Week 9

✨ Summer Sparks: Week 9 ✨

📦 Imagine. Create. Pretend. Repeat.

This week is all about building your own adventure! Whether it’s a box turned spaceship or a living room safari, let your child take the lead in transforming ordinary moments into extraordinary memories.

💛 We’re also wrapping up a beautiful summer stretch — be sure to check below for reminders and exciting announcements you won’t want to miss!

🎭 Spark of Creativity: Cardboard Creations!

Got a box? You’ve got a spaceship, puppet theater, food truck, or time machine!
Add markers, stickers, and imagination.
📦 Bonus: Name it and host a “grand opening” at home!

💬 Kindness Challenge: Thank You Theater

Invite your child to act out a skit or puppet show to say thank you — to a teacher, grandparent, coach, or summer friend.
🎭 It’s a great way to reflect and practice gratitude in a silly, creative way.

🔬 Spark of Curiosity: The Float Test

Turn your sink or tub into a mini science lab:
🧪 Test what floats and what sinks — spoons, fruit slices, toys, etc.
📝 Ask your child to guess first, then explain why.

Bonus twist: Try freezing water in fun shapes to test buoyancy!

📚 Book Nook: "Not a Box" by Antoinette Portis

Perfect for sparking imagination from the simplest objects.
✔ Great for Pre-K to Grade 2
✔ Encourages open-ended thinking and confidence

🧠 Brain Boost: Riddle of the Week

What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do? 🤔
💬 Drop your guess in the Facebook comments!
🎨 Bonus: Have your child draw the answer — or a goofy guess!

🌟 Spark Star Shoutout: Ria wowed us with her answer to last week’s riddle — “the smell of my favorite food!” Now that’s creative thinking! 👏🍕🎨 

Shoutout to other last week’s thinkers:
🎉 Cooper, Monroe, Nolan for “air” - very filling!
🎉 Hardhik, Saindhavi, Omar, Mariam for “light” — brilliant!

🦁 Reminders & ROAR-worthy News

🎟️ Join the Lion’s Paw Pass — and WIN VIP PICKUP!

Sign up by July 31 to be entered into a raffle for a Front-of-the-Line Car Rider Spot for a Month! 🚗✨
✅ Already signed up? You’re in!
🛒 Join here

🦁 Community Cub Spotlight

Support from local businesses = stronger programs for our kids!
📩 Email outreach@ghlionspta.org
🛒 Business Partner Info

🛻 Carpool Connections

List your family here and find a buddy for 2025–2026!
📌 Padlet Carpool Board

🎉 Free & Local Adventures

🍿 Xscape Summer Movies
🖼️ Cultural Pass
📚 LFPL Reading Challenge
📌 lfpl.org/summerreading

📦 Don’t Forget: School Tool Box Orders Due July 27

🛒 https://schooltoolbox.com/school-supplies/school/list-boxes/?schoolId=39924

🗓️ Sparks drop each Sunday at 3 PM:
🔗 https://ghlionspta.org

Thanks for dreaming, building, and sparking the joy with us 💛
— Your Greathouse Shryock PTA