Mission 2 Mystery Solved - The Rain Stick Returned

It was a terrific Jungle Week at Camp Summer Fun. On Friday 9 out of our 12 groups solved the mystery of the missing rain stick and correctly identified the villain as Sports Specialist Mike B. He returned the rain stick just in time for us to do our Camp Summer Fun Jungle Cheer.  

Here is what campers were up to in their specials this week. 

Science: This week campers made grass cup people that when they are full grown should look like this: 

 They also took a jungle nature walk and collected leaves, sticks and other plants to create plant people. 

Drama/Dance: In Drama/Dance this week campers began picking songs for the Camp Show. Next week they will begin rehearsing their camp dances. To help get them moving this week, Drama/Dance Specialist Daniele held a camp-wide Limbo competition. Each group played Limbo in her room and then the winner from each group faced off in a final round in front of the whole camp at our Friday closing meeting. 

A special congratulations to our Camp Limbo Champion Ted of the Invisible Kids! Check out his winning slide below. 

Game Room: In game room campers played "Monkey Tails". In this game each camper gets a "tail" (a flag football flag) attached to his or her body. Then the Monkey Snatchers come and try to steal all the tails as campers move around inside a safe jungle zone. When the snatchers catch all the tails, new snatchers are chosen, the monkeys get their tails back and the game begins again. Later in the week campers played "Jungle Thieves" where the cops were trying to stop the robbers from taking the food out of the jungle. Here is a clip of a robber successfully snatching some "food".

Music: In music campers got down to the jungle beat learning how to play the tapping and clapping cup game. After learning the beat the challenge was to see how long campers could keep it going as the tempo increased. Check out a clip of them playing below. 

Story Time: This week campers heard Jungle Drums by Graeme Base, among other Jungle tales. 

Then they went outside to play a Jungle themed duck, duck, animal game using the characters from the book. 

Sports: In sports this week Specialists Mike and Claire brought out some old camp favorites. There were dodgeball games, kickball games, steal the bacon and capture the flag. These games never fail to excite! 

Art: In art this week campers made paper chain snakes and painted jungle scenes. We hope these awesome projects made it home to you. 

The week ended with a FANTASTIC Magic Show from Magician David Levitan. He truly amazes (even the adults in the crowd). Ask your camper what his or her favorite trick was. 

Next week it is time to roll out the red carpet at camp because it's HOLLYWOOD WEEK. Monday, July 21st is Hollywood Dress Up Day. Campers can come in dressed as any movie star from their favorite actor to their favorite movie character. Then on Wednesday we will travel to the cinema to see the LEGO Movie. More details about the trip to come, so be sure to check back to the blog. 

Its hard to believe that as of today we are already half way through the camp season. The staff have had a fantastic time getting to know, and working with your campers and it is our sincere hope that your campers are enjoying their time at Camp Summer Fun. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns at any time.

Best,

Joe and Ryan  

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