Skip to main content

It's baaaaaaaaaack... The Nuffer Family Summer Camp 2018

Man, it's been awhile.  A long while.

The blog is baaaaaack! And so is the Nuffer Family Summer Camp!!!!!

The NFSC is going to be pretty different this year.  The big boys need to be challenged so much more than a few crafts and story books like when I first started the summer camp many moons ago.  With that said, I don't really know exactly what it will look like because I have to test the waters to see what interests them and what doesn't. My mom gave each of the boys a Little Passports membership, so we'll be using those in our weekly themes as well.  I have a preschooler, a second grader, and a fifth grader- needless to say, it should be interesting.  but no big deal, right?
Riiiiiiiiiight.

Every day they'll spend their mornings doing some chores, spending some time outside, reading independantly, doing a little work in grade-level appropriate workbooks, doing an NFSC activity or two, and I think I'm going to teach the older boys to write in cursive. Phew!

Now, lets talk reality...  I'm taking a class through the college where I teach, so I'll be a little preoccupied with that.  And I'm a morning person, so I need to jam-pack all of this into the mornings because by 2 pm all I want is some silence and a nap.  I become useless.  Weeks won't be perfect.  I already missed a week. :-/ All I want out of this summer is for the boys to keep their minds fresh, to keep them busy so they don't fight as often, and to spend some quality time with them.  I expect this summer will be messy, but I also fun.  Some weeks will be amazing and other weeks will be survived.  Play along with us if you'd like or just take some ideas and apply them during some of your summer lulls.  I've included my Pinterest links for each week's theme (includes: activities, crafts, and experiments), the Little Passport activities as well (for my own benefit), and we'll visit the library weekly for books about our weekly themes.

So here it goes...

Week 1 (June 11-17): The ocean
Pinterest link
LP: Buoyancy package (J), Oceans Package (H), and Great Wave Master kit (A)
Field trip: local pet store or Science Spectrum to look at fish and undersea life
Movie: Finding Dory or Finding Nemo

Week 2 (June 18-24) Animals and Wildlife
Pinterest link
LP: none
Field trip: Amarillo zoo (we'll be in Amarillo this week)
Movie: Madagascar or Happy Feet- so many animal movies!

Week 3 (June 25-July 1) Weather
Pinterest link
LP: Solar Package (J), Weather Package (H), Solar Car and Wind Chime kit (H), Sun Art Kit (A)
Field trip:  Windmill Museum
Movie: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 1 & 2

Week 4 (July 2-8) The USA and Citizenship
Pinterest link
LP: none
Field trip: Go to 4th on Braodway and see some fireworks in the evening
Movie: Wreck It Ralph ...video games are pretty American kid, right????

Week 5 (July 9-15) Earth
Pinterest Link
LP: Caves and Crystals (J), Natural Wonders (H), Landmarks (H), and Earth Science kit (J)
Field trip: Lubbock Lake Landmark, TTU Botanical Garden, Arboretum
Movie: The Lorax

Week 7 (July 16-22) Space
Pinterest Link
LP: Stars and Planets (J) and Space (H)
Field trip: Planetarium, Science Spectrum Space Exhibit
Movie: Home or some other Alien cartoon?

Week 8 (July 23-29) International Countries and Cultures
Pinterest Link
LP: Brazil, Japan, France, Egypt, Australia, Ancient Egypt Mini Toys, and Parisian Paining kit (A)
Field trip: Planetarium and TTU Museum
Movie: Mulan, Hercules, or The Hunchback of Notre Dome

Week 9 (July 30-August 5) Last Week!  Olympics and Art Show
Pinterest Link
LP: none
Field trip: Family Olympics! (we might invite some friends to join us)
**Art Show will be Sunday evening on August 5th, h'orderves will be served
Movie:  American Ninja Warrior (not a movie, but the men, big and small, love that show)

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The end of school; the end of an era

Soooo, it's been awhile since I've posted, and by "awhile" I mean a year ago.  Oops.  I'm so busy during the school year with my own classes that I forget to post in the blog.  I'll try to do better, especially for our family that lives far away. The end of this school year was crazy!  I felt like I was running in circles working in the PTA- there was so much to do!  I thought joining the PTA would be some good volunteer time at the boys' school- I had NO idea just how much time it takes!  Next year, I'll be a little more prepared because I know what's coming.  And that's not even the crazy part- Jackson has finished elementary and Harrison graduated from pre-k.  That's crazy!  Where did the time go?! Harrison's graduation was first, so I'll start there.  It was soooo sweet and so cute, and I cried like a baby because he IS my baby.  This tiny person is such a perfect little caboose for our family.  Recently, I've been thin...
Post a Comment
Read more

Maybe a new birthday tradition...

I just have one brother and his birthday is 5 days before mine, so it's been pretty easy to keep up with him. Jim, however, has 3 brothers and a sister, and now 3 of his siblings are married, so the birthday's just keep adding up. My forgetful brain can NOT keep up. Anyway, I've been looking for a cute and thoughtful way to send birthday greetings to all the aunts and uncles since we've been married. Almost 4 years later I think I finally have an idea! My idea is to make a birthday sign every year and have the boys take a picture with the sign for whatever family member has a birthday. Then send the person the picture with birthday greetings. Then every year they will have a different picture with the boys as they grow and I won't feel guilty missing anyone's birthday without proper acknowledgement. I also thought that it would make a great photo album for us if we keep each person's birthday picture with the boys and watch their growth progression ...
5 comments
Read more

Can I finally join the club??

I have issues with making anything with yeast.  It scares me.  I tried making rolls or bread in home-ec as a kid and it was a FLOP!  Since, I stay far away from baking goods with yeast, so of course, that includes homemade bread.  I LOVE homemade bread, but I've never made it.  I realize I'm not a real Mormon wife and mother because of this huge flaw, but I've managed to make it as a so-so wife and mom with this awful glitch in my character.  Then I came across an "easy" recipe for honey wheat bread (thanks for posting it on fb Liz Nuffer) and decided to conquer my fear of yeast. First things first, I had to buy yeast- there are 394 different kinds of yeast.  No one warned me how many different kinds there were!  My fear began to overcome me, but I gathered all my strength and picked the most interestingly plain kind I could find.  Hopefully it would do the trick! I followed the recipe, but it said to wait until the yeast "frothed". ...
3 comments
Read more