C-VILLE Family: Summer 2016

SUMMER 2016

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WE ASKED A FEW OF THE KIDS IN THIS ISSUE:

What's your favorite thing about summer?

“My favorite thing about summer is that you get to stay up later and that the sky is lighter and that summer days are free of worries.”

—Harper Tidwell, 11, who, with her friend Abbey, set up an art studio (p.21)

11 11 “All the goings-on in the bear world at that time of year. Summer is their most ‘normal’ time of year, actively foraging and raising their cubs. During the summer the wild fruits are ripe and the bears are chowing down on them. It’s just a happy and fun time to be in the woods, both for the bears and for wildlife enthusiasts like myself.”

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In this issue

Welcome to C-VILLE Family (formerly C-VILLE Kids). Things might look a little different around here (we’ve made a few visual changes), but we’re still doing what we do best: introducing you to the coolest, most industrious kids in the area, keeping you up-to-date on health and wellness news and showering you with ideas for kid- and family-friendly activities in each season, among other things. In this issue, it’s all about summer: learning how to swim (p.9), getting outside (p.15) and making the most of warmer weather with 19 camps, events and activities (p.24).

Bottom line: Enjoy yourself.

INSIDE KIDS 09 BEGINNINGS

Why earlier is better when it comes to swimming lessons; two young artists’ studio; juggling summer schedules and more.

24 FEATURE From horseback riding to theater

24 “Just hang out and coach at Fry’s Spring Beach Club.”

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37 FOR THE KIDS Can your youngster find all

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38 LIFE LESSONS

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Cover photo: Amy Jackson

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MRC Membership LIKE MANY KIDS, Megan Coordinator and dance Greenwood enjoyed summers at instructor Ike Anderson her local pool. Unlike most, she hasn’t was once a student of spent much time out of the water since. the organization.

That’s why she founded Swim S’cool, a Charlottesville-based business offering swimming lessons at Fry’s Spring Beach Club and Fairview Swim and Tennis Club.

Greenwood, an NCAA All-American swimmer for UVA under coach Mark Bernardino, had student loans to pay back, which meant she spent summers as a lifeguard and taught private swim lessons to the many kids around town.

“Parents wanted someone who knew what they were doing, who likes kids and has a knowledge base,” Greenwood says. “I had such a passion for it and the parents noticed.”

After graduation, Greenwood and her husband, Bo (also an NCAA All-American swimmer), moved to Richmond. She started Swim S’cool when they moved back to the area in 2014 as a way to introduce others to the sport that’s meant so much to her.

With students as young as 6 months old and up to 12 years, the school caters to a wide range of swimming abilities. Greenwood encourages parents to introduce their IN 1992, AREA musicians, including children to swimming as babies, citing local composer John Hornsby, set in scientific studies that it improves muscle motion plans for a community organization tone, development and neuron functions. that offered middle and high school She says waiting until a child is 3 or 4 years old to learn to swim can increase their students the opportunity to make music anxiety about being in the water. after school, believing that a creative outlet “Exposing them early teaches them how could help keep kids out of trouble. to be comfortable in and respect the water.

Now rounding out its 20th year in Kids learn to be confident swimmers, and operation, the Music Resource Center has that makes parents more comfortable too.” been successful in its mission. So successSome of the younger kids won’t get in the ful, in fact, that since its inception, many of water right away, and Greenwood works its students have gone on to pursue with them to ease their fears. They might careers in music. Some were so inspired by sit on the steps or on the side of the pool, the philosophy and goals of the organizasplashing or pouring water over their arms tion that they returned to contribute to it. until they feel comfortable getting all the Enter Ike Anderson, the MRC’s current way in. It just takes time, she says. “Many membership coordinator and dance times, by day two or three, they’re going underwater. There are transformational experiences all the time!”

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It’s important to realize that learning to swim is not just a matter of comfort: Drowning is the No. 1 cause of death for kids ages 1 to 4. And because it’s possible to drown in just two inches of water, students also learn about water safety and awareness. “Swimming is the only sport that can save your life,” Greenwood says.

