SUMMER LEARNING ADVENTURES:
Grades K-6
Our spin on Summer Camps are uniquely designed with your child’s passions and interests in mind.
We offer both full and half day options to meet the needs of all families. Students staying for both morning and afternoon sessions participate in a 30-minute supervised lunch at no additional cost. Students will need to bring their own snacks and lunches please; we are a nut-free facility.
Full payment is due at registration, and the price includes all materials. We also offer a 10% sibling discount.
Need more time at camp? Power Up My Day for an additional $20 (per day) for morning drop off at 7:30 am and afternoon pick up at 5:30 pm.
SUMMER LEARNING ADVENTURES: GRADES K-6
Registration for Summer Learning Adventures for 2018 is now available. Please click on the class of choice to go to the registration page.
8:30-11:30am
Step right up to our thrilling Carnival Game Inventors class. In this class, our young inventors will develop their own carnival booth games to kick off the summer break. They will utilize a variety of materials to invent their very own games and take home their daily fabrications. Creative problem-solving, critical thinking, Engineering Design Process application and lots of carnival fun to be had by all.
12:00-3:30 pm
This week is filled with hi-tech creative exploration. Kids will be introduced to the creative application of technology while developing their skills in keyboarding and the use of web-based tools. They will explore Google Earth as they go on virtual field trips and explore graphics and digital storytelling as they use online comic strips tools. Additionally, they will learn safety and etiquette for computer use. Help propel your child’s skills into this totally technology driven society of today and tomorrow.
8:00-11:30 am
Minecrafters will be immersed in a project-based week of science, technology, engineering, art, and math concepts as they engage in rigorous learning. In order to apply their new understandings, kids will be given a daily challenge. They will first design their solution on paper, they will then develop a 3D model and finally turn their developed solution into a virtual engineering wonder on Minecraft. So much applied learning, so much fun!
12:00-3:30 pm
Kids become better writers when they have a mastery of penmanship. Through fun and engaging artistic writing activities kids will have an opportunity to improve their penmanship and writing techniques. The focus for this class includes creative self-expression and beautiful designs for an exploration of various hand lettering exercises. We will incorporate a variety of media through different art projects to engage them in meaningful penmanship playing with style and brush calligraphy basics to illustrated hand-lettered designs and lettering styles. Kids will apply these techniques to daily crafts and projects. No digital media used here.
8:00-11:30 am
Summer is the time for fun and relaxation. However, for students who struggle with reading, writing, and dyslexia it is also a great opportunity to gain academic skills without the daily pressures of school work. Our 5-Week Summer Orton-Gillingham Academic Booster Camp will build upon the momentum gained this school year!
Daily activities include:
- One hour of one-on-one reading and writing OG tutoring session
- 45 minutes of guided reading for fluency, accuracy, and comprehension
- 45 minutes of cursive handwriting and/or keyboarding
- One hour of fun hands-on learning for math fluency, games, and arts.
Highly qualified and Orton-Gillingham trained teachers will monitor their progress throughout the five-week camp and provide written evaluation results with academic recommendations and observations to parents. Students are given pre and post-tests designed specifically for this camp in order to guide instructional planning. Our teachers use the Orton-Gillingham multisensory approach with kids to boost their current levels of functioning in all academic areas.
If you like icky, gross, wiggly, and disgusting, then this is the Learning Adventure for you. Kids will have a blast creating disgusting science projects, such as, unicorn poop slime, jello brains, edible skin layers and more. These delightfully gross experiments will provide so much fun, kids won’t even realize just how much science they are actually learning.
8:00-11:30 am
Summer is the time for fun and relaxation. However, for students who struggle with reading, writing, and dyslexia it is also a great opportunity to gain academic skills without the daily pressures of school work. Our 5-Week Summer Orton-Gillingham Academic Booster Camp will build upon the momentum gained this school year!
Daily activities include:
- One hour of one-on-one reading and writing OG tutoring session
- 45 minutes of guided reading for fluency, accuracy, and comprehension
- 45 minutes of cursive handwriting and/or keyboarding
- One hour of fun hands-on learning for math fluency, games, and arts.
Highly qualified and Orton-Gillingham trained teachers will monitor their progress throughout the five-week camp and provide written evaluation results with academic recommendations and observations to parents. Students are given pre and post-tests designed specifically for this camp in order to guide instructional planning. Our teachers use the Orton-Gillingham multisensory approach with kids to boost their current levels of functioning in all academic areas.
12:00-3:30 pm
Students will engage in exploring Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry through the lens of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. We will begin by exploring spells and charms as well as exploring magical locations and delving deeper into the characters of this story. Which house will you be sorted into?…. Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Slytherin, Gryffindor.
Muggles welcome.
