Summer Camps in Savoy, IL

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Survival Skills Overnight Campout - Connolly Ranch
Here is a chance for outdoorsy, nature-loving youth ages 9-13 to sleep under the stars at Connolly Ranch. With old friends and new, campers will enjoy practicing basic survival skills, foraging for food and learning how to cook over an open fire. The evening includes a night hike, star gazing, smores-making and storytelling around the fire. Dinner and breakfast included. Campers bring their own camping gear. 707-224-1894

Reading Arts - Artists Exchange
Interact with your favorite book in a new and creative way! Paint, draw, sculpt and design works of art based on books like Goodnight Moon and Where the Wild Things Are. Each week brings a new reading and art adventure! (No Class Memorial Day Weekend May 28th) 401-490-9475

Advanced Computer Camp - Pi Edition - Transylvania University
Experienced computer students are given the opportunity to work on advanced projects. This camps theme will involve the Raspberry Pi computers as a low-cost experimenters platform. Morning and afternoon programming sessions will begin with a short lecture, then you will be allowed to address several challenges in response to the topic covered in the lecture. Learn at your own pace, but instructors will be available to help if you have questions or problems. Evening sessions are reserved for independent work and network gaming. During camp, participants will live in a Transylvania residence hall and eat three meals a day in the dining hall, beginning with breakfast on Monday. Campers can also use Transys library, computer laboratory, and recreational facilities. Internet service will not be available in the dorm rooms. Campers must have attended a previous Transylvania computer camp or taken some programming classes at your high school. If you do not have this background, please consider registering for our Introduction to Computer Programming Camp, scheduled for June 12-17. Enrollment is limited to 35 campers. The application deadline is May 1 and confirmations will be sent by May 15. If you are not selected for camp, your camp fee will be refunded. 859-233-8300

Pop Art Camp - Rutherford Art Camp Location
Kids will discover that art can really POP in this cool Summer Camp for kids. Kids will make their own Andy Warhol style self-portrait, design Mardi Gras masks, paint colorful face designs, dabble in printing their own landscape, and even create their own comic book characters in the style of Lichtenstein. Students will learn about color design, line, texture, balance, and emphasis in this awesome Summer Camp for kids. Materials: Painting, Drawing, Printmaking and Mask Design 201-248-3455

Go Girls! Leadership Team Retreat - TBD
At the Spring Retreat and during summer camp sessions, you will learn: PROJECTING CONFIDENCE- how to be your brightest, boldest self even while feeling insecure or worried BOUNDARY SETTING AND KIDPOWER PEOPLE SAFETY SKILLS– how to stay emotionally safe when working with others COLLABORATION- how to build performances and make decisions as a team CONFLICT MANAGEMENT- how to support younger kids through conflicts that may arise MINDFULNESS-how to stay calm when things feel chaotic and manage our emotional triggers SELF CARE- how to ask for help, notice when you have a need and do what you can to meet it EMOTION COACHING- how to express and manage your big feelings as well as help younger girls express theirs without trying to fix it or solve a problem for them ARTISTIC SKILLS- working closely with professional teaching artists and learning skills across visual and performing arts modalities FLOORTIME PLAY THERAPY TECHNIQUES- how to be an expert player and role model for younger kids 510-550-5340