Join us for a fun and engaging experience as we make a virtual trip to the following Spanish-speaking countries to explore their culture, events, and celebrations through hands-on activities (music, arts and crafts, science, animals, food , and more): Spain and Mexico (June 22), Costa Rica and Colombia (June 30), Perú and Argentina (July 6), and other countries if time allows.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If your child comes from a Spanish-speaking country not mentioned above, or even a Non-Spanish Speaking country, please let us know at the time of registration at [email protected], so we can create a PPT presentation to share their culture with their classmates. Our goal is to invite our students’ curiosity, appreciation, and respect, and to create positive local and global connections. The students will start the day with an interactive, comprehensible, and engaging Spanish lesson.  They will be exposed BY playing, to vocabulary and expressions that are useful and focused on communication.

Arts and Crafts: Each student will be given a T-shirt each week which we will tie-dye. We will make papier mache alebrijes from Mexico, clay salamanders using the broken tile technique from Barcelona, 'mini piñatas', and we'll be painting Andean traditional motifs, worry dolls, face painting!
STEM activities:   Did you know that a single potato can power a small light bulb? That’s right, your favorite food is a mini battery.  Campers will be proud to make their own electric circuit and take it home!
Food: Campers will make delicious snacks and beverages typical of the countries of study. We´ll make Horchata de Chufa and Pan Tumaca from Spain,  'Papa a la huancaina' dish from Peru, Guacamole from México and much more. Alfajores from Peru and Argentina will be assembled by sandwiching a layer of dulce de leche between two simple cookies and rolling the edges in shredded coconut.
Music and Instruments: We’ll explore the music and instruments typical of each country. Campers will have an interactive Zoom Salsa, cumbia and Vallenato class with a professional dancer. Campers will make musical instruments with recycled materials, such us castanets from Spain for flamenco.

This post-beginner/intermediate level summer camp is for those with a solid grasp of chess fundamentals. Potential campers are expected to already know chessboard terminology and square identification; how the various pieces move and capture, plus their relative values; pawn promotion; the crucial concepts of check, checkmate, and stalemate; the special move of castling; opening goals and principles; basic endgame checkmates using major pieces; and last, but not least, good chess etiquette. Potential campers unfamiliar with more than a couple of these essential topics would be better off enrolling in either the AEF/ACC novice/beginner level summer camp, 'Chess: Learn to Play' or the AEF/ACC combination level summer camp 'Chess: Beginner & Intermediate' instead.

AEF/ACC chess camps are a mix time-wise of instruction and supervised play. Instruction at the post-beginner/intermediate level will focus on learning tactics and strategy through the explanation of games and positions from historical players and events, and/or current/recent top-level competitions. The instructor will organize and run a week-long unofficial tournament, with labeled medals as awards for all participants upon completion.

With its nearly 1,500 years of history, chess is arguably the greatest and most popular board game of all time. Numerous studies have suggested that learning and playing chess at an early age can yield various benefits regarding cognitive skills. Confidence, decision-making, and sportsmanship are other areas of potential improvement. The benefits and enjoyment of chess can last a lifetime!

Race your Island Kart over to the hoppingest camp in the Challenge Island^® Arcade Series. Our innovative STEAM Teams^® will join forces with Super STEAMio and Princess Pineapple to engineer an archipelago of action-packed, challenge-filled Islands – from Galaxy Island to Icy Island to Haunted Island to Jungle Island to the long lost Underwater Island where a legendary kingdom is said to exist. Can they use their STEAMazing^® powers to defeat the evil Turtlezilla family before time runs out?

The Firecracker Math program offers students a broad variety of age-appropriate yet challenging math topics from number theory, geometry, combinatorics, probability, and more to enhance their natural curiosity and aptitude for math.
We employ games, hands-on activities, and magic tricks to demonstrate and explore math concepts. Students are encouraged to ask questions, present arguments, and reason. Students acquire problem-solving and logical thinking skills while building a solid foundation and understanding of mathematics. We show your student that math can be incredibly creative, exciting, and fun!

MultiSports is a fun filled sports program. Sports may include, but are not limited to dodgeball, kickball, soccer, basketball, and capture the flag, and camouflage tag. Come join our One on One Sports team for this fun activity for your students.

Step into the world of storytelling through the lens with Reginald A. Pearman, a Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer whose work has appeared in TIME Magazine, National Geographic, The New York Times, and the Associated Press. Known for his powerful coverage of major events — including his Pulitzer-winning photography of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake — Pearman brings decades of real-world experience, curiosity, and heart to this inspiring class for young creators.

Master your engineering skills with Play-Well TEKnologies and tens of thousands of LEGO^® parts! Apply real-world concepts in physics, engineering, and architecture through engineer-designed projects. Projects are rotated seasonally to ensure that even returning students get a new experience, so join us to design and build as never before and explore your craziest ideas.