The Swim S’cool lessons depend on the student’s age. Generally, they include

getting younger children comfortable in the water before focusing on actual stroke work. Smaller kids enjoy playing games with the many swim toys available, gaining confidence and strength, while older students review strokes and work on form. The school has several babies enrolled and, as a new mom herself, Greenwood expects the number to increase significantly when the school opens for the 2016 summer season.

Greenwood hopes to expand Swim S’cool

instructor. He joined as a teenager in 1998 after searching for an alternative to after-school athletics.

“I attended an assembly that MRC held at my school, and was wowed at how musically talented the kids were,” Anderson says. “I thought to myself: 'I want to do that.'”

So he did.

Like most of the kids who join the center, Anderson had no idea what instrument to play. He tried his hand at both drums and guitar and ultimately settled on an instrument of a different kind: his body. Over time, Anderson became a dedicated dancer, developing a passion for the arts that landed him several gigs CONTINUED ON PAGE 13

to become a year-round option soon with a warm-water facility to accommodate lessons during the colder months.

As much as she enjoys swimming and teaching others, Greenwood says her time in the pool contributed to her success in life. Those years doing laps every summer taught her many valuable lessons.

“I learned time management, I learned about responsibility. It’s helped me overcome failures as an adult,” she says.

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around town, plus industry skills and attention from the MRC director at the time.

This sort of talent-honing makes a future in music a reality for the kids who are members at the MRC, should they choose to pursue it.

“Many of our students continue [with] music long after their MRC careers are done,” says Anderson. “Performing arts schools, studio musicians, audio engineers, artist management, gaming development. I’ve heard too Gabriel Mapel many stories to count. It is all proof that co-founded a birding club for what we do here works.” kids ages 7 Monticello High School junior Asher to 17.

Lapham serves as confirmation of Anderson’s claim. The 17-year-old, who began a dual-enrollment program at PVCC this semester, has been a member at the MRC for five years. In that time, he’s grown skilled at producing multilayered, quality beats.

But Lapham didn’t come to the MRC with these ambitions in mind.

“My mom brought me here when I was 12—it wasn’t my idea. I wasn’t really into music at the time,” Lapham says, playing a remix he made of Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl,” just one example from a collection of work that he says has already filled several SoundCloud accounts.

It’s stories like Lapham’s that demonstrate the power of a well-intentioned organization like the MRC. Anderson explains that the DURING A VISIT to Shenandoah MRC is soon starting a partnership with State National Park when he was 9 years Farm, whose assistance will help fund new old, Gabriel Mapel saw a mother black equipment and furniture, among other bear with her three cubs, and “from that renovations. moment on, my life would fully revolve Says Anderson, “Our members are not only around nature,” says the now-16-year-old. getting guitar lessons here, they develop Not only did the bears get him “hooked,” social skills, responsibility, math skills, Mapel says they also turned him into an computer and technology skills—tools that will advocate, and he now makes it his mission help them in adulthood with whatever career to spread the message that black bears path they choose.” Sherry Brown “are 99 percent of the time mellow, docile

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into some trouble thanks to a group of picnickers that left their food out when they went on a hike.

“Gertrude had gotten ahold of it,” Mapel recalls. And “when bears get human food, they become habituated and are considered nuisance animals by wildlife officials... generally they have to be relocated, which means they have their lives put at risk because they have to fight for new territory or be destroyed.” The thought of humans putting Gertrude in danger “saddened and angered” Mapel, but he says he also realized the picnickers didn’t know they’d done anything wrong. His solution? He wrote Oh No, Gertrude!, a children’s book that features Cammauf’s photographs.

Bears, however, aren’t Mapel’s only passion.

Around the time he finished Oh No, Gertrude!, he fell in love with birding, and when his godmother asked him why he never birded with people his age, he said he didn’t know any other young birders. To remedy this, he co-founded the Blue Ridge Young Birders Club (blueridgeyoungbirders.org), which now has 30 members, ranging in age from 7 to 17.

