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kids’ camps

Young Explorers’ Camp (Ages 2-3) This camp allows children to explore the world around

them. Each day is filled with new adventures: hiking, exploring nature, gardening, cooking, dramatic play, sensory activities, music, arts, and field trips. Each week has a different theme. Sign up for any number of our seven weeks. June 12-July 27, Mon.-Thur. 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | $170/week

Reading and Writing Connection Camps (Rising grades 1-3) An individualized program tailored to the needs and interests of each child. Students will develop and enhance skills in reading and writing through interesting literature, and fun writing exercises. Mon.-Thur. 1:00 4:00 p.m.

Session I: Animals! July 10-13 | Session II: Adventures around the world! July 17-20 | $180/week

Kids’ Technology Camps (Ages 10-13) These exciting, challenging, and one-of-a-kind camps

are designed to advance critical thinking skills and problem solving. We will build and program robots to solve engineering problems. We will program computers to take on real challenges. Mon. Thur. 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Session I: Robots July 17-20 | Session II: Computers July 24-27 | $375/wk

Chess/LEGO/Minecraft/Game Making (Ages 4-12) Learn to play chess or advance your skills in the mornings and compete in LEGO or Minecraft challenges in the afternoons, or learn to code! Kids may register for half or full days. Five different camps! See our website for specific dates.

Chess, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.; LEGO/Minecraft/Coding, 12:00-3:00 p.m. | All camps are Mon.-Thur. | Half days: $375/week Full days: $600/week

First in Math (Rising grades 1-8) Brush up on your math right before school starts! Tailored to meet the needs of each student and support appropriate, grade-level math skills and problem solving. Course times coordinate with the “Mandarin for Kids” course, so students can easily do both.

July 24-28 Mon.-Fri. | Grades 7-8: 8:30-9:45 a.m. | Grades 4-6: 10:00-11:15 a.m. | Grades 1-3: 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. | $115/week

Mandarin for Kids (Rising grades 1-6) Students will learn how to cook Chinese dumplings, sing Chinese songs, and play Chinese games, all while learning how to count and learn basic Mandarin vocabulary and expressions. Course times coordinate with the “First in Math” course, so students can easily do both. July 24-28 Mon.-Fri. | Grades 1-3: 10:00-11:15 a.m. | Grades 4-6: 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. | $125/week

5B Basketball Clinics for Girls and Boys (Rising grades 5-8) These small, intense clinics focus on skills, player development, teamwork, basketball IQ, and interactive drills that build the fundamentals from shooting and ball handling to how to play defense the right way. Use these summer clinics to take you game to the next level. Check our website for various dates and times throughout the summer. | $30/clinic Creative Writing Camps (Rising grades 6-8) Like to write? Make your stories descriptive, interesting, and engaging. Join this fun camp and learn to get your ideas onto paper more easily. Mon.-Fri. 9:30-11:30 a.m. | Session I: July 10-14 | Session II: July 17-21 | $220/week

Mad Scientist Chemistry Camp (Rising grades 5-9) Join the Mad Scientist herself in our state-of-the-art lab for this fun camp doing real chemical experiments in a real chemistry lab. Mon.-Thur. July 24-27, 12:30-3:00 p.m. | $290/week (includes all equipment, supplies and explosives)

Makers’ Lab Experience (Grades 6-9) Explore the possibilities in our Makers’ Lab and unleash your imagination. Use an array of materials to make stuff that does stuff! Light up, respond to sound, and more. Something different everyday. Mon.-Fri. July 10-14, 12:00-2:00 p.m. | $260/week Learn to Kayak Camp (Ages 12-18) July 17-20 Lead Rock Climbing (Ages 12-18) July 24-27 | See our website for details.

5B Lacrosse Camps (Rising grades 6-10) June 26-29 and July 10-13 | See our website for details.

5B Middle School Volleyball Camp (Rising grades 6-8) August 7-10 | See our website for details.