8:00-11:30 am
Summer is the time for fun and relaxation. However, for students who struggle with reading, writing, and dyslexia it is also a great opportunity to gain academic skills without the daily pressures of school work. Our 5-Week Summer Orton-Gillingham Academic Booster Camp will build upon the momentum gained this school year!
Daily activities include:
- One hour of one-on-one reading and writing OG tutoring session
- 45 minutes of guided reading for fluency, accuracy, and comprehension
- 45 minutes of cursive handwriting and/or keyboarding
- One hour of fun hands-on learning for math fluency, games, and arts.
Highly qualified and Orton-Gillingham trained teachers will monitor their progress throughout the five-week camp and provide written evaluation results with academic recommendations and observations to parents. Students are given pre and post-tests designed specifically for this camp in order to guide instructional planning. Our teachers use the Orton-Gillingham multisensory approach with kids to boost their current levels of functioning in all academic areas.
12:00-3:30 pm
This Learning Adventure will feature projects that are built with zero technology, just like our forefathers did. The focus is on “making,”
from weaving your own basket, to making your own candle and folk games, this week pays tribute to the pioneering spirit of early settlers.
8:00-11:30 am
Summer is the time for fun and relaxation. However, for students who struggle with reading, writing, and dyslexia it is also a great opportunity to gain academic skills without the daily pressures of school work. Our 5-Week Summer Orton-Gillingham Academic Booster Camp will build upon the momentum gained this school year!
Daily activities include:
- One hour of one-on-one reading and writing OG tutoring session
- 45 minutes of guided reading for fluency, accuracy, and comprehension
- 45 minutes of cursive handwriting and/or keyboarding
- One hour of fun hands-on learning for math fluency, games, and arts.
Highly qualified and Orton-Gillingham trained teachers will monitor their progress throughout the five-week camp and provide written evaluation results with academic recommendations and observations to parents. Students are given pre and post-tests designed specifically for this camp in order to guide instructional planning. Our teachers use the Orton-Gillingham multisensory approach with kids to boost their current levels of functioning in all academic areas.
12:00-3:30 pm
Students will engage in exploring Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry through the lens of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. We will begin by joining Wizard classes and learning about magical creatures and magical objects such as flying cars, Basilisks, talking diaries, invisibility cloaks….oh my!
8:00-11:30 am
Summer is the time for fun and relaxation. However, for students who struggle with reading, writing, and dyslexia it is also a great opportunity to gain academic skills without the daily pressures of school work. Our 5-Week Summer Orton-Gillingham Academic Booster Camp will build upon the momentum gained this school year!
Daily activities include:
- One hour of one-on-one reading and writing OG tutoring session
- 45 minutes of guided reading for fluency, accuracy, and comprehension
- 45 minutes of cursive handwriting and/or keyboarding
- One hour of fun hands-on learning for math fluency, games, and arts.
Highly qualified and Orton-Gillingham trained teachers will monitor their progress throughout the five-week camp and provide written evaluation results with academic recommendations and observations to parents. Students are given pre and post-tests designed specifically for this camp in order to guide instructional planning. Our teachers use the Orton-Gillingham multisensory approach with kids to boost their current levels of functioning in all academic areas.
In this Learning Adventure kids will be exploring the fascinating world beneath the sea. They will dive deep into aquatic studies of geology, chemistry, and biology of both salt and freshwater environments. They will learn what it takes to become a marine biologist while immersed in fun hands-on activities like making an edible coral reef, testing methods of cleaning up an oil spill and other environmental calamities, and meet some of our underwater world’s most fascinating creatures. Submerge in this underwater adventure!
8:00-11:30 am
Our popular Story Divers series this year is the classic Wizard of OZ. Students will engage in an educational journey through the land of Oz. Each day they will read sections of the book The Wizard of Oz and engage in hands-on STEAM activities; science, technology, engineering, arts, and math. They will watch movie clips and dig into the different themes of the story. They will engage in creative writing, and readers’ theater acting out their favorite characters. So strap on your ruby slippers/tennis shoes, we’re to see the wonderful Wizard of Oz.
12:00-3:30 pm
In today’s digital world, coding has become a fundamental skill alongside math and reading. In this Learning Adventure we have created a fun and engaging platform where children will learn to program using both plugged and unplugged activities (with and without computers), learn a number of fascinating coding concepts, and also have opportunities to be creative using computational thinking and programming skills.This learning adventure has something for both intermediate and beginning coders.
8:00-11:30 am
Tackle your kid’s mathematical needs with this math-in-a-box Learning Adventure. Kids will deepen their understanding of fundamental mathematical concepts like number Sense, fractions, measurement, graphing, and fact families as they engage in hands-on activities making their very own fun games they can keep in order to practice these basic key concepts. They will make their own box to hold all the essential parts needed to perform their best in math and to safely keep all their proudly-made creations.