“I enjoy mentoring the younger birders,” Mapel says, adding that he also

leads field trips, supervises the monitoring of bluebird trails and participates in other bird-related projects such as the Audubon Christmas Bird Count and breeding bird surveys. And then there was that time in 2011 when Mapel, who is homeschooled, did a junior Big Year, during which he found 437 species of birds.

“I visited many of the birding hot spots throughout the country,” he says, including South Florida, the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, the Pacific Coast of California, the Lake Erie shore of Ohio and Alaska. Nowadays, Mapel spends much of his free time closer to home, volunteering for Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch and at Shenandoah National Park, as well as working as the field trip chairperson for the Monticello Bird Club.

When asked about his dream job, Mapel says he’d like to be a Shenandoah National Park ranger.

“Nature is under-appreciated and, sadly, often abused,” he says. “I want to make a difference, and the best way to do that is to educate people and wake them up to how awesome nature is—and how it needs to be respected.” Susan Sorensen

Bear necessities When Gabriel Mapel and Rodney Cammauf decided to collaborate on the children’s book Oh No, Gertrude!, their goal was simple: “We wanted to help educate people about how to behave in bear country” and keep bears safe, says Mapel. The book, which was published in 2010 and features then-10-yearold Mapel’s words and Cammauf’s photography, tells the true story of Gertrude, a black bear who found herself in big trouble thanks to some clueless people.

When Mapel met Cammauf, he learned the photographer had been taking pictures of Gertrude and her cubs for a while, and had “captured [their] entire story through the lens of his camera,” Mapel says. Reaction to the pair’s book version of the bears’ Shenandoah National Park adventures “was more than anything we could have imagined in our wildest dreams,” he says, adding that Oh No, Gertrude! has sold more than 7,000 copies. It is available online and at several national parks, including Shenandoah, Great Smoky Mountains, Yellowstone and Big Bend.—S.S.

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The summer juggle Three families on shifting schedules SUMMER AS A kid was pretty glorious—no school and a succession of bright, hot days to revel in boredom. Summer as an adult is more complicated. As it turns out, the vast majority of jobs run year-round. Bummer.

If you’re a stay-at-home/work-at-home parent, your children are home, too, complicating your schedule considerably.

How to balance a need for childcare with keeping the fun in summer?

Kate Bennis, parent to a 10- and a 12-year-old, says, “My dream is for a 1970s-style carefree, kids-on-their-own summer. But the reality is not so sweet.”

Because camps fill up quickly, Bennis says her family’s planning begins in January. For Meghan Murray, whose kids are 8 and 9, spring break is often the jump-starter.

But regardless of whether the family rhythm is set by the school year, these parents agree that summer should be a time to unwind. As Cale Jaffe, the father of three elementary- and middle school-aged children, puts it, “Our neighbor, a retired librarian, commented that she didn’t see children lying in the grass on a sunny day with a book enough anymore. So we might start to worry, ‘Oh, the kids are missing some enrichment opportunity that they don’t have time for during the school year.’ But then we remind ourselves—what could be better than an afternoon spent under a tree with a good book?” To that end, Jaffe and his wife, Katie, juggle both of their full-time schedules with a few short camp sessions for each kid (“just enough to keep them from getting bored,” Cale says) and a week of family travel. And in between? A lot of pool time with a sitter.

In fact, the pool might just be parents’ secret weapon when it comes to keeping kids occupied in the summertime.

Bennis, who, along with her husband, Hal Movius, works from home, says they get through summer with “three to four weeks of day camp, and then the city pools. The kids can walk to Onesty, and are old enough to go on their own.”

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Murray and her husband, Steve Bowers, both work full-time managing their own businesses. “Most summers in the past, we’ve booked the kids in camps every week since [we’re] in the office all day,” she says. This year they’re taking a different tack: “This summer our theme is free time. We’re planning for a babysitter and some half-day camps, as well as Summer for the one two-week sleepaway camp.”

