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Extra Intriguing Information for Each Camp!
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Denton Elementary School - The Landry News by Andrew Clements (coming soon)
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Plainview: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (coming soon)
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The Land of Wild Things - Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (coming soon)
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The Countryside - The Lost Spells by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris (coming soon)
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The forest outside Athens - A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare (coming soon)
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Bear Island - The Last Bear by Hannah Gold (coming soon)
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An island in northern waters - The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown (coming soon)
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Panem - Sunrise on the Reaping (coming soon)
In today’s climate, worries about security, trade, and political protection tend to overshadow environmental issues, and what once kept us up at night, now takes a backseat. This is particularly sad since we were actually making some headway.
With the Antarctic ozone hole getting smaller and showing signs of long-term recovery, and recent gains in coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef, we have more reason than ever to be hopeful and not lose momentum.
This is the perfect time to let Dr. Suess reinspire us to connect with and protect our environment. If you’re familiar with his work (which most people are), you’ll know that there’s always a lesson to learn when it comes to Dr. Seuss.
In The Lorax, the demand for thneeds (fluffy onesies that serve myriad purposes) drives the destruction of truffala trees and acts as a harrowing reflection of how consumers are increasingly feeding into supply and demand. As applicable today as when it was published in 1971.
To remember the lessons from this whimsically serious tale we will mosaic wooden boxes using glass tiles to store allium bulbs which, when tucked into soil, will blossom into gorgeous purple balls reminiscent of the truffula trees in The Lorax.
Some of our most often quoted environmental messages come from the Lorax:
It may not be Shakespeare, but it’s stood the test of time because of a compelling story that calls us to be better.
If you’d like to channel these learnings into something crafty, use this video as inspiration, grab the nearest straw and you can make an abundant forest of truffula trees.
When it comes to parents and educators, we have the tendency to veer away from the “naughty” in literature, fearing than our charges will be influenced to behave similarly. At the Lyceum we would argue that we throw away a chance to nurture socially responsible behavior.
When children are allowed to see a story character acting disrespectfully or with a lack of social consciousness, it ignites their own and encourages them to take a higher moral ground…you don’t want to be a Mrs. Twit after all?!
We take on Roald Dahl's novel, The Twits, this spring break, so that we can revel in its irreverance and commit to actting differently ourselves.
Quentin Blake and Roald Dahl had a longstanding relationship to the degree that when Roald imagined his characters, he had Quentin's drawings in mind. In fact the two names are almost synonymous, as Quentin illustrated all but one of Roald Dahl’s stories.
His ability to capture movement and motion takes gesture drawing to a new level. Watching the master at work is completely and utterly mesmerising. The following short video sits at the intersection of imagination, talent and unrestricted creative expression. Think of it as stoking your creative fire before our Spring Break camp on Tuesday, March 17.
Watch the video: Quentin Blake draws a Hornswoggler
If after watching this Hornswoggler come to life, you can’t help but pick up a pen, check out the process behind arguably one of Roald Dahl’s most famous characters, Willy Wonka: How to draw Willy Wonka with Quentin Blake