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SUMMER SOLVED!

Now in Oak Park–Summer Solved with Steve & Kate’s Camp!

If you have children, then you know planning for summer can be a challenge: Choosing a variety of activities. Planning around vacations and friends. Committing to weekly sessions 6 months in advance. But with Steve & Kate’s Camp coming to Oak Park, your entire summer could be solved!

Choice For Kids

Steve & Kate’s Camp, which has been a San Francisco Bay Area staple since 1980, is opening in Oak Park this summer! Steve & Kate’s Camp was founded on the belief that trusting a child helps them build their selfconfidence and helps teach them to trust their own judgment.

Oak Park Campers will design their day in real-time by choosing from a variety of activities including, sewing, stop-motion animation, music, performing arts, makers crafts, bread making, coding, sports &

IN WRIGHT’S STUDIO

A Place to Thrive: Health, Happiness, and Home

Day Camps in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Oak Park Studio

How do our homes impact our mental and physical well-being? How can we use architecture to ensure that every person in our community thrives?

Students in grades 3-5 and 6-8 will explore these questions and more as they create vision boards, sketches, and architectural models for a fellow camper!

Info + Registration: FLWRIGHT.ORG/CAMPS

Grades 3-5: June 26 to 30, 8:30-11:30 am

Grades 6-8: July 10 to 14, 8:30-11:30 am

recreation, and more. The children will decide what they want to do and for how long.

Flexibility for Parents

Steve & Kate’s Camp operates a flexible day-pass system where families can sign up for one day here, 22 there, or pay a flat fee, which covers the entire summer. Either way, families can use their passes any day this summer–without advanced notice! If your plans change, they’ll even refund your unused passes automatically at the end of the season. And just like everything else at Steve & Kate’s, kids will get to choose their lunch entree daily. Most of their meals come from local vendors and are prepared just moments before lunch. They throw in snacks and the occasional frozen treat to boot!

Lunch, snacks, and all hours (8am–6pm) are included.

Get Creative In Wright’s Studio

What does “home” mean to you? How does it impact our mental and physical well-being, and the well-being of our friends and family?

Find out during the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust’s 2023 summer camp, A Place to Thrive: Health, Happiness, and Home. Frank Lloyd Wright pioneered a bold new vision for modern architecture and design. Now, campers will work in Wright’s iconic Studio

and explore what home means for themselves, their fellow campers, and the community.

Participants will act as architects and create a unique and personalized home for a fellow camper. Educators, artists, and designers will help students as they create vision boards, sketches and an architectural model for their “client.”

A Place to Thrive is offered for grades 3-5 and 6-8. Limited capacity.

Grades 3-5: June 26 – 30

Mon - Fri, 8:30 - 11:30 am

Grades 6-8: July 10 – 14

Mon - Fri, 8:30 - 11:30 am

For more information contact the education department at 773.389.4261 or email educate@flwright.org.

Unplug your kids and let them get dirty at Terra Incognito !

We offer fun and educational wheel throwing camps for ages 8 and up. Summer clay camps provide young artists the outlet for exercising both critical and creative thinking through clay. If you want to nurture your child’s creativity, this is the place to be!

Students learn the skills to make functional pots and decorative clay art both on the wheel and by hand. They will then learn how to decorate their creations using underglazes and glaze. The projects they complete will be food safe, made from non-toxic materials which are all supplied. In addition, students will be shown the firing process, leading to a full understanding of the entire operation. With our low teacher-to-student ratio, every

camper will get the attention they need.

Morning sessions are from 9:00 am until noon for pre-teens (8-12 years old) and afternoon sessions are from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm for teens (13 years old an up). Each session is 2 weeks long, Monday through Thursday, starting on Monday, June 12th. The cost per 2-week session is $330.

Terra Incognito is located at 246 Chicago Ave in Oak Park. It has held Potter’s Wheel camps for over 30 years. Several of our former students are now well-known artists and teachers. We are thrilled to help cultivate the next generation of artists from Oak Park. Visit and sign up at terraincognitostudio.com.

Ascension School Enriches Minds, Bodies and Souls

For over 110 years, Ascension has provided an excellent Catholic education in the spirit of love, kindness, respect, and inclusion.  The strength and support of our Ascension community is notably present in the students’ academic, social, and spiritual education. Our goal is to create a positive atmosphere where students can grow in a safe, challenging and faith-filled learning environment.

