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Summer Camps
Edutain your kids this summer Art Play Learn-style with our fun ONLINE integration camps.
Due to COVID19, we have re-framed our summer camp offerings. All camps will now be virtual camps. The duration will vary based mostly on age, but also on topic. All camps will still run for one week at a time and will meet once per day, Monday-Friday. All times are Eastern Daylight Savings Time. Our camps are limited to 12 campers per time slot.
Interactive
Educational
Expert Teachers
Little kids on a slide
Kids playing with slime
Girl pointing and singing
Little kids dancing ballet
Person coding
Face painting
Kids playing together
African American girls dancing
Teens doing Improv
Who's talking about summer camps at Art Play Learn?
"Miles is in a coding camp online this week, learning some HTML. He has plans to make a website all about the cats - I’ll post it when it is done. It’s so fun listening to it and doing a little hand-stitching. All of the kids have changed their names...What I love is that the wonderful teacher is taking it all in stride and all the kids are using their preferred names. It’s delightful, and Miles just glows every time anyone calls him Night Ninja. The teacher is lovely, and I’m so glad he gets to do an inventor’s camp with her in 2 weeks. If anyone else is looking for something cool for 45 minutes a day for their kids to do, check out Art Play Learn! Meredith Kaunitz runs it, and I’m so glad we are getting to participate."
Parent: What did you like about Shakespeare Camp?
8 year old: Ummmm, everything.
"Thank you so much for this! My child had a great time yesterday." ~ Spanish Immersion Camp parent
"Coding Camp was fun because it was taught by Dana and Dana always does fun stuff" ~Coding Camp 8- year old student
Shakespeare Camp
Get your Shakespeare on with this camp that never stops moving. Taught by acclaimed actor
and Director of Theater Education at St. Anne Rock Hill School, Saluda Camp. Saluda is a veteran teacher of Shakespeare and theatre integration to kids from 4 years old to adults. Your kids will not only know exactly what they are doing and saying using the real Shakespeare text, they will come away feeling like super-heroes. Join the non-stop fun.
For more details on each age group, click on the ages: 5-8 8-10 10-12 teens
June 22nd - 26th
ages: 5-8 (10AM) ages: 8-10 (11AM) ages: 10-12 (1pm) ages: 13-18 (2pm)
Song and dance camp
Are your kids performers at heart? Do they love to sing and dance? This is your camp! Hook into the style of music you love and create a performance together. Perform virtually for parents at the end of the last day. Taught by Art Play Learn's Dana Parker, Professional Singer and Electrical Engineer. Let it go!
June 22nd- 26th
ages: 5-8 (10AM) ages: 8-10 (2PM) ages: 10-12 (3PM)
August 3rd- 7th
ages: 5-8 (2PM) ages: teens (4pm)
June 22nd-26th
ages: 8-10 (1pm)
June 29th-July 3rd
ages: 10-12 (2pm)
July 6th-10th
ages: 5-8 (10AM)
ages: teens (3pm)
July 13th-17th
ages: 8-10 (10am)
Spanish Immersion Camp
Do you want your kids to speak Spanish better or not lose the Spanish they learned in school? Heritage speakers, Immersion school students, kids who just enjoy learning Spanish: this camp is for you! Full of games, songs, hands-on activities with a language acquisition strategy, your kids will be having so much fun they won't realize they're learning Spanish. Taught by Alejandra Zuñiga, native speaker from Peru and one of Art Play Learn's Spanish teachers. ¡Ven y disfruten!
July 20th- 25th
ages: 8-10 (10AM)
July 27th-31st
ages 10-12 (10AM)
August 3rd-7th
ages: 10-12 (10AM)
ages: 8-10 (1PM)
August 10th-15th
ages: 5-8 (11AM)
ages: 10-12 (1pm)
Coding Camp
Learn how to code your own webpage using HTML. Each class will teach you how to create one or more elements using HTML and you will apply those skills to create your own custom webpage. Taught by Art Play Learn's own Dana Parker, Electrical Engineer, Science and Music teacher.
Coding Camp Part 2
For campers with a basic knowledge of HTML. In this camp we explore CSS and creating style sheets for websites. We'll explore best practices in web design such as finding and using images on the web and plagiarism checks, and we'll discuss the different tools available to build a website.
June 29th- July 3rd
ages: 8-10 (10AM) ages: 10-12 (11AM) ages: teens (4pm)
August 10th
ages 8-10 (10am)
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Slimed! Camp
Get ready to get slimed with this one-of-a-kind summer camp dedicated to crafty, creative kids. Create your very own slime bank with this slippery summer theme. Learn how to create tons of different slimes like cloud slime, glitter slime, crunchy slime, cloud slime, and good old-fashioned slime, and get creative while creating your own slime recipes. Receive all the materials you need for an hour full of slimy fun. Each day, campers pull out the day's materials and we get to work creating unique slime while learning a little science along the way. Taught by Art Play Learn's own Dana Parker, Science and Music teacher. Get slimed with us.