If your child enjoys drawing and painting, this is the class for them! Following step-by-step drawing directions, your child will create a new piece of art each day. We will experiment with a variety of media throughout the course, including watercolors, acrylic paint. oil pastels, chalk, markers, and colored pencils. Your child will be part of a fun, encouraging environment, and will have the joy and satisfaction of completing exciting projects.

Nature Navigation takes campers on a journey to explore plants, animal tracks, pollinators, waterways, reptiles, and the sun’s vital role in ecosystems. Through observation, discovery, and hands-on activities, students build curiosity, knowledge, and appreciation for the natural world while uncovering the hidden connections that sustain life around us.

Young chefs will discover how different foods provide our bodies with the energy we need to learn, play, and grow. We'll explore the essential nutrients and learn to identify balanced meals that are both tasty and energizing. Through hands-on cooking activities, we'll create simple and delicious recipes packed with the right kinds of fuel to keep us going strong all day long, understanding how our food choices directly impact our energy levels and overall health.

This novice/beginner level summer camp is for those completely new to the game of chess, and for those who may have been introduced at home or elsewhere, but don't have a solid grasp of the fundamentals yet. Topics to be covered include: chessboard terminology and square identification; how the various pieces move and capture, plus their relative values; pawn promotion; the crucial concepts of check, checkmate, and stalemate; the special move of castling; opening goals and principles; basic endgame checkmates using major pieces; and last, but not least, good chess etiquette. Potential campers that know/understand most, if not all of, the topics listed above, should enroll in the AEF/ACC post-beginner/intermediate level summer camp, 'Chess: Beyond the Basics', or the AEF/ACC combination level summer camp 'Chess: Beginner & Intermediate' instead.

AEF/ACC chess camps are a mix time-wise of instruction and supervised play. The instructor will organize and run an unofficial tournament in the latter half of the week at their discretion (if enough campers have progressed sufficiently to play a full game), with labeled medals as awards for all participants upon completion.

With its nearly 1,500 years of history, chess is arguably the greatest and most popular board game of all time. Numerous studies have suggested that learning and playing chess at an early age can yield various benefits regarding cognitive skills. Confidence, decision-making, and sportsmanship are other areas of potential improvement. The benefits and enjoyment of chess can last a lifetime!

Name a better duo than LEGO^® and Minecraft — we’ll wait! This camp is the perfect collaboration for the young builder or gamer who loves creativity and adventure. Each day, campers will dive into the blocky worlds they love through all hands-on, screen-free fun! Campers will build an exciting new robotic LEGO^® creation daily, engage in fun Minecraft-themed crafts and games, and make lasting memories and new friendships! It's the ultimate camp for building, designing, and adventuring, all with real-life bricks and activities!

From building slime-filled theme parks to flying around the world, cooking up ooey-gooey recipes, and diving into storybook slime, Slimetopia® 1–4 takes kids on a wild, hands-on STEAM journey! Each camp is packed with creative slime-making, teamwork, and exciting engineering challenges. Get ready for the squishiest, most imaginative adventure ever!

The Firecracker Math program offers students a broad variety of age-appropriate yet challenging math topics from number theory, geometry, combinatorics, probability, and more to enhance their natural curiosity and aptitude for math.
We employ games, hands-on activities, and magic tricks to demonstrate and explore math concepts. Students are encouraged to ask questions, present arguments, and reason. Students acquire problem-solving and logical thinking skills while building a solid foundation and understanding of mathematics. We show your student that math can be incredibly creative, exciting, and fun.

Splatter paint like Jackson Pollock! Create handmade paper! Pour your paints with Acrylic Pour! Make mosaics with glass tiles! Play with clay! In this workshop your child will explore abstract art and alternative methods to create. It's fun! It's messy! It's Experimental Art!

In this camp your student will learn the basic skills of coordination and motor skills through dribbling, pivoting, catching and shooting - all skills that overlap into other sports. Depending on the group, there will be opportunities for scrimmage play as well to work on the big picture of basketball.

Get ready to design and create in this fun and colorful camp for 1st through 5th graders! Students will make beautiful bracelets, necklaces, backpack charms, and keychains using a variety of beads, charms, and other materials. They'll also get the chance to craft their own custom beads and small creations with air-dry clay, adding a personal touch to their projects. This class is perfect for kids who love crafting, creativity, and making unique accessories.

Let's practice and perform a live improv show, where creativity is unleashed and you never know what might happen next! Through improv, actors practice the skills of listening, collaboration, being positive, and expanding their imaginations. This class will focus on Short-Form Improv, like the show Who's Line is it Anyway?. Students will learn a wide variety of hilarious improv games and at the end we'll perform those games in a hysterical show for family, friends, and fans.

Young chefs will discover how different foods provide our bodies with the energy we need to learn, play, and grow. We'll explore the essential nutrients and learn to identify balanced meals that are both tasty and energizing. Through hands-on cooking activities, we'll create simple and delicious recipes packed with the right kinds of fuel to keep us going strong all day long, understanding how our food choices directly impact our energy levels and overall health.

After care will be provided onsite for the students who attend the Spanish Day Camp.