Scavenger Hunt

By: Ashlyn McCook

Introduction

Kindergarten teacher

Scavenger hunt

Hide and Seek

My facilitator Cathy Geist

Director of Hide and Seek day camp

Cathy has run the camp for 5 years

Retired preschool teacher

Hide and Seek Day Camp

Christian summer camp Outdoors adventure

camp• Rock wall• Zip line• Arts and crafts• Games • Low ropes(slack line and

telephone pole) • Water day

Ages 5-11 I have worked every

summer for 4 years

Research Hands on activities

Montessori

I used hands on activities for the scavenger hunt

Researched each activity

My Product Scavenger hunt

I love to work with children and at camp

I studied the curriculum

Wrote the questions and came up with the activities

I wrote the directions and put together the activities

The Curriculum

Luke 2:41-52

Jesus teaches at the temple

Activities Snowman building race

Ice sickle obstacle course

Snowball shooter

Penguin egg search

Jigsaw puzzle

Swift suit up

Animal snow search

Snowman Race Each group had to make the best snowman

possible

Teamwork

Ice Sickle Obstacle Course Goal: go through the ice sickles without

touching them

The kids enjoyed the obstacle course

Snowball Shooter Goal: shoot the snowballs into the buckets

The boys enjoyed this activity more than the girls

Penguin Egg Search Goal: find the penguin egg in the snow

One egg had the hint in it

Jigsaw puzzle Goal: put the puzzle together as fast as possible The kids did not enjoy this activity as much

Swift Suit Up Goal: put on all your winter clothes as fast as

possible

Animal Snow Search Goal: save the baby animals from the snow

Challenges Not enough camp staff

Clean-up

Messy activities

Age difference

What I learned I learned that I really enjoy working with children

Scavenger hunts can be difficult to plan

I learned that working with children takes a lot of patience

I learned that it takes a lot of time management skills

I learned that I would still like to pursue a career in early childhood education.

Conclusion Jaxon’s story

I liked the senior project

Thank you for your time!