July 6th -10th (local to Bowie, MD only to receive box of materials)
ages: 5-8 (11AM) ages: 8-10 (1pm) ages: 10-12 (2pm)
July 27th-July 31st (after July 13th local to Bowie, MD only to receive materials)
ages: 5-8 (10AM) ages: 8-10 (3pm) ages: 10-12 (4pm)
Inventor's Camp
Get ready to create in this hands-on summer camp. Learn how to create small electronics like the Wiggle Bot, a small robot you build and engineer on your own, and learn about important components of modern inventions like batteries and energy. Each engaging activity gives campers the knowledge they need to create their own inventions. Receive a box of materials with everything you need to explore and invent. Taught by Art Play Learn's Dana Parker, Electrical Engineer, Professional Singer and Entrepreneur. Start something amazing!
July 13th- 17th (after June 29th local to Bowie, MD only to receive materials)
ages 10-12 (1pm) ages: 8-10 (2pm) ages: 5-8 (4pm)
Big & Littles
Join Ms. Val, creator of the delightfully fun program "Songs for Young Whippersnappers", for this movement and music adventure! In this exciting online class, we will explore a weekly theme as we work on our gross motor skills, core strength, balance, and learn age appropriate music & dance fundamentals! A perfect first class for your little!
July 13th 1:00-1:30 & 1:30-2:00
ages: 2-4
Special Effects Make-up
Learn special effects makeup techniques in this fun hands on summer camp. We'll be getting our hands dirty and creating art through makeup. Learn old age makeup techniques, changing your face shape, illusion makeup techniques, color mixing, scars and bruises, making teeth, and much more! Receive a kit filled with the products you need to create everything you'll be learning and more. Cosplayers! Makeup enthusiasts and hobbyists! Theater artists! Learning about movie makeup has never been easier and more fun! Taught by Art Play Learn's Dana Parker, Professional Singer and Entrepreneur.
July 20th (after July 6th local to Bowie, MD only to receive materials)
ages: 8-10 (11AM) ages: teens (1pm & 3pm) ages: 10-12 (4pm)
August 10th- 15th (after July 27th local to Bowie, MD only to receive materials)
ages 8-10 (2pm) ages: 10-12 (3pm) ages: teen (4pm)
Musical Theater
(5-8 yo)
Join Val for this MAGICAL exploration of Musical Theater! No previous experience required! In this camp we will learn the basics of singing, dancing, and acting as well as exploring the many other exciting elements of Musical Theater: from Costumes and Makeup to Props and Set Design! Selections from Mary Poppins, Peter Pan, & Beauty & The Beast help us bring this theater magic to life!
(8-10 yo)
Join Val for this MAGICAL exploration of Musical Theater! No previous experience required! In this camp we will learn the basics of singing, dancing, and acting as well as exploring the many other exciting elements of Musical Theater: from Costumes and Makeup to Props and Set Design! Selections from Mary Poppins, & Beauty & The Beast, The Greatest Showman help us bring this theater magic to life!
July 20th-24th @ 2pm August 3rd-7th @ 3pm
ages: 5-8 ages 8-10
Theater for Teens
With a fun mix of improvisational and scripted activities for students, this camp will give students the chance to work on their stage skills AND create their own work! Join us as we explore a variety of theatrical performance styles-from contemporary conversation to heightened greek theatre. We can't wait to meet your budding actor! and No previous experience required.
July 27th-31st @ 1pm
teens
Beginner Ballet
Join Val to learn the fundamentals of Ballet in a joyful and exuberant way! This class presents the basics of Ballet Technique while encouraging students to self express and create. Students will work on strength, focus, coordination, performance & stamina while accompanied by a fun mix of classical, contemporary, and popular music.
July 27th-31st @ 2pm
ages: 5-8
Back to School Bridge Camp
8:00am - 2:00pm
Get back into the swing of school schedules with this camp that will help you re-establish bedtimes and wake-up times but also give your children some space to gently get their brains working again by participating in a series of fun activities that will keep them moving and get them thinking. Each online meeting will last between 30- 45 minutes and will focus on having them actively participate. Start with yoga and then move through Moving Math, English, Fitness, Science and Spanish. Taught by a whole team of Art Play Learn's specialists, including Meredith Kaunitz, Master Teacher; Dana Parker, Electrical Engineer and Professional Singer; Alejandra Zuñiga, Spanish Teacher; Candise Jordan, Yoga, Physical Education and Nutrition and more.
