Aah, spring IS in the air. Okay, it was rainy drizzly ALL day, but spring is clearly around the corner. I know because (1) we changed the clocks and (2) it's state assessment test time.
Here in Colorado, and some other states, all high school juniors are required to take the ACT in April. Since a good bulk of my tutorage is ACT preparation, I can't say that I dislike that requirement. This week, I have the fun task of running daily sessions with one of our local high school's entire class of juniors. The administrators refer to them as "trainings", but I like to think of it as "ACT camp".
Maybe it's because I never attended a summer camp myself, so I get to play camp now. I did go to four days of flag camp back in high school band - this one time? at band camp? - days, but that was WORK. I was all, "where are the crafts? the campfires??" instead of four days with a flagpole. Camp. Nah, actually it was fun, just not what I would call "camp", like from the made up images in my head.
I did also do a few summers of Vacation Bible School. I always enjoyed that, it was like Sunday school only it was fun and we got to wear shorts and stuff. And yes, there were crafts and games. Still no campfires though.
Well, I'm having fun anyways. I hope my little campers are too. At least I've yet to be mummified, and there have been no fires. The week is still young, though.
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If anyone can make an ACT session fun and campy, it's you. Will you be bringing s'mores to the next session?
Well, Thursday is Pi day... Round s'mores??
Ah yes! The flag camp days. Those were the only camps I attended as well.
Back in our "real" camping days, we would sometimes use the fudge striped cookies instead of graham crackers and chocolate for our s'mores. Those are round. Now you just gotta figure out how to get a fire in the school, and your campin' dreams will come true!
So, is that a pic of what happens at Bible Camp? Had to ask.. :-)
I've done my share of Bible camps too, and they were a lot more fun than they sound!
I can't wait for spring, we had more snow today.
Hmmm, I like your s'more substitution abilities! Now, a fire in a high school should just be a minor thing to overcome.
Yes! I'm certain there's a bible lesson there somewhere.
Bible camp was funner than it sounded. I'm too old now, otherwise I might be tempted to crash one.
I did a couple of summer camps in my youth. Some dim memories about sleeping in a cabin with 8 guys, ticks, making lanyard key chains, and melting socks by the fire pit. Ah, those were the days. My son did a number of summer camps for many years in scouts. A good portion of my summers were tied up with those camps as well.
Last summer, I finally convinced my husband to let me send one of the girls to a week long summer camp; the real deal out in the woods. She loved it. Trying to give the kids a few things that I missed out on as a child.
And Husband is an Eagle Scout! Imagine that.
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