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 ANNOUNCING…
Camp Chaia Summer 2011 Programs
NEW THIS YEAR!!!
Now In Collaboration with
Heffalump Early Childhood Summer Camp
At Ventura Court….location
Full and Half Day Camps, Overnight Camps,
Teen Training and Leadership Camp,
and Pre-school Half-Day Camps now offered!
Registration Now Open for Summer 2011
Advance Reservations are required to insure space is available!
Early Bird Discount for those who register
before December 15, 2010!
Sibling Discount of 5%
• Monthly Payment Plan Available!
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June 13-17
Councelor Training and Leadership Overnight Camp (Ages 12 and up)
in Colfax, California with the staff of “The Wilderness Institute.” |
 All potential and active counselors are required to attend this training.
Brad Childs, Director of the Wildnerness Institute in Colfax, California will host us for a week as he leads us in both the leadership training program he has been doing for years with Corporate and Service groups, along with wilderness survival skill training
a ropes course in his backyard that he facilitates year round.
We will camp out and cook our meals, prepare for the summer in a relaxed yet structured setting, and learn what is about to become an effective team in the beautiful wooded area.
Additionally, Ami Chen Mills, director of The Center for Sustainable Change, will facilitate a program based on the 3 Principles, a program she has used everywhere from inner city at-risk youth populations to corporate training as well.
 Our CITs will be given an orientation similar to that given to our camp counselors. It will include classes in age characteristics, counseling techniques, group dynamics, organizational skills, basic first aid and CPR training and Sensory Integration . In addition, we will teach these young people how to effectively lead children in any setting. CIT’s are thirteen-sixteen-years-old and are working to become better leaders, with the end goal, becoming a camp counselor!
The leadership component of our program is designed to help teens develop leadership skills that will be useful throughout their lives. Identifying and achieving goals, improving communication and decision making skills, learning responsibility and helping others are some of the main objectives.
Middle School to College Students welcome
Those who excel in the training program can become counselors and earn a stipend for the summer.
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June 20-24
International Arts Camp (Ages 4 and up) |
 Join our third annual International Arts camp where we are all about process but where children can also choose tracks of Dance, Theater, Art or Rock Band and have a finished project to be proud of by the end of the week. Alternatively there will be a track for children who need less structure with open-exploration available in all thee areas. Especially great for SID and LD children!
Theatre track will include last day performance of monologue, coached by professional actress Shannon Stowe. Hip Hop instruction also by Shannon with Friday performance Professional musicians Peter Gordano. Craig Ward will lead drumming and recording workshops.
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June 27-July 1
"Sneaker" Camp: Exercise & Nutrition Fun (Ages 6 and up)
9:30 am-3:30 pm |
 Come see how nutrition and exercise can be completely disguised as fun as we embark on our new adventure of a softened up "boot camp" so children can learn about their physiology and health in an engaging way with experts in sports, recreation, dance and exercise. Adrianna Marelli, professional dancer and personal trainer and Randy Klein, a professional sports and recreation leader will be leading us as we see what our bodies can do. Julie Northey, a gourmet chef, will teach us about healthy, fabulous food. We will prepare great dishes for ourselves and our parents to try!
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July 11-15
Travel Camp North: Animals on Land and Sea (Ages 6 and up)
One Sleep Over on Thursday |
 Travel to Santa Rosa's Safari West, take a tour of the Alpine Pond with a naturalist to get to know what animals lie below, visit to the Marine Science Institute, the Farallones and be edutained by other Wildlife Rescue Programs in the Bay Area. Our focus will be on understanding the animals in their native habitats, including what distinguishes wild animals from domestic, as well as how we can learn from the animals both wounded and healthy about how animals survive best so we can become good stewards of the planet. One overnight in
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July 18-22 and/or 25-29/August 1-5
Old Fashioned Camp/Roxaboxin Camp in Conjunction with Heffalump
Two sessions with distinct programming (Ages 4 and up)
Heffalump camp ages 2 - 3 ½ |
 Old fashioned fun, including making foods (ice cream, butter, outdoor meals) creating a village out of rocks, boxes and found objects based on the book "Roxaboxin." More fun music with Craig, Art, nature and our new “Daily science and Math carnival.” We will also visit Marie’s “magical garden”, the donkey and the chickens, and a new feature, the large Koi pond at James Witt’s home. |
August 8-12
Travel Camp South:
Animals on Land and Sea, Marine Science and Evironmental Camp (Ages 6 and up) |
 Stay overnight and two days this time on the fabulous Live Earth Farm for wonderful programming including understanding the sustainability of our animals and plants through their interdependence. We'll do a study on the dependency between plants and insects, harvesting and cooking with the fresh fruits and goat cheese, milking the goats and feeding the chickens and sharing the time with the children of the farmworkers for a deeper connection to those who live on the farm. Also a visit from Wildlife Rescue to us as well as programming highlighting animal tracks, scatology, and more.
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August 1-5
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Overnight Leadership and
Environmental Camp (Ages 10 and up) |
 Witness our own “Yosemite” as you behold Lassen’s Volcanic geysers, hot springs and amazing views after a hike to the top of a 12,000 foot peak with our resident naturalist, Nate Grieg and our Air Force Captain Rescue Medic Hank Lutz for our wilderness adventure.
We’ll learn to read topographical maps, recognize wildflowers and plants which grow in abundance in this rich microclimate, hike to the top of the volcano, study the geothermal vents of the hot springs and the history of the tectonic plate activity while making our own meals by the campfire.
We’ll also study the importance of snowpack on our watershed system and learn to fish ethically with Nate who is a specialist in stream fishing. |
 Itinerary:
Day 1 Drive to Lassen and sing lots of camp songs
Day 2 Lunch at Lake Helen and hike to the peak while studying natural history
and talking about the formation of the volcano.
Stop at Hat Lake for an intro on fishing.
Day 3 Walk the Bumpass Hell Trail to Cold Boiling Lake for geothermal and ecology study.
Day 4 Stream fishing and study of ethical fishing, watershed system and ecology.
Day 5: Breakdown campsite and drive home singing more camp songs.
Join us for a 5 day overnight to Lassen for leadership and environmental science education about the geology of the volcanoes and the balance of fishing and maintaining the pristine environment. |
Please contact Chaia either by email or by phone:
650-493-3450 or chaia@learningplaywithchaiamay.com |
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