Secrets of SoundIt was a musical week at DaVinci! MondayIt was COVID Monday! The campers made hand sanitizer and decorated their supply boxes. In the afternoon the campers learned about sound and how it travels in waves. TuesdayToday the campers learned how sound can impact them emotionally. They listened to music and created "mood" watercolors. The Juniors studied the Carnival of the Animals and pretended to be the animals in the songs. In the afternoon the campers studied echolocation. 
WednesdayIt was instrument day! Both classes made a variety of instruments. The Junior class also made fish puppet so that they could dance to the aquarium song from the Carnival of Animals soundtrack. 
Thursday-Friday
On Thursday, the campers prepared for their talent show, which was performed on Friday. Bravo, campers! 

Grinding Gears with EngineersIt was a busy week of planning and building at Grinding Gears!  MondayIt was "COVID Monday" at camp. The campers decorated face masks, made hand sanitizer, and crafted their very own supply boxes. In the afternoon the classes learned about building with paper and cardboard. 
Tuesday
It was bridge day at camp. The campers began the day be receiving a challenge: they had to build a bridge and were limited to using the supplies they had at their tables. Later in the day, they got to build a bridge using ANY supplies from the room. Wednesday
It was tower day at camp. The campers attempted to build towers with spaghetti and marshmallows. They also learned about the importance of materials when they built a tower out of shaving cream, and then one out of clay. They discussed which tower was easier and why.  ThursdayIt was day one of town building! The campers created a blueprint for a town that they are building out of recycled materials. Additionally, …

WEEK AT THE SANDY SPA ON COUSIN'S ISLAND 
DaVinci's Spa week is all about health beauty and science. We talk about healthy diets, exercise, products, and friendships. Here were some highlights of our week!





Spa Products
One of our big focuses at the sandy spa is that it is so important to know what you are putting on your body. Organic can be expensive and sometimes misleading. We made all sorts of spa products this week:  Sugar Lip ScrubAvocado Face MasksFoot ScrubHand SanitizerGoat SoapBath-bombs




Almost every product we made contained ingredients that are most likely already in your pantry. And many of our products were edible.


Exercise
At the Sandy spa, a healthy life style is so important to us so we touched upon diet and exercise. Each day the girls would start their morning off with a different form of exercise. 
Thai ChiYogaDanceBoot Camp Work OutMeditation
We would also walk down to the Sandy Point Beach which is a fantastic 1 mile walk. We made Guacamole and cucumber, lemo…

Illustrious IllustratorsIt was an artsy week at Illustrious Illustrators! MondayWe made our own hand sanitizer to keep clean at camp. In the afternoon we discussed how illustrations help with storytelling, and we created illustrations to a popular folktale. 
TuesdayWe studied Maine author/illustrators Dahlov Ipcar and Chris Van Dusen. We created works of art that were inspired by these artists. 

Wednesday The Juniors studied Mo Willem's Elephant and Piggie books and tried to emulate his style. The Seniors surprised the Juniors by putting on an Elephant and Piggie play.  The Seniors studied Calvin and Hobbs and made their own cartoons.

Thursday We studied claymation. Each camper made their own claymation character and we created stop-motion claymation movies and flip-books. Here is a clip of some of the juniors' work!
FridayWe hosted our very own DaVinci art gallery. 

Welcome, Environmentalists!
It has been a busy week of field trips and fun here at Eco Explorers.  MondayOn Monday, a guest speaker from EcoMaine came and spoke to the campers. The campers also made reusable bags. TuesdayOn Tuesday, we went on a field trip to the Town Landing! Wednesday On Wednesday, the campers took a nature walk around Falmouth.
ThursdayOn Thursday, we had our much-anticipated trip to Toot's Ice Cream to eat ice cream and visit with the animals.  Friday
It was the last day of the 2019 camp season, and we celebrated with sprinklers, ice cream, face painting, and more!