Summer Camp Class

[ashleybea1]

I have a job interview at the high school that I teach at for a summer camp teacher position. The camp has 4 teachers, art, science, PE and the fourth gets to create their own class. They can change their class every 2 weeks if they want.
I am looking for the fourth teacher position.

If you were a child between the ages 6-11 what fourth class would you want to have at summer camp.

 

[pocomom]

I have a job interview at the high school that I teach at for a summer camp teacher position. The camp has 4 teachers, art, science, PE and the fourth gets to create their own class. They can change their class every 2 weeks if they want.
I am looking for the fourth teacher position.

If you were a child between the ages 6-11 what fourth class would you want to have at summer camp.

STEM/STEAM , survival skills and cooking are all pretty hot right now. Good luck!

 

[ronandannette]

STEM/STEAM , survival skills and cooking are all pretty hot right now. Good luck!

I was going to say cooking too, but I don't know too many 8 y.o.'s that would be excited for math class at summer camp.

 

[pocomom]

I was going to say cooking too, but I don't know too many 8 y.o.'s that would be excited for math class at summer camp.

At camp STEM/STEAM would be more like labs, engineering , design, inventors lab etc
Not algebra
But I do teach a math games class that is very popular!

 

[sonnyjane]

STEM/STEAM , survival skills and cooking are all pretty hot right now. Good luck!

I do kind of like the idea of survival class but 6 is kind of young, and I'm not sure you'd have enough material to fill two weeks at a time. Maybe.

 

[powellrj]

My kids did this when they were in grade school and their favorites were camping skills, French, art and drama.

 

[Skippy918]

I would go with cooking or baking. My son's camp did that and it was one of his favorite activities.

 

[PollyannaMom]

cooking, drama, and computers

 

[ashleybea1]

Thanks for the suggestions. My certificate is in English. So one session I was thinking of doing a creative writing. Like create your own short stories.

I like the baking idea. Computers is also a possibility.

My MIL is super into steam and has a company that focuses on tech for girls so maybe with her guidance I can set up some lesson plans for that. Since I'm quite horrible at it.

Thanks again for the suggestions. Keep them coming tho I love hearing everyone's ideas.

 

[pocomom]

I do kind of like the idea of survival class but 6 is kind of young, and I'm not sure you'd have enough material to fill two weeks at a time. Maybe.

I taught survival skills as part of a year long health and safety class. That portion lasted 10 class periods and could have gone much longer. But I included first aid. 6 year olds a bandaids and a couple ace bandages and they will be thrilled!
The big thing is whether you have outside space? Shelter building was a huge hit as well as coming up with water collection/purification devices. Lots on YouTube to help.

Pinterest and YouTube have a lot of simple steam projects.

I think with language arts I might jazz it up a bit. Maybe have the kids write and then perform a piece on the last day? Or maybe book club? That way with the younger kids you could do a craft or something that goes with the the book- older kids could write something in the style of the book..

I know Harry Potter theme camp is still big here... you could probably find a million pinterest projects for Hogwarts class.

 

[mikie1011]

swimming, rafting , swim skills, biking , it all good stuff too teach kids

 

[Allons-y!]

Our school district offers summer fun sessions. The first ones to fill are the STEM classes, followed by cooking and theater. Anything to "school-ish" rarely fills, including creative writing (that usually ends up getting cancelled).

 

[PollyannaMom]

I know Harry Potter theme camp is still big here... you could probably find a million pinterest projects for Hogwarts class.

Ooh, seeing that your background is in English, I like this a lot! You could do different book themes on different days/weeks (depending on how long your class periods are). - DS did a Harry Potter day at a camp once, and they played a "muggle" version of "quidditch". He had a blast!

Book themes could incorporate other subjects as well - geography, language, even cooking something that the characters eat in the story!