Another four day camp at the Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center started yesterday. The topic for this week is Early Pennsylvania History and Folk Music. After 40 minutes of reading in the car on the way there, Jane and the other campers were greeted with a selection of stone tools from the museum collections to examine. I heard the word quartz, and learned from Jane that there were arrowheads, knives, axes, and more. The topic of the first day was Native Americans. They had popcorn for a snack, with no butter, just salt, Native American style, and Jane came home with a beaded necklace. I am sure I will learn more when her folder comes home at the end of the week. At pick up time, they were on to the Folk Music portion of the day. Each camper brought an instrument if they played one, or, if not, were assigned a drum or triangle. I heard Go Tell Aunt Rhody, and a few others while I waited.
Jane playing her ukulele, while the teacher leads on the violin.
Here, she takes a turn on the drum. Earlier, she had a turn on the triangle.
After camp, reading on the way home, lunch, and swimming and outdoor play with the neighbors. Then, a documentary on the Raft of El Dorado, a bit of theoretical physics on YouTube, ukulele, Little Women, and So Long and Thanks for All the Fish.
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