With an average student to teacher ratio of 13:1, our faculty recognizes the individuality of each child’s development and has the opportunity to work with our students one on one to help them achieve their academic goals. Our students experience a well-rounded, Catholic education that enriches their minds, bodies and souls.

This year Ascension is one of only 15 Chicago schools entering its second year school partnership with the Museum of Science and Industry. Beginning in

Summer Potter’s Wheel Camps

Fun

preschool, every classroom has access to iPads, chrome books and students are exposed to comprehensive STEM opportunities throughout the year.

We offer both full and half-day programs for our preschool children.  Our preschooler’s day focuses on independent learning, socialization, reading readiness and literacy skills, fine motor and gross motor development.  Ascension School also has an Extended Day Program which offers before school and after school care for our preschool to grade 8 students.

Ascension provides outstanding fine and performing arts programs, extracurricular athletic programs and a number of clubs that promote teamwork, community and inclusion.

Learn about what Ascension School can offer your child with a private tour at school.ascensionoakpark.com.

Frick Kids Art Classes

Kids Love Art!!!!

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want your kids to learn about art. Maybe you want them to get something more. Or maybe they just want to be creative and have fun! Whatever the reason, Frick Kids Art Classes are where its happening!

Nurture your child’s imagination while learning about artists, color, design and more.

Group,

and private lessons available at your home, business or at the Frick Art Studio in Oak Park for Pre-K through 6th graders.

Keystone creates lifelong learners

“The beauty of Montessori education is that it takes into consideration the whole child,” said Keystone founder Vicki Shea. “The physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of children are nurtured with their academic development and each child is respected as an individual with unique abilities.”

Montessori education is based on the teachings of Maria Montessori. From her observations of the natural development of children, she believed that a child’s independence, self-esteem and love of learning could flourish with guidance from a properly trained teacher.

Keystone has a class for two-year olds, primary classes for 3-6 year olds, junior and senior elementary classes for 6-12 year olds, and a middle school. There are also parent/infant classes. One hallmark of Montessori education is grouping together children of different ages. “The mixed age classrooms allow students of all ages to benefit from each other,” says Katie Shea, current Director of Keystone. “The younger children have older peers to model themselves after. The older students develop compassion and patience working

with younger students.”

Children learn by working with specially designed ‘materials’ in an ageappropriate, developmentally designed environment that stimulates the senses and encourages exploration. The children are busy, each doing something either individually or in small groups. In one primary classroom a three-year old is mopping the floor, and a five-year old is counting with a bead chain. In the elementary classroom a student is researching snakes and nearby, a group of students is analyzing the grammar of a sentence with the teacher. “Maria Montessori developed materials, classrooms, and a curriculum that lights the fire of lifelong learning in students” says Shea.

Keystone is proud of its consistently high academic achievement and on helping children become well-rounded, responsible citizens. Keystone Montessori, 7415 W. North Ave., River Forest, is holding an Open House on Wednesday, June 28, 4:30–6:30pm. You can also call 708-3661080 to schedule a tour/observation.

The Love of Learning through Art & Play

Teaching art has been Phyllis Frick’s passion her entire life. She began as a camp counselor and instructor at YMCA camps and after school programs as far back as high school. She then became a girl scout leader in college and a cub scout den mother when her two boys became old enough. She went to school to become a pharmacist because that was the preferred way to have a career back in the 70’s when women could have a profession. But her heart wasn’t in it. She always wanted to be more creative.

After twenty years of counting pills, she decided to switch directions and get a master of arts in teaching. She taught middle school science for fifteen years in Oak Park and

was always sneaking art into her classes to make it more hands on and interesting for her students. When she and her husband, along with their two young boys bought their home in Oak Park, the first thing she did was gather her boys and the neighbor children together and give them paint and brushes and let them go to town on the playroom walls. A wonderful mural resulted that stayed there until the boys left for college.

Now her lifelong dream of having her own childrens art center has come to fruition. Frick Kids Art will focus on fine arts for kids and teach them the love of learning through art and play. Learn more about our Art Classes at FrickKidsArt.com and 630-215-9789.

Stern Glass works welcomes our younger creatives to GLASS GALAXY SUMMER CAMP!

