Rising 1st thru 2nd Grades
- ImagiNation Stations (Rising 1st - 2nd)$325.00
CA Cab Calloway
Get ready to spark your imagination and explore a new world each day with hands-on activities and endless creativity! Each day is a new adventure, leading up to a grand finale at the end of the week.
- Day 1: Gold Rush Camp
Saddle up, partner! We’re heading to the Wild West to mine for jewels, catch bandits, and create art inspired by the frontier. Grab your hat—it’s going to be a wild ride! - Day 2: Build It! Camp
Welcome to the city of your dreams! Work with your fellow builders to design and construct an epic cardboard city. From schools to hospitals, the possibilities are endless. Plus, get creative with LEGO habitats and upcycled materials to bring your city to life. - Day 3: Sketch It! Day
Unleash your inner artist! Learn how to draw cartoon characters step by step, create a flip book, and watch hilarious short-film cartoons before casting your vote in the ultimate cartoon festival. - Day 4: Wizards, Warriors, and Magicians Camp
Ready to storm the castle? Learn the secrets of magic and illusion, create potions, and solve riddles as you embark on a magical quest to save the day. Science and imagination come together for an unforgettable adventure!
- Day 1: Gold Rush Camp
- Ocean Meets Sky (Rising 1st - 2nd)$325.00
CACab Calloway
Ocean Meets Sky is a creative, story-driven camp for 1st and 2nd graders inspired by the picture book Ocean Meets Sky by Terry Fan and Eric Fan. Campers are invited into a dreamlike world where imagination leads the way and anything is possible.
Through imaginative and constructive play, students build, explore, and invent—designing boats, sky creatures, islands, and imagined worlds using open-ended materials. Guided play encourages problem-solving, collaboration, and storytelling as campers bring their ideas to life.
Visual Arts experiences include drawing, painting, collage, and mixed-media projects inspired by the book’s stunning illustrations. Campers explore color, texture, and scale while expressing their own dreams and memories through art.
This camp nurtures creativity, curiosity, and confidence, giving young learners the freedom to imagine boldly, create thoughtfully, and share their unique visions of where the ocean meets the sky.
- Happy Campers Fort Lab (Rising 1st & 2nd Graders)$325.00
CACab Calloway
Campers dive into camping adventures filled with forest friends, playful games, and big imagination. Inspired by Andrew Henry’s Meadow, kids use ScratchJr, fort-building, movement games, scavenger hunts, and creative challenges to explore, create, and collaborate all week long in a cozy, hands-on STEAM experience.
No prior coding experience necessary—just curiosity!This camp is led by Kai Coders Coach Lauryn May and presented by Kai Coders— STEM.org Accredited™ | “Best in STEM” Award Seal (Top 5% Nationwide).
- Jurassic Journeys (Rising 1st - 2nd)$375.00
COConrad
Step back in time and become a junior paleontologist! In this hands-on, adventure-filled camp, 1st and 2nd graders explore dinosaurs, fossils, and prehistoric life through Paleontology, Geology, and Biology.
Campers dig for fossils, examine dinosaur bodies, build prehistoric habitats, and act out time-traveling adventures inspired by Jurassic Journey Tales. Through fun experiments, creative projects, and problem-solving challenges, kids discover how dinosaurs lived, how fossils form, and how scientists study the past.
Packed with imagination, teamwork, and science, this camp sparks curiosity and brings the prehistoric world to life!
- Matter Matters (Rising 1st - 2nd)$375.00
COConrad
Andy the Atom is a fun, discovery-based science camp for 1st and 2nd graders inspired by Andy the Atom: A Children’s Story Book about Atoms by Dixie Belcher. Campers shrink down into the tiny world of atoms to explore how everything around us is made.
Through Physical Science (Physics + Chemistry), students investigate simple ideas about matter, motion, and change—learning what atoms are, how they connect, and how they create solids, liquids, and gases. Hands-on experiments make big science ideas easy and exciting.
In Life Science (Biology), campers explore how atoms build living things, discovering how plants, animals, and people grow and survive. Students compare structures, observe nature, and learn how tiny building blocks create life.
With Earth & Environmental Science, campers connect atoms to the planet, exploring air, water, soil, and energy while learning how Earth’s systems work together and why caring for our environment matters.
This interactive, story-led camp builds curiosity, confidence, and scientific thinking, helping young learners understand the big world by starting with its smallest parts.
