Day 4

Worked from 10-4:30 today after sleeping in a bit this morning. Today seemed to go by really quick. We had the day to pretty much work on lesson planning in whatever fashion we seemed fit. We all discussed a few things, first. Averee, my co-lead for the 5-6 year olds, put together our general schedule for the Prehistoric Pals camp, which is the first one we host. I really got into looking up craft projects. I love them. As I found different ones we could incorporate, I started jotting them down in my notebook with supplies needed and a little sketch of what it looks like.

I think I filled up about 5 pages of crafts for dinosaurs and aquatic animals today. Here's a couple of  them:

My partner and I also went on a walk around the zoo to get some ideas for how we want to organize our Zoo Tours during camp. We also rode the train, which goes around one side of the zoo.

This is Averee and I on the train:

After our little trek around the zoo, we tried out some of our craft ideas. Here's a couple that we tried today:

After work today, I went back to Ankeny for dinner. Kari made chicken, mushrooms, and potatoes. Since it was decently nice out today, I decided to go out exploring. I ended up down by Saylorville Lake, which is pretty close to Kari and Jeremy's place. I hiked around a bit there and took some photos.

I drove across the dam and checked out the campground, which is at the bottom of the dam, on the Johnston side of the lake before heading back to Ankeny for the night.