Camps
Two Great Camps Team Up to Bring Rising K – 5th Graders Awesome and Thrilling Summer Experience : Bricks4kidz and Challenge Island
Bricks4kidz
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)
Challenge Island:
Is a wildly popular enrichment program and camp (loosely-based on the series SURVIVOR) that promotes creative and critical thinking skills in children while reinforcing the scientific process. Campers will divide into tribes and take on daily thematic “challenges” that inspire them to think outside the box and stretch their cognitive and creative muscles. Your child will have a blast this summer trying to OUTTHINK, OUTSMART and OUTPLAY on Challenge Island
www.challenge-island.com/washingtondc
2013 SUMMER CAMP SCHEDULE
Camp Activities/Cost/ Location/ Hours
Schedule: 9:00Am – 12 Noon or 1:00Pm – 5:00Pm – $175 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. Build Super Hero • Make a Movie • Play Games .And more!
June 24-28 (Ages 4+) (9 am-12pm)
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.
SHARK TOOTH ISLAND (1pm-5pm)
Shark Tooth Island-Join us for a trip to Shark Tooth Island summer Camp! Challenge Island is a wildly popular program that promotes creative and critical thinking skills in children. Loosely based on a well-known reality TV show, Challenge Island presents students with a vast array of exciting challenges set on action-packed thematic “islands”. Our innovative programming reinforces STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and core language arts skills (but let’s keep that last part under our hats, because as far as your kids are concerned Challenge Island is just plain fun!). !Please visit our website:
*All Campers take home a custom mini-figure and a certificate at the end of the week.
July 1-5 (Ages 4+) (9 am-12pm)
AMUSEMENT PARK
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
REMOTE CONTROL MANIA
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.
AMUSEMENT PARK ISLAND(1-5PM)
Kids get to dream up and create their own working amusement park at this awesome Challenge Island camp. Roller coasters, ziplines, and real flying rockets are just a few of the rad rides they’ll design using basic household and recycled materials. Your camper’s creativity is the limit on CI’s Amusement Park Island.
*All Campers take home a custom mini-figure and a certificate at the end of the week.
July 08 – 12 (Ages 4+) (9 am-12pm)
Super Heroes Academy Camp
Join Bricks 4 Kidz for a week building cool, super hero inspired models with LEGO® bricks. Construct your favorite super heroes along with custom contraptions to set the scene for “save the planet” action! Discover which super powers each hero possesses and protect your brick world against all the evil arch enemies. At the end of the camp, all Super Hero Campers will go home with a mini-figure and tons of photos of all their creations!
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Build Super Heroes
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Build Super Hero-themed contraptions
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Play games with LEGO bricks inspired by your favorite super hero powers
TRANSPORTATION
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. . .
VOLCANO ISLAND (1-5PM)
This camp’s activities will take place on the all new and action-packed VOLCANO ISLAND. Students will make real exploding volcanoes, lava lamps, bouncing lava balls, balloon blast powered vehicles, earthquake-safe structures, and fizzy volcano pops, just to name a few
*All Campers take home a custom mini-figure and a certificate at the end of the week.
July 15 – 19 (Ages 4+) (9 am-12pm)
SPACE ADVENTURES
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!
MODEL DESIGNER
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.
SHARK TOOTH ISLAND (1pm-5pm)
Shark Tooth Island -Join us for a trip to Shark Tooth Island Summer Camp! Challenge Island is a wildly popular program that promotes creative and critical thinking skills in children. Loosely based on a well-known reality TV show, Challenge Island presents students with a vast array of exciting challenges set on action-packed thematic “islands”. Our innovative programming reinforces STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and core language arts skills (but let’s keep that last part under our hats, because as far as your kids are concerned Challenge Island is just plain fun!). !Please visit our website:
July 22 – 26 (Ages 4+) (9 am-12pm)
TRANSPORTATION
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
JUNIOR ROBOTICS
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!
CARNIVAL ISLAND(1-5PM)
Join us for a trip to Carnival Island! Challenge Island is a wildly popular program that promotes creative and critical thinking skills in children. Loosely based on a well-known reality TV show, Challenge Island presents students with a vast array of exciting challenges set on action-packed thematic “islands”. Our innovative programming reinforces STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and core language arts skills (but let’s keep that last part under our hats, because as far as your kids are concerned Challenge Island is just plain fun!). !
