We are offering full day camp for children ages 3-rising kindergarteners, (children must be potty trained to attend).  Contact Laura at: (828) 891- 6335 montessoricooperativeschool@yahoo.com

June 13-17      Messy Mud and Tipis!

Come adventure with us this week as we play in the mud learn about building with cob!  We will

build structures for shelter including forts & even tipis, then create and tell stories around our

pretend campfire on our camping adventure.

June 20-24      Water wonder:

We will spend the week exploring physics through sand and water activities.  Play will

include sink, float, density, attraction and repulsion, states of matter and more!  We will

have Sprinkler play and play on the Slip and Slide to explore friction and viscosity.

June 27-July 1    Treasure Hunt:

Come play in the pool noodle forest! We will create and use our treasure maps to find

the way! Maps and other art will be created using bubble wrap and painting with

straws, plant and leaf stamping and lots of other unique craft methods.  Through

classifying, sorting, decoding and encoding we will practice reading foundation skills,

while calling it play!

July 5-8 Fun in the Field! (Short Week)

Join us for fun in the Field!  We will spend the days in the field doing a variety of

updated Field Games to promote listening and responding skills & team and leadership

talents using lots of movement and BIG sound making! There will be interactive games

and listening skills for developing social-emotional awareness using lots of messy mud,

water and paint!

July 11-15 Going on a Bear, Raccoon, Dog, Fish, Opossum… Hunt

Where do these animals live/ What terrain do we have to go through to find these and other creatures? We will explore how these animals move, hide and live among us.  We are going on a critter hunt, do you want to come along?  This session will include exploring rhythm & movement, animal sounds and tracks, and will culminate with a field trip to the WNC Nature Center.

July 18-22 Tea, Berries, Flowers and manners:

Blue, orange, purple and green…We will work with flowers and berries galore.

Arranging, Stamping and other interactive art with and about flowers, berries and

plants.  Through a variety of methods, such as pounding, stamping & plant rubbings,

students will make their own field journal for identifying local plants and flowers. We

will close with a tea party to celebrate our new understanding of our plant friends.

August 1-5 Rainbow Color: Exploring color!

Explore color this week we will mix paint, paint with spray bottles on squeeze bottles using a variety of materials, paint, dye, crayons and bubble wrap and straws! We will have a variety of interactive games exploring color.

August 8-12 Fantastic Creatures: How to train your dragon/fairy/unicorn/gnome

Come pretend play with us as we tell stories of dragons, fairies, unicorns and more! Bring your imaginations and help us create new make-believe creatures. We will make masks, costumes and props while we explore the wide range of feelings that come with imaginative play.

August 15-19 Pete The Cat: Live out Pete the Cat stories

*parents send a pair of tennis shoes or t-shirt for painting. Pete The Cat: Live out Pete the Cat stories as we make our own costumes and act out Pete the Cat stories, creating props and scenes for dramatizing Pete stories including groovy buttons and colorful shoes and t-shirts. Lots of messy sensorial fun! *wind exploration, wind mills, wind socks and silks *Sound cans sensory stuff Acer, paper plate tambourine