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2006 Summer Calendar
First Adventures for 5 year olds
Cost: |
$319 per week |
| Hours: |
9 AM – 3 PM (extended care available) |
| (Four year olds who will be entering Kindergarten in the fall are welcome.) |
Registration
The 5 year olds will explore all the great places in Golden Gate Park: Stow Lake, the Tea Garden, the Arboretum, the De Young, the playgrounds and meadows. They’ll also come to love some of the nooks and crannies that few people know about: “magic tree land”, the police stables, the lakes and meadows at the west end of the park.
The theme of the Explorers’ Club is learning to love and understand our natural and cultural history through play and exploration. We also believe that children need plenty of time and space to enter their own imaginary worlds. The park is an idyllic place for children to create kingdoms, clubhouses, space ships and become heroes or villains. To experience building a fort, creating a volcano that smokes, flying a kite, watching squirrels chase each other, learning where the birds nest and what insects live in our “big back yard.” Each week we’ll have a theme, but that won’t limit us from using all our senses and sense of curiosity to enjoy and learn about everything around us! All the themes will be touched upon each week, even though one will be the emphasis. |
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Session 1: FLY!
June 12-16 |
Kites, airborne seeds, feathers, airplanes, clouds – with projects, stories, songs and observation we’ll explore how each of these are constructed and watch them fly!
Field trip: Wednesday 14
Miniature Golf in San Rafael and a nature walk through a salt marsh |
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Session 2: Float!
June 19-23 |
Boats, fish, plants, birds – at the lakes and ponds of GG Park we’ll paddle a boat on Stow Lake, make boats from recycled materials, observe and learn about the ducks, use dip nets to catch (and release) the fish.
Field Trip:Wednesday 21
Adventure Playground in Berkeley- a unique playground that enables children to creatively use hammers, nails, saws, and paint to build playhouses and forts or to make smaller things to take home. Then we catch crabs on the pier and see what other people on the pier have caught. Send children in sturdy clothes that can get very dirty. They must wear close-toed shoes (no sandals). |
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Session 3: Dig!
June 26-30 |
Ants, sow bugs, roots, gophers, and rocks –all live underground and this is the week to get down and dirty discovering them. We’ll become archeologists, farmers, and paleontologists. We’ll construct dirt forts, tunnels, and volcanoes. Kids are close to the ground and love to explore it!
Field trip: Wednesday 28
Berkeley Nature Center for an exciting program about Marine Mammals. |
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Session 9: Art!
Aug 7-11 |
Puppets, murals, painting, drawing, prints, nature art, and camp crafts. We’ll still climb trees, fish for minnows, and follow the flight of a red tail hawk, but this week we’ll concentrate on creating as much art as possible. At the De Young we’ll visit special art works from several different cultures and use it as inspiration.
Field Trip: Wednesday 9
Randall Museum, to visit the animals, explore the fascinating geological formations and flora, and play games on the field. |
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Session 10: Gardens!
Aug 14-18 |
Gardens of roses, water gardens, Mediterranean gardens, gardens of scent, gardens for children, gardens especially for native wild life, cloud gardens, Japanese gardens. We’ll experience them all, create a terrarium, collects seeds, talk to gardeners and even visit a garden library!
Field trip: Wednesday 16
Adventure Playground in Berkeley- a unique playground that enables children to creatively use hammers, nails, saws, and paint to build playhouses and forts or to make smaller things to take home. Then we catch crabs on the pier and see what that other people on the pier have caught. Send children in sturdy clothes that can get very dirty. They must wear close-toed shoes (no sandals). |
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Session 11: Animals!
Aug 21-25 |
Squirrels, bison, geese, spiders, hawks, worms, and fish- the park offers habitat for these animals and many more. This is our week to spot and identify as many as possible. We’ll learn songs about animals, tell animal stories and create animal dances.
Field trip: Wednesday 23
Gulf of the Farallones Nature Center for an outstanding program on the ocean. Then we’ll play in the Crissy Field lagoon. Send swimsuit |
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Session 12: The World!
Aug 28-Sept 1 |
Our park has plants, people, art, and architecture from everywhere on the globe! This week we’ll see how many cultures, creatures and gardens we can visit in our own “backyard”!
Field trip: Wednesday 30
Lake Temascal, right on the Hayward Fault is a scenic gem where the Costanoan Indians once lived. Now there is a wonderful lake for swimming, a beautiful garden and a nature trail with tons of blackberries. Send swimsuit and towel. |
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