Camping Unit

Sawyer just completed his Camping Unit and he absolutely LOVED it!!! Ever since we went camping at Peninsula State Park he has been wanting to go back camping again. I took this opportunity as a learning experience. During our school time it was a little hard to capture all the moments because Sawyer insisted I put the camera down, but I still managed to capture some it.


Our first project was to trace the line to get the camper to the tent. The first sheet he did really well on. The second sheet was harder due to thin lines being more complex; he gave it an honest try and still did good. He did tell Daddy though that it was hard.



We then had little pieces of paper with a picture on it (backpack, compass, flashlight, lantern, bug spray, s'more, eggs, hot dog, sandwich and a fish). We had to sort the pictures out and glue them to the appropriate paper that said either "Things You Don't Eat" and "Things You Eat".



We then look at other camping items and had to determine which shape it was (ie. compass = circle, flashlight = rectangle, etc.) Instead of telling me the shape he decided to run to the hallway and point to the right shape.



Who can go camping without binoculars for seeing nature up close?! We just had to make some; he painted one side brown and the other side pink.



The finished product!



We went outside and collected some sticks to make a fire. When we brought them in we got right to work making a beautiful fire to roast our marshmallows!

We did other projects as well that included counting lanterns, tracing the letter "C" for campers and the letter "S" for s'mores. We read the books "Camping" by Nancy Hundal and "Just Camping Out" by Mercer Mayer.

And what better way to end the Camping Unit by going camping!!! You will see our adventures camping in the next post.