Jaffe family is a Without the confines of a mixed bag of poolschool year, as with the family of time, summer camp Jen Downey, who homeschools and relaxation. her school-age children, ages 13 and 8 (she also has a 19-year-old, whom she homeschooled through high school), it’s easier to take a relaxed approach. She and her partner, Matt Rohdie, work year-round, but they do have flexibility in their jobs. For their family, summer is not a change of pace so much as a shift in attention and place: “from books to stars, craft drawer to garden, bathtub to pools and stove to barbecue grill.

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Mediation can save significant time and money and result in a written separation (divorce) agreement, developed by the couple rather than a court.

We have been doing this for more than 25 years, so visit our website, www.mediationcville.org or give us a call: 434-977-2926 and let us help.

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Artists at play Two tweens make space to create

AMY JACKSON

HARPER TIDWELL AND Abbey Ellerglick have been friends since they were 2 years old, and have been making art together almost as Harper Tidwell long. Needless to say, the 11-yearand Abbey olds’ collection of masterpieces Ellerglick are bona had become overwhelming—even fide artists now more so after a long day of that they have creating. One evening over dinner, their own studio.

Abbey’s mom, Lisa Eller, had an idea: Turn her garage into an art studio.

Lisa did a lot of the heavy lifting, cleaning out 15 years’ worth of belongings collected since she’d moved into her Belmont house, installing electricity and hanging storage shelves. A family friend built art tables that fold into the wall to conserve space, and Abbey and Harper painted the interior. (The girls and their moms had given the exterior a mural the summer before.) Says Harper, “We The space has become something of a also spent some time setting it up and sorting classroom, too. While both of the girls out art supplies,” most of which were donated. participate in art-related activities at In the studio, which the girls call HAArT school (Harper attends Tandem Friends (a combination of both their names’ first School and Abbey goes to Mountaintop initials plus “art”), their creations run the Montessori), they’ve also taken lessons gamut: paintings, sketches, sculptures and from real-life local artists in the HAArT even artwork out of Barbies. studio: Dancer Karine Morgan taught the “My favorite thing to make are paintings girls and their friends about making on canvases or wood,” Harper says. In stencils and painting fabric, woodworker one mixed media piece, a defaced Barbie Christopher Purcell showed them how to with a missing leg attaches to a scrap of silkscreen and photographer Cary Oliva wood with the words “Never give your girl a introduced them to Polaroids. “I am hoping BARBIE!!” painted on it in red.

they will get inspired this summer to make some art out of the photos,” Lisa says.

The girls hope to continue making art in the future, and maybe even as a career. But they’re still figuring it out, keeping their options open. In addition to becoming an artist, Harper says she’d also like to be a baker.

“Sometimes it’s hard to get them down there, but once they are engaged, they do their thing,” says Lisa. “Now they have a place to plug in the glue guns, blast their music, make a mess, store the supplies and close the door.” Caite White

ALICE PROUJANSKY MURRAY

Page turners Both Abbey Ellerglick and Harper Tidwell are featured in an upcoming kids’ activity book, Go Photo!, by Alice Proujansky Murray. The book features 25 hands-on activities for children inspired by photography. The girls are the stars of the Chalk Dreams challenge, in which the author encourages readers to dream up a place they wish they could go, draw it in chalk and position themselves in the drawing before taking a photograph of the scene. Abbey and Harper will join Proujansky at the book signing at Jefferson School African American Heritage Center on Sunday, June 19, for the LOOK3: Festival of the Photograph Family Photo Day. The book will be on sale at the festival’s pop-up shop, but you can also find it on Amazon and at aperture.org.—C.W.

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Summer-lovin’ Need help entertaining your little ones now that school’s out? Here are 17 ideas.

“Pit of Dreams” Mud Bog

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June 11, July 9, August 13 The Rockfish Valley Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad hosts a mud bog: Watch a truck power through a pit of mud. Free, 9am-6pm. 11100 Rockfish Valley Hwy. (Afton), (540) 456-6465.

