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Report from SFFS GP Story Camp. Having a wonderful time!


Grumpy Pirates Story Camp with Esme, Katie, Riley, Sophie and Dora is AMAZING! We all wish we could do this for many more days!

Excerpt from Day One:

3:10pm Right now they( all but Esme—she had a dentist appt.) are playing on their own having invented an amazing narrative/ story about a family of rabbits. (See short video) where the baby bunny,Lelo(Sophie) wants to run away because she didn’t want to go to bunny classes. Classes on how to be a successful bunny. Faxi(Dora) was making dinner. There were some herbs that they were going to slow. Now Lelo escaped her prison and Katie, the bunny teacher, and Flaxy(Riley) are looking at a map to try and find Lelo.

“Carrot seeds are found in deep, wooded areas,” says Katie the bunny teacher.

Went to show the kids where the bathroom was and we went quietly to avoid predators. Unfortunately, on the way back we met a wolf.

Doing favorite and least favorite words( because kids are so young there is much less interest to write things down) Ended up doing some drawings and watercolors.

Sophie: “I don’t want to make a picture of my least favorite things.” Understandable.

Favorite words

Tomato

Purple( because of how it sounds, not the color)

Ponyo( Dora)

Candy, dessert,

Story

HazMat( the way it sounds),stupendous, éblouissant

Violet, kitten, Welcome,water,fresh

Boo!Pinecone, Imagination

Really?

Seriously

Forest, Paris

Aha!

Least Favorite words

War, gun, homeless, sand, gray

No! Stop!

“March over to your room, Mister”

timeout

“You need to put your hair up.”(“I hate putting my hair up. Because when it’s down, I have more privacy. I can hide in it. It’s like my own private shower curtain.—Katie)


Here is an excerpt Bunny Improv:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSmJf3GZtkI

We have had a great time making sock puppets and creating characters. We did a ch
sock puppets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzLU2LQWklM

Wednesday, we talked about what it takes to be a really BAD performer. We had a ton of fun doing BAD auditions... here is the show we were audition for...
"So you think you are BAD" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmUUsrxihgw

Here is Dora's Bad Audition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wbTPIR1RHs


Thursday was a fun day of learning "Expert Interview" game. Indeed, these girls are amazing at improv! It's a delight to work/play with them!
Here are the sock puppets and puppeteers in full regalia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByQJt_Uk528

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