Children’s Museum hosts Imagination Station Summer Camps

Posted at 11:11 am June 5, 2017
By Kay Brookshire Leave a Comment

Young cooks prepare dessert for tasting later at a Children’s Museum summer camp. (Submitted photo)

World cultures, model trains, cooking, and gardening, as well as STEAM (science, technology, art, engineering, and math) activities are being offered during Imagination Station Summer Camp beginning June 5 at the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge.

With the museum’s unique and enriching environment as a backdrop, camp leaders will provide a blend of educational and interactive play, helping campers learn and grow while having fun in a safe environment. Each camp is created with age-appropriate activities aligned with the child’s developmental stage.

Summer camps, from June 5-July 28, are for children from age 3 through 7th grade, with one bridge camp open to eighth and ninth graders.
Peppy Pepper, the mascot for the museum’s newest exhibit, Kids in Action! Healthy Living, will encourage healthy activities such as growing vegetables and movement during the summer camps.

Register and pay for camps online, at www.childrensmuseumofoakridge.org, by mail or in person, at 461 West Outer Drive, Oak Ridge 37830. Camp fees are fully refundable up until 14 days before the start date.

The fee for most Monday-Friday camps is $125 for members and $135 for non-members, except where noted. A discount is available if two siblings register for camp during the same week or if a child registers for two half-day camps in the same week. A limited number of scholarships for camp are available. Download the scholarship application from the museum’s website.

Camps June 5-9 are:

Peppy Pepper’s “Kids in Action Vegetable Gardeners’ Club”, rising grades 4-6, 9 a.m.-noon.
Grillin-n-Chillin, rising grades 4-7, 9 a.m.-noon.
Around the World, rising grades 4-7, 1-4 p.m.
Secret City Spy, rising grades 1-3, rising, 9 a.m.-noon.
Secret City Contraptions, rising grades 1-3, 1-4 p.m.
Dinosaur Dig, ages 3 to rising kindergartner, 9 a.m.-noon.
Find Your Center Clay Camp, rising grades 4-7, rising, 9 a.m.-noon. Limit: 4.

Camps June 12-16 are:

Engineering Feats, rising grades 4-7, 9 a.m.-noon.
CSI Bodies: The Living World, rising grades 4-7, 1-4 p.m.
Bridge: Put your Cards on the Table, rising grades 5-9, 1-4 p.m. Members $40, and non-members $50.
Edible Art, rising grades 1-3, 9 a.m.-noon.
Astronomy Aliens, rising grades 1-3, 9 a.m.-noon.
Seussical Story, rising grades 1-3, 1-4 p.m.
Storybook Chef, ages 3-rising kindergartner, 9 a.m.-noon.
Art for the Garden Pottery Hand-building, rising grades 1-3, 9 a.m.-noon.

Camps June 19-23 are:

Muggles & Wizards, rising grades 4-7, 9 a.m.-noon.
Seafood Extravaganza, rising grades 4-7, 9 a.m.-noon.
Picture This, rising grades 4-7, 1-4 p.m.
Moving Motion, rising grades 4-7. 1-4 p.m.
Soccer Camp, rising grades 3-5, 1-4 p.m.
Junior Wizards, rising grades 3-5, 9 a.m.-noon.
Creative Desserts, rising grades 1-3, 1-4 p.m.
Welcome to Hogwarts, ages 3-rising kindergartner, 9 a.m.-noon.
Super Bowls in the Summer Pottery Hand-building, rising grades 1-3, 9 a.m.-noon.

Camps June 26-30 are:

Food Network Favorites, rising grades 4-7, 9 a.m.-noon.
Improv Explosion, rising grades 4-6, 9 a.m.-noon.
Ingenious Artists, rising grades 4-7, 1-4 p.m.
Incredible India, rising grades 4-7, 1-4 p.m.
Recyclemania, rising grades 1-3, 9 a.m.-noon.
Chocolate Lab, rising grades 1-3, 1-4 p.m.
Kids Go Global, rising grades 1-3, 1-4 p.m.
Animalia, ages 3-rising kindergartner, 9 a.m.-noon.
Drawing on Clay, rising grades 4-7, 9 a.m.-noon.

Summer camps will continue from July 10-28, with no camps the week of July 3. For more information, call the museum at (865) 482-1074 or see the museum’s website at www.childrensmuseumofoakridge.org.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

This press release and photos were submitted by Kay Brookshire.

Campers build structures for their trains at a railroading camp at the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge. (Submitted photo)

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