College for Kids Summer
Business of Babysitting
- Instructor: Haley Kuntz
- Date: June 12-13
- Session #1: June 14-15
- Session #2: June 27-28
- Session #3: July 10-11
- Ages: 11-14
- Time: 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
- Class Limit: 20
- Cost: $45
- Location: Swain Hall 304
This informative camp will teach you how to properly do First Aid, CPR, babysitting, and the roles and responsibilities of being a good babysitter. Hands-on teaching and role-playing will be used throughout the camp.
Cartooning for Kids
- Instructor: Bill Harbort
- Date: June 5 - 9
- Ages: 9 - 12
- Time: 9 am – 10 am
- Class Limit: 14
- Cost: $45
- Location: Old Main 104
Students are exposed and practice memorable concepts to help foster expression and imagination. Tricks will help in cartooning strips or graphic novels…even animation!
Fitness Fun for Kids
- Instructor: Paul Brekke
- Date: June 13 - 14
- Ages: 6 - 12
- Time: 9 am - Noon
- Class Limit: 30
- Cost: $45
- Location: Wellness Center
Our fitness camp for kids is all about having fun while providing a variety of activities for kids of all fitness levels to participate in. Kids will enjoy being active while they rotate through various stations that will include playing games, a climbing wall, yoga, calisthenics, agility, and much more. Wear some tennis shoes, comfortable clothes and bring a water bottle and join the fun!
Click Camp
- Instructor: Aaron Hughes & Ashley Duchsherer, Hint of Whimsy
- Date: June 20 - 21
- Time: 9 am – 11 am
- Class Limit: 25
- Cost: $45
- Location: Old Main 102
Click! Click! Click! Calling all shutterbugs, memory keepers & creatives! Click Camp is a hands-on digital photography class covering camera and photography basics such as composition, lighting, posing and perspective. Students will use these skills to capture beautiful images in a hands-on photo scavenger hunt! Point-and-shoot digital cameras will be provided.
Clay Camp: Food Sculpture
- Instructor: Rhonda Weninger
- Date: June 20 - 22
- Ages: 9 - 12
- Time: 1 pm - 3 pm
- Class Limit: 10
- Cost: $75
- Location: Swain Hall 304
Pop art is a great way to get students excited about art history and appreciation. What child doesn’t appreciate a giant banana peel or a humungous slice of cake, right? In this class, we will experiment with a variety of different types of clay including polymer, air dry, and plastilina. Students will create mini food sculptures with polymer clay and plates of food with airy dry clay inspired by the artwork of pop artist, Claes Oldenburg. Please bring a picture of your favorite food.
Yoga and Rock Climbing
- Instructor: Paul Brekke
- Date: June 20 - 21
- Ages: 6 - 12
- Time: 9 am - 11 am
- Class Limit:20
- Cost: $45
- Location: Wellness Center
Come enjoy the adventures of yoga and rock climbing! The camp will provide a fun, creative, and enriching experience through yoga movement and games while also providing a unique and rewarding experience with rock climbing, which has been shown to help build confidence!
Art Camp: Pop Art Paintings
- Instructor: Rhonda Weninger
- Date: June 20 - 22
- Ages: 9 - 12
- Time: 10 am - Noon
- Class Limit: 15
- Cost: $75
- Location: Swain Hall 304
Explore the exciting world of pop art and learn how to paint! Students will learn about pop artists like Andy Warhol, color theory, and learn techniques for working with acrylic paint. Then students will create their one-of-a-kind candy pop art on a canvas with acrylic paint!
Games Around the World
- Instructor: Wenjing Zheng
- Date: June 26
- Ages: 8 - 12
- Time: 3 pm - 5 pm
- Class Limit: 12
- Cost: $35
- Location: Old Main 102
Games Around the World camp aims to connect kids to different cultures through traditional, fun, and no-tech children's games from different countries. Children will learn how the same games, e.g., "Rock, Paper, Scissors" and "Duck, Duck, Goose" are played differently in other parts of the world. They will play "Pass the Parcel" from UK, "Candy Picking using Chopsticks" from China, "Skippy Roo Kangaroo" from Australia, “Chair Ball" from Thailand, and "Clap and Jump" from Ghana, etc. Children will learn about different cultures when playing, making friends, and having fun.
Suds-N-Fun
- Instructor: Katy Allers
- Session 1: June 27
- Session 2: June 29
- Ages: 6 - 8
- Time: 2 pm - 4 pm
- Class Limit: 15
- Cost: $45
- Location: Lower Level Library Conference Room
Melt-and-pour soap making is an easy process that allows kids to get creative and make personalized soap that reflects their individual interests and personalities. Making melt-and-pour soap is a fun sensory experience involving different colors, scents, and textures. The kids will be able to see the fruits of their labor immediately! This activity has an educational value where kids will learn the chemistry behind soap making and the importance of good hygiene.
Art Camp: Wacky Watercolors
- Instructor: Rhonda Weninger
- Date: July 11 - 13
- Ages: 9 - 12
- Time: 10 am - Noon
- Class Limit: 15
- Cost: $75
- Location: Swain Hall 304
Come explore with watercolors! In this camp, students will learn wet on wet, wet on dry, and many more watercolor techniques. Students will sharpen their skills and then they will create a beautiful torn paper watercolor landscape!
All About Me!
- Instructor: Kathleen Simi & Jolene Nechiporenko
- Date: July 12 - 13
- Session #1: 9:00-11:00, Ages 6-8
- Session #2: 1:00 – 3:00, Ages 9-12
- Ages: 6-8, 9-12
- Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
- Class Limit: 10
- Cost: $45
- Location: Gordon B. Olson Library
Make your own book all about you! Bring pictures of yourself, friends, and family. You will bind your own spiral book at the library.
Repousse Camp – Metal Animal Portraits
- Instructor: Rhonda Weninger
- Date: July 18 - 19
- Ages: 9 - 12
- Time: 10 am - Noon
- Class Limit: 15
- Cost: $75
- Location: Swain Hall 304
Students will use their imagination to produce a low-relief animal image in metal (silver foil) using the process of repousse. Repousse is a method of decorating metals in which parts of the design are embossed from the backside. Kids will finish off their creations by antiquing it, adding a unique twist to a historical tradition.
