Our summer Arts & Smarts program is off to a wonderful start for the summer!
Highlights of the first two weeks have included:
- Making soft sculpture sloths out of socks with Jean.
- Telling the story of “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” Said the Sloth with Susan. It’s the story of a sloth who knows exactly who he is (slow and quiet) and who he is not (lazy).
- Working with the Master Gardeners to plant zinnias and sweet potatoes in our garden and harvesting radishes.
- Chopping up and cooking our radishes to make roasted candied radishes with Jane.
- Telling the story of The Rainbow Fish with Susan and learning from it how to be a good friend and to share. With a little help from Spencer and his guitar, Susan turned this story into a fantastic musical number!
- Throwing pots in our ceramics studio with Molly and Jean.
- Helping to cut up vegetables for salads for snack.
- Wearing different fun and funky sunglasses to match our moods each day.
- Watering our newly planted garden plants to help them through the heatwave.
- Singing camp songs with Cindy and her guitar.
- Learning how to change a bike tire and tube with Pete.
- Learning about honeybees from the Master Gardeners.
- Making ceramic windchimes with Molly.
- And most of all: Getting to be part of a fun community of people ages 6 to 70+!
We have two more weeks of summer activities still to come in June and one more in July. Who knows what fun we’ll have in that time!