Summer Camp Information

I am so excited to teach another year of Summer Reading Camp!  I love children’s literature and working with kids.  I will have sessions for 3-5 year olds and for 6-10 year olds. Each day of camp will celebrate a different book and author with art projects, learning activities, and games. Camp hours will be 9:30-12:00 with one snack provided. Cost will be 65 dollars per week per camper. Camp will run Monday-Thursday. It is a great chance for the kids to learn and play together and provide both structure for the kids and a break for the moms! If you are interested, email me at glorianne.o@gmail.com to ask questions or to reserve a space. Feel free to invite friends! Thanks!

Camp Hours: Mon-Thur 9:30-12:00 

Glori Olsen

602.332.2622

glorianne.o@gmail.com


Dates Available:

June 19-22 (3-5 year olds) Full

June 26-29 (6-10 year olds) 1 SPOT LEFT

July 10-13 (3-5 year olds)  Full

July 17-20 (6-10 year olds) 1 SPOT LEFT

Book List:  (3-5 Year olds)

Day 1 Construction Day

Books: Roadwork, Demolition by Sally Sutton

Objectives: Teach basic construction vocabulary and tools.  

Emphasize cooperation by having students work together to achieve a common goal.

Create art using a wide variety of materials to promote creativity and imagination.

Activities:

Construct houses using recycled materials

Have the students pretend to be wrecking balls to knock down a cardboard building!

Play in sandbox with construction toys and materials.

Design blue prints for a house

Day 2: Space Exploration

Books: If You Decide to Go to the Moon by Faith McNult

Kitten’s First Full Moon, by Kevin Henkes

On the Moon, by Anna Milbourne

Space Vehicles, by Anne Rockwell and David Brion

Objectives : Introduce space vocabulary and build curiosity about exploration.

Teach basic facts about the earth including orbit, sunrise/sunset and relationship to the moon. 

Build interest in the engineering behind space travel.

Activities:

Discuss moon landing, watch clip of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon. 

Create fun and simple straw rockets 

How craters formed activity with playdough and rocks

Create a model of the earth, study earth models with a flashlight to simulate sunset and sunrise. 

Day 3 Dog Day

Bark George!

Oh No, George! 

Officer Buckle and Gloria

Objectives:  Enjoy learning and laughing about dogs! 

Practice basic shapes and pattern recognization.

Use our imaginations

Activities:

Decorate a cardboard dog house

Match shapes with other students, work collectively

Personalize a picture of a dog and create a story for it.

Day 4 Super Hero Day! 

Eliot Jones, Midnight Superhero

Awesome Dawson by Chris Gall

Objectives: Engage all readers and have lot of fun!  Introduce good super hero characters who add value to their communities minus the violence. 

Practice basic math skills

Imagine being a super hero

Activities:

Create super collage of superhero flying over a city

Each child will invent super powers and an emblem

Super hero math game: Recover and count gold coins from villains.

Book List 6-10 year olds

Day 1:  Space Day

Magic School Bus: Solar System

Buzz Aldrin’s Welcome to Mars

You are the first kid on Mars by Patrick O’Brien

Objectives:  Learn about the sun and solar energy.  Learn about new technologies in space exploration, rover movement and upcoming ideas about space travel.  Build interest in the engineering behind space travel.

Activities:

Create a solar oven together to cook a delicious snack!

Simulate a rover mission to mars.

Make sling shot rockets.

Day 2: Harry Potter Day

Book: Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

Objectives:  Help children love Harry Potter. 

Activities:

Sorting hat activity

Follow the spiders and solve puzzles

Defeat the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets

Create a Lumos/nox light plate for child’s room

Create a Golden snitch

Day 3: Imagination Day

Book: Cloudy with a chance of meatballs

Objectives:  Enjoy a fun story and build on it through imagination

Activities:

Create alternative to food falling from the sky

Create a collage using kids photos with food. 

Marshmallow shooters

Day 4: Construction Day

Rosie Revere Engineer by Andrea Beaty
The Three Little Pigs, an Architectural tale by Steven Guarnaccia

Objectives:  Discuss the importance of effort in invention and success.

Discuss different architectural styles.

Learn to follow directions and see how following directions is essential in doing a good job. 

Activities:

Design a zip line container with popsicle sticks a tape to save a Dory stuffed animal. 

Build a tower with wafers and frosting. 

Follow blue prints to create a house.