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Summer Guide to Camps & Classes For Youth
Summer is finally here, and so are summer camps, with lots of fun in the fresh air outdoors, plus creative games and learning opportunities! Many classes and camps have limited availability, so be sure to check before planning.
Can’t find a camp your child loves within your county? Not to worry! COVID-19 has changed many things, and not all for the bad; you can now access camps via Zoom, from wherever you live! Camps listed with an * symbol indicate virtual options.
SUMMER GUIDE TO CAMPS & CLASSES FOR YOUTH
BUTTE COUNTY
EARTHBOUND SKILLS
www.earthboundskills.com (530)513-2542
Chico
Forest Fox Camp
Ages: 4-7
Dates: June 29-July 2 or July 27-30, M-Th, 9am-1pm Nature Ninjas Camp
Ages: 8-12
Dates: June 22-26, July 20-24, or Aug 3-7, M-F, 9am-3pm
Cost: Contact earthboundskills@gmail.com for updated cost information
(Day Camps) If your children love to be outside and are passionate about nature, this is the camp for them! They will learn naturalist skills, survival skills, and crafts that will deepen their love for our precious environment. All games and activities are hands-on, and all crafts are earth based. Your kids will come home excited, happy...and probably dirty! Schedule may change due to COVID19, please sign up on our newsletter to remain updated or email earthboundskills@gmail.com with questions.
HUMANITIES & FINE ARTS, JR.
www.contemplativeyouth.com (530)518-8338
450 W. East Ave. Chico
Ages: Grades 1-12
Sessions: July, M-F 9am-12pm or 9-2pm (depending on age/camp)
Cost: $250-$275
The Wind in the Willows Camp
Ages: 1st-3rd grade
Dates: M-F July 7-11, 9am-12pm
Cost: $250
Calm and inviting summer mornings will include imaginative yoga, poetry recitation, music, painting and snack Children will listen to Kenneth Graham's novel The Wind in the Willows, narrated by Michael Hordern, and learn how to layer beeswax block crayons to illustrate scenes and elements in nature.
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Camp
Ages: 4th-6th grade
Dates: M-F July 13-17, 9am-2pm
Cost: $275
As Calpurnia explores her natural world in Jacqueline Kelly's The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, narrated by Natalie Ross, children will learn how to create a naturalist's journal with botany and animal drawings and quotes from the text. Camp includes detailed watercolor and acrylic landscape painting lessons and clay modeling of various living organisms.
(Day Camps) After teaching public school for most of the year, Jennifer Adams devotes summers to teaching art to contemplative youth. These weeklong summer camps, tailored to specific age groups, bring class novels to life through all the senses, using audio books, music, yoga, nature exploration, painting, clay modeling, poetry and more. The final camp includes music theory, practice and performance. Space is limited to 10 students per class to ensure social distancing. Email jennifer@contemplativeyouth.com with questions.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Camp
Ages: 7th-12th+ grade
Cost: $275
Dates: M-F July 20-24, 9am-2pm
As Kate Burton narrates Betty Smith’s novel, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, youth will engage in contextual poetry, philosophy and art history from New York City’s Progressive Era and Jazz Age. Students will learn Art Deco geometric drawing, Art Nouveau botanical drawing, cityscape painting, and historic font penmanship.
Recorder Ensemble Camp
Ages: 4th-12th+
Dates: M-F July 27-31
Cost: $220
Soprano, alto, tenor and bass recorder players will learn a broad range of baroque, renaissance, and contemporary sheet music. Lessons include poetry, music theory, practice, and performance. Reading sheet music is not required for Soprano students who prefer to follow their teacher. Soprano students are likely to accomplish music literacy by the end of the week. Instruments are not provided.
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