at Community Montessori. We have 4 weeks scheduled this summer. It's important for us to provide a fun camp experience, while still adhering to the Montessori principles. Our theme was 'Farm Animals'. There are two teachers who run camp each day. Each day, we begin with showing two lessons to the children. For the children who have not been in a Montessori classroom, this is a new experience. It's amazing how after just one week, many of the new children are picking up the processes the procedures of things like rolling a rug, choosing and returning a work to it's proper place, pushing in their chair etc. This week we talked about farm animals and had many works out with that theme-puzzles, stamping, punching, matching etc. We spent an hour in the classroom, then had snack and headed outside. Each day, we had something different going on. We are enjoying community visitors including Lynn White from Butler County Water/Soil who showed the kids many different kids of soil, then invited them to paint with the mud! We also had bubbles available for the children as well as paint to paint the big tree in our backyard-that was certainly a hit! Even though summer camp is different from a regular classroom experience, I am amazed once again how quickly children get used to a routine with the freedom to make choices and be successful. Looking forward to next week's camp-Reptiles!
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