For our glass artists ages 10-13 we have 3 projects offered this summer from 9am-noon Tuesday through Thursday! Join us June 27-29 to make enameled hanging glass mobiles. Each artist will enamel glass components of their mobile with favorite colors and designs based on their unique interests! Does a fused glass lantern with a galaxy theme of stars, moons, planets or even the make-believe sound exciting? Join us July 9-11 for the amazing fused glass lantern class. Finally come into the studio July 25-27 to make a slumped candy dish with a mosaic of colors and shapes melted together out of glass. High schoolers interested in the arts, looking for creative outlets and expressive means look no further. Join us

for our afternoon Glass Galaxy programs! June 20-23 we will dive into the beauty of stained glass, making celestial panels to hang in the window. If masquerades, mystery or fantasy is more your style then come on in July 5-7 to make a fused/slumped glass mask that’s made specifically to fit your face! Finally explore the world of 360o detail in our Cast Glass Through Mold Making class July 18-21! Each camp session provides your child with community, problem-solving, handskill building, creative growth, and of course lots of fun!

Info/Registration: www.sternglassworks. com/glassgalaxy

Questions: sternglassworks@gmail.com or 708-608-9085.

Summer Cooking Camps at Schoolhouse Kitchen are so fun!

Schoolhouse is celebrating its 6th year of Cooking Camps this Summer.

• HOMESTEADING CAMP - AGES 5-11

Kids will love baking and cooking in our beautiful kitchen studio each day. Learning new recipes, crafting, playing games and making friends is the perfect way to relax and learn.

Young chefs are so happy to bring home what they made to share with you and you’ll enjoy trying our kid approved recipes at home with them, too.

½ day camps - M-F - AM or PM

Camps

• T/WEEN COOKING CAMP - AGES 11-15

T/weens are challenged by our well designed projects that teach practical cooking and baking techniques. They build on skills all week long as they explore a variety of fun and creative recipes. Chefs bring home what they made each day to share with you and we send home all recipes at the end of the week.

4-6PM - M-F

Learn more @ www.iloveschoolhouse.com

An inclusive program for you child to explore the endless possibilities of glass-art!

LMS/International Mansion: every child has a gift to be shared

Our school can be best described as a ‘Homeschool in School’ style program. We have a full dynamic Spanish Immersion curriculum and are listed by MENSA as a recommended program for gifted students. We are a small school with only 30 students total between Preschool and 8th grade.

What sets us apart?

- Fluency in Spanish Achieved within one year during Preschool years, or within two years during Elementary School years. The Spanish language is spoken throughout as the target immersion

Current subjects, but not limited to, are:

• Penmanship

• Reading/writing

• Math • Science

• Geography/history

• Logic/coding

• Theater (improv, superhero stage combat, musical theatre)

• Martial arts

language. Academic classes are all taught in English and/or Spanish and English. If weather permits, many of our academic classes are done outdoors.

- Student to teacher ratio: some classes are one on one, two to one, with a maximum of six students to one instructor.

- Daily schedule is customized and flexible.

- Professional and passionate instructors.

- Guest tutors with real life experience.

- No test to enter, no traditional testing.

- Students paired by interest, in mixed age setting.

- Weekly reports sent to parents.

• Art (including painting, clay art, comic book art and more)

• Music (Rock band, intro to most instrument, harmony, chorus)

• Social emotional discussions/Life skills

• Spanish immersion spoken through out the day and taught in lesson format. Russian immersion taught in lesson format.

• Intro to Foreign languages (Hebrew, Italian, chinese, japanese, korean, etc.)

• Physical education: Archery/Ice Skating/ Soccer, and more.

• Chess and board games.

• Architectural design

Bilingual Montessori Lab Academy: empowering every child

The Bilingual Montessori Lab Academy is a Spanish immersion School originated on the foundation that all children can learn and be bilingual. The children at Bilingual Montessori Lab Academy experience nature and Montessori Philosophy in Spanish. We support all learners and turn learning barriers into strengths. Our purpose is to give students the ability to learn in an enriched environment that encourages curiosity, stimulates language, and sets the child free to observe, think, create, and draw their conclusions in both languages. Believing that all children hold infinite potential, our shared purpose is to cultivate life-long learners and to empower every child to create a

more just and harmonious world. Our School is a yearlong primary Spanish immersion program, for threeto seven-year-old, that goes through first grade. We promote growth in all areas of a child’s development: academic, social, emotional, and physical. A key to the Montessori Method is the belief that every child has an inner desire to learn, and we work to cultivate that desire so that each child has a true joy of learning, being bilingual, and a lifelong interest to do so. Children feel at home here. They have a sense of peace and welcome, a feeling of gratitude, and a sense of community. Visit our bilingual community and experience this feeling firsthand! Fall enrollment now open.