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Session 1: June 9-13
Holiday in the Sun
Campers
will plunge into summertime fun and excitement with activities
celebrating family vacations and new found friends.
Literature will include The Relatives Came
by Cynthia Rylant and National Book Award Winner The
Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall.
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Week 2:
June 16 - 20
Finding Courage
Courage can
be found by accident or by answering a call for action.
The week of Juneteenth will find campers exploring
concepts of bravery with Scaredy Squirrel by Mélanie
Watt, Courage by Bernard Waber, and the heroic tale of
runaway slaves in
Canada
titled Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis.
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Week 3:
June 23 - 27
Parade of Pets
The patter of paws and the clop of hooves bring a
parade of favorite pets in all shapes and sizes with puppets,
masks, and portraits honoring our animal friends.
Literature this week includes Hi!
Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold, Good Boy, Fergus! by
David Shannon and the classic Old Yeller by Fred
Gipson.
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Week 4:
June 30 – July3
Very Canadian!
Campers will discover our neighbors to the North with
activities that reveal
Canada
’s symbols and cultural identity from the Mounties to maple
syrup. Good day,
eh! Students will read That’s Very Canadian!: An
Exceptionally Interesting Report About All things Canadian
by Vivien Bowers, and The Boggart by Susan Cooper.
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Week 5:
July 7 - 11
Alien
Invasion!
Attention! Extra
special extra-terrestrials have landed at our centers in the
form of imaginative crafts and mysterious cooking projects,
leaving behind a perplexing green slimy substance to be
transported through relay races and games.
Before panic breaks out, campers will search for clues
with the books The Aliens Are Coming! by Lisa Thiesing,
Aliens Are Coming!: The True Account of the 1938 War of the
Worlds Radio Broadcast by Meghan McCarthy, and Larklight
by Phillip Reeve.
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Week
6: July 14 - 18
Willing
and Able
This week campers will explore opportunities for aiding
and learning from the physically challenged and mentally
complex children who enrich our lives through their unique
perspective, courage and strength.
Enlightening and rewarding books to be read this week
include Don’t
Call Me Special: A First Look at Disability by Pat Thomas,
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker, and Newberry Honor Book
Rules by Cynthia Lord.
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Weeks
7: July 21 - 25
How the West Was Fun!
Howdy partner! With
National Cowboy Day arriving on July 26th it’s
time to giddy-up and git-along to Wild West adventures with
ropin’ and wranglin’ activities culminating in a
playground rodeo and rubber band shootin’ contest.
Highfalutin’ literature will include the books Cindy
Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella by Susan Lowell, The
Toughest Cowboy: Or How the West Was Tamed by John Frank,
and The Misadventures of Maude Marche: Or Trouble Rides a
Fast Horse by Audrey Couloumbis.
EAC's Summer Bash The
11 Extend-A-Care for Kids summer camps will all gather at
Travis
High School
from 9 -11 a.m. for an event full of dancing, singing,
competing and entertainment to celebrate summer at EAC. The
children will walk up to the gym doors with a plethora of very
important/enthusiastic people and mascots welcoming them; walk
into the gym hearing the sound of a marching band; participate
in song and dance; enjoy performances; and then walk away with
giveaways. Enroll for Session 7 day!
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Session 8 - July 28-August 1
Home Away From Home
All U.S. citizens are related to immigrants or
are immigrants themselves. From the first Americans thousands
of years ago to those who arrived only yesterday, their goal
was always the same: a better life for their children. This
week activities will celebrate the diversity of a country
built by and for a population of immigrants who've sought
opportunity in the land of plenty. Literature will include Angel
Child, Dragon Child by Michele Maria Surat, Immigrant
Kids by Russell Freedman, Coming to America: The Story
of Immigration by Betsy Maestro, and The Trouble Begins
by Linda Himelblau.
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Session 9 - August 4-8
Hidden Talents
Talent wasted is talent lost! Campers will be
encouraged to explore their hidden potential, even in the form
of parody, as centers revive a performance of an original
talent review "Extend-A-Care Idol," complete with
sanctimonious judges and hilarious spoofs of catastrophic
auditions. Parents are invited to attend the show and enjoy a
sample of student-prepared cuisine. Literature will include Houndsley
and Catina by James Howe, and Queen Sophie Hartley
by Stephanie Greene.
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Session 10 - August
11-15
Blast Off! The Exploration of Space
Centers will conclude the summer with an (almost) serious
study of astronauts, the solar system, black holes, and the
logistics of traveling in outer space. Younger groups will
enjoy DK Readers: Astronaut, Living in Space by Kate
Hayden, while older campers read George's Secret Key to the
Universe written by renowned theoretical physicist Stephen
Hawking in his first book for young people.
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*May 29 for Austin and Hays CISD only. |
