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    Fun Friday Program: Happy International Dot Day!

    Today is International Dot Day based on the absolutely adorable book, The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds.  In the story, Vashti is upset because she doesn’t believe that she can draw.  With a little encouragement from a teacher, Vashti realizes that she is an artist and begins creating her own masterpieces.…

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    Summer Camp Outreach – Shrinky Dinks

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    This week at summer camp we made Shrinky Dinks!  If you’re unfamiliar with Shrinky Dinks you can get Shrinky Dink paper from Amazon.  It’s basically a sheet of plastic that can be decorated using colored pencils and shrinks when you put it in the oven (or in our case –…

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    Fun Friday: Windblown

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    Whoosh! This month’s Fun Friday was a wind theme (I’m sick of snow and winter!). We talk about wind, especially about how the wind is created and the kids had some great answers to my questions! Afterward, I gave them the Windblown activity paper and had them cut out the seven shapes…