Summer Programs: Enrichment Programs

Our enrichment programming proved to be quite a success last summer.  All campers enroll in Adventure Camp and attend morning meeting, lunch, recess, and afternoon activities as a whole group! Campers have the option to enroll in one Enrichment Program as part of their own individual morning schedule.  Jr. Adventurers, Adventurers, and Jr. Counselors can decide whether to attend an Enrichment Program in the morning or attend camp for the whole day. Here is what we have offered in previous summers. Please note that there are both minimum and maximum enrollments. Also check back to our website for updates and additions to our Enrichment Program offerings.

 

Instructor: Sarah Marcus
Sessions: 1,2

Do you like to act?    Write?    Speak your mind?
Find unique ways to express your creative voice at this two week performance workshop. Sarah will guide campers through improvisation games, creative writing, and performance techniques as they work towards creating their own original performance pieces. This is a great opportunity for youth, whether they have theater experience or not, to be a part of a supportive, artistic ensemble.
Ages 11-15.

 

 

Soccer

Instructor: Alex Bartlett

Session: 1

Come join our gang at the north end fields for two weeks of soccer fun.  Coach Bartlett will lead a variety of activities including basic skills, creative drills, scrimmaging, and even a run through the sprinkler.  This is our fourth season and we always have a blast!  Open ages 8-12.

 

 

Swimming Lessons

Sessions: 1,2,3,4

 

We are delighted to provide swimming lessons as a new enrichment program this summer. The goal of this program is to foster the development of your child’s comfort, confidence, and skill level in learning to swim. Lessons are designed to improve water skills and stroke development while integrating important safety skills and fun activities. Our instructors have helped to develop this program and have years of swimming instruction, working with all ages and levels. For children ages 3-12.

 

 

Hands On Candy-Making and Basic Baking

Instructor: Ann Caloon

Sessions: 1,2,3,4

          

Enjoy two weeks of candy-making and baking with Bement's own baker right in The Bement School kitchen! Your child will learn many safety tips for cooking in the kitchen. They will have hands-on experience working with several candy and baking ingredients and materials. This is an experience that your child will be able to use in years to come! We will create many different types of candy and baking treats to bring home each day.

 

Digging into Nature

Instructor: Louise Smith

Sessions: 2 Full Day Program (The fee for Noticing Nature is $475.)

 

This camp offering, limited to six children, is all about experiencing nature first-hand.  We spend our days in a variety of ways--exploring trails, dipping into ponds, playing and swimming at a safe bend in the Sawmill River in Montague.  Children fill buckets, collect stones, dig clay out of a river bank and catch and release minnows, frogs and red-spotted newts.  When we hike on trails, we stop to play in the shallow brooks, floating sticks downstream and creating miniature dams and little pools.  These are the classic things children discover when they're given time to play in a natural setting. Projects such as making small boats out of scraps of wood and making clay pots and "ancient" shards of pottery, change from year to year and grow out of the children's time in nature.

 

I believe that through developmentally appropriate, direct experiences in nature, children learn to love spending time in the out of doors, gain knowledge of the natural world in an integrated way, and become invested in taking good care of the earth. I also feel strongly that digging into nature gives children the time and space they need to explore who they are. In the process they have a lot of fun!

 

A Taste of India

Instructor: June Caloon

Sessions 1,2,3,4

Ages: 8-15

 

June comes to us from Greenfield. She is a mother, avid cook, and teacher. She taught for years in India and wanted to combine her skills as a teacher and cook here at Bement! She has developed Indian cooking with the twist of American style! Her cooking includes simple to complex flavors. Dishes will be made with simple to complex flavors. This cooking class promises to be fun, enjoyable, healthy, and delicious. Kids will learn the fundamental skills of cooking like cutting, sauteing, and of course, tasting!

 

CPR/First Aid/Babysitting

Instructor: Dan Oros

Sessions: 1, 2, 3, 4

Ages: 13-15

 

CPR:

This course teaches easy-to-learn emergency procedures that prepare individuals to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies in infants, children (birth to age 8) and adults. Participants will learn how to perform abdominal thrusts, rescue breathing, as well as CPR and care for an unconscious choking victim.

 

First Aid:

Topics included are recognizing and responding to an emergency; caring for soft-tissue injuries such as bleeding and burns; muscle, bone and joint injuries, sudden illnesses; and environmental injuries. Participants must pass a written and skills test to receive certification.

 

Babysitting:

This class covers the responsibilities of babysitting to include: interviewing, safe play, age appropriate play, being a good role model, responding to emergencies, adult, child

and infant CPR, first aid and much more.

 

eARThworks

Instructor: Sara Acton

Sessions: 1, 2

Campers will draw, paint, sculpt and build art works inspired by nature and the environment. Your child will work independently and collaboratively incorporating found objects, natural forms, recycled materials and, of course, traditional art materials.