TD Summer Reading Program Week 5: Ages 7-8

Week 5: Play around the World!

Week 5 of the reading program has come and gone and this week we traveled

around the world!

At the beginning of the program, I asked everyone to close their eyes and imagine their favourite place in the entire world, and then had them think about why it was their favourite place. We shared with the class and it was awesome to hear all the places they've been! A lot of kids said Disneyland because of the food and the rides and because, of course, it was the happiest place in the world! My favourite answer though was Home, because how fantastic is that?!

The first book we read was:

 This book was fantastic! Every image was a wonder of the world but it was recreated using ordinary things. We spent a long time looking through all the photos, the Taj Mahal was made out of brussel sprouts, recorders, onions. Machu Picchu was made out of toast! 

The second book we read was:

We read Edward the Emu in the other programs, so it only seemed fitting that we read the story about Edwina! 

The last story we read was: 

After our last story we traveled outside to play some games!

The first thing we did outside was do yoga, this was more fun than you can imagine! We started off taking some deep breathes and reaching our hands to the sky and then we got started with the poses. The first pose we did was the tree pose:

 Then we did airplane pose:

 Downward Dog:

Then we just breathed for a couple minutes:

After our yoga practice we decided we needed to burn off some energy so we played a game called "Dragon Tails" 

After that game we were all ready for our craft and snack so we came back inside for some Chips and Salsa and started on our craft!

Our craft for today was a Chinese Dragon:

Supplies
-cardstock (for backround and for scales, mouth, head and tail)
-Yarn
-Googly Eyes
-Glue
-Markers for decoration

First glue your yarn on the paper in the shape of a "S" (or really any shape you like!) Then glue on your head, tail, tongue, eyes and your scales all along the yarn! 

Our theme next week is "Play with Magic" so prepared to become a magician!