Affirmations

Our final meeting together this summer was all about middle school! We shared fears, questions, curiosities and excitements about starting 6th grade. It was a special time to listen, be there, and encourage each other. At a time of such change and things to wonder about we focused on the importance of staying true to ourselves and to not lose sight of being our genuine, smart, funny, intelligent, athletic, musical, quiet, loud, funny, calm, outgoing, caring selves.

For their lockers, we made "affirmation" boards. We picked at least 5 positive statements to include on our boards, that would encourage and inspire us while at school.

Everyone worked hard to create a board that was unique and just right for them!

Smiling, working and laughing together was half the fun!

It's hard to believe it's been 4 years since our very first book club together.

 These girls have grown from adorable little 2nd graders to beautiful young ladies!

What a great girl's summer book club we've had!

Adventures

For our final meeting together we decided to set out on an adventure to explore the "woods" of Awbrey Park.

We bravely balanced across logs.

Posed for pics along the way.

And more pics.

Returning to the park for some time to add our artist touch to book bags.

It was a great last meeting, a perfect time together for our girl's summer book club.
'til we meet again...

Framin' Fun

Our group had a great time creating shell frames!

It was a small group - but we had fun!

Mya on her "shellphone!"

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Poetry and Tie-Dye

In the story, Also Known As Harper, the main character uses poetry as an outlet to express her inner thoughts, feelings, and to record her experiences. As a group we each took a turn reading aloud a selection of poetry, from the book, that stood out to us.

Here's one poem:
Words seems more important
When they come through a microphone.
It fancies them up somehow
As if they're not even
Yours anymore.
But I know what
Is really important
Is not where you're standing
When you say them.
It's the one special person
That's listening hard
To hear
What you have to say.
-Harper Lee

Next came some fun tie-dying using Sharpie markers!

Fabric + Sharpies + rubbing alcohol = totally cool tie dye!

Every design was super unique!

Smiles abound with friends!

Always a great time together!

Cupcakes & Crafts

Book club was filled with all things sweet and crafty this past week! We cut, pasted, painted, stamped, and stickered mini journals and bookmarks.

We shared our loves, likes, dislikes, questions and thoughts about the plots and characters in our books.

Perfectly paired with the book, "Close to Famous", we celebrated with a cupcake decorating party! 

We donned our aprons, mixing in a pinch of good fun

and the decorating begun!

We frosted, sprinkled, dotted, placed, shaped, and imagined our way to some pretty fantastic cupcake decorations!

Only to be complete, with a taste of the sweet!

"But for now, I'm going to make the world a better place, one cupcake at a time." 

- Close to Famous

Ice Cream & Smiles

We had a delightful book club meeting this past week. In honor of Piper (the main character in "The Girl Who Could Fly") we cooled off with a scoop of ice cream.

The ice cream was cause for many smiles and a little craziness from some.

We enjoyed catching up and relaxing in the shade, before digging in to our book discussions and project. 

 Time with friends is half the fun!

Both groups had great conversations about the books we read. Following our discussions, we got busy with a "reusing" art project.

 Watercolor + old book pages and paper bags + scissors + glue = one cute project

A fun time had by all.

First Day Fun

We had a great first book club meeting today! 

Chatting, laughing, eating, crafting, and sharing are all part of what made today great.

We completed a partner "interview" to get to know each other a bit more. Below is some of what we learned about each other.

In summer we like to...

play sports

go horse back riding

camp at the lake

craft

play on the computer

text

but we really like 

swimming

and

reading

We are afraid of...

losing our family 

dying

sharks

natural disasters

snakes

spiders

flying

dinosaurs

falling

middle school

We like to read...

on the couch

in the front yard

in our room

on a bean bag

in our bed

on the top bunk

on the porch

in the backyard

in the sun where it's warm

We are...

crazy

interesting

monkeyish

fun

athletic

thoughtful

creative

funny

sporty

awesome