Now is the perfect time to start thinking about providing fun, educational outlets for your children's creativity and energy as school lets out for another year!
Temple University Ambler is offering dozens of new and returning Summer Education Camp programs, which provide kids, 'tweens and teens with a broad range of opportunities, from building and programming robots to music and voice production and much more.
Now in its 27th year, the Summer Education Camp program is offered in June, July, and August as a series of one-week camps.
"The camps are a fun-filled approach to academic subjects in a small-group setting," said Rhonda Geyer, Non-Credit Programs Director for Temple University Ambler, Fort Washington and Center City campuses. "They provide a wonderful opportunity for children ages 8 to 12, and young adults through age 17, to learn about a specific area of interest, experience a college campus, and have a lot of fun at the same time."
The summer camp season for 2015 will explore topics ranging from forensic science, sports journalism, and videogame and Web site design to robotics, cartooning, hand and machine sewing, and film and TV. In addition, we offer "Jumpstart!" skills building camps focused on writing and math skills for kids ages 8 to 12. The activities for these camps will be structured around the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA).
Temple University Ambler also offers the Speak Now camp program for children ages 10 to 15. The camp provides young people who stutter with a supportive environment where they can develop their own goals about speaking and stuttering.
Check out the new Screenwriting for Teens and Moviemaking for Teens camps. Teens ages 13 to 17 will get firsthand experience writing, creating and filming their own movies!
As several offered camps fill up fast, early registration is important. .
"With the one-week camp sessions, families can try several different camp programs throughout the summer," Geyer said. "Children and teens today are interested in so many things that we wanted to offer them the widest variety of fun, educational experiences possible."
This summer, a variety of full day and half day camp programs will be offered each week. Full day camps will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Half-day camps will run from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. This allows campers the opportunity to stay for the entire day or just come for a part of the day. It also provides flexibility for parents who may need their child in a camp program all day, or just a half-day.
For more information on the Temple University Ambler Summer Education Camp program or to register for camps, call 267-468-8500 or visit us online at ambler.temple.edu/camp.