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The song is inspired by the Golden Angel (organ in the center of the village)

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So excited to see this post on Social Media! Great job, campers!

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The kids did so amazing! They really fell in love with Dutch Village and cared about making a difference here!

We would recommend the ISD continuing to work with Dutch Village in the future with summer camps as all of their employees made it such a great experience for everyone!

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We've tried the costume idea before but it didn't work out very well. It was hard to keep the clothes clean and from breaking. We really like the variety of dances and new sticker idea. We would love videos of the dances and pictures of the sticker designs.

(paraphrased from a conversation with the owner and manager)

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A smaller team researched some dances and then taught it to other team members.

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We reviewed our Norms and had some time to reflect about the week.

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Nothing like a morning sweet treat! Ice cream or popsicles were brought to our location today as a surprise for the team!

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On Day 3 we played Spijkerpoepen, a Dutch Game. A nail attached to a string is tied around a child's waist. The child has to get the nail into the bottle. We had an easier option and a harder option

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Name of the solution ...coming soon. The solution is: Create a Kids Play specifically for dressing up in tradition dutch clothing. Then, while wearing the clothing, learn some traditional dance steps! Adult family members can join in as well!

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Using the narrowed down ideas, we put them thru the “FUN” test. (Our variation of the NUF test) The team ranked ideas using a 1-10 scale in the following categories: F=feasible idea and U=useful idea. We then asked one of the Dutch Village Employees to help us answer the “is it a New idea?” (for Dutch Village)

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Once kids leave the Play Area, they can wear the traditional dress at the park. The team decided that the employees could teach different dance steps each time they perform.

So if a family spends the day, you could learn multiple dances. To research what the employees already teach, some of the team members learned and practiced!

Not even a downpour will stop this team!

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One of the solutions is to set up a Play Area for Kids. In the area, they can try on traditional Dutch clothing. We went to the museum to see what articles of clothing they may need.

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Student shared out their ideas and then put dots in each category that they fell was most important to them. We noticed that there were two categories that emerged as most important. One was an area for kids play, and dress up and the other area centered around animals. This helped us narrow down big concepts.

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Each student divided their paper and quarters. In each area, they conceptualized an idea from our brainstorm list yesterday.

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We reviewed our Norms and had each person name their intention for the day. Ex) “I will work on listening to my teammates more today.”

This picture represents the fun we had when it down-poured! We are certain this will be a core memory for all of us!

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Students shared how they felt about Day 1 or their favorite thing they did on emotion sticky notes.

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It was a hit! The other team members helped by giving directions and/or cheering on!

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Each group took 2 subgroups of visitors to observe. They noticed emotions based on facial expressions and body language. Teams also wrote down what activities the visitors were doing.

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Grand Haven crew getting ready to leave! (Car was parked)

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We listed who may visit the park to create core memories. We then explained the next portion — observing the visitors. We discussed was to “notice”

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Students received buttons with certificates congratulating them on becoming Design Thinkers through this process.

They also received Trophies with words that described them throughout the week.

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Students were split into groups depending on what demographic of people they observed on Day 1.

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We noticed what we may need to have in the children's area

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Students shared their hopes and fears about camp week. We also established norms (expectations) for the week based off of the fears and hopes shared.

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How could we make the visit to Neli’s Dutch Village a core memory for families?

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We explored Dutch Village by going on their “Kinder Scavenger Hunt”. The scavenger hunt helped us explore the park. We learned about Delft pottery, wooden shoes, cheese, and got to see a lot of animals.

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Another pic of the scavenger hunt

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Students presented their pitches to their families, Dutch Village employees, and the owner of Dutch Village.

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Students continued to gain insight by creating their own core memories at the park.

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Teamwork

Making Connections

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Students shared the slides that they created prior to camp. We formed connections between students by playing 'Like Me'.

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Families and employees filled out some feedback forms that we were able to talk through as a group after The Pitch.

I like:

The Dances.

There were more than 1 dance.

Dance stickers.

Costumes for families.

I wonder:

How to keep the costumes clean?

How many costumes would we need?

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We came up with questions that students could ask:

Elders

Parents

Adults

Teenagers

Elementary Aged Kids

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students were able to choose between the swings or the carousel to ride during our break.

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After checking in on our DQ, we often here to team say “this would create a core memory for me!”

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Each team practiced what they were going to say in front of their peers. Their peers gave constructive feedback to help teams perfect their pitch.

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Before giving our pitch to families and the owner of Dutch Village, students practiced all parts together.

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Based off of the information gathered from the interviews, students came up with ideas concerning how families can make core memories at Dutch Village.

They were able to come up with 72 ideas in only 8 minutes!

Reese: "That's 9 ideas per minute! Which means one idea from each person per minute!"

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Enzo asked, "why do you like working here?" The response was, "Because the community is really amazing here."

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As a group, we sorted all of our ideas into different categories.

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Students left Day 2 with a closing thought: Which category do you think our solution may be in?

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When we came back from the museum, this smaller group came up with sketches of clothing designs that they would like to include in the Play Area

They talked about designs and had another group member researching prices

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Our team of rockstars!

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Making Connections: Using the Map & Dutch Language

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Making Connections: Using the Map & Dutch Language

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Weston: What does KinderSpiel mean?

Miss Bosma: Kinder means child and Spiel means play. So Child Play.

Weston: That must be were the kids games are!

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"Can we go on more rides?"

"Camp's over already?!"

"I didn't use to like presenting, but now I do."

"Can I take this [costume drawings] home and work on it?"

"Do we have time to see the animals?"

"Can we go get more fudge samples?"

"That wasn't as bad as I thought it would be."

"Dansen, wait Dansen? Dansen en verrrrr... verkli.. verkleden? Dansen en Verkleden. I got it! Wait, what was is again?"

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This team is researching the placement. The asked the opinions of some of the employees to find the perfect spot.

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We played Pass the Parcel to get clues to reveal our Driving Question. Ms Bosma wrapped ping pong balls with pictures of the Inside Out 2 character emotions. The ping pong balls represented core memories, which related to our Driving Question

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"I really didn't think [child's name] would do well presenting, but he did!"

"I'm so proud of them!"

"Can we sign them up to do this again next year?"

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Colin and Emery creating visuals for the costumes.

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The costume team split into two different groups. The first group focused on types of costumes + making visuals. The second group focused on pricing. Both groups finished creating their visuals and planned what they were going to say.

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Next year I would change the location of the Pitch. Students weren't able to be heard due to the competing noise from the highway and Dutch Dancing taking place.

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Reese and Weston analyzing the pricing for costumes.

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Lucas, Rebecca, and Enzo creating our journey timeline.

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A new team was formed! Their job was to reflect on the journey we all took in finding the solution to our driving question.

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Madeline and Phoebe choreographing a Dutch Dance.

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Our final team worked on creating the new Dutch Dancing stickers and choreographing possible Dutch Dances that could be taught to families.