NEW HORIZONS DAY CAMP
“Your Camper can experience THEIR perfect summer!”
Every single camper is different which is why we have built New Horizons to allow children from Kindergarten through 9th Grade to try something new, take a deep-dive into an existing interest, or mix-and-match their day to create the summer of a lifetime!
At NHDC every activity and grade group is led by an 18+ Head Counselor with professional educators leading nearly all our major activity areas. Extensive offseason training, a 4:1 staff ratio, and highly specialized counselors allows us to offer an unparalleled program from athletics to coding... art to archery... cooking to podcasting consisting of OVER 100 UNIQUE ACTIVITIES!
advertise call (973) 303-3027 or email advertise@njkidsonline.com
Your Digital Source!
Happy Spring 2021!
Spring will be the beginning of new connections and in-person options as more open up. We’re so excited to be announcing what’s available for kids and families and we’ll continue to inform you daily on our website. Please sign up for our enewsletter to stay in the loop (click link below). These ebook editions are a great way to connect to excellent venues awaiting you! Flip through the pages to see what we’ve found and each links to our sponsors. These new programs and camps are now registering. Cheers to a new season, new options and new hope. Summer is only 4 months away...there is going to be so much to look forward to after a year of isolation!
The NJ Kids Team!
3D Printing
Archeology and World-Making
Debate and Public Speaking
Designing Role-Playing Games
Drone Programming
Dystopian Short Story Writing
Escape Room Creation
Financial Literacy
Ice Cream Shop Entrepreneur
Investment and the Stock Market
Minecraft Obstacle Course
Mock Trial & Criminal Justice
Monday, January 18, 10am-5pm
Phonics Poetry
Programming in Python / Java
Programming Minecraft Mods
Roblox Game Development
Science for Future Physicians
Virtual Reality
Writing Minecraft Stories
YouTube Video Creation and more...
SLEEPAWAY CAMP?
Consider a few weeks of independence
A Rite of Passage developing Independence at an Overnight Camp...
Sleepaway Camp has long been an important stage in a kid’s life where they gain confidence, responsibility and independence, not to mention great friends that may last a lifetime. It is a safe environment, away from their families, where they can learn fabulous, new skills, and experience making decisions for themselves.
CAMP HAWKEYE
Moultonborough, NH 03254 www.camphawkeye.com
Stereotypes and stigmas are broken down through fun activities like archery, swimming, hiking, arts & crafts, drama, boating and more. Campers decide activities allowing each child the freedom to schedule.
CAMP MA-HE-TU
Bear Mountain, NY 10911
www.mahetu.org
On the shores of beautiful Lake Kanawauke, 40 miles north of NYC, this sleepaway camp for girls is offering 2-week overnight sessions with traditional day camp activities: boating, swimming, arts & crafts and nature hikes while focusing on individual growth, teamwork & empowerment.
CAMP STONEWALL
Connecticut 06277
www.campstonewall.org
Co-ed sleepaway camp on the campus of Marianapolis Preparatory School. Days and nights are filled with over 45 daily, fun and silly activities.
CAMP TIOGA
Thompson PA 18465
www.camptioga.com
Premiere, overnight camp in the Pocono Mountains with outstanding activities and a world-class staff. Campers choose their daily activities including sports, theater, magic, circus arts, moviemaking, escape room, digital arts, gymnastics, dance, music, cooking, horseback riding, rocketry...
•Camp starts June 28 - August 27
•Ages 2 - Grade 9
•Savings on Camp Ruach registrations
Camp Staff Positions Available Blaustein
Early Childhood Center
•Spots Available Now and for Fall 2021
•Ages 6 Weeks - Kindergarten
•SAVE $150 on new registrations
Some photos taken pre-covid.
Camp and Early Childhood Center adhere to all safety and health protocols.
Schedule
CHESTNUT LAKE CAMP
Beach Lake, PA 18405
www.chestnutlakecamp.com
Co-ed sleepaway camp offering 7-, 4- and 3-week options to 3rd thru 12th graders. Located on 200 acres in NE Pennsylvania.
