It’s Day Eleven of our A Camp-A-Day Series. We have TWO camps that incorporate math concepts, but they are very different. Why? Because, Math is EVERYWHERE! Now many of our camps naturally have math concepts, like our science and engineering camps, but today we’ll highlight the ones that state it in the title. It’s Saturday, so we’ll stick with the obvious.
First, our very popular instructor extraordinaire, Dr. Peter Kohler, will be running a unique camp entitled, Nature’s Art & Math. Peter has been teaching art for many years and has a Ph.D. in theoretical physics. He teaches Math enrichment at The Nueva School where he has encouraged student’s creativity for more than 20 years. He’ll explain that Fibonacci Numbers in Nature is some of the most visually magical math you can discover. Kids will explore flowers, pine cones, sand dollars, the nautilus and other shells, and galaxies for their fascinating math. With a great variety of math and art materials: oil pastels, paints, clay, paper folding, colored tiles and cubes, to build and be creative in math. Be inventive with 2-D and 3-D visual patterns, blending Numbers and Shapes. Peter has inspired and brought out a love for math and art in many children by sharing its beauty, its magic and mystery.
Math-Mania is another new camp that is taught by After-School Enrichment Instructor and Math Enthusiast, Holly Lindquist! Holly loves math and so do her kids! This inspired her to bring their love of math to YOUR KIDS! Holly will expose children to some very cool areas of math that may not have been covered in their classrooms. They’ll learn about Fibonacci numbers, Pascal’s triangle, fractals, secret codes, and much more! She’ll also explore fun activities and craft projects to deepen their understanding of mathematical concepts. You can visit Holly’s website for more info and math activities you can try at home!
Details…
Nature’s Art & Math
Age 5-10
with Dr. Peter Kohler August 4 – August 8 Monday – Friday 9:00am-12:00pm
Location: Red Morton Community Center
Math-Mania Age 9-11
with Holly Lindquist July 21 – July 25 @ Red Morton Center August 18 – August 22@ Sandpiper Community Center
Monday – Friday
9:00am-1:00pm
It’s Day Eight of our A Camp-A-Day Series, and here is a brand new camp that we are REALLY excited about! This Summer, we have partnered with West Bay Opera to offer a 2 week opera program for 9-14 year olds! This is a pretty comprehensive description, so I will let it speak for itself! Important to note: You must contact the Director to set up a meeting and audition. See below!
Summer Opera Youth Program 2 Weeks Ages 9-14 with Michael Taylor. Michael has been directing, producing and performing in West Bay Opera’s Opera in the Schools (OITS) Program for the past 16 years. An accomplished singer, he has also directed and conducted over fifty productions of operas and musicals. His composition credits include an opera, several musicals and many other vocal and choral works. He holds a Master’s Degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and was also a cast member of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera. He is an active voice teacher.
This is an intensive, two-week course. Students will design, produce and perform a musical work in English. They will collaborate with a professional stage director, music director, choreographer, technical designer and fellow students to learn new skills, create and perform an operatic work for friends and family on the final evening of the program. In addition performing, participants will work with instructors in a series of workshops to improve their performing arts skills in areas including: Acting and Improvisation, Music and Voice, Dance and Movement, Set & Media design.
Auditions
This is an intensive and highly rewarding program, but it may not be for everyone. Director Michael Taylor will meet with prospective enrollees and their families to answer questions, assess students’ skill level and determine if this is the right fit prior to registration. Please contact SYP@wbopera.org to schedule a meeting.
Summer Youth Opera Program July 28 – August 8, 2014
9:00am-3:00pm Fee for 2 weeks: $566 / $546 Resident Discount LOCATION: VMSC Theater Performance Date & Time: Friday August 8 at 7:30pm at the VMSC “Little Theater”
It’s Day Two of our A Camp-A-Day Series, and we have a great sneak peek for you!
As promised, here is our Camp Calendar. It’s a snap-shot of what’s listed in our Activity Guide’s Summer Camp Section! Click the image below to view it full size! Please keep in mind that we do our best to list all of our programs, but not every single camp is itemized individually and sometimes the age ranges in the left hand column represent a combination of all of the camps listed in that row.
We know many of you are already starting to plan your summer, hopefully this helps! See you tomorrow!
Our staff has been working non-stop to get parents our summer 2014 schedule. We are so very close to releasing it, but in the meantime, we thought we would highlight one of our MANY camps each day until registration begins on March 12!
Today, we thought we would start with a few basic housekeeping items.
We will post the Activity Guide online for you to see prior to it actually being mailed. THE FIRST RULE ABOUT THE ONLINE ACTIVITY GUIDE IS, YOU MAY NOT SEND IN A REGISTRATION FORM PRIOR TO IT HITTING THE POST OFFICE.
Did you know we have a Camp Website? We are not up and running yet, but the URL is so easy to remember… ready? It’s RedwoodCityCamps.org. Seriously, don’t go there yet. It’s not up.You will be disappointed.
