Summer Camps – Program Descriptions

Tuition

Summer Camp rates as stated, include all fees. To secure a spot, a $35 non-refundable deposit is required for each session with your registration form.  The deposit will be applied toward session fees.  Session 1 is a four week session (June 9, 2008- July 3, 2008), with payment due on June 1^st.  Session 2 is a four week session (July 7, 2008 - July 31, 2008), with payment due July 1^st.  Session 3 is a two week session (August 4, 2008 – August 14, 2008), with payment due August 1^st.

Mother’s Day Out  (One year old as of  9/1/07)

A fun and loving environment is offered for continual enrichment through the summer months.  Art activities, cooking projects, music, movement, science, and literacy experiences are enjoyed in this program.  Children develop interpersonal and social skills for communicating with others.  Fundamental gross-motor manipulative skills are introduced.

Humpty Dumpty  (Two years old as of  9/1/07)

Rhyme Time – Children will love exploring nursery rhymes through dramatic play and art discovery.  Songs, poems and finger plays will enhance the literacy experience.

Every"buddy" Has a Body – Science from Head to Toe -  Children will have fun with this unit as they discover all about the whole child.  They will learn as they manipulate, watch, listen, smell, and taste their way through these adventures.  As the children make discoveries, they begin to understand how their world is put together.

Kitchen Science Exploration- Our little scientists will enjoy the act of scientific discovery through kitchen experiments and cooking.  These activities will promote their self-esteem, develop their problem-solving skills, and enhance their language acquisition.

Celebrating the Summer Olympics – Children will enjoy learning about the wide world of sports.  They will explore and experience color, sequencing, and patterns, as they set up different track and field events.  Gross motor skills will be developed as they throw, jump, run, and bike.  The excitement will begin by celebrating with our torch relay.

Itsy Bitsy Spider  (Three years old as of  9/1/07)

Rhyme Time - Nursery rhymes and poems will be explored, as children are given opportunities to develop language, pre-reading and sequencing skills.  Number concepts will be reinforced with fun activities.

Every"buddy" Has a Body – Science from Head to Toe – This unit will come to life as children use natural scientific tools of smell, taste, sight, hearing and touch to explore, interact, and learn about their bodies.  This experience will be enriched with songs/dance, puppet drama, art exploration and literature.

Kitchen Science Exploration - Our science sleuths will use observation,
inference, and prediction, as they enjoy stimulating experiences. Dramatic play will be enhanced through restaurant play, grocery store explorations and a pizza parlor.

Celebrating the Summer Olympics – Color skills will be reinforced as they are introduced to flags from different countries and how they are used during the Olympics.  As children learn about different track and field events they will enjoy activities that strengthen their math, vocabulary, and literacy skills..

Hickory Dickory Dock  (Four years old as of  9/1/07)

Rhyme Time - Children will be exposed to literature through poems and nursery rhymes.  This provides the opportunity to point out what makes a rhyming word, a critical skill for reading, and how rhyming words can be put together into word families. Children will enjoy reenacting nursery rhymes through art exploration, cooking and dramatic play.

Every"buddy" Has a Body – Science from Head to Toe – Children
will acquire knowledge about themselves in this fun unit.  As natural born scientists, they will intertwine this knowledge with pre-science skills, health information, literature, self-concept development and body awareness.  They will enjoy the “inside story” in this “joint adventure.”

Kitchen Science Exploration – Children will learn that the kitchen is a perfect place to discover the wonders of simple science.  Fine motor skills will be developed as they pour, cut, and mold.  They will be inspired to create science magic and will enjoy math madness as they count, sort, measure and weigh a variety of edible foods.

Celebrating the Summer Olympics – Children will learn about the training that Olympic athletes must do.  Their fine motor skills will be challenged as they make “Kids Olympics Books,” as well as flags from different countries.  Vocabulary and literacy skills will be strengthened, as they learn track and field spot light words, songs, poems and finger plays.

Full Day, School Age and Kinders Program

 Summer Program rates are as stated. To secure a spot, a $35 non-refundable deposit is required with your registration form.  The deposit will be applied toward your last month fees.  The summer program for Full Day is offered June 2^nd  through mid August.  The summer School Age and Kinders program is offered from June 6^th through mid August.  A full month’s tuition is due June 1^st and July 1^st ; the month of August will be prorated and is due August 1^st.