Welcome to another week of exploring "Builders and Engineers!"
This week, we continued our journey into the world of designing, planning, and constructing.
We read Chinese stories such as "Joy's Construction," "Building Master," "Architecture Construction," "Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site," "Tools," and English ones, including "Future Engineer," "Ada Twist, Scientist," "The Bot That Scott Built," "Rosie Revere, Engineer," and "Pete the Cat and the Supercool Science Fair." These stories inspired us to think, design, and solve problems just like real engineers and architects.
Throughout the week, we crafted a variety of three-dimensional paper rooms, origami buildings, floating block cities, and mini books about architecture. We also explored different construction tools, learning not only their names, but also how and why they are used.
For this week's cooking activity, we made tasty tortilla wraps filled with spinach, ham, cheese, and mayonnaise. We layered the ingredients and rolled them up to enjoy our wraps at home.
Outside, we stayed active on the obstacle course, testing our balance, coordination, and teamwork as we rearranged the equipment to create new paths and challenges. On Wednesday, Coach Evan joined us for a fun sports session where we experimented with soccer balls, tennis balls, and footballs, exploring how they move in fun and surprising ways.
Next week, we will wrap up summer camp with our final theme: "Fairy Tales Fantasy: Stories, Folklore, Myths!" Get ready for a magical ending to our summer adventures!
Students attached strips of colorful paper to paper to create a three-dimensional structure.
Students colored, cut, and put together a scene of a city at night, complete with the moon and stars.
Students matched blocks to each corresponding number.
Students sorted and built a straw, wood, and "brick" house, taking inspiration from "The Three Little Pigs."
Students continued to build a variety of structures throughout the week.
Students built different vehicles with blocks.
This week, students chose to add layers of spinach, ham, and cheese onto a tortilla and rolled it up to make wraps.
Students got creative in making their own obstacle courses throughout the week. On Wednesday, Coach Evan taught new soccer drills and a new running game.
