Nature Camp

Jonathan had nature camp this week at Ault park.  It was a hot week, although not as hot as last week, but he survived every day from 9:30-11:30 outside.  The week focused on the five senses: touch (Monday), sight (Tuesday), smell (Wed), hearing (Thurs) and taste (Friday).  On Monday, he learned about nocturnal animals and specifically the possum.  He made a possum craft and showed me how they hang from their tails by hanging his possum in a tree.  Then on the way to the car, we stopped at the playground so he could show me how he can hang upside down from the pull up bar.  Tuesday he got to play with a frog named Beatrice, made a bat mask craft and learn about camouflage.  Since he learned about camouflage on Tuesday, he decided that he had to wear camo the rest of the week.  Good thing Grandpa Gordy has supplied us with lots of camo gear.  Jonathan had a different camo outfit to wear the rest of the week.  He wanted to wear his camo flip flops too but tennis shoes were a must.   On Wednesday, he got to pet a box turtle and made an owl craft.  It's funny that he got to learn about frogs and turtles since we caught both of those in MN.  He was very excited to tell his teacher Ashley and buddies all about it.  Thursday the kids got to go down to the creek.  He got his shoes "a little wet" according to him, I thought they were soaked, because him and his friends thought it would be a good idea to jump in the creek to see how deep it was.  He also brought home a mini garden with dill, cilantro and basil growing in it...well hopefully...he planted seeds I should say.  Friday was another creek day and they made a "snail in the garden" cookie using Oreos, vanilla frosting and gummi worms.  Jonathan asked when he was going to get to do nature camp again so I think it is safe to say that he enjoyed it.  He of course had his little buddies Alivia, Rocco, Alex and Evan to play with and talked about his new friend Tommy.