Camp Schedule

Camp Activities In Detail 

Day 1: Let’s Make Friends!

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15 min - Opening Circle: Peaceful Principals for how to Zoom together productively

5 min - Energizer to get kids moving

15 min - Team Building - Kids play "Raise Your Peace Fingers If..." to help kids get to know one another and find commonalities

45 min - Main Activity 1: Group discussion around the question, "What is peace?". Kids will design their own peace sign magnet

5 min - Another energizer to get the kids moving

45 min - Main Activity 2: Group check in; talk about importance of expressing emotions. Kids will make Emotion Emoji's on sticks so that throughout the week they will be able to easily answer the question, "How are you feeling?"; they'll also grow their own Peace Plant Pal (planting grass seeds) to symbolize and emphasize the care and attention needed to "grow peace."

5 min - Another energizer activity to get them up and moving

15 min - Closing circle

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Day 3: Powerfully Positive Words

"I pledge to use my words to speak in a kind way."

This is the first day we get into putting the lines of The Peace Pledge into action.

Each day that follows is themed around the next line of the pledge.

15 min - Opening Circle

5 min - Energizer to get kids moving

15 min - Team Building

45 min - Main Activity 1: The Power of Positivity - Applied Kinesiology - testing the power of positive words on our physical strength; make positive post-it notes for kids to place around their home; decorate peace rocks to place around their community, write positive messages on face masks

5 min - Another energizer to get the kids moving

45 min - Main Activity 2: Create an entry for the "I Am Powerful" book; Kids will write an affirmation on a piece of paper and color a picture to support their statement. Their entries will be submitted for a chance to be published in the next Kids for Peace book!

5 min - Another energizer activity to get them up and moving

Closing Circle

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 Day 7: Respect For One And All

I pledge to respect people in each and every land.

15 min - Opening Circle

5 min - Energizer: Musical Instrument House Hunt

15 min - Team Building: Musical Instrument Creation

40 min - Activity 1: Kenya & Its Beautiful People/Culture + Story of Helping Friends 

5 min – Bathroom Break

5 min - Energizer

45 min - Activity 2: Make Masaai Talking/Power Sticks or Instruments from Household Items

5 min - Energizer

15 min - Closing Circle