MOVE & PLAY CAMPS
For children ages 3 and 4 entering Preschool and Pre-K in the fall. Move and Play Camps are specially designed with the youngest campers in mind. These camps are focused on developmentally appropriate play, learning and exploration led by experienced Early Childhood teachers.
All Move & Play campers must be able to use the toilet independently. We require new campers and children who have never been in a full day program to sign up for at least 2 consecutive weeks of camp.
CAMP TIMES: Monday through Friday 9:00am-3:00pm.
Before Care (8:30am-9:00am) $10/day
After Care (3:00pm-5:00pm) $25/day
COST: $350 per week with no additional fees for materials. Financial aid available. ECECD Child Care Assistance subsidies accepted.
Week 1 – Color, Paint, and Pop
June 9 – June 13 Cost of Camp $350
Exploring color in a multitude of different ways: Painting, whisking soapy bubbles, squishing colored clay, grinding chalk, and many hands-on projects will lead us through this colorful week. Let’s get together and see the beauty of color around us.
Lead Teacher: Kati Novak
Week 2 – Bug Out!
June 16 – June 20 Cost of Camp $350
Exploring the world of tiny critters: We will use our senses to find evidence of the small animal life around us. Crawling visitors are welcome! Hands-on crafts, stories, songs, and play will help us discover how these tiny little beings are part of our ecosystem and part of our larger world family.
Lead Teacher: Kati Novak
Week 3 -Magical Creatures
June 23 – June 27 Cost of Camp $350
Let the magic begin! Through hands-on projects, art, play, stories and song, campers will be able to let their imaginations run free. We will build fairy houses, make wands, crowns and power necklaces. Color, magic, and rainbows will rule this week of fun exploration and social play.
Lead Teacher: Kati Novak
Week 4 – Under Construction
July 7 – July 11 Cost of Camp $350
Construction, building and play: Campers will explore structures of all kinds, animal and man-made, and have opportunities to build their own. Using blocks, found materials, rocks, twigs,and mud, we will explore sculpture and form. Can we recreate a bird’s nest? The Eiffel tower? An elf’s home? Come find out!
Lead Teacher: Kati Novak
Week 5 – Ooey-Gooey Art
July 14 – July 18 Cost of Camp $350
Wonderfully messy art mediums: We’ll sink our hands deeply into gak, playdough, mud, and more. Children will have the opportunity to use their senses to explore, twist, shape, squeeze, and play. We will discover the many ways to express ourselves through shape, texture, exploration, and fun!
Lead Teacher: Kati Novak
Week 6 – Mad Science and Inventions
July 21 – July 25 Cost of Camp $350
Mixing, pouring, and exploring: We will become scientists as we explore “what happens when…?” Campers will have the opportunity to experiment with their own concoctions as well as hands-on activities to make slime, gak and other fun mixtures.
Lead Teacher: Kati Novak
Week 7 – Superheroes Camp
July 28 – August 1 Cost of Camp $350
Every kid is a superhero! Create your superhero name and develop your superhero identity! Discover your special superpowers! Create your own superhero costume and mask! Learn about and practice “supervalues” by working together with other superkids! At the end of the week, we will have a superkids certification ceremony (friends and family can attend!).
Lead Teacher: Kati Novak