This week in the Summer School Age room:

The theme was music this week. We went through classical, jazz/blues, disco, 80's, and pop! The class really enjoyed listening to different songs & writing down what it made them think of.

On Monday, we went to Miller Road park where everyone played on the climber and we all enjoyed a nice walk on the pier.

On Tuesday, half of the class took their final walk to the weaving studio. In class, we started working on our windchimes.

On Wednesday, we went to Edgewater park & that was an absolute blast! The brand new park has so much to do and explore. Mr. Krems surprised us with ice cream sandwiches after lunch! THANK YOU.

On Thursday, the other half of the class made their way to their final day of the weaving studio. We finished up our windchimes and took them home to hang up.

On Friday, we visited Bain park again. The kids liked climbing on the climber and running around, playing different games.

See you next week for our final week of summer together!

We went to Blesser park in Avon Lake. The climber was huge & the kids played a variety of games. On Tuesday, we stayed at the center where we learned about different sports and painted a basketball to decorate our window. On Wednesday, we traveled to Martin park in Rocky River. There was a climber, large soccer field, and a basketball court. On Thursday, at the center, we learned about hockey and colored a picture of a hockey player. Fuse beads were a hot commodity! Lastly, on Friday, we went to Huntington Reservation, where the kids enjoyed the swings and ran around the field, playing lots of different games. Have a great weekend!

This week in the Summer School Age room:

On Monday, we played at Rocky River Beach park. The kids raced up and down the hill, played on the climber, & we even found a four leaf clover! On Tuesday, half of the class went to the weaving studio & painted using different tools, such as flowers, ribbon, and Legos. The finished pieces are so neat! On Wednesday, we had a short stop at Morton park, but changed to Lakewood park. The kids loved the climbers there and we took a walk down by the water. On Thursday, the other half of the class went to the weaving studio. On Friday, we made our way to Bradley Nature Park where the kids played on the climber & we went on a hike to observe some nature.

Have a great weekend!

Coach Charlotte visited us twice this week to get our bodies moving & exercising. We traveled to Bradley Woods Reservation where we discovered ducks, frogs, geese, cicadas, turtles, and a deer! Even though the park was muddy from the overnight rainfall, we all had a blast. At the center, we learned about different construction trucks & what their jobs are, we wrote our names with items we collected in nature, created fuse bead artwork, and designed different things using the 'Straws & Connecter' toys. 

Next week is full of new adventures plus it is Christmas in July!

During this short week, we went to The Botanical Gardens where we saw lots of different plants & animals. The kids also went on a scavenger hunt while exploring the gardens. We had lunch at Wade Oval, where Mr. K met us and brought us cookies! At the weaving studio, everyone got to create their very own terrarium! To finish off the week, we visited Tri-City park. The kids played soccer, catch, rolled down the hills, and climbed on the climber.

Have a great weekend!

This week in Summer School Age:

Monday: We went to Bohlken Park in Fairview. The rain tried to scare us off once again, but we waited it out and had lots of fun playing on the climber and getting teams figure out for a game of soccer.

Tuesday: Half of the class went on a walking field trip to the Weaving Supply & Studio to create a painting with Tempera paint & pastel crayons.

Wednesday: We traveled to Play at Bay Park. Everyone had a blast on the climber, swings, and sand box.

Thursday: The other half of the class walked to the Weaving Supply & studio. They created their own garden stones.

Friday: We closed out the week by going to Linden park.

Throughout the week, we focused on the theme of summer. Fused beads are still a very popular activity along with other art. Legos & Guess Who are other popular items in the classroom right now.

Miss Adrienne

This week in Summer School Age:

June 14: Coach Charlotte visited the center to guide the kids through different exercises and then we went Bain Park. The rain tried to dampen our spirits, but we waited it out and had a fun day at the park. William also brought in a birthday treat to share with everyone!

June 15: At the center, we started on our Father's Day gifts!

June 16: We all made a trip down to the Scenic Park in the metroparks. The kids really enjoyed throwing rocks into the river, watching the kayakers go by, and observing the wildlife.

June 17: At the center, we continued working on our Father's Day gifts and wrapped them up! Andrew brought in a treat to share for his birthday.

June 18: Coach Charlotte visited the center to guide the class through various exercises. Unfortunately, our field trip was canceled due to bad weather, but we had fun at the center playing with tons of different toys, listening to books about dads, creating fuse beads, and finishing up Father's Day surprises.

Miss Adriene

This week in the Summer School Age Room:

Day One: We got to know one another; saw some old friends & welcomed some new ones.

Day Two: Half of the class went on a walking field trip to the Weaving Studio & Supply company, where they created some art out of different fabrics on a canvas background.

Day Three: The whole class went to Lakewood park for a fulfilled day of playing on the playground, eating lunch by the lake, and taking a walk down by the water. We did not let the rain ruin our day!

Day Four: The other half of the class went on a walking field trip to the Weaving Studio & Supply company to create some art out of different fabrics on a canvas background.

Day Five: We went climbing at Nosotros Rock Climbing Gym. Quite a challenging sport, but so much fun! Then we went to Kauffman Park to run around and have lunch.

While in the classroom, we learned about the ocean, wrote in our journals, created some artwork, read lots of books, played with various toys, and designed lots of fuse bead art!

Have a great weekend!

Miss Adrienne

We have been rocking right on through music week! Our room looks so awesome, decorated with all our homemade keyboards, trumpets, boomboxes AND disco balls! We have been discussing a lot about how we can hear, see, and even feel music by vibrations. And we took time each day to listen to different genres of music, discussing how those might make our moods different!

LEGO week will be our last week here. So naturally, we will be turning our room into a lego town!I We're going to create paintings using legos, buildings out of legos, lego people and we will even be doing some ice excavation for...you guessed it! LEGOS!! I cannot believe that next week will be the last week here but we have plenty of fun things to still do! We will be making our own popsicles, and eating them too! There will be water relay races and water balloon tosses. I even have a little secret up my sleeve. I will be bringing in some whipped cream pies for all of them...to throw at me on the last day! I have a feeling that this will be one of the activities they will be enjoying most. I'm looking forward to it all! Have a great weekend!

We have been keeping our blood pumping this week for our sports theme! We have learned how to play soccer, baseball and basketball! We have also been discussing how our hearts beat, why exercise is important and the olympics! We even touched on a hard topic, Inertia!! We did a few different experiments to show how this works, using bill nye the science guy here and there to help explain in detail! We now know that an object at rest will remain at rest and an object in motion will remain in motion, unless there is an outside force! Next week we'll be learning about music families and making our very own instruments! Also, we will be talking about different genres of music, and how music makes us feel. Lots of fun crafts and experiments coming up, We look forward in sharing with you! Have a great weekend!