Sixes/Sevens Choice Class Season Overview
Choice Classes meet Monday, Tuesday and Thursday for an hour.
| Session 1: June 24th- July 5th | ||
| Block A: Let It Fly Clay Creatures All About Coloring | Block B: LEGO City Basketball Beginners Trash to Treasure | Block C: Little Red Post Office Little Red Creamery Old School Games |
| Session 2: July 8th- July 19th | ||
| Block A: Running Games Obstacle Course Madness Taking Flight Little Red Postal Service:Above and Beyond Little Red Laboratory | Block B: Basketball Beginners Feathered Friends Karate Fairy Houses and Elf Castles Friendship Bracelets | Block C: Track Stars Karaoke Party Five Star Bistro Let It Fly Puppet Theater |
| Session 3: July 22nd- August 2nd | ||
| Block A: Garden Explorers Clay Creatures Spy School Creepy Cryptozoology | Block B: Down In the Dirt Basketball Beginners Magic of Paper Fairy Houses and Elf Castles | Block C: Puzzle Me This New Games Workshop Feathered Friends Tap Dance! |
Session 1
Block A: 9:30-10:30
Let It Fly! (David Rigo) – In Let it Fly we will play a variety of games based around classic dodgeball, but with an emphasis on the slightly … unorthodox. We will learn and play variations from pin dodgeball to volleydodgeball, and then make up some of our own as well. We will focus on finding creative and new ways to play an old schoolyard favorite.
Clay Creatures (Inga Manticas) – In this class, we’ll create our own fantastical clay bestiary! Campers will learn basic techniques of working with air-dry clay. We’ll read some classic stories about magical creatures, and campers will use their imagination to make these fantastic beasts in clay. In the second week, we’ll collaborate to make an environment for the creatures to live in, and share our creations with other campers in a “gallery walk.”
All About Coloring (Isaiah Sullivan) – Everyone loves a good coloring book – let’s make our own! Campers will use their imaginations to design and create original coloring books. Kids will learn how to make coloring pages for themselves and to share with each other in this fun and relaxing art class.
Session 1
Block B: 10:30-11:30
LEGO City (Denzel Johnson) – Let’s build, create and play! Have you ever wanted to create your own city out of LEGOS? During LEGO city we will build our own LEGO cities using our expansive collection of LEGOS and our big imaginations. Come ready to build people, cars, and buildings with all the accessories. We will work individually and as a group. Let’s see where our minds take us!
Basketball Beginners (John Henry Katinas) – This class is designed to practice the fundamentals of the game and have fun. Campers with or without basketball experience are encouraged to join, as we’ll do drills made for skill development and pracrice playing games.
Trash to Treasure (Inga Manticas) – In this class, campers will make sculptures using a variety of everyday, recycled, and unusual objects – from recycled bottles and cardboard to beads, shells, and toys. Campers will use their imagination to transform available materials into beautiful works of art. They will also practice sculpture skills such as balancing their structure, various strategies for attaching materials, and visual composition
Session 1
Block C: 2:30-3:30
Little Red Post Office (Christine Elmo) – In Little Red Post Office campers will create their own camp postal system! We will create letters, post cards and stamps and deliver the mail to camp friends, and anyone else we want! This class will focus on creativity, community, and fun!
Little Red Creamery (Nora Woolley) – In this class you will learn which ingredients and materials are necessary to make ice pops how to check and create an ice pop recipes, design your own pop and open up your own ice pop shop. Students will use different brands of ingredients, and fruit flavoring. Eventually making a unique creation of a limited edition Ice pop. At the end of the session we will open up an ice cream shop to all campers, where they can come and sample the flavors.
Old School Games (Mary Matheson) – .We all love games! Come play some of the classics – Kick the Can, Four Square, Skully, Hopscotch and more. Not only are these games fun, there are so many valuable lessons to be learned about winning, losing, and taking turns – not to mention having fun like the children of yesteryear. There’s something for everyone in Old School Games!
Session 2
Block A: 9:30-10:30
Running Games (Andrea Messaoud) – Get ready to race, jump, and play in Running Games! Designed for our energetic campers, this class is all about fun and movement. Through a variety of interactive games and activities, campers will develop their running skills, agility, and coordination while making new friends and having a blast. From classic relay races to playful tag games, every class will be filled with excitement and laughter.
