Oh How We Love to Go Camping

Camping!

One of our favorite themes is camping! I guess we all have some of that natural desire to be outside in nature :)

We searched for new activities this year and found some ideas on other blogs. We will post the links with the pictures.

 


One of our most favorite camping books.  When We Go Camping by Margriet Ruurs and paintings by Andrew Kiss.  Beautiful pictures with a great story about a camping experience.

                                 Our Camp site

Our Campsite! Includes sleeping bags, tent, pillows, blocks for the campfire, pretend camping food and cooking gear, chairs, coon hat and stuffed skunk. 

Important Extras! Fishing pole, flashlight, magnifying glass, binoculars, and fan!

Music
Oh How I Love to Go Camping- Larry Groce- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg0ewr99BqQ&list=PL001BD7203A419068&feature=mh_lolz

Going Camping- John Denver and the Muppets- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjOP0R5xn0A&feature=BFa&list=PL001BD7203A419068&lf=mh_lolz

Sesame Street Camping Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOf4ds8jHds&feature=BFa&list=PL001BD7203A419068&lf=mh_lolz

Example Old Campfire songs
America the Beautiful
Ants Go Marching
Boom Chicka Boom
Caissons Go Rolling
Do Your Ears Hang Low
Hey Lollee
Home on the Range
I've Been Working on the Railroad
I've Been Cleaning up my bedroom- same tune as I've been working...
On Top of Old Smokey
Rattlin Bog
Sarasponda

http://www.macscouter.com/songs/campfiresongs.asp

http://www.scoutorama.com/song/

http://www.boyscouttrail.com/boy-scouts/boy-scout-songs.asp


Activities

This is our picture but we got this idea from another site listed under the next picture.Trace your hands and color them fire colors. Put them all together!

 Learning and Teaching with Preschoolers

Camping Sensory Bin Jada Roo Can Do


Bathtub Fishing Crafts N Things for Children

Go Camping!- If camping is new to you or you aren't comfortable doing it yet on your own check out your states outdoor workshops. They provide most of the camping supplies and teach you as you go. Here in Texas we have the texas outdoor workshops. Find out more at the link below.


http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/outdoor-learning/texas-outdoor-family/


More of Our Experience

Nature Appreciation/ Camping

November 1-5

Books


When We Go Camping


Amelia Bedilia Goes Camping


Maisy Goes Camping



Toasting Marshmellows


Fred and Ted Go Camping

Crafts

• Coloring a forest and camping equipment

Music

• How I Love to go Camping-Larry Groce on the Disney 4 Album

Activities

• Setting up sleeping bags, a tent, chairs, pretend food and animals inside.
• Observing nature in the front and backyard with a magnifying glass.
• Camping for dinner in the backyard. We set up a tent, grilled hobo dinners, and ate outside.

Camping

November 2-6

Books



Curious George Goes Camping 



When we Go Camping, 



When Daddy Took us Camping



Matthew and Tall Rabbit Go Camping.


Fred and Ted Go Camping

 (All checked out at the public library. When we go Camping has beautiful pictures.

• Songs- Oh How I Love to go Camping (from the Disney CD 4), Popcorn by Greg and Steve, She'll be Coming Around the Mountain, Country Roads, Caissons Go Rolling, The More We Get Together.
• Baking- We made a Sweet Potato Dessert
• Crafts- Gluing pictures of camping objects/activities on a piece of paper (with a tree background on it). Pictures included a campfire, tent, lantern, backpack, picnic table, 2 people hiking and 2 people biking. Pictures from google images.
• Activities- Setting up a pretend camp ground in the house. We used Zachary's Train tent, 2 sleeping bags, play camping food and backpack, stuffed animals, a storage box for a table, two kid sized camping chairs, and an airbed with a green blanket tossed over my craft table which looked like rock with grass on top :)
• Field Trips- Camping at Pedernales State Park for the weekend!

Gluing pictures of camping items

Pedernales State Park

Mommy and Daddy took me to Pedernales State Park for a weekend camping trip! We went with Memay's family, her aunt and uncle, and another couple who are her friends too. We slept in a tent for two nights! Mrs. Mollie was so nice b/c she reserved the campsite next to the bathrooms. She's smart! We also had a camp fire and went hiking! I got to ride in the backpack. So did Memay and Feodore (Theodore).


Me and MeMay


Mommy, Baby, Daddy, and Me on our hike


Walking on the trail.


Memay wanted me to sit with her


Daddy helped me touch the water at the falls area


Memay and I loved the sand


We tried to innocently scoot close to the water.


Lying in the sand and kicking was fun.


Memay thought so too. She's taking a break here.


Walking together along the shore.


Time to put my shoes back on. My feet were full of wet sand!


I asked if we could go camping again. But Mommy and Daddy said that it was time to go back to the car and go home.


We had fun camping at Pedernales State Park!