Rising 1st thru 2nd Grades
- Intro to Musicals! (Rising 1st - 2nd)$300.00
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!
- ImagiNation Stations (Rising 1st - 2nd)$300.00Get 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
- Fairytales and STEM (Rising 1st - 2nd)$350.00Step 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!
- Planes, Trains, and automobiles (Rising 1st - 2nd)$350.00Buckle up for a high-speed adventure! In this hands-on camp, you’ll design and build your own model cars, trains, and planes while learning about the science behind motion and flight. You’ll explore how vehicles move, test aerodynamics, and even dive into coding as you program your vehicles to follow a track. It’s time to hit the road (or the sky) and let your imagination take flight!
- Lego Engineering! (Rising 1st - 2nd)$300.00Get 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)$300.00Embark 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!
- Royals and their Court, Pirates and their Mermaids (Rising 1st - 2nd)$350.00Set sail on a creative adventure where royals, pirates, and mermaids come to life through art! In this exciting camp, you’ll draw, paint, and build themed projects inspired by your favorite characters from long ago. Whether you’re crafting a royal crown or a pirate’s treasure chest, you’ll explore art in all its forms with materials like watercolors, ink, pastels, and paper mâché. Let’s bring these fantastic worlds to life with your artistic touch!
- Undersea Exploration (Rising 1st - 2nd)$350.00Dive deep into the wonders of the ocean in this underwater adventure! You’ll explore the ocean’s mysterious depths, learn about strange sea creatures, and discover how scientists study our watery world. From the surface to the sea floor, you’ll engage in hands-on experiments and fun activities that will make you feel like a real marine explorer. Ready to set sail?
- Rogue Rodent Mystery, CSI (Rising 1st - 2nd)$350.00Calling 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)$350.00If 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!
- Step Right Up to the Coding Carnival: Create Your Own Games and Fun! (Rising 1st - 2nd)$350.00Step right up and join the Coding Carnival, where creativity and technology collide! Campers will design carnival-themed games, animations, and hands-on attractions using ScratchJr, a coding language designed by the MIT Media Lab specifically for early and emerging readers – no coding experience needed! From creating virtual prizes to interactive games, this camp will inspire kids to bring their coding ideas to life while having fun every step of the way!
- Create interactive video games like a fishpond prize game, Whack-a-Mole, and skee-ball.
- Build carnival-themed animations with colorful lights, bouncing balls, and spinning rides.
- Showcase your creations on Carnival Day, where family and friends can play your games and win prizes!
Instructor: Deanna Bledsoe, founder of Kai Coders
- Space, the Final Frontier (Rising 1st - 2nd)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!