We had a wonderful first day of camp in Piedmont today! Check out some bits from our campers' "I am from" poems!
I like animals
I like breathing the air
I like nature
I like that the trees are
staying for now
-Adel
I am from the big oak tree
In our neighbors yard
stretching,
pulling,
and kicking
in to our tiny backyard
-Athene
I am from the shining
stage,
I am from
sleep away camp.
I am from a lot of
fun, I am craft making hands,
I have a head full of
wonders,
I am from the cool
swimming pool,
I am from a designing
World,
I am from me.
-Ella
I am from leaping
over rivers, playing in
the meadow, building forts,
responsible
for brothers and
cousins, making
changes to the world, cats and dogs
every other animal that
needs respect, although we speak
in different tongues, we should
be treated the same.
-Josephine
I am from the deep sea,
swaying grass, strange creatures
I am from the tree tops,
having a chat with a bird
I am from magical valleys,
winged horses, dragons
I am from a colorful mind.
-Julia
I am from the scritch
scratch
of my pencil
I am from the
voice of my
sister arguing
I am from
warm sand
on the beach.
I am from the smell
of my Grandma’s
basement.
-Kai Kai
I am from a smile
I am from the sound
of crashing waves
I am from sand
squeezed between my toes
I am from a stage
I am from a creek
that leads to an ocean
a creek
that’s just begun its story
-Lili
I am from the inside of my peach
house
to the nice
fresh air of my
backyard
the bumble bees buzzing
and the
birds chirping
every morning I wake up
I
feel home
-Megan
I am from snoring
To sleeping
Sleeping and screaming
Screaming to the smell
of egg and juice again
-Mirabel
I am from a
loving
family
I am from
the tree
I am from the
earth
I am from
animals
I am from the
zoo.
-Naomi
We started our art afternoon by making sketchbook covers by exploring paint, mixing colors, stamping, scraping etc. We'll finish assembling our sketchbooks tomorrow and use them throughout the week. Our next project was decorating small frames using recycled materials- the students did a great job and will decide if they want to bring in a photo or put a piece of their writing in their frame. We played a surrealist drawing game called "exquisite corpses" where each student drew a head, folded their paper over and passed it to the right where the next student added a torso etc. Our results were very funny so each student described the piece they unfolded and gave it a title. A fun first day with a great group!