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Summer offers children an excellent opportunity to try out new activities from learning about art or fitness to trying photography and playing a different sport. Here are four new programs that began in the summer 2011.
Trails of Summer
Trails of Summer is a new camp offering old-fashioned fun for everyone, including children with special needs. The goal is to have an integrated camp where children of all abilities can play and develop skills together. Campers will enjoy baking, gardening, scrapbooking, dancing, swimming and even oil painting during the camp’s two-week sessions. However, older campers ages 13-16 will follow a special “Teens on the Trail” program, designed to meet the needs and interests of adolescents. This camp is the brainchild of Lynne Pronman, a pediatric nurse and social worker who has spent more than 30 years working with children who have special needs.
Ages: 5-16, with a focus on children with special needs
Location: Pierrefonds Cultural Centre, 9665 Gouin Blvd. W.
Dates: June 27-Aug. 19
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with before and after care available
Cost: $250/week (minimum two weeks) for the regular program; $285/week (minimum two weeks) for the special needs program
For more information, call (514) 620-2772 or (514) 992-4545 or email lynjoy@sympatico.ca
McCord Museum
The McCord Museum, dedicated to exploring Canadian history, used to offer summer camps but stopped two years ago because of a lack of funding. However, this year the museum is once again in a financial position to have a summer camp and is offering two new programs.
In Treasure Hunters, kids spend the morning making their own treasures from clay, paint and papier-mâché, followed by a lunch break and time spent playing outdoors. In Zoom in on the Photo, campers will take pictures and develop the negatives in a darkroom during the morning and then have outdoor play in the afternoon.
Ages: 5-12
Location: 690 Sherbrooke St., W., Montreal
Dates: weekly sessions: July 18, Aug. 8 and Aug. 22 (Treasure Hunters), July 25, Aug. 1 and Aug. 15 (Zoom in on the Photo)
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with care available before and after.
Cost: $205/week
For more information, call (514) 398-7100 ext. 222 or visit www.musee-mccord.qc.ca
Camp B’Nai Brith of Montreal
Camp B'Nai Brith, located near Ste. Agathe in the Laurentians, is reaching out to very young campers with its "Rookie Camp" program for kids from kindegarten to Grade 3. The week-long program offers a short introduction to overnight camp, with little ones participating in all the traditional activities like canoeing, swimming, arts and crafts, etc.
Ages: Kindergarten to Grade 3
Location: 5445 Route 329 N., Lantier, QC (near Ste. Agathe)
Dates: July 4-Aug. 12 (week-long sessions)
Cost: $850 per week
For more information, call (514) 735-3669 or visit www.cbbmtl.org
Digital Music Camp
Young people who have a fascination with all things musical might be interested in a new camp being offered at Dawson College. The Digital Music Camp, put on by the college’s Centre for Training and Development, will allow tweens and teens to create a podcast, invent a funky ringtone for a cell phone or even design a music track for a home movie. During each week-long session, campers will learn about computer programs like Garageband, visit a music or television studio and work on individual projects. There will also be a presentation for family and friends on the final day.
Ages: 12-17
Location: Dawson College (near the Atwater metro)
Dates: July 4-August 5
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $325 per week
For more information, call (514) 933-0047 or go to www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca (click on Continuing Education)
