Theater

Come explore the world of singing, dancing and acting!!

Everyone will get their chance to shine.

In just 1 week we will put on a Broadway style musical!

This CAMP is an intensive musical theatre program where campers put on a Broadway style musical show. Each day will be filled with singing/dancing/acting and even some self-care elements too! While fostering the love of musical theatre, we also encourage peace, balance and mindfulness for all, even adding in our special Yoga Practice too! We will fit in drama games, summer fun activities and many exciting, filled team building exercises.

Each child gets their chance to shine, all campers get speaking solos, huge dance numbers, and beautiful costumes to wear!

Public Speaking

Improve your public speaking and debate skills in the academic programs voted the best in the Bay Area!

Public speaking is a vital skill that requires practice and guidance. Students in the public speaking and debate courses will learn strategies for communicating effectively, persuasively, and confidently.

The students will practice projecting control and confidence while presenting, as well as enhance personal body language, eye contact, and gestures. The speeches will cover a variety of topics including persuasive presentations, informative speeches, narrative prompts, and various current event related debates. Speech writing and organization will be covered in class, as well.

The students will receive an evaluation after every class meeting stating their strengths and areas where improvement is needed. This class is excellent for students who want to improve their overall communication and debate skills.

Advanced Robotics

Discover the exciting intersection of technology and creativity with Advanced Robotics: Mining & Crafting, tailored for young tech enthusiasts aged 9-13. Inspired by the captivating world of Minecraft, this camp utilizes LEGO’s cutting-edge Spike Prime robotics kit to bring virtual adventures into the tangible realm of robotics. Each day, campers will delve into a new build, drawing inspiration from the Minecraft universe. They’ll craft everything from automated miners to intricate robotic creepers, all while learning the fundamentals of robotics and programming. Using the versatile Spike Prime kit, participants will explore sensors, motors, and intelligent hubs to breathe life into their creations.

Beyond building, this camp is a journey into problem-solving and critical thinking. Campers will tackle real-world engineering challenges, learning how to design, build, and code their robots to navigate and interact with the real world.

Perfect for budding engineers and programmers, Advanced Robotics: Mining & Crafting offers a unique opportunity to combine the thrill of Minecraft with the hands-on experience of advanced robotics. So gear up, young creators, for a week of building, coding, and crafting adventures. Sign up now to start your journey into the world of robotics inspired by the creativity of Minecraft!

ChatGPT

Your children’s learning today and their future have changed drastically with the recent launch of ChatGPT. The impact and capabilities of such AI systems will only grow over time. Whoever can master AI tools will be in a more advantageous position to succeed.

So what Is ChatGPT? To put it in the simplest form, ChatGPT is an AI product created by OpenAI that you can converse with and ask an incredibly wide range of questions from how to cook pasta, to travel recommendations, to coding, to solving calculus problems, and a whole lot more. It is so intelligent that it can pass Google Interviews, AP tests, and Bar exams just to name a few examples.

With the right guidance, ChatGPT can be one of the best learning resources for students. It can also help them develop critical thinking, executive functions, and creativity. In this fun and informative course, students will start to learn how to use ChatGPT more effectively, understand its strengths and weaknesses, and develop important skills to master this very valuable tool.

Drones

Get ready for the most amazing summer ever at Bricks4kidz Drone Camp, where the only things more amazing than our drones are the amount of fun and stem knowledge! This is not the place for crash landings; rather, it’s a place for curiosity landing into a camp full of experiences, excitement, and new connections.

Enroll your prospective pilot right away because, let’s be honest, drone tricks make learning about technology much more enjoyable. Make sure your child has a seat reserved for the most sought after camp in town, Brick4kidz Drone Camp, where fun meets STEM.

This program offers your child the opportunity to master STEM skills while navigating an obstacle course, learning engineering skills and coding. No dull textbooks here—just amazing drone adventures and the chance for your kid to become the Top Gun of STEM.

Game Design

The ability to code is a key component of technology education today. Our coding program will teach students important strategies to enhance their logic and problem-solving skills, as well as help them work toward becoming technological innovators of tomorrow. Our program offers a skill level progression of coding concepts. Students will be introduced to basic coding with a fun, user-friendly coding software.

