           Welcome Amigos Spanish Immersion
Summer Camp 2012 Sign up for FOUR weeks or more and receive a 10% discount on your total fee Sign up for SIX weeks or more receive a 20% discount on your total fee    
Welcome Amigos offers a unique
summer time experience. Our summer camp is designed for children to
enjoy learning Spanish within a series of amazing themes. Our focus is
on cognitive, social, and emotional growth. In a small class size,
teachers have the opportunity to listen, interact, and encourage each
student to contribute his/her own ideas while bringing enthusiasm and
class participation.
We accept children ages 2 ½ - 12 years old. Groups are grouped according to their age:  Summer Camp Goals
* Involve children in decision-making by letting them make their own criteria, without real right or wrong answers. * Support and nurture critical thinking skills in young children. * Provide children with strategies that help them develop strong and positive academic and lifelong problem-solving and social skills. * Encourage the children to appreciate the Spanish language, its culture and become confident and eager Spanish speakers.
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Hours
Half Day Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Morning Extended Hours: 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Full Day Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m Afternoon Extended Hours: 3:00 - 5:30 p.m __Camp Ages/ Locations Summer Camp Dates: June 18th - August 29th San Mateo - Alameda de las Pulgas - Ages 2 ½ - 12 yrs. old Burlingame Location - Ages 3½ - 12 yrs. old    
Agua y Ciencia – Water & Science
Session 1: June 18th – 22nd & Session 2: June 25th – 29th Session 1: ¡El verano llego! (Summer is here!) The heat of summer is the perfect time to play and discover surprising facts about water. From soggy to sodden, this class will wet campers’ interest in science while exploring surprising aspects of the most essential uses and importance of water. Expect students to come home a little bit damp and delighted. We will make blowing bubbles, and explore the power of the sun, using it to purify dirty water, float a big bag and even cook a snack in a solar oven. Session 2: ¡Qué divertido es aprender con agua! (How fun it is to learn with water!) We will discover the many different kind of sea animals, learn the different levels of sea, and discover how different sea animals protect themselves, learn about sea habitat, salt and freshwater animals. We will also make fish puppets, 3D sea creatures, and play fun water games.   
 Viajando al Espacio – Travel to Outer Space
Session 3: July 2nd – 6th (No camp on July 4th) & Session 4: July 9th – 13th Session 3: ¡Viajemos al espacio! (Let’s travel to outer space!). Come and learn what is in outer space, study astronauts and discover constellations. We will create a dramatic play area allowing children to discover the solar system. Children will make their own constellations, telescope, flying saucer, and galaxy with a variety of materials allowing them to use their imagination. Session 4: ¡Sigamos con nuestro viaje! (Let’s continue with our journey!) We will continue our second week of Viajando al Espacio camp learning about orbiting around the moon and planets. Students will make their own sundials to learn the movement of the sun and planets. We will also learn the reason why time passes and the seasons.    El Circo – The Circus
Session 5: July 16th – 20th & Session 6: July 23rd – 27th Session 5: ¡Exploremos el circo!
(Let’s explore the circus!) Come and discover what happens at the circus.
We will learn about circus animals and performers. Children will have
fun practicing circus skills such as learning magic tricks, make ice
cream clown, bean bag toss, pin the nose on the clown, and make
popcorn.
Session 6: During the second week of El Circo camp we will experience hands on math and science at the circus. For example, we will talk about balloons and weight and how the different gases weigh differently. We will balance balls on a scale, and estimate how many balls fit in a container, or what will happen if the magician mixes colorful feathers in his hat. Will a colorful bunny come out? ¿Qué mesclarías tú? (What will you mix?).   
El Arte y El Espíritu Emprendedor - Performing Arts and Entrepreneurship
Session 7: July 30th – August 3rd & Session 8: August 6th – 10th Session 7: ¡Usemos nuestra imaginación! . Let’s use your imagination and choose to be a musician, a writer, an actor, or an artist. This camp is designed for children of all ages to identify entrepreneurial skills that is just right for them. One student may create a business selling/marketing “Practice Partners”, develop a logo for their work or serve as giving guidance and assistance to other students preparing for music lessons. Session 8: El mundo del arte… (In the world of art…). Continuing in the world of performing arts, children will create a “jingle” for an art show to use in a TV or radio advertising. We will allow time for children to plan their performance and create their booth to sell the tickets. There will be a job position for each member! ¿Qué quiseras ser tú? (What would like to be?).   
Ciencia, Causa, y Efecto - Science, Cause, and Effect
Session 9: August 13th – 17th & Session 10: August 20th - 24th Session 9: ¡Me gusta la ciencia! (I like science!) Come and join this hands-on science fun week! It will be filled with fun experiments, and engaging science projects. Children will get to take the amazing projects they will build home. This session, we will explore a variety of topics that cover broad science areas like physics and chemistry. For example, students will explore how sound and light travel, the relativity of touch, the relation between smell and taste, and how the brain brings all the information together to inform us about the world we’re in. Session 10: Moving on with our fun Ciencia, Causa, y Efecto camp, we will explore biology, ecology, and archeology. Children will try to find the hottest and coolest spots outside using both their senses and a thermometer. They will discuss why it’s cooler on the grass than on the pavement, in the shade than in the sun, and a few inches underground than above. We’ll use sand to explore erosion and the processes that break down and recreate rock. We’ll create fossils, and then dig them up    Ciencia y Comida - Food and Science Session 11: August 27th – 29th (3 days only) In our Ciencia y Comida Camp we will have an adventure summer with food science activities and games. We will create our own bit of learning this summer. Some of our experiments include, how to make butter by shaking cream in a jar. We will make ice cream with our hands, brew tea at different temperatures, and make sugar crystals. We will have a three days food science party at learn tricks to fool our senses and our friends. ¡Integrate! (Come join us!)    |
