BRICKS 4 KIDZ Camps
2012 SPRING BREAK CAMP
APRIL 02,2012-APRIL 06,2012
Age Groups & Activities
Our camps are divided into two age groups: 4-6 year olds and 7-12 year olds. The children generally will work in pairs and build projects through Bricks 4 Kidz® lesson plans and make creations of their own during our free play periods. We also play various games with the children using LEGO® bricks and spend some time with LEGO® video games. The children will work and play with programmable bricks along with electric motors, sensors, system bricks, and LEGO® Technic pieces (such as gears, axles, and beams).
Camp Activities/Cost/ Location/ Hours
Schedule: 9:00Am – 12 Noon or 2:00Pm – 5:00Pm – $150 per Week( Ages 4-12)
Full Day: 9:00Am – 5:00Pm – $350 per Week (Ages 4-12)
Special Discounts and Early drop-off Available! Call for more information
Extreme Expedition Camp
Form a team to face the challenge of our extreme expedition camp. Search the globe for bricks and other resources needed to construct a base in the Himalayan Mountains and complete your expedition. Encounter Worst Case Scenario survival challenges, face forces of nature, and construct transportation equipment to bring your team together from around the globe. Do you have what it takes to face extreme brick adventures?
Animal “Grossology” Camp
If you’re fascinated by the weird but true, wild and wacky, gross and yucky, then this is the camp for you! Spend the week discovering the zany biology of our animal friends. Each day we’ll explore fascinating facts about the animal kingdom, focusing on a “creature of the day”. Build a different animal model each day and fill your very own “Animal Grossology” booklet with crazy and cool facts you learn, complete with a picture of each model, to become a certified Bricks 4 Kidz Grossologist.
*All Campers take home a custom mini-figure and a certificate at the end of the week.
2012 SUMMER CAMP SCHEDULE
Camp Activities/Cost/ Location/ Hours
Schedule: 9:00Am – 12 Noon or 2:00Pm – 5:00Pm – $150 per Week( Ages 4-12)
Full Day: 9:00Am – 5:00Pm – $350 per Week (Ages 4-12)
Special Discounts and Early drop-off Available! Call for more information.
Build a Building • Build a Robot • Build a Helicopter • Make a Movie • Play Games
And more!
Ages 4 – 6
July 09 – 13 – AMUSEMENT PARK Ages 4+
Get your ticket to ride at Bricks 4 Kidz® very own Amusement Park! Campers will build a new ride each day, learning how to make things spin, roll, turn and rock. Then they will take what they have learned to design their own thrills and challenges. Motorized models maximize the action and the fun. Each camp day includes carnival-themed games, group challenges, model-building and more.
*All Campers take home a custom mini-figure and a certificate at the end of the week.
July 16 – 20 – MINUTE TO WIN IT Ages 4+
Based on the popular NBC game show “Minute To Win It”, this camp is packed with fast-paced, fast-action building and good old-fashioned friendly competition. 60-seconds on the clock. Think you can do it? You’ve got a minute to complete the crazy challenges using exciting Bricks 4 Kidz LEGO® models & every day household items! Each day offers new models and challenges as teams compete for the title of “Minute to Win It-Bricks 4 Kidz® Style” Champions. Day five features camper-created challenges to be played out by fellow competitors. And of course there’s plenty of time for classic LEGO® building and fun!
*All Campers win prizes daily and take home a custom mini-figure and a certificate at the end of the week.
July 23 – 27 – REMOTE CONTROL MANIA Ages 4+
Making it move is the name of the game at this exciting camp! Kids will love to see their creations in motion using LEGO® wireless remote controls. Each day, campers will use fascinating and challenging LEGO® components to create dynamic vehicles, inventions, machines and more. As they enjoy the fun of building, campers will understand the basic working principles of many ingenious devices that are part of our everyday lives. Campers will also learn how to magnify, diminish and redirect force to move objects at different speeds and in different directions. This camp is loads of fun and learning for budding builders.
* All Campers take home a custom mini-figure and a certificate at the end of the week.
July 30 – August 03 – TRANSPORTATION Ages 4+
Introduce kids to the curiosity and resourcefulness that lead Wilbur and Oliver Wright to successfully build and fly the first helicopter. Discuss the history of automobiles, from the first steam powered vehicle to Henry Ford’s Model T in 1908. Explore the history of the helicopter beginning with Leonardo de Vinci’s drawing of a “helical air screw”. Get from point A to point B by building different models of transportation! Campers will also design and build their own creations. Motorized models maximize the action and fun! Each camp day includes games, group challenges, model-building and more. . .
* All Campers take home a custom mini-figure and a certificate at the end of the week.
