Full day German immersion camps for children ages 2 – 8
Dates & Times: 8:30am – 3:15pm with an option until 6pm from June 29 through August 28, 2020.
Each week of SummerCamp, KinderHaus offers designated weekly themes in all of our programs: the SonnenKinder (ages 2 and up), the SommerKinder (ages 2 and up) and the WaldKinder (ages 3 and up – must be potty trained). The programs and themes are outlined below. All campers engage in fun and educational projects and go on excursions. The SummerCamp daily schedule revolves around group projects which have a multidisciplinary focus on arts, cooking, math and science, language and movement.
SummerCamp Registration
Kindly use our online registration to secure a spot for your child. Please note that in the online registration programs are sorted by location (not by the week), and you will find a program overview in the table below. In the table, after clicking on a particular week, you will be transferred to the program registration of this very week only.
SummerCamp Themes
| Week | SonnenKinder (Ages 2+) - 242 6th Ave | SommerKinder Themes (Ages 2+) - 312 7th Street | WaldKinder Themes (Ages 3+) - 466 6th Ave |
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| June 29 - July 3 | Summer Sounds - Klanggeschichten & Musizieren | Summer Games - Sport & Spiel |
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| July 6 - 10 | Water Games - Wasser Erleben I | Marine Life - Unterwasserwelten | Die Biene Maya - All About Bees |
| July 13 - 17 | Water Games - Wasser Erleben II | Botanic Life - Pflanzen im Park |
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| July 20 - 24 | Summer Games - Bewegung & Tanz | Die Vogelhochzeit - Birds & Stories |
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| July 27 - 31 | Fairy Tales - Eine Reise in die Märchenwelt | Animal Life - Tiere im Park |
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| August 3 - 7 | A Summer Journey - Den Sommer mit allen Sinnen erleben | Fruits & Colors - Farben & Früchte | Little Explorers - Auf Entdeckungsreise |
| August 10 - 14 | Feel, Taste, Smell - Sinnesspiele | Sensory Play & Movement Games - Spiel & Spass |
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| August 17 - 21 | KinderScience - Flüssig & Fest | Land Art - Kunst mit Naturmaterialien |
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| August 24 - 28 | Eine Reise in die Welt der Zahlen | Exploring Prospect Park - Hiking & Landmarks |
WaldKinder (Outdoor Camp at Prospect Park)
Based on the principles of the ‘Forest Kindergarten’, KinderHaus offers a summerlong outdoor camp at Prospect Park. Instead of the classroom, children will spend the mornings at Prospect Park and follow the lead of our experienced KinderHaus teachers, who will transform the park into a classroom. Our ‘WaldKinder’ will learn through hands-on experiments, sensory activities and themed units. Above all, our WaldCamp is designed to unleash the children’s endless imagination and therefore, follows the KinderHaus inquiry-based philosophy, where questions naturally originate within the children and are being explored through their curiosity and investigative minds. This summer, the WaldKinder will learn about the insects, animals and plants at the park and nature’s life cycles. They will also create ‘land art’ with all the wonderful materials this natural environment provides and engage in a variety of movement and sporting activities. Furthermore, the children will explore the park and its landmarks and even experience a treasure hunt throughout the park. While fully immersed in the German language with their teachers and peers, each child will experience an intimate and personal connection to the natural world, which will strengthen their respect for nature. A variety of group and trust binding activities will also support the children’s friendships and close bonds with each other.
To learn more about the pedagogical focus of a ‘Forest Kindergarten’ and how outdoor play helps develop the children’s cognitive and social development, feel free to take a look at the articles below.
http://naturalstart.org/feature-stories/flow-learning-forest-kindergarten
Sonnen- und SommerKinder
Our ‘Sonnen- and SommerKinder’ programs are designed for children ages two and up and come with thoroughly developed weekly summer camp topics. While fully immersed in the German language, children will play and learn in small and large group settings in our classrooms, as well as in our backyards and on small field trips throughout our neighborhood. In particular, our Sonnen- and SommerKinder will experience summer with all of their senses, learn about marine life and experiment with water, liquids and solids while engaging their critical and scientific thinking skills, as well as their sensory experiences. Furthermore, our campers will be exposed to a variety of music and movement activities while singing, trying out different instruments and listening to musical sound stories (‘Klanggeschichten’). The children will also enjoy a week of fairy tales, as well as a unit on ‘Zahlen’ (numbers), which will engage the children’s memory and logical thinking in many playful ways.
