Old-Fashioned Summer Day Camp
May 6, 2009 by Kimberely
Filed under New City, Summer Camps
Loading ...Old-Fashioned Summer Day Camp
at the Historical Society of Rockland County
20 Zukor Rd., New City
845-634-9629
www.rocklandhistory.org
Children ages 7-11 are invited to travel back in time for an unforgettable journey! Daily activities include crafts and games, featuring soap & candle making, toy crafting, Native American & old-fashioned games and more. Hand-cranked ice cream and picnic on Fridays.
Session I: Mon., Aug. 3 – Fri., Aug. 7.
Session II: Mon., Aug. 10 - Fri. Aug. 14.
Session III: Mon, Aug. 17 – Fri. Aug. 21.
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; Fridays 9am - 1:30pm.
Snack provided.
Rockland Summer Camp Guide
March 4, 2009 by Kimberely
Filed under Airmont, By Area, Summer Camps
Living in Rockland County gives us a great range of choices for summer camps. From large camps that bus kids from New York City to small town camps to theatre camp - there is a camp for everyone.
Please let us know your thoughts on the camps, too. Submit a story, review or blog post about a camp experience or comment on the camps we have listed below. Let us know which camps you like the best by adding your rating!
Super Camps
Deerkill Day Camp - so popular kids bus here from NYC, Hoboken and Westchester
Blue Rill Day Camp - everything you expect from a summer camp, since 1951!
Town Camps
Camp Scuffy (Town of Ramapo) - set on 25 beautiful acres at a reasonable rate
Town of Ramapo: Mini-Camps - ages 4 to grade 5 enjoy the summer at local elementary schools
Clarkstown Mini-Camp - fun for everyone
Unique Camps
Top of Line Stables - horseback riding instruction
Lower Hudson Valley Challenger Learning Center - summer mission to mars
Amazing Grace Circus - camp in a circus tent?!
Camps for the Lil Ones
Apple Montessori - starting at age 2 they offer swim lessons and montessori based fun all summer long
YMCA - morning program age 2 to 5 to get your lil ones ready for real summer camp
Robin Hill outdoor fun all day long for kids ages 2 to 10
Full List of Camps
- AMAZING GRACE CIRCUS!
- ANIMAL EXPERIENCES
- Apple Montessori Summer Camp
- BLUE RILL DAY CAMP
- Blue Rock School
- CAMP YOMI & CAMP HAVERIM
- CHAMPION DAY CAMP
- CHILDREN OF AMERICA
- Clarkstown Mini-Camp
- CLAUSLAND MOUNTAIN STABLE
- COUPÉ THEATRE STUDIO
- DEERKILL DAY CAMP
- JCC ROCKLAND - CAMP J-LAND
- LOWER HUDSON VALLEY CHALLENGER LEARNING CENTER
- Old-Fashioned Summer Day Camp
- Robin Hill Camp
- ROCKLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS (ROCA)
- ROCKLAND PARENT-CHILD CENTER
- Rockland Summer Camp Guide
- THE ROCKLAND COUNTY YMCA SUMMER CAMP
- TOP OF LINE STABLES
- Town of Ramapo: Camp Scuffy
- Town of Ramapo: Mini-Camps
- Town of Ramapo: Sports Conditioning Camp
- Vicki's Studio
- Practical Life focuses on daily living activities that help develop a sense of accomplishment and self-esteem.
- Sensorial materials encourage children to use their five senses to develop classification and discrimination skills.
- Science & Geography create opportunities to explore and develop concrete foundations for understanding the world.
- Mathematics provides a hands-on approach to number concepts, quantity and operations.
- Language is designed to give children a firm grounding in perceptual-motor, pre-reading, and pre-writing readiness skills. Your child will progress through various stages to the ultimate goal of establishing the skills necessary for success in reading and writing.
- Art & Music develop the child’s creativity and sense of beauty through expressive use of materials and activities.
Apple Montessori (Mahwah)
March 4, 2009 by Kimberely
Filed under Bergen County, Day Cares, Preschools
Apple offers a Montessori education for your child from infant to elementary school (age 6 weeks to 6 years). Located in the original Mahwah school it has beautiful classrooms, a gym and playgrounds.
The offer an arrange of times and days from full time school + day care to half days. They also offer Fastrack, Dance and Summer camp.
While in the Preschool program, your young child, from the age of two to five years old, the Kindergarten year, will begin the “approach to learning program.” The Preschool classroom is adapted to the developmental needs of each child, providing a variety of choices that engage the child’s natural curiosity and intellect. Activities emphasize the process of discovery, enabling each child to explore the world through multi-sensory materials. The Preschool Curriculum includes the following areas:
A key principal of the Preschool Program is the multi-age classroom. We know that children progress at different rates in different areas. Providing a two to five year span of materials and activities allows each child to work at the pace and level best suited for their individual interests and abilities and lets each child find peers with whom the child can share his or her interests. The younger children have role models in the older children, and the older children acquire additional confidence by being the classroom elders. “Teaching” or caring for a younger child is an excellent way to consolidate one’s own learning. The Kindergarten children take great pride in being the leaders of the classroom!
