Join Melissa Blumhagen and helpers for an active, fun-filled four days of activities! Campers will participate in crafts, dance, games, stories, songs, sports, hikes and free play. Bring a lunch and a water bottle. Look for course #97549 on SPARC.

Finally, time to wear something other than a parka! To get our summer season jumping we have a brand new kids' summer camp dedicated to, well, summer! In this class the kids will learning basic sewing techniques while finishing a super cute wrap skirt and board shorts to wear at the beach. For the boys we will make two board shorts with pockets. A small materials list will be emailed out prior to class.

Moss Bay campers enjoy an outstanding summer youth recreation program with a terrific staff, quality adventures, excellent sports equipment, good times and great rowing, kayaking, sailing and paddle board instruction. Week-long camps on Lake Union offered with different water sports for kids of various ages. Safety is Moss Bay’s priority. See website for full details.

Join Jake Harris and the ZeroWaste Team to create an entire ecosystem of ocean creatures for this year's Fremont Summer Solstice Parade using Recycled Materials! Campers will learn how to use costumes and humor to raise awareness about critical environmental issues, and have a lot of fun creating and performing in a solstice parade entry.

Practice Makes Perfect Soccer Camps for ages 5 - 14 by Priestwick Sackeyfio, past professional soccer player from Ghana. Call today for more information 206-499-4019. Our Practice Makes Perfect Soccer Camp program is designed to help the beginning player as well as the serious, committed player to understand and recognize the challenges and the demands of the modern game. In this camp, each player is given the freedom, the guidance, and the encouragement required to meet these challenges and demands with creativity, imagination, and flair. Learn how to handle the ball, including trapping, heading, chesting, and focus on body movement, behind the ball, off the ball, breaking away, receiving. Work on physical conditioning, with an emphasis on speed and strength training. Practice many, many different techniques. Absorb the rules of the game. Play raw soccer in the mini-scrimmage format, and of course, have fun! See full schedule at our website.

Parents: What are your kids going to do all summer long? Help them say “goodbye” to the summertime doldrums and send them to the R.E.A.L. Summer Adventure Program at Northshore Christian Academy. Where kids find Relational, Exciting, and Active Learning all summer long. Open to all; no prior affiliation with NCA necessary. Options include 3, 4 or 5 days/week attendance.

Introducing young children to the joys of horsemanship is one of the highlights of summer at RockMeadow. Campers enjoy a one-week day camp with plenty of hands-on time with safe and well trained horses an ponies. The camps are limited to just ten campers, insuring that each child receives plenty of one on one attention from our instructors and camp counselors. Our camps are designed to be an excellent introductory experience for young children with little to no riding background. Activities include daily classes about horses, grooming, feeding and caring for a horse or pony, daily riding lessons, arts and crafts, gardening, trail walks, pizza party and end of the week horse show. Each camper will receive a camp tee-shirt, Certificate of Achievement and Horse Show Award.

Explore the world of worms, slugs, snails and other slippery critters. Learn their role in the garden. Go on a slug hunt, charm snails from their shells and hold live, wiggly worms! Slimy! Revel in the family organic garden in this two-day class for parents and preschoolers. Learn what to plant and how to work together to grow in your own garden. This class introduces children and parents to insects, flowers and the garden world. The session includes gardening, an art project, stories, our famous sun tea and yummy snacks!

Join SYT this summer as we learn to express our creative minds and bodies, develop theatrical passion, and explore the world around us through performance art! By each Friday, through the use of team collaboration, technique-based youth drama training, and our own collective imagination, students will create and present a piece which highlights the theatrical element of the week. Curriculum will vary each session, with a core focus of movement based creative drama. SYT supports families of all income levels. We will work to accommodate students regardless of ability to pay. Weekly sessions:

Week 1: Sets and Costumes

Week 2: Playwriting and Movement

Week 3*: Shakespeare for Kids! (no camp Thursday, July 4)

Week 4: Musical Theater

Have you ever wanted to know why the sky is blue, how fast a worm can travel, or what makes our hearts beat? In this week of hands-on science, campers will do experiments, learn the process of scientific inquiry, and discover fascinating facts about the world’s most interesting scientific topics. During our field trip to the Kids in Medicine laboratory at the Seattle Science Foundation, we will dissect a pig heart in the bioskills lab to learn about body systems and medicine.

The Explorer West Summer Arts Improvisation Camp - Theatre, Circus, Fine Arts, Dancing and Singing. The theme of our camp is improvisation and interconnected art. This is a two-week performing and fine arts camp and all students are welcome; you need not be an Explorer West student. During camp, students will explore dance, acting, circus arts, music, and fine arts in the theme of improvisation. How does a painting inspire a work of dance? How does a song inspire a scene? Students will create their own world of art in a camp that is designed for any skill level. Students will work towards a one-of-a-kind student created final performance for families and friends. Please contact the school for registration forms and additional information.

Sponge presents Summer Passport to China - Mandarin Immersion Camp for K-2nd and 3rd-5th grades at PEAK Boys & Girl's Club on Mercer Island. We help campers build language and cultural competency while having lots of summer fun! Our camp leaders are great at making kids excited about language, culture and the world – and they happen to be native-speaking, experienced language teachers, too. Campers are grouped by language experience and ability where appropriate. Dragons, magic, and martial arts! Join us for a Mandarin language immersion adventure. We’ll travel across the ocean and learn about some magical characters from China. Campers will explore Chinese myths, festivals, and foods. We will tell stories about magical dragons, make boats for the Dragon Boat Festival and cook delicious dumplings!

Sponge presents Summer Passport to Latin America – Spanish Immersion Camp for K-2nd grade and 3-5th grade at PEAK Boys & Girls Club on Mercer Island. We help campers build language and cultural competency while having lots of summer fun! Our camp leaders are great at making kids excited about language, culture and the world – and they happen to be native-speaking, experienced language teachers, too. Campers are grouped by language experience and ability where appropriate. Viva el Español! Join Sponge for a Spanish language immersion adventure. Travel to different countries and explore food and cooking, art and culture of the Spanish-speaking world. From empanadas to guacamole, we’ll cook tasty treats, make piñatas, and play outdoor games like futbol!

Campers, join us for SweetPea Nations' unique, themed summer art camps were you'll explore diverse cultures through the arts, taught by professional teaching artists. Check out our full summer of fun themes here: http://sweetpeacottage.org/pdocs/summercamp_2012.pdf

Camp BLAST OFF!: What does it take to get into space? Lots of rocket power! Test out different ‘rockets’ to see which ones will climb the highest. Design your custom space cruiser and then build it. Make and launch a different rocket each day.