For children 3 to 12 years old
Located in Westmeade, exit 201 on Hwy 40W, A New Leaf offers plenty of breathing room for campers to flow at will between outdoor and indoor activities: hunting for treasures in the woods, tending the garden, creating multimedia art in the outdoor art studio, playing games, yoga and music, reading, building, acting, learning some French and biology. Everyone takes a turn being chef and preparing great meals from all over the world!
If you are visiting this web site for the first time, click "Past Camps" on the menu to the right. You will see pictures from past summers and get a taste of our special flavor.
Below are the weeks that we are offering for summer 2008 with a brief description.
To apply, fill the Application Form for Summer Camps (menu to the right).
You may select one or several weeks of Summer Camps.
Each week has 5 days (Mo-Fr) and the hours are 8:00AM to 3:00PM. The cost is $185 per week including all supplies, lunch and two big snacks.
Week 1 June 2 to June 6 Architecture and City Planning Part 1
Let’s build a city of our dreams! We will draw, map, solve puzzles and make models of “green” buildings and fantasy buildings. How many parks, pools, types of roads and camping spaces do we need? We will fill a whole room with our creations for the best city ever!
We will water the garden using our version of the Roman canals. Everyone takes turns being chef. This week we'll cook foods from Europe. You may contribute drawings and pictures to the creation of "A New Leaf's Famous Chefs Cookbook". We will learn French vocabulary related to our city buildings and the food that we will eat.
Week 2 June 9 to June 13 Architecture and City Planning Part 2
We will continue to experiment with materials to develop our city and build our buildings. We will also experiment with large recycled materials outdoors to create housing that we can use.
We will continue to tend the garden and create sculptures to decorate. Taking turns being a chef, you will prepare foods from Asia. You may contribute drawings and pictures to the creation of "A New Leaf's Famous Chefs Cookbook". You will learn French vocabulary about city life and foods that you will eat.
Week 3 June 23 to June 27 Body Systems
This week learn about the chemistry of the foods you eat and the organs of your body that feed you during digestion, circulation and respiration. We will make models of cells and of your DNA.
We will continue to tend the garden and create sculptures to decorate. Taking turns being a chef, you will prepare foods from North America. You may contribute drawings and pictures to the creation of "A New Leaf's Famous Chefs Cookbook". You will learn French vocabulary about body parts and foods that you will eat.
Week 4 July 7 to July 11 Economics
Welcome to the world markets of past centuries. Each person will start the week with a certain amount of pretend money and materials. Your role will be to create a store to sell or exchange your goods and/or your services. You'll have to watch out and plan for bad weather, your health and thieves. See if you can find out which of the goods created fortunes for people several centuries ago.
We will continue to tend the garden and create sculptures to decorate. Taking turns being a chef, you will prepare foods from Africa. You will learn French vocabulary related to money, numbers and various merchandise as well as the weather and foods that you will eat.
Week 5 July 14 to July 18 The way things work
We will play games to experiment with gravity, leverage, planes, pendulum, friction, pulleys and more. We will also have a treasure hunt for old machines to dismantle, reassemble and make sculptures with some of the parts.
We will take care of our growing garden and should enjoy plentiful harvests. Taking turns being a chef, you will prepare foods from South America. You may contribute drawings and pictures to the creation of "A New Leaf's Famous Chefs Cookbook". You will learn French vocabulary related to physics and machines and foods that you will eat.
Week 6 August 4 to August 8 Plants you eat
Do you ever eat fruits, roots, seeds, leaves, flowers, stems? Come find out what you really are eating, where it comes from and how the plants that feed us are related to each other.
We will continue to take care of the garden, harvest and create sculptures to decorate. Taking turns being a chef, you will prepare foods from Oceania. You may contribute drawings and pictures to the creation of "A New Leaf's Famous Chefs Cookbook". You will learn French vocabulary related to plants and foods that you will eat.
Week 7 August 11 to August 15 Games
This last week of camp calls for a tournament of games. You will learn many new games to play indoors and outdoors to keep you busy until we meet again!
We will continue to take care of the garden, harvest and create sculptures to decorate. Taking turns being a chef, you will prepare foods from Antarctica. You may contribute original recipes, drawings and pictures to the creation of "A New Leaf's Famous Chefs Cookbook". You will learn French vocabulary related to features of Antarctica and foods that you will eat.