August 17th-21st & August 24th-28th
age groups
5-8, 8-10, 10-12, teens
Meet the Teachers
Saluda Camp
Shakespeare Camps
Saluda has worked in professional theater as an actor, teacher and director for 20 years now. As an actor, Saluda received her post-graduate diploma from Judi Dench’s London conservatory Mountview Academy for Theatre Arts, where she focused on classical theater, training with Royal Shakespeare Company actors and directors and in workshops on The Globe stage in London. After graduation, Saluda embarked on a 15-year career as an actor on Off-Broadway stages and in regional Shakespeare companies. She performed in 4 seasons at both The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and Connecticut Free Shakespeare. As a teacher, Saluda is currently the Director of Theater for the John Paul the Great for the Arts Program at Saint Anne School in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Saluda worked for 7 years as a teaching artist, in all 5 boroughs of NYC, a catholic school in NJ and a homeschool society in upstate NY, teaching acting, Shakespeare and playwriting to children ages 3-18. Saluda’s sister, Anna Camp from the Pitch Perfect movies, is also a professional actor and singer.
Alejandra Zuñiga
Spanish Immersion, Back to School Bridge Camps
Alejandra is a native of Peru who has lived in the United States for many years with her husband and 2 children, whom she homeschools. She represented Peru at the Latin American Cultural Expo at the College Park Community Center, educating the public about Peruvian geography, history and culture. Alejandra was teaching Spanish at Small Wonder Day Care until recently and is now teaching Spanish for Art Play Learn's Toddler classes and Homeschool program. She is a dynamic personality who brings joy to every room and creates active, student-centered programs wherever she goes.
Dana Parker
Song & Dance, Slimed!, Inventor's, Special Effects Make-up, Back to School Bridge Camps
Dana has been a professional singer for over 30 years. Her first stage performance was at the age of 10, and by age 13 she was signed to her first of 3 major record labels. She has worked alongside many in the music industry and is currently the lead singer in a band based in Washington, DC. A writer and producer, Dana has studied voice for the span of her career and continues to work with choirs and vocal groups. She is a certified Audio Engineer, having studied sound design and studio techniques, and also holds degrees in Electrical Engineering and Network Engineering, Cyber Security. Dana teaches Science and Music at Art Play Learn. She homeschools 3 boys who keep her teaching skills sharp and the ideas for active learning flowing.
Meredith Kaunitz
Back to School Bridge Camps
Meredith is the Chief Education Officer at Art Play Learn where she teaches, develops curriculum, administrates and keeps things hopping. With a professional acting resume boasting over 100 credits, Meredith's two passions come together in her arts integration programs. She has developed seven 5-star levels of Japanese classes on a popular distance learning platform. She teaches Japanese, English, math and Social Studies at Art Play Learn.
Candise Jordan
Back to School Bridge Camps
Candise has been a professional in the fitness industry for 13 years. She holds certifications from the American Red Cross and ASHI as a Certified CPR/First Aid/AED Instructor, Aerobics Fitness Association of America as a Certified Group Exercise Instructor, the National Academy of Sports Medicine as a Certified Personal Trainer and is an SDTS Self-defense Instructor. She has continuing education certificates in Functional Fitness, Senior Fitness, Youth Fitness, Boot camps, Power Jump, PiYo, Medicine Balls, Bosu, Spin, Kickboxing, and Core Strength. Candise has published two books,
Pot Belly to Flat Belly: A 28 Day Rapid Fat Loss Transformation and The Fit & Flavorful Kitchen Makeover. She is a homeschooling mom.
Val Williams
Big & Littles Camp, Theater Camp, Musical Theater Camp, Ballet Camp
Val is an Austin based creative originally from Pittsburgh, PA. For over 15 years, Val has worked as a teaching artist, director, and choreographer with numerous arts education organizations across the nation including work with Tex-Arts (Austin, TX), HITS Theatre (Houston, TX), Inside Broadway (NY, NY), The New York Kids Club (NY, NY) and serving as Director of The Henry Mancini Arts Academy, Midland, PA . Val is also a skilled preschool teacher currently working with NYC based "Village Community", founded by Nicole Ivey (MBA, Harvard Class of 2020)
As a professional performer, Val has been seen off Broadway, regionally, and internationally. Some of her favorite performances include:
Finian's Rainbow In Concert (Irish Repertory Theater, NYC), A Christmas Carol (Mrs. Cratchit, Town Hall, NYC), & The Light Princess, (The Queen - an original work of sensory friendly theater for early childhood, Jumping Jack Theater Co. Pittsburgh, PA). Val has also performed as a featured vocalist with The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and Norwegian Cruise Line.
Val is the founder and producing director of Vintage Entertainment Company: Vintageous Productions whose work has been seen at events in TX and PA.
Her original CD for children, Songs for Young Whippersnappers, and first children’s book Dilber the Cranky Banana are now available online!
Val holds a BFA from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in musical theater and continuing education credits from The City College of New York in early childhood education.