Arts & Science (ent. K-5th)
Each of our 3 unique weekly themes combines hands-on Arts & Science activities designed by top museums and rigorously tested by our Fun Factor Team for maximum “WOW!” factor. Only projects that teach and tickle us silly make it to camp. Add outdoor Recreation and Team Time bonding every day, and you now know why parents ask us if they can come to camp too!
Every Week Includes:
A unique Arts & Science theme, Costume Day, Wacky Water Day, SMILE Cards, FREE museum passes, 1:8 staff ratio, a camper t-shirt, and optional participation in our Superstar Program.Every Day Includes:
Art, Science, Recreation, Team Time, optional organic Kid Chow Lunch, wacky songs and games, optional AM/PM care, plus “Give Me More” sheets with a run down of the day and additional resources to help you continue the curiosity at home!2010 Arts & Science Themes!
Super Spy:
- Become the ultimate secret secret agent in this week designed to build sweet spy skills like code cracking, fingerprint dusting, motion detector and silent alarm assembly, invisible ink messaging and more! (Activities designed by the Exploratorium and MOCHA)
This week is all about exploring the scientific principles of flight. Apply aerodynamic techniques such a “maximizing lift” or “minimizing drag” to make rockets fly higher, gliders fly longer, and planes fly faster! Plus learn how to make simple but powerful chemical reactions capable of launching air crafts into the sky!
Cosmic Creations:
- Join us for an “out-of-this-world” week filled with alien slime, galactic crystals, planetary mobiles, water-powered rockets, and more! (Activities designed by the Exploratorium and MOCHA)
In this week of art, you invent the games…and the rules! Create dizzying marble mazes complete with trap doors and secret passages. Design your very own board game and game pieces from scratch. If there’s time, you can even add lights and buzzers to your board! If that wasn’t enough, you can paint and piece together unique puzzles too! *Note: There is an additional $10 material fee for this session.Underwater Wonders:
- Dive below the surface to discover the magical world of aquatic creatures that call oceans, coral reefs, rainforests and tidepools their home! (Activities designed by the California Academy of Sciences & MOCHA)
Help save the earth by turning your trash and recycling bins into works of art! This week’s art projects revolve around creative reuse and recycling. Turn products such as egg cartons, shoe boxes, cardboard, newspapers, plastic containers, bottles and more into animals, rainforests, and 3-D superhero characters that are on a mission to save the earth!| Sample Schedule | |
| 8:00am | AM care (Optional) |
| 8:50am | Drop Off |
| 9:00am | Morning Rally |
| 9:20am | Station 1: Science |
| 10:30am | Snack |
| 10:40am | Art |
| 11:50am | Lunch (Kid Chow Lunch Optional) |
| 12:25 | Station 3: Recreation |
| 1:35pm | Station 4: Team Time |
| 2:45pm | Afternoon Rally |
| 3:00pm | Pick Up |
| 3-5:30pm | PM Care (Optional) |
Here teams work together on “campy” things like cheers, banners, lanyards, games, skits and other “choice time” activities. It’s a time to really get to know the other kids in your group, your counselor, and build a team identity. Then it’s time to show the whole camp how you rock the Edmo Vibe at AM and PM rally contests every day! But that’s not all! At least once a week, we also lead kids in SMILE projects that encourage anonymous acts of kindness and recognizing others in their group for doing nice things. Curious about SMILE projects? Learn more here: Every day my kids came home bursting with fun facts that they had learned at camp and great science experiments I could do with them at home!” –1st & 4th grade parent
As an Art History Professor I was thrilled that my 6 year old learned about modern art and abstract sculpture in an exciting and age appropriate way!” –1st grade Parent
Important Grouping & Curriculum Notes
- Ratios: We maintain a Camper:Staff ratio of 8:1 throughout most of the day.
- Age Groups: We typically divide campers into 3 groups: K, 1st-2nd, & 3-5th.
- Group size: Generally vary between 10-20 kids per group.
- Friends: We will do our very best to honor your special requests to be grouped with a friend. There are certain circumstances which will prevent us from honoring all buddy requests. Those include: age discrepancy, behavior issues and staff to camper ratios
- Age Appropriate Activities: Although the weekly theme is the same for all age groups, the actual activities, concepts and degree of difficulty for completion vary according to the age group.
- Modified Activities: On rare occasion we may need to modify weekly activities due to weather, material availability and/or time constraints.
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