Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading ECN Radio Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Subscribe today to our bi-weekly newsletter!   ACTIVITY The Campsite By Rae Pica There’s plenty of physical activity involved in camping out. If children see it as a challenge and not a chore, physical activity becomes something to be looked forward to. Curriculum Area Language and Gross Motor Before You Start Tell the children about the experience of camping. Have any of them ever gone camping? What was it like? Specifically discuss the images listed below. Let's Begin 1. Challenge the children to demonstrate: • Pitching a tent • The shape of a tent • A piece of kindling • A larger piece of firewood • Rubbing two sticks together to create a spark • Flames dancing • The shape of a marshmallow • A marshmallow melting • A sleeping bag being unrolled Furthermore If you want to end the exercise in a relaxed manner, challenge the children to demonstrate crawling into the sleeping bags and zipping up.   No materials needed. Articles and activities listed on this website may be printed for single use. No article or activity may be duplicated or distributed in any form, in whole or in part, without permission from the publisher, Excelligence Learning Corporation. Contact Permissions Department.

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