Materials used in the Preschool program bring abstract principles to life. There are objects to sort and sequence, beads to add or subtract, letters to touch and trace, and real dishes to wash. The children engage in meaningful activities not just pretend ones. They practice tying their own shoes and hanging their own coats. They peel, chop, and serve carrots or apples instead of “playing” with plastic imitations. Good manners and social interactions are very much a part of each activity because the Montessori Preschool classroom is a mini-society that belongs to the children.
The Preschool program is offered as either a half day or a full day program. A half day session will be from 8:30 to 11:30 AM or from 12:30 to 3:30 PM. The full day program runs from 8:30 to 3:30. The children play outside (weather permitting) in the morning, after lunch, and again in the afternoon. Kindergarten aged children stay indoors in the morning for reading group rather than play outside. Younger children nap after lunch instead of going outside but are in the playground later in the afternoon. Full day children may bring a lunch from home or you may choose to purchase a hot meal from the independent catering company that provides this service to our students.
Apple Montessori Summer Camp
March 4, 2009 by Kimberely
Filed under Bergen County, Summer Camps
Ages 2 - 12
SummerCamp Locations
Edgewater | Towaco | Oakland | Kinnelon | Randolph | Morris Plains | Wayne | Edison | Mahwah
Summer Camp July - August
Swimming
All campers will have daily swim lessons. The instructor will coach them in water skills, proper swimming strokes, and most importantly, water safety. Our heated swimming pools are ideal for all ages. The enlarged shallow water area allows all ages to stand in the water safely to develop a sense of security and confidence. Red Cross certified personnel are present at and in charge of all pool activities.
Arts and Crafts
The arts and crafts program is probably the most popular. Projects are selected for individual age groups to challenge the imagination and develop critical skills such as cutting, pasting, and painting. Campers love to design their own T-shirts or handmade puppets. Each artist is proud to bring home their own personally created items.
Computer
Introduction to basic computer skills is just the beginning for our campers. The children will be learning the parts and functions of the computer. They will have time to use our carefully selected software and games to reinforce basic early childhood learning skills in colors, numbers and letters, and much, much more! They have a great time while practicing the fundamentals of computing.
Cooking Class
The science of cooking is fascinating to all children. They love to see their own cupcakes double in size as they bake in the oven. How does the Jell-O that they put in the refrigerator as a liquid come out as a jiggly gel? Who can explain the wonder of popcorn? All those questions and more are explored all summer long. The children make many treats and the best part is sharing and eating all the goodies
Field Trip
All children who attend the full-day camp session and who are four years old or older may participate in various field trips throughout the summer. In the past we have taken the campers to local minature golf programs, bowling alleys, museums, and other local attractions. In addition we bring many special events to the camp. We have been visited by petting zoos, pony rides, clowns, magicians, and other performers and presenters. All campers are included in these events regardless of age. Finally many special theme days, such as crazy hat day or Disney day, make each day at camp new and exciting!
Music
Music and dance are enjoyed by all age levels. The campers are able to learn about all types of music from classical to Broadway tunes and even modern pop. The children may participate in a play which has been enjoyed by all or create their own instruments and participate in a marching band! During the dance sessions we all shake, rattle, and roll! The children enjoy self-expression through creative dance movements. It wouldn’t be camp without the Twist, the Bunny Hop, the Limbo, the Macarena or the Chicken Dance
Organized Sports and Games
Our playground offers equipment that will encourage exercise, stimulate the imagination, and expand your child’s social skills. In addition to the playground equipment, we are also equipped with bicycles and safety helmets for the children to enjoy.
All age levels will enjoy organized games and sports. Children will be learning the fundamentals of such sports as basketball, soccer, hockey and baseball to name a few. The games on the scooters seem to be everyone’s favorite. During organized games and sports the children learn to follow directions, take turns and of course, the value of being a “good team player”. Go Team! These activities also benefit the children by developmeng eye, hand and foot coordination.
Outdoor Play
Our awesome playgrounds offer equipment that encourages exercise, coordination, and group fun. Developing large muscle skills, eye-hand coordination, balance, and flexibility are the aims behind the activities, but to the campers, it’s just plain fun! The children benefit by learning how to get along with others,develop some of their own “rules” for play and have plenty of time to socialize within a group.
