| Class Descriptions Click on the links below to learn about each class description, unit description and age group. ADVENTURES — SUMMER CAMPS 2011 Adventures for Family
Adventures for Baby
ABC Music and Me for Toddler
ABC Music and Me for Preschooler
Adventures for Preschooler 1-week camp
Adventures for Young Child 1-week camp
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| Adventures Summer Camps |
Creatures in My Backyard: Look up high in the trees! Now see what's down on the ground. Dedicated to the great outdoors, the environment, and our many neighborhood animal friends, Creatures in My Backyard is full of songs, finger plays, nursery rhymes, musical stories, and dances that will inspire children and parents to explore, wonder, and discover the wonder of the natural world.
Busy Days: Whether it's a trip to the grocery store, doctor's office, family gathering, beach, or to the park, even the most ordinary outings become extraordinary when we look through a child's eyes and experience the world as fresh and new. With a little more Tchaikovsky in your "Twinkle" you'll experience and develop an appreciation for some of the world's most respected music. Each lesson features new activities and attention-getting songs and rhymes to be used at all the places you go together on your Busy Days!
Session A - Around the Farm: In class your child's memory and sequence skills will strengthen with stop-and-go games tucked into stories and pretend play about animals on a farm. You'll find these stories and songs in your Home KIt, too. So when you play this month's featured rhythm stick instruments along with the recordings, you help your child develop rhythm, coordination, and the confidence that comes with learning and playing along with you!
Session B - Up in the Sky: In your Home Kit, read the story we're sharing in class called Someone Bigger, about a boy who wants to take over the reins of the family kite. Then grab a scarf or handkerchief and imitate the up and down crouching, reaching, and running associated with flying a kite - just like the boy in our story. Your Family Guide Magazine includes activities you can easily incorporate into your day to reinforce our counting and color-learning activities in class.
Session C - Carnival of Music: This month's story features Barley Bear and his day-long quest to find a piece of shoofly pie at the fair. In class we'll read about Barley and talk about his willingness to wait and be patient in the middle of the fun fair distractions. At home, your Home Kit includes more activities to help your child feel comfortable in group-play and group-learning situations
Sessions A and C - Sounds Abound: This month, we'll explore all the sounds we can make with our mouths, bodies, hands, plus everyday objects we can find around the house. Your preschooler develops an early understanding of how one material can be used to make something else. Activities in your Home Kit help you bring these big ideas home when you take part in the listening, turn-taking, and sound-effect making activites. 
Session B - Rhythms of the Land: In class we'll explore the rhythms and sounds of Native American music. As we investigate, compare, and contrast a wide variety of drums and the materials they're made from, your preschooler develops the investigative vocabulary needed in the sciences. When you repeat rhythm patterns at home and share the activities in your Home Kit, your child gets an early start in math, too.
On the Road: Re-live your childhood, with your child. Every song is likely to revive a memory from your summers’ past. Play “Eye Spy” and find shapes in the clouds to pass the time. Take imaginary family trips in a bus named “Van Go” to fun-filled vacation destinations such as the carnival, a summer cottage, and the beach. 
Tell Me a Tale: In this exciting camp your child will delight in stepping into the wonderful world of folk tales from around the world. Through singing, movement, instrument play, rhythm and rhyme, chanting, playing games, listening, snacks, crafts, and more, we provide a unique arts-integrative experience. In addition to all of the fund, your child will engage in activities that introduce them to musical concepts that will be further developed in the Young Child curriculum in the fall.