- Intro to Musicals (Rising 1st - 2nd)$375.00
CACab Calloway
Lights, camera, action! Join us for a week of musical fun as we explore the magic of the performing arts. Each day, we’ll dive into a new musical, learning songs, choreography, and the basics of acting. By the end of the week, campers will vote on their favorite songs to perform in a show-stopping finale for family and friends. Get ready to take center stage and shine!
- Coding Carnival (Rising 1st & 2nd)$375.00
CACab Calloway
Kids step right up to a playful, hands-on STEAM experience where creativity takes center stage! In this carnival-inspired camp, campers use ScratchJr to create interactive games, animations, and digital surprises while also engaging in movement, crafts, and collaborative play.
No prior coding experience necessary—just curiosity!
This camp is led by Kai Coders Coach Jennell Bowler and presented by Kai Coders— STEM.org Accredited™ | “Best in STEM” Award Seal (Top 5% Nationwide).
- CTE Basics: Biomedical Science Explorers (Rising 1st - 2nd)$375.00
COConrad
Become a little doctor and explore the amazing human body! In this playful, hands-on camp, young scientists step into the role of healthcare heroes as they discover how their bodies work and how medical professionals help people stay healthy.
Through games, crafts, and imaginative role-play, students learn about organs and body systems, practice taking “vital signs,” and care for stuffed-animal patients in a mini clinic setting. Campers also explore simple ideas about DNA and genetics using colorful projects and solve fun health mysteries together as a team.
By the end of the week, students will create their own Mini Health Clinic, showcasing what they’ve learned about caring for others while building confidence, curiosity, and teamwork skills.
Camp Focus:
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Discovering body parts and organ systems
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Practicing basic health care through role-play
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Exploring genetics with creative crafts
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Solving medical-themed challenges
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Building empathy and collaboration
Skills Developed: Observation, body awareness, problem-solving, teamwork
Learning Style: Hands-on activities, games, role-play, and creative projects
Young explorers will leave excited about science, health, and helping others.
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- Fairytales and STEM (Rising 1st - 2nd)$375.00
CACab Calloway
Step into a magical world where fairytales and science collide! In this camp, you’ll help your favorite fairytale characters solve engineering problems using science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Build boats to help the Gingerbread Man, design bridges for the Three Billy Goats Gruff, and construct a home strong enough for the 4th Little Pig. With each story, you’ll become a real-life engineer and bring these timeless tales to life in new and exciting ways!
- Lego Engineering! (Rising 1st - 2nd)$325.00
CACab Calloway
Get ready to unleash your creativity in this action-packed LEGO engineering camp! Using LEGO WeDo 2.0 kits and other technology, you’ll design, build, and program robots that solve real-world challenges. From simple machines to complex creations, this camp will inspire your inner engineer as you dive into the exciting world of LEGO and STEAM!
- Free-Style Fairytales (Rising 1st - 2nd)$325.00
CACab Calloway
Embark on an enchanting journey into the world of storytelling with Free-Style Fairytales! Designed for budding young imaginations, this magical camp invites campers to reimagine classic fairy tales in their own unique and creative ways. Each day, participants will embark on a whimsical adventure as they rewrite and perform a different fairy tale, putting their own imaginative spin on timeless stories.
Campers will unleash their creativity, exploring new plot twists, characters, and settings to transform familiar tales into fresh and captivating narratives. From daring princesses to mischievous dragons, the possibilities are endless as campers bring their imaginative worlds to life on stage.
The excitement culminates on the final day as campers showcase their favorite creations in a delightful performance for family and friends. Join us for a week of creativity, collaboration, and the joy of bringing fairy tales to life in unexpected and imaginative ways!
Don’t miss this opportunity to spark your child’s imagination, ignite their creativity, and create magical memories that will last a lifetime. Join us for Free-Style Fairytales and let your imagination take flight!
- There’s a T-Rex in your Hen House! (Rising 1st - 2nd)$325.00
COConrad
Through imaginative and constructive play, students transform everyday objects into roaring dinosaurs, wild habitats, and story worlds of their own design while building problem-solving and collaboration skills.
I Think My Chicken Is a Dinosaur! is an exciting, story-inspired camp for 1st and 2nd graders based on the book by Kathleen O’Neill Oswald. Campers explore the fun connection between modern animals and prehistoric creatures while letting curiosity lead the way.