Missoula Children’s Theatre Presents The Paramount Theater hosts productions of Gulliver’s Travels (June 24) and Alice in Wonderland (July 2). $10 for adults, $5 for kids 12 and under; noon. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St. (Downtown Mall), 979-1333. theparamount.net

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Raiders of the Lost Ark

June 6 Indiana Jones takes on the Nazis. Rated PG. $6.50 for adults, $4.50 for kids 12 and under; 2pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St. (Downtown Mall), 979-1333. theparamount.net

Kids-Only Jam

Wednesdays A kid-friendly jam sesh that encourages musicians of all levels to play (and sing!). $5, 6:30-7:15pm. The Front Porch, 1462 Richmond Rd., 242-7012. frontporchcville.org

Tots and Dots

June 7, July 5, August 9 Jump-start your child’s art education with a lesson in basic visual elements, followed by multisensory art play. Free for kids 6 months to 4 years old; 10am, 11am, noon.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Museum, 400 Worrell Dr., 244-0234. kluge-ruhe.org

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Super Peach Sunday July 24

Peach tastings, peach ice cream, peach milkshakes, peach pastries... plus other food and live music. Free, 11am-5pm. Drumheller’s Orchard, 1130 Drumheller’s Orchard Ln. (Lovingston), 263-5036. drumhellersorchard.com

Let’s Go Pond Stomp

July 21 This two-hour excursion explores the wild plants and critters of the pond along the Saunders-Monticello Trail. $12 for adults, $9 for kids 5-11 years old, free for kids under 5; 9:30-11:30am. Meet at the trailhead of the Saunders-Monticello Trail. monticello.org

Hey there, Sal!

Kids might spot a native salamander on the SaundersMonticello Trail.

Our Junior Kindergarten program is a unique opportunity specifically designed for summer and fall birthdays to bridge the transition between Preschool and full-day Kindergarten.

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Come see our dynamic environment dedicated to developing curious minds and lifelong learners.

Fridays After Five The nTelos Wireless Pavilion hosts a free concert every Friday evening (5:30-8:30pm).

Here’s who’s playing this summer.

May 20: Erin & the Wildfire

May 27: The Chickenhead Blues Band

June 3: The Casuals featuring Johnny Sportcoat June 10: Indecision

June 17: Lord Nelson

June 24: Positive Collective Check thenteloswirelesspavilion.com for more information.

Family Film Night Old Trail Village hosts free movie nights for families the third Friday of every month at 8pm.

Here’s the summer lineup.

June 17: The Goonies [PG] July 15: Minions [PG]

Aug. 19: Star Wars: The Force Awakens [PG-13]

St. Anne’s-Belfield School Grades PS – 12 2132 Ivy Road – (434) 296-5106 www.stab.org

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Family-friendly ways to heat up

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your summer fun

What are you and your kids up to this summer?

Registration for camps and other programs have been open since the beginning of the year, but if you haven’t committed to anything yet, hey, no judgment here. We’re lucky enough to live in an area that embraces education, adventure and confidence—you know, all those things that parents want for their kids— and we came up with a list of summer activities that are a little off the beaten path and worth looking into.

Hay day ASHTON BEEBE FIRST rode a horse when he was about 5 years old, and he was hooked. After high school he cowboyed his way all over the country, working with horses at different ranches and outfitters with a longtime dream of starting his own business.

“When I decided to come back here I saw that vineyards were really popping up, and I thought this would be a pretty cool niche to fill,” says Beebe, owner of Indian Summer Guide Service, which offers private, guided horseback rides all over Albemarle County.

Beebe guides groups on horseback through Albemarle County vineyards like King Family Vineyards, Glass House Winery and Veritas Vineyard & Winery, but just because there’s wine involved doesn’t mean it’s not family-friendly.

“Some of the vineyards actually end up being really family-friendly and beginnerfriendly because a lot of them are flat,” Beebe says.

Groups also have the option of signing up for two-hour or half-day mountain rides. Beebe says his horses are desensitized and gentle enough that if parents are okay with it, he’ll happily take a group with kids as young as 6 “way up into the backcountry.”

And unlike a lot of traditional horseback trail rides, Beebe says people can ride next to each other, which adds to the group experience and gives riders a sense of ownership and independence while they’re out there.