FLEUR DE LIS CAMP
Fitzwilliam, NH 03447
www.fleurdeliscamp.org
All-girls’ sleepaway camp with staff and counselors guiding campers to make friends, develop confidence, independence, and decision-making skills, while adopting communication & leadership tools.
INDEPENDENT
LAKE CAMP
Thompson PA 18465
www.independentlake.com
Celebrating diversity while promoting creativity, empowerment and individual growth, campers choose their own schedule. Fun activities include trapeze and circus arts, sports, fitness, archery, art, theatre, dance, magic, music, digital arts, swimming, horseback riding, water-skiing, wall-climbing.
POCONO SPRINGS CAMP
East Stroudsburg, PA 18302
www.poconospringscamp.com
5- and 3-week co-ed programs filled with an extensive variety of activities and healthy challenges are offered at this beautiful camp in the heart of the Pocono Mountains.
Specialty Sleepaway Camps: CAMP BALLIBAY
Wyalusing, PA 18853
www.campballibay.com
Offering young artists ages 8-16 quality instruction and opportunities to explore visual arts, dance, theater & music. Enjoy 174-acres of serene mountain top views with gifted artists from all over the world.
ECONOMICS FOR LEADERS
www.fte.org
Educational program for HS students’ introduction to economics. Partnering with prestigious universities throughout US, student spend a week on campus learning economic concepts from accredited professors. Fun, hands-on, interactive way to learn!
FRENCH WOODS FESTIVAL OF THE PERFORMING ARTS
Hancock, NY 13783
www.frenchwoods.com
Located in the Catskill Mountains; a premier performing arts sleepaway camp for artists aged 7 to 17 featuring options in music, art, theater, dance, circus, magic and horseback riding. Young artists select their area of focus or choose a variety of artistic endeavors.
SURF AND TURF ADVENTURE CAMP
www.surfandturfcamp.com
A day camp but also offering an overnight camp for boys and girls ages 9-15. They hike, bike, swim, tour, and boat everywhere at an adventurous speed.
CAMP LEE MAR
Lackawaxen, PA
www.leemar.com
Founded in 1953, a 7-week residential special needs summer camp for campers ages 7-21. Offering a full curriculum incorporating a strong Academic and Speech program with traditional camp activities.
CAMP DUNNABECK
Kent, CT
www.kildonan.org/camp-dunnabeck/ An in-person academic summer camp for boys and girls ages 8-16 with dyslexia and language-based learning differences. Held on the campus of The Marvelwood School; balances language remediation with traditional camp activities.
Summer Explorations of The Elisabeth Morrow School
Summer Explorations Day Camp offers a unique blend of camp and school for students ages 2 to 14. Located in Englewood, NJ on beautiful 14 acre wooded campus, students participate in a wide selection of weekly half and full day program options. Camp opens June 28th - August 6th
• Early Childhood Program (ages 2 thru 1st grade): classroom based program with music, movement, art, outdoor play...
• Grades 2 - 6: weekly program choices in art, sports, drama, math, reading, outdoor/nature, filmmaking, woodworking, creative writing, STEM...
• Grades 7 - 9: leadership programs to build skills.
advertise call (973) 303-3027 or email advertise@njkidsonline.com
Seaton Hackney Stables - Horseback Riding
Wondering what your child can do over the summer? Looking for something different that combines the great outdoors with education and fun? Send your child to Seaton Hackney Stables for one of our weekly summer camp programs! Learn how to ride, horsemanship, grooming and tacking, weekly gymkhana.
CAMP OPTIONS:
• 5 to 17 years old, forming groups according to age and level of experience (PEP, Standard,
Intermediate & Advanced).
• Half-day, Full day (Ride 2-3 times daily, either in lessons, on trail rides, performing a lunge session &Equisthenics.
• FlexCamp: spend an exciting day at the Stables and ride at least twice throughout the day, available all year
• Early Drop-off or Late pick-up
• Weekly camps run all summer until Labor Day.