Obstacle Course Madness (John Henry Katinas) – The gym will be our obstacle course factory as we take to designing a new course everyday! Campers will hone their creativity and collaboration as they come up with their own courses for conquering.
Taking Flight (Leah) – We’ll begin the class by exploring different kinds of paper airplane styles. Campers will then explore different design ideas, replacing certain plane parts, and adding their own personal touches to their planes. We will do test flights to check on “flyability” throughout. Campers will collaborate by sharing design ideas through trial and error, and we will finish the class with our own air show to share their airborne creations with friends in the camp community.
Little Red Postal Service: Above and Beyond! (Nora Woolley) – The LRPS is known for going above and beyond. Each summer, we handle truly unusual and unexpectedly challenging deliveries. Letters, postcards, and packages are wonderful, but LRPS has great skill in navigating the most special, most strange and most outrageously silly mail…answers to mysteries as old as time? Singing telegrams? Dancing telegrams? Invisible telegrams? What about impossibly challenging items? Help us figure out how to send the world’s largest ice cube around our camp in 80 seconds? Or determine how to send the world’s tiniest piano up six flights of stairs! Join our team and deliver the magic to camp!
Little Red Laboratory (Faith Johnson) – Calling all scientists! In this hands on sensory science class, campers will mix, experiment, observe, and enjoy sensory experiences. Projects will include making lava lamps, kinetic sand, bird feeders, and more!
Session 2
Block B: 10:30-11:30
Basketball Beginners (John Henry Katinas) – This class is designed to practice the fundamentals of the game and have fun. Campers with or without basketball experience are encouraged to join, as we’ll do drills made for skill development and pracrice playing games.
Feathered Friends (Sara Janoff) – In this class, campers will become ornithologists, studying the birds of New York City. We will travel outside with our trusty binoculars to meet the birds that live in our neighborhood and even bring some birds to us by making our own bird feeders. Campers will learn how they can become bird protectors and friends to birds through bird awareness arts and crafts projects! Through this class, campers will challenge their skills of observation and connect with the winged wildlife in our area.
Karate (Vinnie) – An introduction to the basic moves and ideas of Karate. Activities will focus on building strength, flexibility, coordination, and spatial awareness.
Fairy Houses and Elf Castles (Inga Manticas) – Campers will use their imagination to make houses for the fairies that live at their own homes and in the nooks and crannies around LREI! In week 1 we’ll use basic art materials and natural objects to craft and decorate small fairy homes, and in week 2 we’ll work together to make bigger homes for elves (which everyone knows need a little more space than fairies …) using cardboard boxes. Based on our creations, we’ll write stories describing the creatures that live in these new homes, and invite other campers to meet them!
Friendship Bracelets (Alex Checkman) – Welcome to Friendship Bracelets, a summer camp classic where campers dive into the colorful world of handmade jewelry and cherished connections! In this class, campers will learn the art of crafting intricate bracelets to celebrate the bonds of friendship.
Session 2
Block C: 2:30-3:30
Track Stars (Christine Impara) – Welcome to the sport of Track and Field. In thiis class campers will learn basics of some classic track events; Throwing, jumping, running, hurdling! Everyone will get to try them all, and participate in a mini “Meet”.
Karaoke Party (Tara McLoughlin) – If you like to sing along to your favorite songs, then this is a great choice for you. In “Karaoke Party,” we will become more familiar with music, singing and performing. Campers will come up with a list of their favorite songs and perform them with a real microphone to an audience of friends. We will dress up and use props too! Our main goal is to have fun and create a safe space where campers can feel comfortable expressing themselves through music. Some additional projects during the session will include a group effort to create new lyrics to our favorite songs. The final class will be a share for other campers to join our Karaoke party!
Five Star Bistro (Nora Woolley) – We know our bistro will be the best of the best, but we need a 5 star rating to make it official! Be part of our team of talented restauranteurs as we create this experimental, high-end kitchen from mouth-watering soup to soy nuts – menu design, custom tablecloths, advertisements, front and back of house training, innovative menu tastings and more! There is so much to be done before our soft opening when we will be hosting the well-known food critic – Bleecker MacDougal, along with other members of the camp community!
