WEEK 1: CARTOON CRAZINESS (ALL 4 SITES)
Do you like to read the comics? Learn the basics of cartooning, including figure design, movement and the process of drawing, and coloring a strip. Use your imagination to story board and create your own adventures to share with your families and friends.
WEEK 2: ALOHA SPLASH (ALL 4 SITES)
Join us for a week of luaus, hula dancing, and more tropical fun! Campers will participate in water and land games, make fun beach scene crafts, and learn water science.
WEEK 3: ESCAPE TO DINO LAND (ALL 4 SITES)
Long necks, big teeth, sharp claws, OH MY! Come explore all there is to know about the prehistoric creatures of our past! You will learn many fun facts about the extinct species, you may even create your own fossil, or dig for dinosaurs in this week full of everything dinosaur.
WEEK 4: CAPTAIN Y AND THE SUPER HEROES (ALL 4 SITES)
Its a bird…it’s a plane…it’s Captain Y and the Super Heroes! Grab your capes, shields, and masks and get ready to show your true strength this week. Buckle up because you are traveling to another dimension!
WEEK 5: ITS A THINGAMAJIG (ALL 4 SITES)
STEM shapes our everyday experiences and is designing our future—our Thingamajig camp opens doors to strategic thinking and creative expression by challenging children to invent solutions to everyday problems using only what can be re-purposed around them. This is a very special week as our campers will be invited to attend the 26th Annual YMCA Thingamajig Invention Convention—a one of a kind STEM-based gathering where youth and community partners come together to learn, explore, experiment, and discover.
WEEK 6: ANIMAL ADVENTURES (ALL 4 SITES)
Do you know what a group of elephants is called? Do you know the difference between a reptile and an amphibian? Do you know how a whale stays warm in freezing water? Find out this week through arts and crafts, science experiments, group games and more!
WEEK 7: SPACE INVADERS (ALL 4 SITES)
Attention space cadets! You won’t want to miss out on this camp from another world! This week we will explore our galaxy, create a space craft, and practice some space cadet training.
WEEK 8: EXPLORING THE WORLD (ALGONKIAN REGIONAL PARK, OUTDOORS)
Around the world in 5 days! We’ll be learning all about different regions, people and their customs from all over the world through arts/crafts, group games and science activities. We may even ask families to bring in items that represent their own cultures.
WEEK 9: BACKYARD BONANZA (ALGONKIAN REGIONAL PARK, OUTDOORS)
If you can think it, we’ll have it. Join us for a week of outdoor games and adventures. Participants will play corn hole, badminton, kickball and various backyard games.
