Youth Camps—Fall 2023

Fall Break Camps

Animal Adventures with LEGO® Materials

AGES: 5-7Y INSTRUC TOR: PLAY-WELL TEKNOLOGIES

Let your imagination run wild with tens of thousands of LEGO® parts as we design and build leaping dolphins, buzzing beehives, and towering giraffes. Play, create, and learn in a world inspired by the animal kingdom. Design and build as never before and explore your craziest ideas.

3 Day Bread, Soup & Dessert Cooking

AGES: 6-12Y

INSTRUCTOR: LYNDA REXROAT

In this 3-day camp we will learn to make bread, soups, and desserts. Menu: Challah, Potato leek soup, Oatmeal Bread, Lentil soup and for dessert a Pumpkin Bundt cake and Cranberry Coconut cookies. YUM YUM. Kids love to eat what they cook and make new friends in the process. We will learn how to work safely in the kitchen as well as proper food handling. This cooking camp is a tasty way to learn the valuable life skill of cooking and eating healthy food. Let us know prior to the camp of any food allergies or religious food observances. $32 materials fee due to the instructor, more information to follow.

Skateboarding 101

AGES: 6-12Y INSTRUC TOR: ROB SKATE ACADEMY

A super fun, skateboard program designed for kids of all. We work with beginner, intermediate and advanced skaters as our instructors are the best in the industry! Participants provide their own skateboard, helmet, and pads.

Camp Connector (BYOL) Program

AGES: 4-15Y INSTRUC TOR: CITY STAFF

Camp Connector BYOL (Bring Your Own Lunch) will run from 12:00pm-1:00pm at the Orinda Community Center and is designed for campers who are enrolled in an AM and a PM camp that is taking place at the Orinda Community Center. City staff will escort campers to and from their AM and PM camps and will supervise all Camp Connector participants during the lunch hour. Campers MUST bring a lunch.

Camps NOT eligible for Camp Connector (BYOL Program): Sports Medley Camp.

Jr. Pickleball Camp

AGES: 8-13Y INSTRUC TOR: PARAGON PICKLEBALL

It’s time for the NEXT GENERATION of pickleball players! The Paragon Pickleball coaching staff are excited to offer this amazing camp to kids! Campers will learn the rules of the game, singles and doubles scoring, and how to hit all the shots they’ll need to play. For questions, email Drew Diefenbach at ParagonPickleball@gmail.com. Bring your own paddle if you can, plus water, snack, sunglasses, hat, and anything else you may need.

“Glee Club” Performing Arts

AGES: 5-8Y INSTRUC TOR: MYEVE CAPOZZI

If you are obsessed with singing like we are and come alive when you hear certain songs like Let It Go, then join the Glee Club Camp! During Glee Club, other than Chillin’ Like a Villain, campers will learn songs from popular movies and musicals and create choreographed ensemble numbers. Campers will come up with fun dance moves and create props to incorporate into their performance. The week culminates with The Greatest Show, which will be enjoyed by family and friends.

Minecraft Master Engineering using LEGO® Materials

AGES: 7-12Y INSTRUC TOR: PLAY-WELL TEKNOLOGIES

Bring your favorite Minecraft adventures to life with our enthusiastic Play-Well instructors. In a Minecraft world powered by LEGO® resources, we will build shelters to keep out Creepers, craft mystical items that only true masters can wield, and perfect our crossbow skills to stop the Wither from taking over! If you can imagine it, we can build it.

Immersion Art Camp

AGES: 5-10Y INSTRUC TOR: SUSAN MCALLISTER

Students will spend 3 intensive days drawing, painting, and creating 3-dimensional art. Daily projects will incorporate a variety of techniques for using media such as graphite and colored pencils, watercolor and tempera paints, pastels, found objects, yarn and other materials. Joining this expanded, all-day format will allow students the time to apply these creative skills to larger projects such as designing individual murals, and completing more complex drawings, paintings, and 3D sculptures. Bring an AM and PM snack, and lunch, each day. Participants do NOT need to register for the Camp Connector (BYOL) Program.

Sports Medley Camp

AGES: 7-10Y

INSTRUC TOR: SKYHAWKS

This Multi-Sport Camp teaches young athletes the skills and strategies of dodgeball, flag football, and soccer through PLAY! Each day players will play age appropriate Skyhawks variations of dodgeball, flag football, and soccer. Skyhawks coaches provide a positive environment with lots of encouragement to develop each child’s confidence and skills while fostering a life-long passion for the game. Our development objectives include sport specific fundamentals along with footspeed, jumping, flexibility, range of motion, and more. This camp is not eligible for Camp Connector.