* All Campers take home a custom mini-figure and a certificate at the end of the week.
July 29 – August 02 –(Ages 4+) (9 am-12pm)
MINING AND CRAFTING CAMP
Minecraft is a game about placing blocks to build anything you can imagine. At night monsters come out, make sure to build a shelter before that happens. Experience the world of Minecraft with LEGO® bricks in this fun camp! Kids will start by crafting their shelters and some of the mobs, critters and tools using LEGO® bricks. Campers will face new challenges each day, building motorized Bricks 4 Kidz models and crafting key elements from the popular Minecraft game. At the end of the week, all MINERS AND CRAFTERS will go home with a custom mini-figure
SPACE ADVENTURES
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!
AMUSEMENT PARK ISLAND(1-5PM)
Kids get to dream up and create their own working amusement park at this awesome Challenge Island camp. Roller coasters, ziplines, and real flying rockets are just a few of the rad rides they’ll design using basic household and recycled materials. Your camper’s creativity is the limit on CI’s Amusement Park Island.
* All Campers take home a custom mini-figure and a certificate at the end of the week.
August 05 –09 – (Ages 4+) (9 am-12pm)
FAMOUS BUILDING
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 . . .
SPORTS SPECTACULAR
Explore sports ranging from gymnastics to biking, mini-golf to airplane acrobatics! This unit is a great way to get “sporty” kids building and get LEGO® fans interested in sports. Some lessons focus on the importance of physical fitness and different aspects of fitness, such as stamina and strength. Other lessons describe the mechanics of the sport, such as the physics involved in golf and the components of a stationary bike. But the best part for the students is the way the models move and the fun they have playing with them after they’re built – hitting a plastic golf ball with the mini-golf model, watching the gymnast spin around the bar and seeing the tiny airplanes spin around and around on the air show model. Maybe they’ll be inspired to try a new sport, or build a model of their favorite sport!
VOLCANO ISLAND(1-5PM)
This camp’s activities will take place on the all new and action-packed VOLCANO ISLAND. Students will make real exploding volcanoes, lava lamps, bouncing lava balls, balloon blast powered vehicles, earthquake-safe structures, and fizzy volcano pops, just to name a few
* All Campers take home a custom mini-figure and a certificate at the end of the week.
August 12 – 16 (Ages 4+) (9 am-12pm)
MOVIE MAKING
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.
Super Heroes Academy Camp
Join Bricks 4 Kidz for a week building cool, super hero inspired models with LEGO® bricks. Construct your favorite super heroes along with custom contraptions to set the scene for “save the planet” action! Discover which super powers each hero possesses and protect your brick world against all the evil arch enemies. At the end of the camp, all Super Hero Campers will go home with a mini-figure and tons of photos of all their creations!
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Build Super Heroes
-
Build Super Hero-themed contraptions
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Play games with LEGO bricks inspired by your favorite super hero power.
CARNIVAL ISLAND(1-5PM)
Join us for a trip to Carnival Island! Challenge Island is a wildly popular program that promotes creative and critical thinking skills in children. Loosely based on a well-known reality TV show, Challenge Island presents students with a vast array of exciting challenges set on action-packed thematic “islands”. Our innovative programming reinforces STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and core language arts skills (but let’s keep that last part under our hats, because as far as your kids are concerned Challenge Island is just plain fun!). !
* All Campers take home a custom mini-figure and a certificate at the end of the week.
August 19 – 23 (Ages 4+) (9 am-12pm)
REMOTE CONTROL MANIA
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.
AMUSEMENT PARK
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
SHARK TOOTH ISLAND (1pm-5pm)
Join us for a trip to Shark Tooth Island Summer Camp! Challenge Island is a wildly popular program that promotes creative and critical thinking skills in children. Loosely based on a well-known reality TV show, Challenge Island presents students with a vast array of exciting challenges set on action-packed thematic “islands”. Our innovative programming reinforces STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and core language arts skills (but let’s keep that last part under our hats, because as far as your kids are concerned Challenge Island is just plain fun!). !Please visit our website:
* All Campers take home a custom mini-figure and a certificate at the end of the week.
CAMP SITES
1130 6th St. NW
Washington DC, 20001
BRICKS 4 KIDZ®
202-609-7326
washingtondc@bricks4kidz.com
www.bricks4kidz.com/washingtondc
