This post is just for Kinley. She earned it. For two weeks, including the week that Kaiya and I were gone, she got up early and attended a science/engineering camp at IBM in Boulder. She was nominated by her teacher and then selected as one of 75 kids in the entire school district to attend this camp.
Waving goodbye on her way into IBM
Her water wheel prototype
From what I can tell, this was a new thing to our district. It was called "camp", but according to Kinley, it was just like school, but more fun. Each day, she attended classes from 8:30 to 12:30 and learned about resource conservation and innovative ways to help our planet (it was held in Boulder, after all!). Kinley chose the water group (over energy, transportation and food) and by the end of the week, she had made a prototype of a water wheel with the help of her high school buddy. I was amazed a the notebook of drawings and essays she brought home. It was a great experience for her. They did a daily blog on the district's web site. Here is a link to the site: http://blogs.stvrain.k12.co.us/campinnovation
She also was part of a book club this summer, put together by her 1st grade teacher. I sure wish we could take her to 2nd grade with us. Not too many teachers spend their summers putting together a reading group for her outgoing students. They read a book called The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane about a china rabbit who gets lost and found numerous times. It's not an easy read and after each 5 chapters, her teacher sent out an e-mail to the group with questions to answer for the group. Then, when they finished the book, we all met at a local pottery creation workshop and each girl got to paint a piece of pottery. What a fun way this girl got to keep her mind fresh this summer!
The summer book club girls at Crack Pots
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