Quick Links
- On Your Mark, Get Set, Read
- Study Skills
- Writing Workshop
- Creating Storybooks
- All Paint, All the Time!
- Art Around the World
- Comic Strips
- Creative Cartooning
- Fundamentals of Art
- Jazzy Jewelry
- Mounds of Mess (July 8-11)
- Mounds of Mess (August 5-8)
- Flash Animation
- Keyboarding
- Web Design
- Your Game! (July 8-11)
- Your Game! (July 15-18)
- Your Game! (July 29-Aug. 1)
- Your Game! (August 5-8)
- Calling All Chefs
- Calling All Chefs II
- Calling All Chefs III
- Calling All Chefs IV
- Chocolate Lovers
- Beginner Guitar
- Dramatics Fanatics
- Beetles, Bugs and Butterflies
- Blood, Guts, Bones and Stuff
- Chemistry for Kids
- Down and Dirty with Dinosaurs (July 29-Aug. 1)
- Down and Dirty with Dinosaurs (Aug 5-8)
- Intro to Engineering with LEGO
- Rock Hounds and Pebble Puppies
- It’s Rocket Science
- Let’s Build
- Mad Science
- More Mad Science
- Ooey Gooey Science
- Ooey Gooey Twoey
- Space Travel
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
- Before & After Camp Care
- Lunch Bunch
- Registration and Camp Policy
- No Classes July 1-4
Summer Programs for Kids
Summer 2013
Kids 5 to 11 will flip over our summer camps for Academics, Arts and Crafts, Computers, Cooking, Music and Performing Arts and Science and Engineering. Check out our awesome programs below. Looking for summer programs for 12-15-year-olds? Click here.
Register now! Space is limited.
On Your Mark, Get Set, Read
Improve, enhance reading, vocabulary and comprehension skills. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- August 5-8
Grades 1-2 (YTH 9359); CRN 218; 1-4 p.m. - August 5-8
Grades 3-4 (YTH 9513); CRN 219; 9 a.m.-noon
Study Skills
Learn how to concentrate, memorize, relax, take notes and take tests. Bring a spiral-bound notebook. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 29-Aug. 1
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9372); CRN 109; 9 a.m.-noon
Writing Workshop
Learn how to write by identifying your strengths and sharpening your skills. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 22-25
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9315); CRN 102; 9 a.m.-noon
Creating Storybooks
Explore how illustrators and writers combine efforts to create illustrated stories. Learn creative writing basics, write stories and poems, test out cool techniques illustrators use, and put them together in your own books. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 22-25
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9921); CRN 717; 9 a.m.-noon
All Paint, All the Time!
Use anything and everything to paint with in this class, including feet, string and sponges. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 8-11
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9579); CRN 139; 1-4 p.m. - July 8-11
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9580); CRN 374; 9 a.m.-noon
Art Around the World
Journey around the world as you create artwork inspired by other countries. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- June 24-27
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9700); CRN 313; 9 a.m.-noon
Comic Strips
Create your own comic strips, and develop characters and lettering skills. Bring an 11 x 14 sketchbook. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- June 24-27
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9326); CRN 152; 9 a.m.-noon
Creative Cartooning
Learn to draw features, body parts, gestures and movement. Bring an 11 x 14 sketchbook. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- June 24-27
Ages 8-11 ( YTH 9292); CRN 315; 9 a.m.-noon
Fundamentals of Art
Basic elements of art are implemented through illustration and imagination, using a variety of media. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 29-Aug. 1
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9381); CRN 377; 9 a.m.-noon - July 29-Aug. 1
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9500); CRN 378; 1-4 p.m.
Jazzy Jewelry
Design and make your own bracelets, necklaces, rings and more.
Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 15-18
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9635); CRN 160; 9 a.m.-noon - July 15-18
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9636); CRN 161; 1-4 p.m.
Mounds of Mess
Experiment with papier-mache, painting, printmaking and sculpture. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- August 5-8
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9378); CRN 127; 9 a.m.-noon - July 8-11
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9383); CRN 111; 9 a.m.-noon
Flash Animation
Jazz up your website! Use Flash 8 to work with layers, text, banners, morphing, buttons, motion and sound. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- August 5-8
Ages 10-15 (YTH 9621); CRN 155; 9 a.m.-noon
Keyboarding
Make computer work easier by knowing how to type. Learn the keyboard, hand coordination and finger placement. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- June 24-27
Ages 10-15 (YTH 9139); CRN 316; 9 a.m.-noon
Web Design
Design your own Web page, including text, pictures, graphics, sound and links. Prior Internet experience required. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 29-August 1
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9314); CRN 110; 1-4 p.m.
Your Game!
