A Physical Challenge is always a great way to start a Friday!
Summer camp is a fun experience for campers, and we want every week to be exciting. Our part-time teachers are the primay people responsible for the atmosphere in camp, and we want them to be enthusiastic every day. This year, Victoria (our camp principal) devised a great way to get everyone’s energy up in the morning: teacher games!
We have a morning camp meeting every day, and Tuesday through Friday our meeting now starts with a game. The goal is to do something different every day. So far, the teachers have done animal and zoo trivia, played pictionary and animal charades, identified movie quotes, and re-assembled the art carts. On “Physical Challenge Fridays” they’ve tossed water balloons, thrown frizbees, and raced in jumping sacks. The team with the most points at the end of the week gets a little prize.
This week we came up with a diabolical plan. (Insert scary laughter here.) Throughout the summer we’ve quizzed the teachers on their knowledge of the principals and the full-time staff. This week every challenge has been this type, which makes it more difficult. Instead of competing for points, they’ve been accumulating items: hula hoops, balls, and frizbees. Today their physical challenge relied on the use of these items to complete the challenge, giving the teams different advantages based on their earlier results. The orange team, which had more hoops but fewer of the other items, succeeded in “crossing the ocean” first.
It will be hard to top this week’s games for the remaining weeks of camp, but we will definitely try. The teachers have been enjoying the competition, and the staff have had fun creating the games. And the ultimate goal, getting everyone excited for the day, has definitely been accomplished.
