5th Canoeing

In HATS, “the thing is never the thing,” and that’s never more true than on our 5th grade spring campout, where the theme is all about communication.  On the shores of beautiful Lake Whitney, our 5th grade daughters & sons and their dads will learn the basics of working together to paddle a canoe.  But more than a canoe, it’s a “communication device” – requiring our teams to practice their communications skills in order to successfully get their boat from point A to point B or navigate an aquatic obstacle course.

After some instruction and practice time on the water, we’ll paddle along the shore to spot where we’ll break for rest and some swimming.  Once we paddle back to our starting place, we’ll have an opportunity for a special “challenge by choice activity” that will definitely get some folks out of their comfort zones and remains one of the highlights of the entire HATS program.

After such a full and action-packed Saturday, dads & daughters and dads & sons look forward to a quieter Sunday morning and the now routine dads & daughters and dads & sons breakout session.  This time, we continue the communication theme, with discussion about how we communicate not just with words, but also facial expressions, tone of voice, body language and more.