Children ages 6 and up can increase their knowledge and creativity by participating in week-long summer camps in July at Delaware Technical & Community College, Owens Campus.
A mix and match schedule allows children to go to camp for a whole or half-day with morning camps from 9 a.m. to noon and afternoon camps from 1 to 4 p.m.; before and after care is available from 8 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 5 p.m.
Keep your children’s minds sharp over the summer by enrolling them in academic camps including Math Mania, reading & writing, science and Spanish for kids.
Students will have fun while sharpening math skills by playing calculator games, solving mazes and puzzles, and doing hands-on projects in Math Mania from 9 a.m. to noon; this camp begins on June 28 for ages 6-8 and July 12 for ages 9-11.
Critical and creative reading, thinking and writing skills will be addressed in the reading and writing camp for ages 9-11, July 12 to 16, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Fun experiments will amaze science camp students from 9 a.m. to noon beginning June 28 or July 19 for ages 6-8 and July 12 or July 26 for ages 9-11.
Children ages 6-9 will learn Spanish and experience how children live, eat and play in Spanish-speaking countries in Spanish for Kids, July 12 to 16, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Allow your child’s creative side to flourish in art camps such as arts and crafts, basic drawing & painting; beading, crocheting, high tech art, sewing and summer theater.
In Arts and Crafts, children ages 6-10 will create their own masterpieces by cutting, gluing and painting mixed media from 9 a.m. to noon beginning June 28 and July 26.
Future artists ages 9-13 will have fun while learning creative ways to draw and paint what they imagine from 1 to 4 p.m., July 19 to 23.
Children ages 6-16 will acquire the jewelry design skills needed to make single-strand necklaces in a basic beading camp from 1 to 4 p.m., July 12 to 16; students will take their creations home.
In intermediate beading, July 26 to 30 from 1 to 4 p.m., children ages 6-16 will make a double-strand necklace and other jewelry to take home.
Children ages 13-16 will have fun and learn how to create and design their own gifts in a crocheting camp, June 28 to July 2, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Computer art comes to life in High Tech Art for ages 9-11, July 12 to 16, from 1 to 4 p.m.; students will build their creative portfolio using different software programs.
In sewing creations, children ages 9-13 share ideas, socialize and have fun while learning sewing basics and creating a heritage pillow, July 19 to 23, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Actors ages 9-13 will explore technique and stage performance in theater camp, July 12 to 16, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Scholarships are available for camps on a first-come, first-served basis; sports and enrichment camps also are offered in July. For more information, contact Delaware Tech’s Corporate and Community Programs (CCP) at 302-854-6966 or visit the CCP Web site at www.dtcc.edu/owens/ccp/youth.