12:00-3:30 pm
This is all knitting, weaving, and crafting. Kids will use cardboard rolls, popsicle sticks, and y-shaped branches to create their own looms and beautifully knitted accessories. From weaving larger crafts such area rugs with a hula hoop to using straws to weave a bracelet, weavers in this Learning Adventure will win the battle of the loom to craft amazing creations without the use of needles.
8:00-11:30 am
Help wanted – Seeking Forensic Scientists. New detectives are needed. Are you up for the case? Must have the desire to learn how to locate evidence at a crime scene, test for counterfeit currency, decipher secret messages, and even create crime scene reports complete with sketches. In this Forensic Science Detectives Learning Adventure kids will walk away with their developed detective toolbox filled with the necessary implements to crack any forensic case.
12:00-3:30 pm
Our storytellers will engage in imaginative ways to share their ideas with interactive and visual elements. They will learn how to construct or develop a good story through a creative writing process. They will then have the opportunity to explore with modern mediums to tell their stories. Each day, they will explore digital resources for the modern author, illustrator and storyteller, film-making, theater, photography, and illustration are among some. Kids love to tell stories, this Learning Adventure provides them with more creative ways to tell them revolutionizing the way stories are told.
8:00-11:30 am
In this Mission Outer Space exploration and aerospace engineering, our astronauts will bring outer space indoors, from the earth’s atmosphere to the outer reaches of our solar system. This Learning Adventure will send your kid on a quest to discover the known and unknown in space through fun crafts and activities as a great hands-on way to reinforce facts about space. Kids will learn about comets, planets, and stars and make their own telescope, learn about the challenges of space travel as they engineer their own rockets, lunar mission rovers and a space station. Blast off on this outer space adventure!
12:00-3:30 pm
In this Learning Adventure, kids will explore mathematical inspired art and architecture through hands-on projects. They will engage in activities using basic mathematical concepts such as geometric shapes, precise measurement, angles, 2D vs 3D, the use of rulers, protractors, and other tools to create amazing mathematically crafted creations. Do know how to create a tessellated cube? Know what it takes to create concentric circles or develop a mini sculpture using an orderly tangle of triangles? Well, your kids will just have to show you how upon completion of this exciting week of math crafting.
ACADEMIC BOOSTER FOR STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA
SUMMER 2018
Summer Learning Loss Can Be Detrimental to Kids Who Struggle With Dyslexia
Summer is the time for fun and relaxation. However, for students who struggle with dyslexia it is also a great opportunity to gain academic skills without the daily pressures of school work.
Our summer Orton-Gillingham Academic Booster for Students with Dyslexia will build upon the momentum gained during the school year! This 5-week camp is held daily from 8:00-11:30 starting June 18 through July 20, 2018. (EXL learning will be closed Wednesday, July 4 for the holiday; no camp on this day.)
Daily activities include:
-one hour of 1:1 reading and writing tutoring session
-45 minutes of guided reading for fluency, accuracy and comprehension
-45 minutes of cursive handwriting and/or keyboarding
-one hour of fun hands-on learning for math fluency, games and arts.
Highly qualified and Orton-Gillingham trained teachers will monitor their progress throughout the five week camp and provide written evaluation results with academic recommendations and observations to parents. Our teachers use the Orton-Gillingham approach with kids to boost their current levels of functioning in all academics.
Students are given pre and post tests designed specifically for this camp in order to guide instructional planning.
Total cost of 5 week camp is $3,360. ($1,680 at registration and $1,680 by June 15, 2018).
For campers who wish to participate in full day learning activities, we offer a 30 minute supervised lunch at no additional cost, and 50% off afternoon Learning Adventure sessions from 12:00-3:30 and now complementary Power-up-my-Day extending the day from 7:30 to 5:30. For information on learning adventures offered on these five weeks, please take a look at our summer camp options.
“My son is a 7-year old, newly-diagnosed with Dyslexia but the school was saying “speech and language impairment.” He was a DRA level 3 at the end of 1st grade, and his self esteem was incredibly poor.
He loved his time at eXL and by the end of this past summer, he was reading at a DRA level 10 and his penmanship was much improved over that time. He was lucky to get the same teacher for 2nd grade this year, and she was so impressed with his progress. He’s now at a DRA 16 and continues to make small improvements using the skills he learned this summer. He is able to participate in classroom activities now without fear of not being able to keep up, and that is resulting in much better behavior in addition to better test scores.
I think what he enjoyed most was Reader’s Theater. Fortunately I worked nearby, so I was able to see both performances. The kids read from Charlie & the Chocolate Factory at the performance and they were all so proud when they read their parts perfectly. Really made reading enjoyable for them.”
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