“We don’t do typical nose-totail trail rides,” he says. “Everyone has to be in control of their own horse, and especially for kids it really boosts their confidence when they’re able to control their own horse.”—L.I. indiansummerguideservice.com

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Kids as young as rising kindergartners can attend five-day summer camps at Live Arts, each one culminating in a performance for friends and family that’s also open to the public. These half-day “mini-camps for wee ones” focus on creativity, imagination and teamwork, and introduce young children to the world of theater through classic childhood stories like Fairy Tales of Brothers Grimm, Elephant and Piggie Adventures and The World of Peter Pan. Rising third-graders up through rising high school seniors can attend full-day

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With the purchase of an American Sewing Guild membership ($25 for those 17 and under), kids can attend sewing classes at Les Fabriques for free. lesfabriquesinc.com

camps, with themes including musical theater and comedy. For kids who want to try their hands at a little bit of everything, the two-week Playmakers’ Intensive Camp gets campers involved in more than just the acting part of theater—workshops include playwriting, production design and stage composition.

“The No. 1 thing we hear from kids is that they have a lot of fun,” says Director of Education Mike Long. “But they also gain a lot of life skills that theater can teach, like collaboration and how to stand up in front of a crowd and present yourself. They’re also learning specific skills like writing, building sets, acting, directing and learning what it means to be part of a collaborative artistic process.”

On top of all the regular summer programming, Live Arts is also offering two full-scale productions of Broadway musicals, one for ages 8-14 (Seussical Jr.) and one for ages 14-20 (Nice Work If You Can Get It). The session for younger kids will culminate in four ticketed performances, and the teenagers and young adults will perform 13 times.

“We’re really trying to revamp our summer to make it a little more kid-friendly so young people can get on our stage even more,” Long says. “It’s exciting for us to have a variety of people, college kids and young adults who are experienced right alongside people that are brand new. We like that dynamic.”—L.I. summeratlivearts.org

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At the end of Live Arts’ summer camp, the kids give a theatrical performance.

Culinary Bootcamp for Teens and Young Adults June 27-29

For rising ninth-graders and older students, this three-part class covers everything from knife skills and identifying spices to preparing rice, stir-fry and simple desserts. $225; 5-8pm. Barracks Road Shopping Center, 963-2665. charlottesvillecookingschool.com

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IT’S BEEN A long time coming, but the Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center is officially up and running. Located in Darden Towe Park, the LCEC has been offering activities and programs for years, but now that the lengthy construction project is complete, the educational building and replica of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s boat are officially open to the public from 10am-4pm Fridays and Saturdays. During most summer weekdays, the LCEC will host nearby camp groups for nature and historical activities, but Executive Director Alexandria Searls says parents can still call ahead about making reservations for guided family activities like nature hikes and kayak trips on the Rivanna River.

The center offers hands-on activities for elementary-aged children and their

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Hands-on history

families, like model boat-making, scavenger hunts, nature hikes, tree rubbings and art projects. Searls says parents can check the LCEC’s Facebook page, website and blog for updates about what kind of activities will be available on particular days.

“We’re also working on things like historical interpretations on the boat, an audio tour and projects the kids can take home,” Searls says. “We’ve had a dress-up day when you come in your favorite historical costume; we’ve done carpentry projects called nail art; we do a lot of map-making.”

Admission during public hours is $7 per person. Searls recommends most of the activities for kids in elementary school, but she says the center welcomes Among the families with children of all ages. kids’ activities at While older siblings participate in LCEC is a carpentry guided activities, parents with little project. ones can take advantage of the carpeted area with books, puppets and other toddler-friendly activities.—L.I. lewisandclarkvirginia.org

“We’ve had a dress-up day when you come in your favorite historical costume; we’ve done carpentry projects called nail art; we do a lot of map-making,” says Alexandria Searls.