Students will develop a range of coding and problem-solving skills as they create fun video games. Game designers will think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively to create various video games. Each Game Design unit includes a themed mini-model built with LEGO® Bricks that will be the main character of all of the games. Each game progressively teaches more advanced capabilities within the video game design software. Students will be proud and excited to actually play their very own completed video games.

Fashion Design

Our young fashionistas learn advance fashion design skills to produce their own wearable clothing. From designing and sketching to seeing their vision come to life, we walk the campers through the process of creating and decorating their unique pieces. Our goal is to celebrate fashion design as cool, relevant and creative activity for all kids to discover the joy of designing, sketching as a life long skill and ongoing creative expression. In camp each student will:

• Choose from our specially curated selection of fabrics
• Learn how to use a pattern
• Make fun design choices along the way!

All materials are provided.

Advance Art

Hello young artists! Drawing at our camp studio involves realistic animals, landscapes, fun characters and more! In our watercolor class we explore all of the different techniques they can apply to make their ideal watercolor painting. We do landscapes, animals, abstracts, wildlife and much more.

In our painting classes, we teach different brush strokes, shadowing and blending techniques. Through our approach we help all campers to feel confident in their own expressive style. Every camper will all have their own style which we support and nurture. There are no boundaries here in our camp studio other than to be yourself! All campers get to unleash their creativity using paper, mosaics, paintings, drawing and much more..

Pearson Maths

The curriculum is meant to fill up the foundational holes from earlier grades—usually brought on by RETENTION—and set the student up for success in their subsequent grade. All of the key subjects for grades 4-8 in math (16 topics), and English (8 topics) are covered in this program.

This curriculum was especially created to comply with COMMON CORE STATE TESTING requirements and is being offered in collaboration with PEARSONS EDUCATION. In order to determine their actual level of mastery, students will be evaluated on both advanced topics and ideas from earlier grades in an adaptive testing environment. In addition, they will work through a customized learning plan, receive one-on-one instruction on retention, and be exposed to advanced ideas in a classroom setting. With the use of gamification and visual, auditory, and project-based learning strategies, the program has been thoughtfully designed to make learning enjoyable for students enrolled in both the math and English courses. Parents will receive physical copies of the student completed work and the results of the adaptive testing after a week of completion. Depending on their eligibility, the parents will have the choice to enroll their child in the LEVEL 2 program.

Webpage Design

The Internet and Web are already an integrated part of our daily lives. But few know how it works, and the power it can give us. In this series of classes, we introduce students to the inner workings of the Internet and world wide web, from building web pages, and understanding how the Internet works, to learning more about the layers of business players around the Internet economy. Get started building your first web pages with our website coding lessons.

In this camp, students learn the core building blocks of web pages, including HTML and CSS, as well as how the Internet works. Students will also learn JavaScript and build websites with dynamic content that can respond to interactions from viewers.

Crazy Science

Young children are naturally curious and love to discover new things about the world around them. Big Science Experiments for young Kids helps them explore their inquisitive side with fun, hands-on experiments that introduce them to STEAM concepts.

This advanced science camp for kids features:

• 20 advanced Engaging experiments - Learning is a blast as kids explore basic scientific principles using everyday objects, like combining raisins and soda to see the effects of carbon dioxide in Dancing Raisins.
• Avenues for investigation - Children will develop problem-solving skills as they learn to ask questions, gather information, make guesses, and explain their discoveries.
• Simple directions - Kids can experiment with ease thanks to clear, step-by-step instructions that foster independent learning and require minimal supervision from adults.
• Explicit icons - You’ll know how to properly plan thanks to labels that alert you to a possible mess, when you may need to step in, and how long it should take to successfully complete the experiment.

Campers will learn by doing science as they mix, launch, dig, dissect, observe, explore and so much more!

Sculptors

Learn to express yourself with clay as you create animals, cups, bowls, sculptures and more! In this two-week camp, you'll develop hand-building techniques and learn to throw on the potter's wheel, then paint your creations with beautiful and bright colors.

Design your pottery projects from start to finish! In this camp, learn hand-building techniques to add character to projects and grow skills on the potter's wheel. Try out a variety of glazing techniques to add texture and personality. Projects range from bowls and cups to sculptures and hanging decorations.