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Gus’ Time Machine Travels!
Come to Grasshopper Garden Preschool Summer Camp and travel on a trip through time! Learn new languages, art, games, eat new food, and continue learning shapes, colors, numbers and letters. Every day we will read books that correlate with the theme, have a math and or science activity, a simple writing or coloring activity, an art project, and a literacy activity. The kids will forget they are learning because we will be having SO much fun! As long as weather permits, I plan on doing the majority of activities outdoors so the children can enjoy the sunshine and we can utilize the sandbox and get wet!

Join Summer Camp and receive a Grasshopper Gus T-shirt and get ready for the fun! This and all crafts, prizes, snacks, and activities are included with registration payment of $25. Tuition for the seven week camp is $150. (Total cost for the summer per child is $175) Please see me for sibling and referral discounts. Class size is limited. Please let me know as soon as possible if you are interested since I am also planning on advertising in local newsletters at the end of April. Registration payment is due by May 15th. Payment in full is due by June 17th. Classes are offered Tuesday mornings 9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.

June 10th - First stop in time…
The Stone Age
Come and learn about our early ancestors. Let’s make a cave drawing from different colors of dirt on the walls of our class cave. What do you think caveman children played with? We’ll sample some caveman cuisine and go on a mammoth hunt with our own weapons we make.


June 17th- Second stop for Gus…
Ancient EgyptWant to learn about mummies and pyramids? Please bring your favorite stuffed animal today so we can mummify it! We will play ancient Egyptian games like statue and leap frog. We will also make our own paper and learn about how the Egyptians wrote with pictures called hieroglyphics. As a class, can we find the treasure of the pyramids by following the symbols? We will eat Egyptian palace bread and make beaded jewelry like they wore

June 24th – Next stop…
Ancient Greek Olympics
After all the children put on their togas, we will read some Greek mythology. What do you know about Zeus and Poseidon? You might get wet when they get angry! Wear your swimsuits today! Have you ever heard of the Midas Touch? We will read the story and do a fun activity. Next, we will participate in our own Olympics! We will throw the javelin, do a relay race, and compete in some activities that will test our number and letter recognition. Come ready to play and earn a medal!

July 1st- Fourth stop in time…
Medieval Times
Hail all knights and princesses! After each student dons his appropriate helmet or crown, we can all enjoy a feast of real medieval jam tarts inside our real cardboard castle. Let’s have fun together making our own shields with a family crest. Did you know there are still castles standing today? Let’s build our own ice castle while we review our colors. And each student can create their own marshmallow castle to take home.

July 8th- No Summer Camp to celebrate July 4th!!

July 15th – Gus’ next stop…
Pirates and Sea Trade
Decorate your own treasure chest and follow the treasure map to find your booty! Make your own pirate costumes before we walk the plank. You might get wet Matey so you better wear your swimsuit today! Today will be a fun number review as we recognize numbers and count our treasure!

July 22nd- Nearing the end…
The Age of Exploration- (Discovering New Worlds-Columbus and the Indians)

We will set sail from our homeland of Spain, off on an adventure to settle the Americas. Will we find gold, glory, and God? We will make three-cornered hats and a ship in a bottle. We will learn about the Indians Columbus found in the Americas and do some Native American activities. We explorers will row our boats (scooters on wheels) and search for land. Today we will do a phonics matching game with sails and ship hulls. And we may just eat the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria. We will race our boats in the pool and might get wet.

July 29th – Final Stop…
The Wild West!
We will sit around the “campfire” and sing songs from the frontier while we eat some trail mix! Everyone will get a turn to ride the covered wagon. We will play horse shoes, pin the tail on the horse (a hay bale), rope the cow, and practice tying VERY simple knots. We will even milk a cow and race our ponies. Let’s enjoy eating a cowboy boot. We will make a cactus and learn about desert animals. We will pan for gold nuggets!