Planning for this Summer’s Camps
The Hope Shines curriculum committee met in early January to plan the Summer 2012 program, and the team worked well into the evening to develop project-based learning activities that will spark the campers’ natural curiosity and joy. Hope Shines remains committed to our motto of keeping children “healthy, happy, and fed”; central to that commitment is an opportunity to experience learning in the context of play, experimentation, and collaboration. The children explore mathematical and scientific concepts, English vocabulary, and the arts in an environment that celebrates discovery and problem solving rather than rote learning. We want our campers to enter our classrooms singing and to leave laughing, filled with the excitement of learning new words or building a model bridge out of sticks.
