Summer Creativity Camps Summer is upon us and this year Creative Children's Center has a wonderful lineup for our Summer Creativity Camp offerings. Please download our 2010 Summer Creativity Camp brochure for a registration form. CCC's summer program celebrates the outdoors! Our 100 x 200 foot playground is designed for "natural" fun. Summer brings new special areas for adventure and play! Creation Station Painting/drawing studio Wood working center Drama and Costume Play Giant sandbox and water area The mud pie kitchen / restaurant Science Mix-ology Lab Find the magic in science, the imagination in art, and the joy in summer learning!  With our interdisciplinary approach, CCC Summer camps incorporate the arts, sciences, and literature into every session making them both fun and educational.  Camp Information Dates—June 28 –August 5 Early Learners—Ages 3 to K Elementary—Grades 1-5 Time and Tuition              Monday-Thursday              Week—1, 2, 3, 4                           9:00 to 1:00 - $170              Week—5 and 6                           9:00 to 3:00 - $245        Lunch- Pack a big healthy lunch!  Daily snacks will be provided. 10% discount for siblings registered for the same session. Sessions Magical Musical Me!     Ages 3-k Week 1: June 28 to July 1 Join the band and kick up your heels as we explore the world of music and dance. From rock & roll to classical, kids will move and groove to their favorite sounds! We will explore a variety of instruments and create some to take home! Let your child’s inner musician come to life!    Super Duper Science!     Ages 3-k      “Einstein here we come!” Week 2: July 5 to 8 Crazy chemistry, mysterious biology, and physics in action run wild in this week of madcap science fun!  Experiments abound as we explore the sciences by; posing questions, building hypotheses, and theorizing the “how, what and why?”  We will make goops and goos, launch an egg craft, blast off a rocket, and grow some furry biological friends!  This super week introduces the scientific process in active and engaging ways!    Science Detectives!     Grd 1-5 Week 2: July 5 to 8 Put on your lab coat and grab your magnifying glass!  Let’s solve some mysteries with our keen observations and masterful thinking!  We will match our wits with each other as we discover science through the process of inquiry and investigation.  Chemistry, biology, and physics will be all be explored!   Art by Heart     Ages 3-k Camp and Show    Week 3:  July 12 to 15 Calling all creative kids!  Get out the paint and clay; wire and wood; fiber and metal, as we find artist within!  Grab a brush and a palette as we combine art elements with technique and imagination.  From sculpture to portraits, your masterpieces will appear!  Young Artist Studio     Grd 1-5 Week 3:  July 12 to 15 To paint, to sculpt, to build and mold…is to find ourselves in a work of art.  CCC’s elementary art week is an amazing exploration of two and three dimensional design.  Participants connect with a wide variety of mediums and materials as they create a gallery of pieces for the show!  CCC’s Art by Heart Show will be on Friday, 7/16, from 6-7 pm. Summer Splash   Ages 3-k & Grd.1-5 Week 4: July 19 to 22 Jump into summer with a splash of wet and wild fun! A slip-n-sliding good time will be had by all in this week of water mania.  From splashy arts and crafts, to wet and wild science, H20 becomes a tool of expressive fun and thought! You’ll dash with your friends into the pool, slip-n-slide down the lawn, and race through the sprinkler!  Experiments & messy art abound as we make drippy icky slime, spray paint t-shirts, and play games with bubbles and balloons!  Each day we will celebrate the great outdoors! Happy, Healthy, Me!   Ages 3-k & Grd 1-5 Nutrition, cooking, sports games, and safety! Week 5: July 25 to 29 Caring for ourselves is good to start young!  As children’s bodies grow so do their minds.  This adventurous full day camp of health and fitness includes; gardening, cooking, exercise, and safety skills.  Each morning participants will spend some time exercising, playing physical games, planting in the garden, and cooking lunch. In the afternoon, we will study safety skills; including fire safety, water, biking, and personal safety, learning how to keep ourselves “too smart for danger”.  Art and stories will finish off our day of fun!  Students will share what they learned at the end of the week in a “Happy Healthy Me!” presentation.  Young Naturalists   Ages 3-k & Grd.1-5 Week 6: August 1 – 5 Things that fly, grow, creep, and crawl; what can we find in CCC’s nature playground?   Ecoliteracy is the new buzz word, and this camp takes it all in!  Ever wonder how it works together?  A puzzle of plants and creatures create a world of super science that intrigues and inspires all.  Gardening, worm bins, seeds, flowers, bugs, bats, birds, and butterflies will all be invited to join the fun!  Naturalists to the rescue as we learn to care and connect with the great outdoors! Extra Special Summer Offerings !!! Fabulous Friday Fieldtrips Add on an outing to the week of camp to extend and enrich the experience.  Each Friday’s location is specially selected to coincide with the theme of the camp.  Drop off at the site: 9:30 Pick-up: 1:00 pm Cost: $35 July 9–OMSI July 16–No Field Trip (Art Show) July 23–Wilson Pool July 30–Fire station and Park Aug 6–Tyron Creek Park Registration policy: We will confirm by e-mail. If full, you will be placed on the wait list. Refund policy: CCC requires written notice for refunds. Postmarked requests are refunded as follows: 14 days or more - 50%, 7-13 days - 25%, 0-7 days no refunds. Please download our 2010 Summer Creativity Camp brochure for a registration form. ©2003-2009 Creative Children's Center. All rights reserved.