As we're gearing up for Summer Program one of the things I like to do is see which lessons from Summer Brain Gain we can pair with our themes. By doing it this way, we're able to pull from several years of programming and have more variety in our Summer Brain Gain Programming.
As I've mentioned in previous posts, our theme for this summer is Passport to Adventure and each week has it's own theme. I wrote out the plan for summer, including the basic storyline, and then paired Summer Brain Gain sessions that seemed to best fit with each week's theme.
While we will have more information in our weekly planners, I wanted to share this layout with you early on, just in case you were using this theme for your summer program as well.
Week One - Adventure Is Out There
2019 SBG Module 1 - Group Agreements
Week Two - Pirate's Cove in the Mermaid Lagoon
2017 SBG Module 2 - The Power of Cooperation
Week Three - 221 Baker Street
2019 SBG STEM 2 - Fun with Forensics
2020 SBG Read 2 - Mystery Stories
Note: We'll be using activities from both of these modules but you can definitely chose one or the other
Week Four - Gnome Man's Land
2019 STEM 1 - Inventions
Week Five - Out of this World
SBG Online - Life on the International Space Station
Week Six - Jurassic Jungle
2017 SBG Read Module 1 - Dino Fantastic Fun!
Week Seven - Under the Deep Blue Sea
2019 SBG Module 2 Session 2 - Ocean Habitat
Note: We're only pulling from one session for this week, but we'll be supplementing that with our own activities
Week Eight - Island Paradise At Last!
Note: Since this is our last week, we won't be doing regular Summer Brain Gain. We will have learning activities that will be showcased in our weekly plans.
Thankfully, I've been with the movement for nearly a decade so I have all of these older programs stored. If you're with the movement but don't have access to these, feel free to email me at jwood@bgcottawacounty.org and I'll happily share them with you.
For the Kids,
Ms. Jen
