ideas

[Nettrice Gaskins]

Hello!  Two years ago we came up with a summer theme called "Y2K:  Year
2000 Kids Facing the Future" and we have six mini-themes that included
everything from transportation to the neighborhood.  Campers were about
the explore the past, present and future of each mini-theme and produce
projects that incorporated arts & crafts, computers & the Internet, and
academics.

We created a grid for each mini-theme with rows for past, present, future
and columns for drawing/painting, computers/Internet, reading/writing,
and math.  An example would be a three hour class that spends 30 minutes
surfing the web on the topic, a art/craft session that could incorporate
other areas like reading or math.  The important thing was the morning
had to be about fun learning and address academics in a way that was
not like school.

Finally, kids produced several projects. Ex. Read a story about airplanes,
surf the web about inventors or types of planes, use computer encyclopedia
to learn about how planes were improved, create paper/basal wood airplanes
and color or paint, have a race in the playground.

Good luck!


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<p><p>----         POWERUPSARAH at AOL.COM wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> I need to dip into this fantastic think tank and ask for some input.
>  I am looking for any and every successful idea that you have had that
> can be tied into a six week long theme dealing with gadgets and gizmoes/inventions.
>  Ideas can include websites, computer activities/projects, non-computer
> activities/projects, software, field trips/guest speakers in the DC
> area, etc (for children ranging in age from kindergarten through high
> school).  Thanks a lot.
>
> Sarah Shimchick
> Ed. Tech. Specialist
> YCARE 2000
>
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