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After a lesson about nomads sparked her curiousity about prehistoric homes, she researched and built a wattle & daub shelter

Having found the square of 5,736 using the Montessori peg board, they can teach

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ANDREW GUPTILL PRACTICALLY lives on two wheels, and after years of traveling the world racing professionally, he joined the team at Miller School of Albemarle to run the cycling program as director of endurance. In 2010 he launched Cutaway Bike Camp, a series of weekend and weeklong programs for kids who just can’t get enough mountain biking.

For beginners—who must know how to ride a bike but don’t have to have any mountain biking experience—Guptill recommends the weekend day camps (June

Up, up and away On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Jump trampoline park offers a discounted family price—$10 per family member for an hour of jumping. jumpcville.com

“The foundations are the most fun to teach,” says Cutaway Bike Camp owner Andrew Guptill.

11-12 for girls, June 18-19 for boys). These sessions introduce kids ages 7-12 to the fundamentals of mountain biking, and campers must be comfortable riding on gravel roads and fields.

The Youth Development Travel Camps (June 27-July 1, July 17-23) for boys and girls ages 8-12 are geared toward interme-

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Cutaway Bike Camp teaches kids how to cycle through all terrains.

diate-level riders who want to improve the skills they already have. Campers will spend five to six hours per day on their bikes on the more advanced trails around Miller School, plus they’ll get to venture out and hit some of the Charlottesville-area trails for the real thing.

“Whenever we learn a new skill, we don’t go straight into the woods and start flying down hills between trees,” Guptill says, assuring parents that safety is the camp’s top priority. “Counselors are there acting as spotters and guiding the athletes through these new maneuvers. It’s best to learn something new in a controlled environment before going into the real world.”

And when they’re not on two wheels, they’ll be taking advantage of the other recreation facilities on campus, playing in the pool, canoeing on the lake or playing basketball or tennis.

For the speed demons, Cutaway also offers a three-day race camp (July 15-17) for intermediate-to-advanced cyclists ages 13-18, focusing on efficiency and overall performance.

Guptill and his team do their best to make the camps accessible for all skill levels, and even as pros they love getting kids started with the basics.

“Those foundations are the most fun to teach,” he says. “It’s great, especially at that age, when something clicks. The look of joy in a young cyclist’s eyes when they’ve cleared a rock for the first time or bunny-hopped under a root for the first time, it’s so rewarding to see.”—L.I. cutawaybikecamp.org

All aboard Ride the Gypsy Hill Express in Staunton, a mini-train that offers rides for $1 from 1-5pm on Saturdays and Sundays. staunton.va.us

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Full language-immersion schooling in French or Spanish for ages 2-6 Flexible full-day and part-time preschool programs All are welcome at the ISC! Previous exposure to French or Spanish is not required for our programs

Now accepting applications!

For information, an application or to schedule a tour, call or email us today After school French & Spanish enrichment and tutoring for elementary-aged children Global Adventures Summer Language Camps for kids ages 2-10

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Swim time Here are a few of the area’s best splashworthy offerings. (For pools, see page 17.)

Spray grounds

Forest Hills Spray Grounds 1022 Forest Hills Park Ave. Greenleaf Spray Grounds 1598 Rose Hill Dr.

Belmont Spray Grounds 725 Stonehenge Ave.

Pet sitters

Lakes

The Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA runs a junior volunteer program for kids interested in animals. Teenagers 14-17 attend an orientation (held the first Saturday of every month) and commit 12 hours of service over three consecutive months. caspca.org

(Open 11am-7pm daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day) Mint Springs Valley Park 6659 Mint Springs Park Rd. (Crozet) Chris Greene Lake 4748 Chris Greene Lake Rd.