Through Animal Science, students learn about chickens, birds, and dinosaurs—discovering life cycles, habitats, and what animals need to survive. In simple Biomedical activities, campers explore how animal bodies work, comparing bones, muscles, and movement to understand how living things stay healthy and strong.
In Communication Arts (Video), students become young storytellers and filmmakers. Campers plan scenes, act out stories, and create short videos about their own “chicken-saur” discoveries, building confidence in speaking, collaboration, and creative expression.
This hands-on, playful camp blends science and storytelling, helping young learners investigate the animal world, understand their bodies, and share big ideas in creative ways.
- Creepy Crawlers: Entomology Camp (Rising 1st - 2nd)$325.00
COConrad
Explore the tiny creatures that rule our world. Campers investigate insects and other creepy crawlers to understand how they eat, move, communicate, and survive in different environments. Through close observation, hands-on investigations, and creative projects, campers learn about insect life cycles, habitats, and behaviors. Students will discover how insects support ecosystems through pollination, decomposition, and food webs, and why even the smallest creatures play a big role in keeping our planet healthy.
- Cryptozoology Creators: Mermaids and Merfolk (Rising 1st - 2nd)$375.00
CACab Calloway
Dive into the magical mysteries of mermaids, mermen, and merfolk while exploring the science of the ocean! In this hands-on camp, young explorers become Ocean Cryptid Researchers, investigating how myths of merfolk connect to real sea creatures and their habitats.
Campers study marine biology, ocean ecosystems, and adaptations, observing real aquatic animals to inspire science-informed sketches of mer-creatures. They learn how features like fins, gills, tails, and bioluminescence help creatures survive underwater, then apply these ideas to design their own imaginative merfolk. Students also build simple underwater habitats and conduct hands-on experiments to explore movement, buoyancy, and environmental survival.
Through collaborative exploration, observation, and creative reasoning, campers develop critical thinking, scientific observation skills, and curiosity, learning how real science helps us understand the creatures behind ocean legends.
- Magical Worlds (Rising 1st & 2nd)$375.00
COConrad
Inspired by the picture book Not a Box, kids step into enchanting worlds filled with dragons, fairies, and magical creatures. Using ScratchJr, animation, storytelling, and hands-on creative play, campers bring their imagined worlds to life while building confidence, creativity, and problem-solving skills.
No prior coding experience necessary—just curiosity!This camp is led by Kai Coders Coach Jennell Bowler and presented by Kai Coders— STEM.org Accredited™ | “Best in STEM” Award Seal (Top 5% Nationwide).
- CTE Basics: Biotechnology Explorers (Rising 1st - 2nd)$375.00
COConrad
Discover how living things grow and change! In this playful, hands-on camp, young scientists explore the basics of biotechnology by learning about plants, animals, and traits through observation, games, and creative projects.
Campers plant seeds and watch them grow, sort and compare traits like leaf shapes and colors, and create simple “DNA necklaces” using colorful beads. Through movement, games, and arts and crafts, students learn how traits are passed on and how living things develop over time.
The week ends with a creative Design-a-Creature Project, where campers invent a brand-new plant or animal and choose special traits to help it thrive.
Camp Focus:
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Observing how living things grow
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Sorting and comparing traits
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Exploring inheritance through play
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Creating DNA-inspired crafts
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Connecting science with creativity
Skills Developed: Observation, classifying, creativity, collaboration
Learning Style: Hands-on activities, games, and arts & crafts
Young explorers leave curious about life science and excited to keep discovering the world around them.
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- Rogue Rodent Mystery, CSI (Rising 1st - 2nd)$375.00
CACab Calloway
Calling all junior detectives! Our beloved classroom pet, Alice the guinea pig, has gone missing, and we need your help to crack the case! In this thrilling CSI-style camp, you’ll use real scientific methods to solve the mystery. From analyzing clues to running experiments, you’ll learn the ins and outs of crime scene investigation while having tons of fun!
- Hands On! (Rising 1st - 2nd)$375.00
CACab Calloway
If you love getting your hands dirty and exploring the world through touch, this camp is for you! Dive into sensory fun with activities like making gooey beach slime, digging up fossils, crafting bouncy balls, and creating your very own fidget toys. Each day is filled with hands-on excitement that will keep you moving, learning, and creating!