Science and Nature
The children will experience nature at its best. They may be planting their own garden and watching it grow or making paper to learn about the importance of recycling and taking care of our natural resources. The children will wait days, in awe, to see a butterfly emerge from its cocoon or learn about exotic animals that have come to visit camp for the day. We will conduct experiments on the five senses, the food chain, or any number of other topics. Curiosity and discovery are the theme!
| Camp Sessions | |
| Three/Five Mornings | 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. |
| Three/Five Afternoons | 12:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
| Five Full Days | 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
| Morning DayCare | 7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. |
| Afternoon Daycare | 3:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
If a child attends camp for the full day session, he or she may bring his or her own lunch and go outside for a leisurely picnic. You also have the option of purchasing lunches, monthly or occasionally, from the catering company that provides this service to our schools.
Town of Ramapo: Mini-Camps
March 4, 2009 by Kimberely
Filed under Suffern, Summer Camps
We are happy to continue this long standing tradition of mini-camps for our residents in the local schools. Our programs are staffed by qualified and enthusiastic staff that work together to deliver high quality fun and safe programs for our children. All camps include arts & crafts, sports and games, music & drama and weekly themes. Programs will include special events and entertainers and the summer will conclude with the highly anticipated camp show for parents to come and enjoy.
Dates- July 6th - August 14th
Locations- TBD (town elementary schools)
Fee- $200 per child
Hours - 9am-1pm
Eligibility- All camps are open to Ramapo children ages 4 (by December 31st- MUST be toilet trained) through grade 5.
Town of Ramapo: Camp Scuffy
March 4, 2009 by Kimberely
Filed under Suffern, Summer Camps
This camp is run at our 25 acre wooded outdoor facility complete with pond, 3 multi-purpose buildings, a swimming pool, mini-golf, tennis courts, street hockey courts, boating, gaga court, basketball courts, soccer/lacrosse fields, 4 baseball fields, a low ropes course, arts & crafts and much more. Your camper will experience lots of time outdoors, with plenty of fresh air and stimulating activities. Each week will be filled with new wonderful special events and themes making each day fun and exciting.
Specialty Camps: Mad Science, Tennis, Basketball and Golf.
Dates: July 6- August 14
Eligibility- Town of Ramapo Residents- Entering 1st grade- 8th grade
Hours- 8:30am-3:30pm
Fee- $1475
Extended Care 3:30-5:30pm
Fee- $175
http://www.ramapoparks.org/index.php?s=5
Town of Ramapo: Sports Conditioning Camp
March 4, 2009 by Kimberely
Filed under Suffern, Summer Camps
If you are looking to become more explosive, faster, and stronger for your upcoming season, this camp is for you! Staff is committed to help participants achieve their full athletic potential by combining an intricate blend of strength and conditioning principles geared towards athletic achievement. The key to success in athletics is participating in a broad range of activities and hard work in the off-season. Speed and strength are not inherited, they are taught! Techniques taught by Suffern High School Athletic Trainer and staff will improve performance and instill a solid exercise foundation in those who attend. Camp will include swimming 2 times a week and three off-site trips.
Dates- July 6th- August 14th
Location- Joseph T. St. Lawrence Center
Time- 9am-3pm
Fee- $700.00
JCC ROCKLAND - CAMP J-LAND
March 4, 2009 by Kimberely
Filed under Nyack, Summer Camps
Camp J-Land has everything your little loved one could want! We make time to give all our campers the personal attention they deserve. Our goal is to foster self-esteem in every camper. Our caring, professional staff will encourage your child to create, explore, play and giggle. Inside and outside play areas, sports, music, art, computers, mini tennis and water play enhance the classroom program for ages 2-4.9 years. Half- and full-day options are available.
450 W. Nyack Rd, West Nyack
845-362-4400 x102
www.jccrockland.org
Email jennifers@jccrockland.org
WOODMONT DAY CAMP
March 4, 2009 by Kimberely
Filed under New City, Summer Camps
Woodmont Day Camp owners/directors Ilisha and Sam Borek feel fortunate to be pursuing their life’s dream in the world of camping. Woodmont Day Camp is a camp where each child will feel the warmth and comfort of home. Your child will experience a dynamic program in an environment fostering growth and independence. We are ideally located 1/4 of a mile from exit 11 on the Palisades Interstate Parkway. Ilisha and Sam look forward to welcoming you to Woodmont…where camp is family.
Ilisha and Sam Borek, Owners/Directors
420 Phillips Hill Rd, New City
845-638-0700
www.woodmontdaycamp.com
Vicki’s Studio
March 4, 2009 by Kimberely
Filed under New City, Summer Camps
We are the best alternative to an all-day camp with the most REASONABLE RATES! We cater to ages 16 months (diapers welcomed) to 5-year-old boys and girls. This multi-arts program includes music with instruments, creative movement, theme weeks, tumbling and more. Other special summer programs for ages 3 - adult include dance, gymnastics, Costume Dress Up Tea Party, all boys’ classes and a variety of combination classes. Programs are 1 1/2-3 hours with extended hour options.
61 Maple Avenue, New City
845-634-2202
www.vickistudio.com