PHARSALIA

Walnut Creek Park 4250 Walnut Creek Park Rd. (North Garden)

Pharsalia’s Children’s Summer Program A three-day program offering kids ages 7-12 the chance to explore early plantation life and Native American culture at Nelson County’s Pharsalia, a plantation home built in 1814. At the height of its production, Pharsalia’s 10,000 acres harvested wheat, hops, tobacco, potatoes, apples and cranberries, and smoked and cured bacon and hams. The summer program gives kids an up-close look at its history. On the last day, students will enjoy hand-cranked ice cream. $135 per child; 8:30am-2pm. 2333 Pharsalia Rd. (Tyro), 277-5231. pharsaliaevents.com

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WHEN GABE AND Sonya Silver moved back to Charlottesville three years ago after various stints working in the outdoor recreation field, they settled in the Woolen Mills neighborhood. The house they bought was a fixer-upper with no air conditioning, and to escape the summer heat after long bouts of renovation sessions they would drag inner tubes down to Riverview Park and float around the horseshoe bend Rivanna River Company wants in the Rivanna River. to reconnect “Every time we went down to the Charlottesville Rivanna it was just this escape, but it families with was right there,” Sonya says. “It really the river. felt like this unique experience you could have right in your backyard.”

In April, the Silvers launched the Rivanna River Company, Charlottesville’s first outfitter located on the river. They hope it becomes a gathering place for people to rent kayaks, stand-up paddleboards, canoes and inner tubes and set out on their own adventures or participate in a guided session to learn more about the river’s history and ecological system.

“Reconnecting Charlottesville with the river so we take more pride in it and take better care of it, both individually and as a town, is what we care about,” Gabe says.

“We’re at home in nature, and a lot of times the river. They have 20-plus kayaks, eight we’re our best selves there, we’re relaxed.” canoes, eight stand-up paddleboards and 25 The company’s headquarters, a mini inner tubes, plus a 14-passenger bus and barn, is located in the corner of the Cosner two trailers to assist individuals and Brothers Body Shop parking lot on East families on river excursions.

High Street, right on the Rivanna Trail and The Silvers are parents to a 2-year-old, and hope their company not only launches interest in the outdoors but sparks a river

renaissance that helps preserve one of our natural assets.

“For families, people busy working a lot, they can get a breath, and I think it can really refresh you and change your perspective,” Gabe says. “It can also change your perspective on where you live.”—J.L. rivannarivercompany.com

Monticello’s Summer Adventure Camps

Bowled over On Sundays at Kegler’s Lanes, the price after 6pm drops to $3 games, $3 shoes and (for parents) $3 PBRs. amf.com

A five-day camp for curious rising thirdthrough seventh-graders, Monticello’s Summer Adventure Camps give kids access to myriad activities: from solving puzzles and creating crafts to assisting archeologists and touring the Monticello mansion. $150 per week; 8:30am-noon. David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center, 931 Thomas Jefferson Pkwy., 984-9880. monticello.org/camp

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June 20-24, June 27-July 1, July 11-15

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take the stage @ LIVE ARTS this summer!

ONE, TWO, and THREE-week day camps with professional & ridiculously-fun instruction in:

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JULY 15-31

Every camp culminates in a public performance on the Live Arts stage.

Tuition starts at just $145 and financial aid is available.

Learn more and register now at summer@livearts.org.

AUGUST 5-6

c-ville family 37 1. Changed the color of bottom child’s socks. 2. Removed the fireman’s pole. 3. Removed the third person. 4. Removed the window from the slide. 5. Changed the color of red bars in the background. 6. Removed a bolt from the structure. 7. Added an extra stripe on the top child’s shirt.

8. Added a bird to the slide. 9. Added a red ball in the background.

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We’ve made nine changes to the bottom photo of Pen Park. See if you can find them all!

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TEENS THESE DAYS don’t have it easy—at least when it comes to getting a driver’s license. Kids under the age of 19 are required to complete a 30-hour driving course, 45 hours of supervised driving with a parent and a 14-session driver’s education course.

Lulu Wood, 16, recently crossed the finish line—completing her last course with Green Light Driving School—and can drive on her own.

“I’m looking forward to not bugging my mom or my cousin for rides, and I’m sure they’re happy about that as well,” says the St. Anne’s-Belfield student. Wood says she’ll be driving her family’s Ford truck, and paying for gas with money from her babysitting jobs. She’ll be able to take more of those now that she can get around on her own.

“I’ve been looking forward to driving because of the freedom that comes along with it,” she says. Time to hit the road.

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