• Learn basic safety, grooming, tacking & barn mgmt skills.
Spark up the summer fun at SPARK Day Camp. SPARK is a traditional day camp with plenty of surprises.
• Register for 2-to 8-wks
• June 28-August 20
• 9am-4pm with early and late stay options available
• Lunch and snacks
• On-site registered nurse and/ or EMT
• CPR/First Aid certified staff
SPARK Day Camp offers two fullsized skating/hockey rinks, acres
of natural wooded areas, GaGa pits, human foosball, climbing trees with low ropes apparatus, three outdoor pools, an artificial turf field, laser tag, indoor facilities for creative and performing arts, and so much more! As an added bonus of being at the Middletown Sports Complex, SPARK campers can ice skate throughout the summer. SPARK Day Camp also has several special events and theme days: Carnivals, Color War, Hawaiian luaus, campfires and Olympics.
Summer Camp
JUNE 28 - AUGUST 13TH
learning & fun
IN-PERSON CAMP AGES 4 -13 201-871-8808 ENGLEWOOD NJ
Licensed to use Applied Scholastics™ educational services and materials.
Ability School Summer Program offers a unique experience for children to have a great summer while enhancing their academic skills. In the morning, students work on individualized programs like mathematics, science or writing skills. During the afternoons, they enjoy camp adventures & activities like picnicking, water fun, arts & crafts, games, nature walks and a variety of weekly projects and activities. Safety protocols have been implemented, space will be very limited.
Themed weeks include:
• Outdoor Adventure
• Space
• Art
• STEM
• Music & Drama
• The World Around Us
• Sports
REGISTERING NOW:
- For ages 4-12
- 7 weeks from Jun 28 - Aug 13
- Choose Session One (4 wks) or Session Two (3 Weeks)
- Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm (Aftercare too)
Let’s Make Music This Summer at Westminster Conservatory of Music @ Rider U.
Musical, life-changing, learning experience for young musicians, music lovers from beginners to aficionados, ranging from PK to 12th grade, can appreciate this musical camp at Rider University in Lawrenceville. Virtual options offered also. This summer is the perfect opportunity to pursue your child’s love of music and to discover and develop your child’s artistic and creative, musical performance abilities.
• Early Childhood Music Camps
• Young Composers Camp
• Keyboard
• Violin
• Cello
• Ukelele
• Piano
• Viola
• Bass
• Flute
• String Orchestra Camp
• Chamber Music Camp
• Jazz Starters Camp
Lawrenceville | 609-896-5000 https://www.rider.edu/academics/colleges-schools/westminster-college-arts/ westminster-conservatory-music/summer-camps
WHAT’S OPENING?
Need help overcoming cabin fever? These wonderful venues have reopened for safe smart fun and for your in-person enjoyment. Please abide by all COVID19 safety protocols. Reserve ahead of time and keep checking back with updated ticketing inventory. Mask up!
AVIATION HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM
Make online reservations to go see their unique exhibits including real live aircraft, helicopters, airplane models, and the museum’s custom built “Fundamentals of Flight” interactive aerodynamics exhibit. Teterboro. www.njahof.org
AMERICAN DREAM MALL
Check out the largest indoor theme park with attractions such as Nickelodeon Universe, Big Snow, Dream Works Water Park, Angry Birds
Not So Mini Golf Club, It’s Sugar Candyland adventure and more coming. Shop, eat, and just walk around. East Rutherford.
BATTLESHIP NJ TOURS
62 Battleship Place, Camden
Repening with tours on Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 3pm through March. Experience a Fire Power tour of our nation’s most decorated
battleship. Guests touring the ship can check out the massive 16-inch gun turrets, track a tomahawk missile in the Combat Engagement Center, learn how the crew lived aboard this floating city and more!
