Wow! What an awesome day we had up at Lake Ossipee. The weather turned out great. I hope you got the same report from your child!
We broke the kids up into 4 groups (all mixed homerooms) and they spent the day together. In my group, we started with a couple of ice breaker games. One was where they had to find different "handshake" partners and tell different things about themselves to their partners. There was a Boom Partner, a High Five Partner, Around the World Partner, Milkman Partner, a Lumberjack Partner, and a Ankle Shake Partner. Ask your child about that!
After that, we played Hide the Cone Red Light Green Light. This was a great cooperative game where the kids had to strategize how to move a cone down the field without the leader knowing. The kids learned a lot about how to work together as a team. It was also great for the teachers to see how the students interact with each other.
From there, my group moved to "Rob's World": a series of low ropes challenges. We learned the rules and then participated in "Nitro-Crossing". This is where there is a rope hanging and students have to get across a field of "hot lava" to a platform. Again, cooperation and communication among each other was required. Very cool! We did it!
Next, we moved to an 8 foot flat wall. The goal of this activity was to get all 20 students up and over the wall. They had to use each other and plan how to do this. Fascinating to watch! They did it!
Lunch consisted of burgers, hot dogs, chicken, or veggie burgers. There was potato salad, coleslaw, watermelon slices and cookies to go with it. YUMMO!
After lunch, we went on a boat ride around Lake Ossipee. We learned some information about the lake. We ended the day with a small hike and learned more about the lake and its surroundings.
Overall, it was an awesome day. I started to take pictures to post on the blog, but my camera died..... Boo Hoo! I will try to extract the pictures that I took and post them soon!
