We had an excellent first day of our second Day Camp session today. We started off by introducing campers to our Zones of Regulation, which involves the identification of emotions with one of four colours. This allows campers to quickly identify which colour, one or more, is relevant to their current emotions and gives them a quick and efficient method of expressing their mood and emotions. After that, we played a camp-wide game, had a snack, and made our daily goals. By making goals, campers are encouraged to try new things and challenge their comfort zones on a daily basis.
For today’s Social Skills, we did a continuation of our Zones of Regulation. Campers did a variety of activities and crafts so as to understand which emotions represent which colours. Once we had a good understanding, we made our braids and name buttons, had some free time, and then had lunch.
This afternoon we had Choice programming. This allows campers to choose two of three activities to participate in for the afternoon, with today’s Choices being gardening, bottle rockets, and coding. After a fun afternoon of picking carrots, shooting rockets into space, and designing computer games, campers met back up for Steps in the Right Direction. This allows campers to express gratitude to other campers and counsellors, and counsellors to campers, by giving stickers. The stickers represent a good deed, or a kind word or gesture, or overcoming a challenge or obstacle. We then did our afternoon Zones check in before campers headed home.
Tomorrow is Flying Squirrel day! We’ll be spending the morning at Foothills with a new Social Skill, a camp-wide game, and clubs before having lunch and heading to the Flying Squirrel trampoline park.
Can’t wait!
Pippin
This afternoon we had Choice programming. This allows campers to choose two of three activities to participate in for the afternoon, with today’s Choices being gardening, bottle rockets, and coding. After a fun afternoon of picking carrots, shooting rockets into space, and designing computer games, campers met back up for Steps in the Right Direction. This allows campers to express gratitude to other campers and counsellors, and counsellors to campers, by giving stickers. The stickers represent a good deed, or a kind word or gesture, or overcoming a challenge or obstacle. We then did our afternoon Zones check in before campers headed home.
Tomorrow is Flying Squirrel day! We’ll be spending the morning at Foothills with a new Social Skill, a camp-wide game, and clubs before having lunch and heading to the Flying Squirrel trampoline park.
Can’t wait!
Pippin
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