BERGEN COUNTY ZOO
Free admission and open but capacity will be monitored. Zoo traffic goes one way. Walk around outdoors and spot the animals. Paramus
BRONX ZOO
Reserve a date online for an admission ticket and enter the zoo within one hour of the entry time, then stay as long as you like. You can also book a private encounter for your group of six of more. www.bronxzoo.com
Summer Day Camps & Programs at RARITAN
VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Programs
for kids & teens ages 4-17....Build a robot. Design a website. Learn to sew. Prepare for a standardized test...
Raritan Valley Community College offers kids & teens classes throughout the year including during school break periods and over the summer. Your children will learn and develop their mental and physical abilities in a safe and enriching environment.
This summer, RVCC has a litany of virtual programs for grade school to high school students.
• Virtual Black Rocket & Super Science Programs are being offered to increase knowl-
edge in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math).
• Interactive Intro to Astronomy course.
• English and writing courses including our Journalistic Writing, Workshops for Young Writers, and more.
• Enrichment and artistic programs include Fantasy Fun Crafts, Time Management & Vision Boards.
• RVCC will be working with the High-Level 5th Quarter Training program to provide a health & wellness camp.
• SAT/ACT prep courses
Summer registration begins April 5th, 2021.
FRELINGHUYSEN ARBORETUM
Home School Days - in person events every month. Morristown. www.arboretumfriends.org
GREAT SWAMP OUTDOOR EDUCATION CTR
Maple Sugar Demo days in March, Family Farm Strolls, and Scavenger Hunts. Chatham. www.morrisparks.net
GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE
A sculpture garden, arboretum, and museum. Experience a 42-acre landscaped park and its seasonal transformation; engage with new sculptures throughout the landscape with nearly 300 sculptures on view. Reduced price of $10 Thurs-Mon from 10am–6pm thru March 31.
IMAGINE THAT!!! CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
General Admission Tues - Sun - with Special Appearances at Weekend events. East Hanover. www.imaginethatmuseum.com
LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER
Thurs-Sun. Buy tickets online. DC Superheroes, Making Mammoths, Sock Skating Rink, Planets Show, One World One Sky, Beyond Rubik’s Cube.... www.lsc.com
MONSTER MINI GOLF
Reserve your optional tee time! Swing your way to non-stop fun. Unique mini golf experience with 18 holes of glow-in-the-dark mini golf. Play in a state-of-the-art-arcade and enjoy a laser maze. Fairfield 973.244.0026, Paramus 201.261.0032, www.monsterminigolf.com
MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM
Galleries are reopened. Montclair. Come in for family workshops and classes. www.montclairartmuseum.com
MORRIS MUSEUM
Opened Saturdays and Sundays. Free admission
first weekend every month. Go see the Mega Model Train Gallery. Morristown. www.morrismuseum.org
SKYZONE TRAMPOLINE PARK
Pinebrook, Mount Olive, Allendale, Springfield, Ocean
Reserve for open jump or glow (at select locations) tickets. Some locations offer private group play. www.skyzone.com
IPLAY AMERICA
Reserve tickets to this indoor amusement park full of rides for all ages, including go-karts, minibowling, carousel, rollercoaster, skyscraper, laser tag, 4D theater, arcade, and new ride - Reverse Time. Freehold. www.iplayamerica.com
SAHARA SAMS
Reserve a one day ticket or season pass to visit the indoor waterpark. West Berlin. www.saharasams.com
SIX FLAGS
Park opens March 27th.
New for 2021, the world’s tallest, fastest and longest single rail coaster, Jersey Devil Coaster.
STATUE OF LIBERTY
The new Statue of Liberty Museum on Liberty Island has reopened. Tours available include the grounds of Liberty Island (Reserve Ticket) and the Hard Hat Tour of Ellis Island (includes the Liberty Island Reserve Ticket).
STATUE CRUISES
Go see Ellis Island, 911 memorial and museum, and One World Observatory!
STORM KING ART CENTER
Get outside and experience art in nature. Advance tickets for Saturday or Sunday visits 10am4:30pm. New Windsor, NY.
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