June 14-18
We Built This City!
We will be designing an entire city with boxes! What can the children imagine in a city? Tall skyscrapers, people, cars and trucks. See what they come up with our resident "engineer" to guide them!
Watch Me Grow Summer Camp Fun
Camps For Children 3-10
We at WMG believe that learning is fun. Children attending our camps will have a great time while learning science, art and history! We will be outside, get messy and just plain have an awesome time in a safe environment!
June 14-18
We Built This City!
We will be designing an entire city with boxes! What can the children imagine in a city? Tall skyscrapers, people, cars and trucks. See what they come up with our resident "engineer" to guide them!
June 21-25
OOey.. Gooey
Let's explore various properties of science and art as we get messy with paint, slime, gak, plaster of Paris, and more!
June 28-July 2
Stars and Stripes
Celebrate America! We will make all sorts of red, white and blue crafts as we learn a little about America! We will explore all the great American past times like picnics, watermelons, summer games, etc. We will get ready to celebrate the 4th of July by getting ready a float for the parade. All WMG kids are welcome to walk or ride their bikes in the parade on Saturday!
August 2-6
Express Yourself!
Everyone loves the movies right? Children will discover what it takes to put on a play in front of the camera! Actors from Kit Kittredge will put their play on as they are video taped. Other children will be involved in sound effects, set design and costumes. Everyone will have the opportunity to be in front of the camera as we will have a singing, dancing and puppet time. For those who are a bit more shy, they will have the behind the scenes roles if they so desire! It is a fun time for children to express themselves in a safe environment.
Ready, Set, Action!
July 5-9
American Girls and Guys Meet 1904 with Sam!
Taken from the American Girl, fictional character, Samantha Parkington, we will learn about the early 1900's. We will talk about all the exciting inventions of the time period as well as proper etiquette, toys, voting, and of course Teddy Rossevelt. The younger children will enjoy learning more about teddy bears. We will also play like the children played in the early 1900s. We will top the week off with old-fashioned photos with early 1900 props of each child!
July 26-30
American Girls and Guys
Meet the 1930's Kit Kittredge
Taken from The American Girl, fictional character, Kit Kittredge, we will learn about the 1930's. We will explore inventions, discoveries popular food and history of the time. In the story, Kit dreams of being a reporter. We will have a guest report come in talk about the being a writer for the newspaper. The older children will begin working on a play of Kit Kittredge and the younger children will learn about making forts (as seen in Kit's movie) We'll talk about the kids dreams and what they can do to achieve them!
July 19-23
Fizz Factor!
Talk about fun!!! We will perform lots of experiments with simple ingredients with pop and Mentos.
Learn how to open a shaken can of soda without spilling a drop. Turn an ordinary bottle of soda into an amazing, erupting fountain. Learn how to keep the fizz in your soda longer. Use the power of air to crush an empty soda can. Measure the burping power of your favorite soda.
What happens when you mix Mentos and cola?
A fantastic, fabulous fountain of fizzy
fun!
August 9-13
Exploring Eric Carle
Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Eric Carle’s art is distinctive and instantly recognizable. His art work is created in collage technique, using hand-painted papers, which he cuts and layers to form bright and cheerful images.
We will read his books and copy his art form. We will observe our caterpillars or butterflies We will end the week with an Eric Carle Art Exhibit for all to see!
July 12-16
Design and Invent!
After learning about the wonderful inventions of the early 1900's, we will explore inventing ourselves. We will look at important inventions -- how so many (like the hula hoop and the frisbee) are such simple ideas, but were so much fun! We will come up with our own "inventions" and describe how they look. We will draw pictures and explain in writing or on video how they work. Children will also explore the concepts of cause and effect when working with Marbleworks and Leggos. Tami, the director's dad, is an inventor so Tami will have special insight on the world of inventing!
August 16-20
Wacky Wonders of Science!
Anything you can imagine ... and even things you can't imagine will be done as we explore the wacky wonders of science!
How does a diaper soak up the liquid?
What do you get when you mix baking soda and vinegar?
Can you blow up a 6 foot balloon in one breath?
Can a bubble bounce?
How large can an alligator grow?
What happens when you mix pop rocks and pop?
Have you seen any germs today?
Can you have snow in August??
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August 23-27
Jungle Safari
We will create our own indoor jungle. . . complete with many of our zoo-animals. We will make beautiful flowers and trees. We will learn how a rainforest is different than what we see in Northern Michigan. For the younger students, we will review our zoo-phonics as we get ready to start school again. The older students will keep a nature journal describing and drawing what they see. We will end the week with a fun rainforest exhibit for everyone to visit.
