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Yak Academy Today in Yak academy we continued working on our movies and music videos. The groups finished filming the videos! We are so excited to see how they will look on the big screen! There was a lot of group work involved as well as taking turns. Chit Chat: Game stations. Each class split up into smaller groups and rotated through 4 stations: Trouble, Sorry, Wii, and Hedbanz. Everyone's favorite was playing Mario Party 8 on the Wii! Discovery- Orange & Silver Discovery

Play- Yellow & Blue Today in PLAY Class we enjoyed some water play! It was fun to be outside in the shade. We even got to take our shoes and socks off. We got kind of wet, but it's okay because we dried quickly! The teacher even had some ice and talked about the different states of water. Discovery- Yellow Discovery had day 2 of code.org/mine craft coding. Campers worked through challenging activity of drag and drop coding. Campers will do more tomorrow. Games- Red Games co

Yak Academy Today in Yak academy we continued working on our movies and music videos. Some groups continued to collaborate and plan while other groups actually started filming! There was a lot of group work involved as well as taking turns. Chit Chat: Game stations. Each class split up into smaller groups and rotated through 4 stations: Trouble, Sorry, Wii, and Hedbanz. Everyone's favorite was playing Mario Party 8 on the Wii! Discovery- Orange & Silver Discovery had day 1 of

Play- Yellow & Blue Today in PLAY Class we did an obstacle course. The focus of the obstacle course was laying prone on a yoga ball and on a scooter, emphasizing arm movements. While laying on the yoga ball their task was to pick up snowballs and put them in a bucket. On the scooter, the campers laid on their stomachs and pulled themselves along with their hands, increasing arm and hand strength. Friendship: Today in Friendship Class we had different game stations set up whic

We’re back for another day of gaming and movie-making! It’s a warm week, but we kept cool with indoor dance parties, along with movies and games and that we created! Your camper was the STAR today, and also the PRODUCER. Here’s all the fun we had: Cooking – Silver and Orange Only Sweet and Salty Popcorn was a big hit! The marshmallow was gooey, and combining ingredients and stirring them in was half the fun. The other half? Eating it! Chit Chat – Orange, Green and Silver Our

We’re back for another day of gaming and movie-making! It’s a warm week, but we kept cool with indoor dance parties, along with movies and games and that we created! Your camper was the STAR today, and also the PRODUCER. Here’s all the fun we had: Such a fun day in buddies today! We made our own versions of lightning McQueen and got creative with color. We also made poke balls from Pokémon so our campers could power up during a hot day. Also, we decided to extended our focus

We’re back for another day of gaming and movie-making! It’s a warm week, but we kept cool with indoor dance parties, along with movies and games and that we created! Your camper was the STAR today, and also the PRODUCER. Here’s all the fun we had: Projects – Blue, Yellow and Red Music videos are in full swing! We chose songs, made props, and worked with our friends to create videos. Campers loved producing AND starring in their own videos. They followed these three steps: Lis