August 06 –10 – FAMOUS BUILDING Ages 4+
Kids will love building models of medieval age. During the discussion time we will explore life in middle ages and also build international icon towers like the Eiffel Tower, that is synonymous with Paris, the Empire State Building, birthed from the competitive spirit if two American business men who both wanted to build the tallest building in the world and so much more . . .
* All Campers take home a custom mini-figure and a certificate at the end of the week.
August 13 – 17 – SPACE ADVENTURES Ages 4+
Inspired by NASA and Star Wars™, our Space Adventures Camp is packed full of models that will make your imagination blast off! Each day, campers will learn about real-life space exploration and build models related to the NASA space program. In addition, the day includes LEGO® Star Wars™ themed models, video games, group games, challenges and more. Bricks 4 Kidz® Space Adventure Camp provides the spark for imagination and creativity to take off on an adventure that’s out of this world!
* All campers take home a custom mini-figure and a Star-Wars™ Mini-model and a certificate at the end of the week!
Lower level form of classes are also available for beginners.
Ages 7-12
July 09 – 13– REMOTE CONTROL MANIA Ages 7+
Making it move is the name of the game at this exciting camp! Kids will love to see their creations in motion using LEGO® wireless remote controls. Each day, campers will use fascinating and challenging LEGO® components to create dynamic vehicles, inventions, machines and more. As they enjoy the fun of building, campers will understand the basic working principles of many ingenious devices that are part of our everyday lives. Campers will also learn how to magnify, diminish and redirect force to move objects at different speeds and in different directions. This camp is loads of fun and learning for budding builders.
* All Campers take home a custom mini-figure and a certificate at the end of the week.
July 16 – 20 – MINUTE TO WIN IT Ages 7+
Based on the popular NBC game show “Minute To Win It”, this camp is packed with fast-paced, fast-action building and good old-fashioned friendly competition. 60-seconds on the clock. Think you can do it? You’ve got a minute to complete the crazy challenges using exciting Bricks 4 Kidz LEGO® models & every day household items! Each day offers new models and challenges as teams compete for the title of “Minute to Win It-Bricks 4 Kidz® Style” Champions. Day five features camper-created challenges to be played out by fellow competitors. And of course there’s plenty of time for classic LEGO® building and fun!
July 23 – 27 – SPACE ADVENTURES Ages 7+
Inspired by NASA and Star Wars™, our Space Adventures Camp is packed full of models that will make your imagination blast off! Each day, campers will learn about real-life space exploration and build models related to the NASA space program. In addition, the day includes LEGO® Star Wars™ themed models, video games, group games, challenges and more. Bricks 4 Kidz® Space Adventure Camp provides the spark for imagination and creativity to take off on an adventure that’s out of this world!
* All campers take home a custom mini-figure and a Star-Wars™ Mini-model and a certificate at the end of the week!
July 30– August 03 – JUNIOR ROBOTICS Ages 7+
How would you like to turn your next LEGO® creation into a robot, programmed to do exactly what you tell it to do? The Bricks 4 Kidz® new Junior Robotics camp offers all the fun of building with LEGO® bricks, PLUS the challenge of computer programming! Using drag-and-drop icon-based software, WeDo software provides an introduction into the world of computer-programming and robotics that will equip children to succeed in a technology-based marketplace. This fun, action-packed week combines real-life skills with real-kid fun!
Lab Fee $25
*All Campers take home a custom mini-figure and a certificate at the end of the week.
August 06 – 10 - MODEL DESIGNER 101 Ages 7+
How do LEGO® brick model-designers come up with their ideas? Where do they begin, and how do the ideas go from concept to completion? This camp will explore the creative process of model design. Campers will learn the function of different LEGO® components and discover how those components can work together to create all kinds of solid structures and moving parts. At the completion of the camp, each child will have the opportunity to present his or her own design.
*All Campers take home a custom mini-figure and a certificate at the end of the week.
August 13 – 17 – MOVIE MAKING Ages 7+
Light, cameras, LEGO® action! Use LEGO® bricks to tell YOUR story, complete with music, special effects and all your favorite LEGO® mini-figure characters! In this unique and creative camp, students will plan, script, stage, shoot, and produce their own mini-movie using Stop Motion Animation. Working as a team, students will use LEGO® components to build the set and props, and then shoot their movie using a digital camera. Teams will use movie-making software to add special effects, titles, credits and more. When the movie is complete, campers will impress friends and family with a screening party on the last day of camp. Don’t miss your chance to be in the movies! Advanced Movie Making will include all the fun of movie making camp, but with longer movies and more special effects for returning children.
*All Campers take home a custom mini-figure, DVD of their movie creation and a certificate at the end of the week.
Lower level form of classess are also available.