Family Camp

7-10 & 7-11- We ran an afternoon family camp on both of these days. Both camps were full with 50 participants. We started the Family Camps by giving a simple presentation about Islandwood. We then let each family choose 2 activities out of 5 and each of us ran one activity.

I (Mike) ran the Bird Beak Buffet, where each family member got to experience what it is like have a bird beak using tools like chop sticks and spoons to catch food.

Zach ran Meet a Tree where partners lead each other to a tree. They use their other senses to 'meet' the tree. Then they were led away from the tree and had to try to find their tree.

Hillary led Nature Art where families made their own insect out of re-used items.

Erin led groups through Team Building activities.

Ali took families on a stream exploration where they caught macros and then painted pictures of the critters.

We ended with a group reflection where many children shared what they learned. The activities went well and we got mostly positive feedback from the questionnaires. The one complaint they had was that they wished that they could have done all five activities.