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STAR WARS WEEK
We traveled to a galaxy far far away this week. We were inspired by some awesome Star Wars creatures and transformed into lightsaber masters!
BB-8 Craft
Beep Beep! We loved creating our own mini BB-8 droid. We followed a template and cut out all of it's designs to make it look like the real BB-8.
Watch me draw-Stormtrooper
For our art project on Tuesday, we got a glimps of the dark side while showing our artistic skills. Each student followed along as I drew step by step the different parts of the Stormtrooper helmet. Afterwards, the students could color them in with sharpies to bring some color and light to the dark side.
"Chewie" chocolate chip cookies
Inspired by the beloved Star Wars character Chewie, we made "chewie" chocolate chip cookies. We mixed the ingredients and rolled the cookie dough balls on the cookie sheets to bake. We had fun cracking eggs and mixing all the ingredients together. After they baked, they were so warm and chewy, we couldn't wait to eat them!
JAbba THE HUTt OOBLECK
We couldn't have Star Wars week without referencing some of the crazy creatures and aliens from the movies-and we thought Jabba the Hutt would be perfect! Because Jabba is so slug-like, we made Jabba the Hutt oobleck to play with, inspired by him! It was fun to feel the different textures of the oobleck and put our hands (and sometimes part of our arm) in the green slime!
LightSabers
We created our own lightsabers out of pool noodles and some tape! It was easy to recreate our own but also put our own stamp on the design by using different tape and markers. After we were done, we had duals and played lightsaber tag on the field outside. We had so much fun practicing our lightsaber skills. (Make sure to check out the awesome group Jedi pictures at the end of this email)
Pool!
We swam on one of the hottest days yet! It was so hot, we couldn't wait to get into the pool. Almost all of our after schoolers went in and we hope that trend continues as our last few weeks come to and end. We love to swim!
Indoor games/Activities
Check out all the fun we had during indoor free time this week!
Reminders/Information
WEDNESDAY SWIMMING
We swim every Wednesday (if we have nice weather :) )! If you child would like to participate, please have them pack a swimsuit, sunscreen, towel, and goggles (if needed), on Wednesdays. We will have an alternate activity for those who do not want to swim.
We will swim from 2:45-3:45pm every Wednesday.
The schedule is as follows:
2:45-3:00pm changing rooms
3:00-3:45pm swimming!
3:45-4:00pm changing rooms
Next Week
Next week's theme is Jungle Week! We will be making many jungle themed crafts, play jungle inspired games and make banana "monkey" muffins for a food craft on Wednesday. On Friday, we will get a visit from the company Classroom Safari, who will be bringing live animals to show us and teach us about!