Let It Fly (David Rigo) – In Let it Fly we will play a variety of games based around classic dodgeball, but with an emphasis on the slightly unorthodox. We will learn and play variations from pin dodgeball to volleydodgeball, and then make up some of our own as well. We will focus on finding creative and new ways to play an old schoolyard favorite.
Puppet Theater (Mary Matheson) – Do you want to live on Sesame Street or Avenue Q? Then, Little Red Puppet Players is for you! Kids will pick from puppets we have and make their own, create characters, develop dialogue, then sing and move to some of our favorite songs. On the final class, we will perform a show for our friends at camp to enjoy. Come join the world of puppetry and become a puppeteer!
Session 3
Block A: 9:30-10:30
Garden Explorers (Christine Elmo) – What gardens are near camp and what can we learn from them? Each day campers will take a walk to a neighboring garden. Campers will have a chance to observe the gardens and make notes with words or drawings of what they observe in journals. The children will be welcome to collect nature materials already fallen to the ground. Back at camp, campers will incorporate what they found and observed in their own 2d and 3d art works. During the second week of camp, the children will work together to design their own garden out of the flowers, trees, and bushes they sculpted. Their three-dimensional garden will go on display in a common area of camp for all attending to visit and admire.
Clay Creatures (Inga Manticas) – In this class, we’ll create our own fantastical clay bestiary! Campers will learn basic techniques of working with air-dry clay. We’ll read some classic stories about magical creatures, and campers will use their imagination to make these fantastic beasts in clay. In the second week, we’ll collaborate to make an environment for the creatures to live in, and share our creations with other campers in a “gallery walk.”
Spy School (Christine Impara) – Do you have what it takes to become a spy? We will learn to create the perfect disguise, come up with secret agent names, write our own secret codes, break ciphers, and go on top secret missions…Sshh!
Session 3
Block B: 10:30-11:30
Down in the Dirt (Sara Janoff) – In this choice class, campers will discover the weird and wild world beneath our feet. Using a variety of scientific tools, we will do experiments and investigate soil: what grows there? What lives there? Where does it come from? Campers will plant their own seeds, grow mushrooms, learn how to make compost, and even get to play with wriggly worms! Campers will learn scientific skills of observation and inquiry and develop a new appreciation for dirt!
Basketball Beginners (John Henry Katinas) – This class is designed to practice the fundamentals of the game and have fun. Campers with or without basketball experience are encouraged to join, as we’ll do drills made for skill development and pracrice playing games.
Magic of Paper (Dana Riebe) – Paper isn’t just for writing and drawing! In this course, campers will be encouraged to use paper and a variety of tools to create whatever they can dream up! Campers will look at papercraft artists and use what they see to inform their work.
Fairy Houses and Elf Castles (Inga Manticas) – Campers will use their imagination to make houses for the fairies that will live at their own homes and in the nooks and crannies around LREI! We will use basic art materials and natural objects to craft and decorate small fairy homes, and work together to make bigger homes for elves (which everyone knows need a little more space than fairies) using cardboard boxes. Throughout the session campers will create stories about the creatures that live in the homes they make, and invite other campers to meet them!
Session 3
Block C: 2:30-3:30
Puzzle Me This (Isaiah Sullivan) – From jigsaw puzzles to riddles, campers will have fun learning about and solving these cool head-scratchers! In addition to playing these brain games, we will learn how they are made. Campers will then create their own puzzles to take home at the end of the session!
New Games Workshop (John Henry Katinas) – A class dedicated to creativity and fun as campers design their own physical games. We’ll take to the gym to come up with a variety of fun New Games.
Feathered Friends (Sara Janoff) – In this class, campers will become ornithologists, studying the birds of New York City. We will travel outside with our trusty binoculars to meet the birds that live in our neighborhood and even bring some birds to us by making our own bird feeders. Campers will learn how they can become bird protectors and friends to birds through bird awareness arts and crafts projects! Through this class, campers will challenge their skills of observation and connect with the winged wildlife in our area.
Tap Dance (Lulu Grant) – In this introductory Tap class campers will learn the basic steps of tap dance and two basic dances that are internationally known in the dance world (the Shim Sham and Boy Scout Chorus). We will also have fun playing dance games while learning a new style of dance.