This year Charter Corps held its first February Vacation camp, with the theme of space. All our members were assigned to different subject areas of study; art, science, math, and literacy. The camp was open to Highlander students in kindergarten through eighth grade, and they had a great time! I am used to working with middle school students for the past three years, so being asked to work with kindergartners and first graders was something completely new to me. I was really nervous and anxious about working with this age group for an hour and a half, and in addition to that I was doing art projects based on different themes throughout the week. On Monday we studied constellations and created our own using marshmallows and toothpicks, we also made our own galaxy of constellations using q-tips and white paint. Tuesday we learned about Earth and the seasons and how it connects to the Earth, we drew our favorite seasons and talked about what was different about each one. On Wednesday we studied the sun and the moon. The kids were able to make their own interpretation of the sun using red, and yellow tissue paper. We went over the phases of the moon and were able to use Oreos as a visual for the kids to understand better. Thursday we made a mobile with planets on it was well as UFOs made from Styrofoam balls and cds. Camp on Friday comprised of having a rocket launch party and countdown, and rocket launches led by the upper school students. To end the camp experience there was a mysterious space shuttle that crashed outside of the school and the students had to go around the school following clues, problem solving, and decoding messages to figure out who let an alien inside of the school. Several weeks later students have come up to me saying how much of a great time they had at space camp and they want to come back!
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