We have a special early sign-up incentive coming your way this season!We are rewarding our early registrants with a 10% discount on some of your children’s favorite recreation camps, including: Polliwog, Mountaineers, Explorers, Kaboom, Whatchamacallit, Summer Adventures and High-5! You will automatically receive this deduction when you register in person, by mail or by fax, as well as online by entering the code “SUMMER10” after you place each week of these camps into your shopping cart! We chose an early bird deadline of April 15th. We thought for a variety of reasons, it should be easy to remember. *wink*
We will be offering something NEW this year, called “Bridge Care.” Bridge Care is a program that helps to link-up morning and afternoon sessions of select camps in order to create a full day opportunity for kids that want to try a couple of different camps each week. Want to take a Sports camp in the morning and a Tech camp in the afternoon? Maybe your child would like to do a Science Camp first and then take a Lego Camp later. Whatever the combination, we have options. Our staff will pick your child up from their morning camp and then walk them to the Community Activities Building for lunch from 12:00-1:00 pm. After lunch, we will escort them to their afternoon camp. We have specifically flagged a handful of camps that are in a reasonable walking distance to our lunchtime destination. We apologize that we could not accommodate all of our camps this year for this pilot program.
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Have you ever searched tirelessly for a Summer Camp solution that would complete some sort of ideal parental wishlist you had for your child? No Camp is perfect, but Camp Kaboom is pretty darn close when it comes to meeting the needs of the child and YOU, the parent!
1. First of all, it runs from 8am-5pm. This is not only great for working parents, but SAHMs or Dads can also consider this a week of Camp for themselves! We also have after-care from 5-6pm if you need a little more time.
2. Lunch is included! I don’t think we need to spell this one out for you. See #1 – Parents, you get a break from packing lunch! Plus, we provide not one, but TWO healthy snacks!
3. We go to the Pool! Swimming. A very important aspect of Summer. Also, it’s very tiring.
4. Weekly Field Trips! Did you think the pool was our only outing? We’ll take your child to fun attractions in the Bay Area that they LOVE,so a) they can have fun, and b) you can avoid a full day at Great America (if that’s not your thing)! It’s also a great way to diversify the week.
5. Lastly, we supply never-ending arts, crafts, sports, movies, attentive and supportive staff, and FUN!
How long have you been working for the City of Redwood City? 8 years, primarily in After School Programs.
How many years have you worked at Camp Kaboom? It seems wrong to call it work when we get to play around all day, but this summer will be my 6th year at Camp Kaboom and my 5th year as one of the camp directors.
Camp Nick Name 3 of our campers decided one summer that Hector was too long, so they started calling me “Tor” instead and it stuck. Thanks Allison, Madeline, and Darien!
What do you love best about working at Kaboom? Camp Kaboom NEVER GETS BORING. Every week brings forth activities inspired by a different theme, so every week is a different experience. It’s a welcomed challenge to get to plan activities that will be enjoyed by our broad age range of campers.
Your favorite Camp Memory? We had this one camper who loved to read. She and her sister would come back every summer. If ever she had a minute of downtime, she would sit against a wall, pull out a monster of a book, and read. I found out that we were both reading the ‘Inheritance’ series by Christopher Paolini (each book was 500+ pages) and we began talking about the books every summer. Then one summer, she said she had not read the third book – which had been released the previous fall. When I brought her my hardcover copy and said she could keep it, she almost tackled me with the hug she gave me and said “Thank you” about 50 times.
Favorite Camp Song “Bananas Unite” – the extended version
Fun Fact It is another nickname story. As a child, I fell asleep in church often, so much in fact, that people started calling me “Linus” after the character from the “Peanuts” comics who always carried his blanket around.
College Degree or In School Right Now? I am currently attending Foothill College. My goal is to become a registered nurse, hopefully working in pediatrics.
Extra Credit: Did you grow up in Redwood City? YES! I went to Hoover from preschool to 6th grade, Mckinley for 7th and 8th, and I graduated from Sequoia High School.
Sandy, Fearless Leader #2
Sandy Garza, Co-Director
How long have you been working for the City of Redwood City? I have been working for the city for 13 years, primarily in After School Programs.
How many years have you worked Camp Kaboom? I’ve been with Camp Kaboom since it started 9 years ago, and have been a Director for 7!
What do you love best about working at Kaboom? I love working at Camp Kaboom and seeing the campers come back year after year, as well as meeting new campers every summer. What I love best, is when our past campers become LITs and we get to watch them go from camper, to role-model. I also LOVE when the kids and parents tell me how much they love the camp!
Your favorite Camp Memory? My favorite camp memory is when we went to the Giants and Dodgers game 3 years ago. We painted all of the children’s faces orange and black, made signs for the kids to hold, and chanted the whole game, then the Giants won!
Favorite Camp Song “Pizza Man”
Fun Fact I am obsessed with the game show channel, and have been, since I was 5! All of the pictures of me when I was little that have the T.V. in the background have some sort of game show on it. I would LOVE to be on Family Feud or The Price is Right someday.
College Degree or In School Right Now? Degree in Psychology & Sociology
Extra Credit: Did you grow up in Redwood City? YES! I was born and raised in Redwood City and attended St. Pius and Sequoia High School.
Several months ago or so, I had a meeting with an excited group of Canadians who were looking to launch their new social media website on the Peninsula, geared towards parents. They started in Victoria, British Columbia and then decided that this would be the next great place to spawn their next locale. If you haven’t heard of ChatterBlock yet, check it out! It is looking to become a great resource for Parents in our region to access Activities and Events for Children on the Peninsula. I could spend a ton of time telling you about it, but it’s probably easier for you to just visit and check it out yourself!
They recently asked if they could shine a spotlight on our Department, and in 2.2 seconds I responded with an enthusiastic YES! Thank you ChatterBlock for becoming a new partner of ours. We LOVE the extra promotion and resources you are providing us and our neighboring Communities!
