Blossom Valley Scholastic Summer Day Camp

BLOSSOM VALLEY SCHOLASTIC DAY CAMP (ages 9-12)

Call Limelight Education @ (888) 50 TUTOR

Visit us online at www.limelighteducation.com

Camp Fees: $100/week

4 sessions beginning June 28th

9:30 am- 1:30 pm

Maximum Enrollment: 10 day campers / week

What Students Say:

• "We learn by doing fun, outdoor activities"
• "One thing you helped me understand better is division with decimals. You helped me to understand it and to do the steps."
• "The best part about our class is the experiments"

Session 1 "Splash" : Water activities focused on basic math operations.

June 28, 29 and 30

Session 2: "Games Galore": Games of all kinds focused on money math and statistics.

July 5, 6 and 7

Session 3: "Summer Science Fair": Work together on awesome experiments and design your own!

July 12, 13 and 14

Session 4: "Splash Squared": Water activities focused on geometry and pre-algebra skills

July 19, 20, 21

Fraction Toast: The Best Activity to Introduce Fractions

Do you need a quick activity that will help your students understand fractions? 

This year one of our most successful (and best tasting) activities was Fraction Toast.

This activity only takes one hour and is perfect for students from 4th grade through middle school.

FRACTION TOAST

Numerator equal to the number of pieces of toast with jelly, avocado, peanut butter, etc.

Denominator equal to the number of pieces that the toast is cut into.

Our picture shows two-thirds.

Materials:  a toaster, bread, spreads (peanut butter, avocado, jelly), butter knife, paper towels, paper and pencil, camera

Method:

1. Decide on a few fractions to visualize.  Choose denominators that are easy to cut out!
2. Toast the bread.
3. Cut the bread into pieces equal to the denominator.
4. Apply spread to the number of pieces equal to the numerator.
5. Make a label using paper and pencil and place the label near the fraction toast.
6. Photograph your edible work of math-art.
7. Eat the Fraction Toast.

 This activity was designed by Limelight Education in San Diego!

 Square Foot Garden Updates:  MCS and Hammerhead123 will post later this week.  We have new growth, new pests and new seeds sprouting in our gardens!
 
SEE YOU NEXT TIME!!!  WBD

Projects and Activities Photographs

I created a photo gallery of projects from the 2009/2010 school year.  Click on the photo above to visit the photo gallery.