Northeast Stars Montessori Learning Center
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER CAMP - 2008
June 2-6 Australian Outback:
Decorate your own paper flag
Make sticky goo
June 2 Foundation Day
June 4 Show and Tell
June 6 Queensland Day
June 6 Guest Reader: “Rain Makes Applesauce” by Julian Scheer
June 6 Cooking: Applesauce
June 9-13 Australian Outback:
Build and decorate an Aboriginal rainstick
Listen to traditional Aboriginal music
Hear a story about the Platypus
June 11 Show and Tell
June 13 Guest Reader
June 13 Cooking: Pumpkin scones
June 15 Father's Day
June 16-20 Australian Outback:
Decorate a wooden fish
Learn about the fish of the Great Barrier Reef
Make a deep sea diver in a bottle and see firsthand
how submarinesand other vessels dive deep under
the sea
June 18 Show and Tell
June 20 Guest Reader
June 20 Cooking: Jumpin' Johnnies
June 21 First Day of Summer
June 23-27 Asia
Learn felt embossing and make your own embossed
felt square
Learn about the Gobi Desert
Listen to traditional Mongolian music
June 24 Morning at Lincoln Park
June 25 Show and Tell
June 27 Guest Reader
June 27 Cooking: Basmati Rice
June 30-July 4 Asia
Make an elephant mask with a moving trunk
Conduct an experiment on plate convergence and
learn how the Himalayan Mountains were formed
July 2 Show and Tell
July 3 Field Trip- Smithsonian Folklife Festival (Bhutan)
July 4 Summer Camp Closed - Independence Day
July 7-11 African Savanna
Make an African Mask
Learn about the special animals of the African
Savanna
Listen to traditional African music
July 9 Show and Tell
July 11 Guest Reader
July 11 Cooking: Banana Coconut Cake
July 14-18 African Savanna
Make a hut out of small sticks
July 16 Show and Tell
July 18 Field Trip: Zoo
July 21-25 South America: Rainforest
Decorate wooden maracas
Listen to traditional Brazilian music
Learn about the different layers of the rainforest
Begin a decaying leaf experiment
July 22 Morning at Lincoln Park
July 23 Show and Tell
July 25 Guest Reader
July 25 Cooking: Brazilian Lemonade
July 28-Aug 1 South America: Rainforest
Make a Brazilian Peteca toy
Make a water filter and clean some dirty water
July 30 Show and Tell
August 1 Guest Reader
August 1 Cooking: Corn Pancakes
August 4-8 Europe: Mountains
Make a story box and become a traveling entertainer
Listen to music of the Alps
Learn mountain climate zones
August 6 Show and Tell
August 8 Day of Peace
August 8 Guest Reader
August 8 Cooking: Pain Perdu (real French Toast)
August 11-15 Europe: Mountains
Make a kaleidoscope and learn its history
Conduct an erosion experiment
August 13 Show and Tell
August 15 Guest Reader
August 18 Cooking: Croissants
August 18-22 American Southwest: Painted Desert
Paint your own feathers
Listen to traditional Native American music
August 19 Morning at Lincoln Park
August 20 Show and Tell
August 22 Guest Reader
August 22 Cooking: Southwest corn bread
August 25-29 American Southwest: Painted Desert
Make a traditional Dream Catcher
Conduct an experiment that shows how cacti hold
water
August 27 Show and Tell
August 29 Guest Reader
August 29 Cooking: Flag Cake
Weekly- Science, Spanish, Music, Sign Language, Yoga
Every 4th Wednesday- Trip to Northeast Branch of Library
Every Thursday- Parent Observation
Every Friday - Guest Readings
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