Clubhouse Explorers Themes
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7/6-7/9
Tinker Lab
Little inventors, get ready to build! In Tinker Lab, Explorers will use blocks, recycled materials, and creative supplies to build, test, take apart, and try again. Through playful challenges and hands-on projects, children will discover that there’s no one right way to make something.
📚 Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
📚 Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty
💪 Skills Targeted: Fine Motor Skills, Spatial Reasoning, Problem Solving
7/19-7/23
Camp Mix-A-Lot
Mix, pour, squish, and scoop! Clubhouse Explorers will discover the fun of simple science through colorful and sensory experiments. From bubbly reactions to mysterious mixtures, every activity encourages curiosity, observation and a little bit of messy fun.
📚 Mix It Up by Herve Tullet
📚 Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss
💪 Skills Targeted: Sensory Exploration, Scientific Inquiry, Cause & Effect Reasoning
8/2-8/6
Walk on the Wild Side
Lions, tigers and bears, oh my! Explorers will go wild as they discover amazing animals and the places they live. Through animal-themed art, movement, stories and games, Explorers will learn about creatures big and small while pretending to stomp, crawl, hop, slither, and soar like their favorite animals.
📚 Over in the Meadow by Jill McDonald
📚 The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
💪 Skills Targeted: Animal Biology Basics, Creative Movement, Observational Skills
8/16-8/20
Jr. Park Rangers
Get ready to discover the great outdoors! We will spend the week exploring the wonders of nature through hands-on adventures like bug hunts, nature walks, scavenger hunts, and outdoor art projects.
📚 Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner
📚 We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
💪 Skills Targeted: Nature Appreciation, Environmental Stewardship, Outdoor Exploration
7/12-7/16
The Brooklyn Globetrotters
Grab your passport! Brooklyn Globetrotters will explore different cultures through music, art, storytelling, games, food and movement. Each day brings a new destination and a new adventure as our youngest Explorers discover how people around the world live, play and celebrate.
📚 The World Needs More Purple People by K. Bell & B. Hart
📚 Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers
💪 Skills Targeted: Cultural Awareness, Social-Emotional Learning, Active Listening
7/26-7/30
NASA Adventures
Three, two, one…blast off! Our astronauts will explore the moon, stars, planets and beyond! Explorers will create spacecraft, experiment with space-themed science, move like astronauts and use their imaginations to travel to faraway planets and alien worlds.
📚 Mousetronaut by Mark Kelly
📚 Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle
💪 Skills Targeted: Imaginative Play, Early Astronomy Concepts, Gross Motor Movement
8/9-8/13
Little Lab Coats
Call all curious scientists! Little Lab gives Clubhouse Explorers the chance to investigate the world through simple, hands-on experiments. Campers will explore color, light, water and motion as they make observations, ask questions, and discover that science can be found everywhere.
📚 The Everything Book by Denise Fleming
📚 Ada Twist, Scientists
💪 Skills Targeted: Hypothesis Testing, Early Scientific Method, Measurement & Observation
8/23-8/27
I (HEART) NYC
Big city, little Explorers! Clubhouse Explorers will discover New York City through playful activities inspired by its famous landmarks, parks, food, animals and people. From building skyscrapers to pretending to ride the subway, Explorers will experience the city through the eyes of true New Yorkers.
📚 A Walk in New York by Salvatore Rubbino
📚 Good Night, New York City by A. Gamble and M. Jasper
💪 Skills Targeted: Urban Geography, Community Awareness, Architectural & Spatial Thinking