SUMMER CAMPS 2019

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Mindfulness and Meditation 

(Grades 4-8)

with Ms. Judy

In the Willow Tree Mindfulness and Meditation Summer Day Camp, based on Willow Tree’s Mindfulness and Meditation class with Ms. Judy, we will spend more time focusing on the art and practice of finding calm in the midst of life, which can sometimes seem so overwhelming for kids!

School, friendships and family can be stressful.  Together we find ways to find peace during the chaos that sometimes fills up our day-to-day. 

Fine Arts & Crafts

(Grades 4 - 8)

with Ms. Kate

Join us this week for some fine arts and crafts! We will draw and paint, experiment and create! The fine arts portion will be a mature time of quiet drawing while the crafting will be loose and free. 

Fiber Arts & Crafts

(Grades 4 - 8)

with Ms. Kate

$200

*no class on July 4th*

Fiber arts camp will be full of fun as we use organic materials to create with. Collage, fabrics, needle felting, and more. Come and explore how creative you can be.

Summer Arts and Crafts

(Grades TK - 1)

with Ms. Mairin

Let’s experience the glory of Summer through Waldorf arts such as wet-on-wet painting, handwork, storytelling, music, and imaginative play.  

Mindfulness & Meditation

(Grades 4 - 8)

with Ms. Judy

In the Willow Tree Mindfulness and Meditation Summer Day Camp, based on Willow Tree’s Mindfulness and Meditation class with Ms. Judy, we will spend more time focusing on the art and practice of finding calm in the midst of life, which can sometimes seem so overwhelming for kids!

School, friendships and family can be stressful.  Together we find ways to find peace during the chaos that sometimes fills up our day-to-day. 

Domestic Goddess Camp

(Grades 4 - 8)

with Ms. Kristi

Children will experience the beauty of: Cooking, Tasting and Menu Setting Table Setting and Etiquette
Sewing
Hand Lettering

The Great Outdoors

(Grades 1 - 2)

with Ms. Lisa

This camp will focus on bringing our awareness to nature and our beautiful Southern California ecosystem. Through hands on exploration, stories, crafting and more we will focus in on Mother Nature and all she has to offer. For example, the change in season, the sun and moon, and plants and animals— just to name a few!

Mindfulness and Meditation

(Grades 4 - 8)

with Ms. Judy

In the Willow Tree Mindfulness and Meditation Summer Day Camp, based on Willow Tree’s Mindfulness and Meditation class with Ms. Judy, we will spend more time focusing on the art and practice of finding calm in the midst of life, which can sometimes seem so overwhelming for kids!

School, friendships and family can be stressful.  Together we find ways to find peace during the chaos that sometimes fills up our day-to-day. 

English Language Arts Camp

(Grades 6 - 8)

with Ms. Kristi

Students will explore in creative and fun ways the writing process through:

- Creative Writing
- Expository Writing
- Close Reading Skills
- Speech Work

Bake Off

(Grades 1 - 8)

with Ms. Alicia

We will form teams and explore baking different items. Experimenting with alternative ingredients as well as traditional. Possibilities are cake, cookies, muffins and bread. 

*Wheat flour will be used along with alternative flours*

Kindness Matters

(Grades 1 - 2)

with Ms. Lisa

During our time together your child will experience how to give and receive kindness through empathy for all living beings and our planet. We will explore the importance of self care, engage in daily feelings of gratitude, and practice social and emotional learning to help shape our problem solving skills. Come enjoy fun times with friends, it will be wonderful!

Book Club

The Secret of Nimh

(Grades 4 - 8)

with Ms.  Judy

Together we will read and experience through various activities, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert C. O’Brien’s wonderful Newberry Award adventure fantasy novel for all ages, also known as The Secret of NIMH.

Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four children, must move her family or they will perish.  Her youngest child, little Timmy, is ill and will be in grave danger if moved.  Luckily, they meet some extraordinary rats!  

We will read the book together (students are not required to own their own copies) and using a Sacred Talking Circle format to promote compassionate and interactive listening, we will explore the concepts of compassion, loyalty, self-sufficiency, teamwork, engineering, and science.  

Campers will be involved various art projects, both as a group and as individuals, as well do a little creative role-playing and writing of their own.

Book Club Secret of NIMH Summer Camp will culminate with a potluck on Friday, where we will be presenting our experiences and projects with our families 

Paper Maché

(Grades 1 - 8)

with Ms. Alicia

We will design, build and paint various creations out of paper. Possibly even a piñata! 

*Wheat flour will be used*

Cooking Creations

"Food from the Heart"

(Grades 1 - 2)

with Ms. Lisa

Come to our kitchen to experience and discover new connections to food, the earth, and each other.

It will be so much fun as we discover our shared connection to food through cooking and eating together. When we’re not spending time preparing our community meals we will be immersed in art, stories, crafts and more!

Book Club

A Long Walk to Water

(Grades 6-8)

with Ms. Judy

“The war came and I had to run away.”  In 1985, at the age of 11, Salva Dut’s world was turned upside down when he had to flee school to save himself from becoming a Sudanese child soldier. Instead became one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, a refugee who covered the African continent on foot as he searched for his family and for a safe place to stay.

In this week’s Book Club we will read and experience Linda Sue Park’s amazing book, A Long Walk to Water, in which she weaves Salva’s true biography with the fictional story of young Nya, a girl whose life is forever changed by Salva’s life’s work, building water wells in Sudan. 

Using a Sacred Talking Circle format to promote compassionate and interactive listening, we will discuss global issues such as water, refugees and war, as well as what we can do as part of Global Community to take care of each other.

We will also experience journaling, story-writing, role-playing and various art projects, as well as the joy of reading a good book together! (Students are not required to own their own copies of the book).

 Camp will culminate with a meal and presentation shared with our families. 

Back to School Readiness

(Grades 1 - 2)

with Ms. Lisa

Help transition your kindergartener to 1st Grade with a rhythm that will mirror their day to day school year experience, and help ease any first day jitters.

Mindfulness and Meditation

(Grades 4 - 8)

with Ms. Judy

In the Willow Tree Mindfulness and Meditation Summer Day Camp, based on Willow Tree’s Mindfulness and Meditation class with Ms. Judy, we will spend more time focusing on the art and practice of finding calm in the midst of life, which can sometimes seem so overwhelming for kids!

School, friendships and family can be stressful.  Together we find ways to find peace during the chaos that sometimes fills up our day-to-day.