- Jurassic Coders (Rising 1st & 2nd)$375.00
COConrad
Stomp back in time to a prehistoric adventure filled with dinosaurs, creativity, and imagination! Using ScratchJr, art, and storytelling, campers bring dinosaurs to life through playful animations and interactive scenes while exploring sequencing, movement, and cause-and-effect in a hands-on STEAM experience.
No prior coding experience necessary—just curiosity!
This camp is led by Kai Coders Coach Jennell Bowler and presented by Kai Coders— STEM.org Accredited™ | “Best in STEM” Award Seal (Top 5% Nationwide).
- Rise of the Marsh Dwellers (Rising 1st - 2nd)$375.00
COConrad
Rise of the Marsh Dwellers is a hands-on, nature-inspired camp for 1st and 2nd graders, based on Who Are We, Really? by Nielle P. Marques. Campers explore the fascinating world of the marsh as they learn about habitats, life cycles, and how plants and animals grow and change.
Through engaging activities in Environmental Science, Biology, and Anatomy, students discover how marsh creatures survive and how their bodies are perfectly designed for their environments. Visual Arts projects bring learning to life as campers create artwork inspired by frogs, insects, and pond life, encouraging creativity and self-expression.
This playful, inquiry-based camp nurtures curiosity, confidence, and a deeper connection to the natural world—helping young learners discover who they are while exploring the world around them.
- CTE Basics: Computer Science Explorers (Rising 1st - 2nd)$375.00
COConrad
Learn to think like a coder and solve problems! In this fun, interactive camp, young learners discover the foundations of computer science through games, movement, storytelling, and creative challenges.
Campers play “coding games” using sequences and patterns, use blocks and cards in unplugged activities to learn how algorithms work, and create simple digital or paper-based mini programs. Working in teams, students solve puzzles and practice giving clear, step-by-step instructions—just like real programmers.
The week wraps up with a playful Robot Path Challenge, where campers design a path for a “robot” or create a step-by-step story to share with family and friends.
Camp Focus:
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Learning sequencing and patterns
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Understanding basic algorithms
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Solving problems through logic
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Collaborating with teammates
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Connecting coding with creativity
Skills Developed: Problem-solving, sequencing, logical thinking, teamwork
Learning Style: Games, hands-on coding activities, storytelling, and collaboration
Young explorers leave confident, curious, and excited about creating with technology.
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- Code Your Superpowers (Rising 1st - 2nd)$375.00
COConrad
What makes you a superhero? Using ScratchJr, storytelling, art, and playful movement, campers design characters and interactive projects that turn creativity, kindness, and curiosity into superpowers. Through imagination and collaboration, kids bring heroic ideas to life in a joyful, hands-on STEAM experience.
No prior coding experience necessary—just curiosity!This camp is led by Kai Coders Coach Eunha Park and presented by Kai Coders— STEM.org Accredited™ | “Best in STEM” Award Seal (Top 5% Nationwide).
- Space, the Final Frontier (Rising 1st - 2nd)$375.00
CACab Calloway
Are you curious about gravity, spaceships, and life outside of earth? Have you ever wanted to see if you have what it takes to live as an astronaut in space? If so, pack your bags and get ready for blast off! During this week, you travel to outer space utilizing Virtual Reality you will explore black holes and complete your mission by landing on Mars! You make a classroom-sized solar system, build and launch rockets, eat astronaut food, and calculate your weight on different planets!
- CTE Basics: Nursing & Healthcare Explorers (Rising 1st - 2nd)$375.00
COConrad
Care for others and learn about being a little nurse or helper! In this nurturing, hands-on camp, young students explore the world of healthcare through imaginative play, games, and creative activities.
Campers role-play caring for dolls and stuffed animals, practice simple hygiene and safety habits, and play games that build body awareness and healthy routines. Through storytelling and exploration, students learn how doctors and nurses help people feel better and stay well.
The week concludes with a cheerful Mini Clinic Showcase, where campers create a Healthy Habits Chart or clinic display to demonstrate how helpers care for others.
Camp Focus:
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Practicing kindness and patient care
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Learning hygiene and safety routines
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Understanding healthy habits
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Building empathy through role-play
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Exploring healthcare helpers
Skills Developed: Empathy, observation, hygiene awareness, collaboration
Learning Style: Role-play, storytelling, hands-on games, and creative projects
Young explorers leave confident, compassionate, and excited about helping others through healthcare and care-centered careers.
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