About our Ages 2 to 6 Summer Camp in Chicago, IL

Focus: We stimulate the curiosity and develop the learning of even our smallest campers.

Activities foster creativity and build on skills your child already knows, while recognizing the need to use their bodies as they explore new skills. Our hands-on activities relate to familiar themes. Teachers use finger plays, songs, movement activities and age-appropriate children’s literature – including books that promote sign language and Spanish – to enrich the summer camp experience for 2-year-olds.

Activities

• Developing fine motor skills and practice writing by creating Scribble Journals.
• Discovering which toys float and which sink by playing with them in the water table.

Learn On^®

Learning continues beyond the classroom. Here are some easy projects you can do to extend learning into your home.

• Help your child create a Scribble Journal where they can practice writing to develop fine motor skills.
• Discover which toys float or sink while playing in the pool or tub.

Focus: We examine real-world topics.

Our teachers use a project-based approach to involve your child in directing their own learning and investigating topics they help choose. Children participate in activities focusing on language arts, math, science, technology, creative arts, drama, music, movement and character education. The project concludes with an event or project that displays their work and celebrates their achievements.

Activities

• Making paper airplanes, measuring how far they fly and making a chart to compare the results.
• Matching numbers to strengthen number recognition.

Learn On^®

Learning continues beyond the classroom. Here are some easy projects you can do to extend learning into your home.

• Help your child make paper airplanes, then measure how far they fly and make a chart to compare the results.
• Make paper boats and sails, matching the numbers on each to strengthen number recognition.

Focus: We allow your child to direct their learning to their interests.

The project-based approach allows children to select their own learning experience as they explore topics that interest them. Teachers are encouraged to follow each child's lead as they plan activities, like creating an art gallery or preparing a museum. Each child will arrange a culminating event or project and celebrate their work.

Activities

• Planting and tending a vegetable garden to learn how plants grow.
• Using clay to make a bug sculpture to help learn the different parts of insects.

Learn On^®

Learning continues beyond the classroom. Here are some easy projects you can do to extend learning into your home.

• Plant a vegetable garden at home and let your child help tend the plants and harvest the vegetables. Ask them to show you the different parts of each plant.
• Help your child come up with questions and use a digital audio recorder to interview family members to learn about their family history. You can also show them on a map or globe where your family comes from.