Learn the essentials of computer game design, then create your own game to play. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 8-11
Ages 10-15 (YTH 9622); CRN 156; 9 a.m.-noon - July 15-18
Ages 10-15 (YTH 9622); CRN 169; 9 a.m.-noon - July 29-Aug. 1
Ages 10-15 (YTH 9622); CRN 195; 9 a.m.-noon - August 5-8
Ages 10-15 (YTH 9622), CRN 189, 1-4 p.m.
Calling All Chefs
Have safe, creative fun with cooking. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- June 24-27
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9628); CRN 158; 9 a.m.-noon - June 24-27
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9629); CRN 159; 1-4 p.m.
Calling All Chefs II
More creative and safe fun in the kitchen! Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 8-11
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9776); CRN 216; 9 a.m.-noon - July 8-11
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9777); CRN 341; 1-4 p.m.
Calling All Chefs III
Learn more basic kitchen techniques while preparing more great dishes. Recipes are included. Calling All Chefs I and II are recommended as a prerequisite but not required. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 15-18
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9829); CRN 311; 9 a.m.-noon
Calling All Chefs IV
Learn basic kitchen techniques while preparing great dishes. Recipes included. Calling All Chefs I, II, and III recommended but not necessary. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 29-Aug. 1
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9867); CRN 382; 9 a.m.-noon - July 29-Aug. 1
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9868); CRN 383; 1-4 p.m.
Chocolate Lovers
Learn basic kitchen techniques while preparing something chocolate oriented. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 22-25
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9774); CRN 214; 1-4 p.m.
Beginner Guitar
Learn basic guitar techniques through creativity and fun! Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- June 24-27
Ages 7-10 (YTH 9779); CRN 314; 1-4 p.m.
Dramatics Fanatics
Learn acting techniques and explore scripts, characters and movement. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 29-Aug. 1
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9175); CRN 101; 1-4 p.m.
Blood, Guts, Bones and Stuff
Discover how many bones there are in your body, why you sneeze, what makes your foot “go to sleep,” and much more. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 22-25
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9638); CRN 162; 9 a.m.-noon - July 22-25
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9759); CRN 376; 1-4 p.m.
Beetles, Bugs and Butterflies
Explore their behavior, characteristics, unusual body parts and how they live. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 15-18
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9360); CRN 375; 9 a.m.-noon
Chemistry for Kids
Enter a world where matter is a mystery and students are detectives. Cost: Sponsoring $99; Non-sponsoring $129
- Aug. 5-8
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9370); CRN 193; 1-4 p.m.
Down and Dirty with Dinosaurs
How were fossils formed? Why are they important? Dig into the evolution of animals, their behavior, diet and much more. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 29-Aug. 1
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9866); CRN 384; 1-4 p.m. - August 5-8
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9866); CRN 385; 9 a.m.-noon
Intro to Engineering with LEGO
Learn the basics of stable structures, mechanisms, and simple machines using real life examples. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- June 24-27
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9781); CRN 228; 9 a.m.-noon - June 24-27
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9781); CRN 217; 1-4 p.m.
It’s Rocket Science
Learn about space exploration and how rockets work, and experiment with sending one into space! Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 8-11
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9399); CRN 129; 1-4 p.m.
Let’s Build
Construct exciting engineering projects with everyday objects. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 15-18
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9734); CRN 187; 9 a.m.-noon
Mad Science
Perform safe, hands-on experiments that reveal fascinating facts. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 15-18
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9275); CRN 153; 1-4 p.m. - July 15-18
- Ages 8-11 (YTH 9276); CRN 154; 9 a.m.-noon
More Mad Science
A whole lot more Mad Science! Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 29-Aug. 1
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9322); CRN 138; 9 a.m.-noon
Ooey Gooey Science
Learn science and get really ooey gooey while you build, make and create. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 8-11
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9532); CRN 317; 1-4 p.m. - July 8-11
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9533); CRN 318; 9 a.m.-noon
Ooey Gooey Twoey
Get down and dirty again! Study grossology and make fake wounds, slime and gak. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 22-25
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9534); CRN 191; 1-4 p.m. - July 22-25
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9535); CRN 192; 9 a.m.-noon
Rock Hounds and Pebble Puppies
Find out about rocks and minerals while cracking open a geode and growing a crystal garden. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- June 24-27
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9725); CRN 185; 9 a.m.-noon - June 24-27
Ages 8-11 (YTH 9726); CRN 186; 1-4 p.m.
Space Travel
Explore the planets and other celestial spots throughout the galaxy. Lots of projects and experiments. Cost: Spon. $99; Non-spon. $129
- July 29-Aug. 1
Ages 5-7 (YTH 9316); CRN 379; 9 a.m.-noon
Before and After Camp Activities
Supervised time for campers before and after regular camp hours, filled with games, crafts and activities.
7-8:45 a.m. and/or 4:15-6 p.m.
For pricing information, please call 610-359-5025








