Zoo Camp

Collin finished his first week of Zoo Camp.  He went with his buddy, Foard.  Dad drove and picked up the boys for camp.  He said it was really entertaining listening to the conversation on the way there.  On the way back, the boys were tired and did not talk as much.  One morning, they were listening to Time to Get Ill by the Beastie Boys (I know, hard to control what the Dad does when he is away) and the boys asked "Who's Phillis Dyler?"  He was not sure how to explain who she was and why her name was in the song.  Another morning, they argued:  "Who is faster:  Superman or Flash?"  Not sure what the conclusion was for that one.

The theme of zoo camp this week was Signing Safari.  I totally forgot about the theme until Collin came home the first day and showed me the signs for shark, turtle, eat, water and tree.  He also met some new friends which I liked hearing about.  He LOVED zoo camp last year and was really looking forward to it this week. Based on what he talked about from Day 1, seemed like he was having fun so far.  All week, he came home and showed us new signs they learned.  Here is a video of him showing a few of them.  At the end of the week, their "test" was to make a sentence using a few of the signs so this is what he is doing in the video.

He learned the following signs for the week:

• Shark
• Eat
• Water
• Shelter
• Turtle
• Gorilla
• Slither
• Chimpanzee
• Monkey
• Tree

Reluctantly, he wrote about his experience at camp and drew a few pictures.  The pictures on the first page are the friends he met:  Alic, Alex and Zachary.  The other page are of him doing a few of the signs he learned.  He wrote (I included some spelling corrections):

We sign language.  My moms favorite turtle.  My teachers were Ms. Nina, Mrs. Katie and Mrs. Elizabeth.  I meet Zachary and Alic and Alex.  Me and Zachary made paper airplanes.  Animals came into our room and one pooped.  We saw a porcupine and a snake that was not poisonous and a three banded armadillo.

I think he had a great time.  He has already asked when we can go to the zoo as a family.  He wants to show us the animals he saw during the week.

Soccer camp is this week. He might have to stay home Monday because of the Tropical Depression headed our way and expected to cause lots of rain for the next three days.  Here we go again!