For more information, a complete course directory, and registration information, please visit our website at www.communityschool.org or contact Mike Wade, Summer Operations Director • mwade@communityschool.org • 208.622.3960, ext. 109.

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SEWING CAMPS & WORKSHOPS

SUMMER MUSIC INSTITUTE 2017

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iscover the magic of making music with people who love the arts as much as you do. Classical music comes alive at the 20th annual Sun Valley Summer Symphony Summer Music Institute. In 2017, students will interact with some of the leading classical musicians in the country, including Lang Lang, Conrad Tao and Time for Three.

The Experience at the Summer Music Institute, July 31Aug. 4, offers students of all ages, from beginning to advanced level, the opportunity to have fun, make music and meet other like-minded young musicians.

While working with great teachers from one of the country’s premier festival orchestras, students experience the splendor of summer in Sun Valley, Idaho, and perform in exciting venues.

Classes are offered for string instruments (violin, viola, cello and bass), woodwinds, brass and

percussion, as well as piano and voice.

All students are expected to have at least one year of prior training on their main instrument, except students in the younger choral groups.

Advanced string, piano and voice students may apply to The Encounter at the Summer Music Institute, which takes place July 24-Aug. 5. Students will encounter one of the nation’s most respected festival orchestras, observe rehearsals, attend performances, meet the artists, and discover the inspiration of working with passionate, professional musicians. The¬ program targets collegiate undergraduates and advanced high-school juniors and seniors committed to serious study who possess a curiosity and desire to work in small ensembles where peer and faculty critique is encouraged and appreciated. Audition recordings are required for all applicants at this level.

“Bobbin Winders” (Beginners) ages 9 or older June 12, 13, 14 & 15 and August 14, 15, 16 & 17 • 10:30am-1:30pm Monday-Thursday Cost: $125 +includes supplies • Instructor: Lori Stroebel Learn Sewing Skills with Sewing Machine - Bring home 2-3 finished projects

My First Quilt Camp (Intermediate sewing skills) ages 9 or older 4-day workshop •August 7, 8, 9 & 10 • 10:30am-1:30pm Monday-Thursday Cost: $125 +supplies • Instructor: Lori Stroebel Use pre-cut fabric to make your first quilt

Zig-Zaggers Camp (Intermediate sewing skills) ages 9 or older July 17, 18, 19 & 20 • 10:30am-1:30pm Monday-Thursday Cost: $125 +includes supplies • Instructor: Lori Stroebel Improve sewing skills and bring home finished projects

Adult & Child, Make-A-Skirt (Must have sewing & sewing machine skills) July 26 • 10:30am-2:30pm Cost $45/student +supplies • Instructor: Cathy Allen

122 S Main St, Hailey (next to Huitzo’s) • 208-788-1331 Scholar ships a please available— sk!

Contact us to register today!

Sun Valley Center for the Arts

208.726.9491 • sunvalleycenter.org

SUMMER ART CAMP

Making the Ordinary Extraordinary! with Jennifer

July 10–14, 2017 *

Marquez & Ebi Bell

Monday-Friday, 9am-4pm

For students entering 3rd–5th grades The Center, Hailey

$375 members /$425 nonmembers (Registration deadline: Monday, June 26)

This week long, full-day art camp gives 3rd through 5th grade students the opportunity to develop artistic skills, engage with peers and the community, and make original artwork. The camp includes field trips where participants will look at art in a gallery setting and meet local artists. Using a variety of 2D and 3D processes, campers will spend the week expressing what they want to share through their art, developing their own style in the process.

Jennifer Marquez and her teaching assistant, Ebi Bell, are excited to get creative with young artists this summer!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

FREE at the Sun Valley Center Arts & Crafts Festival Friday–Sunday, August 11–13, daily 11am–2pm Atkinson Park, Ketchum

Kids can get their hands dirty by trying some of the techniques used by the artists in the Arts & Crafts Festival. It’s free, it’s fun and it’s all for kids!

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CAMP SONGS FOR ALL AGES

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BY DANA DUGAN

inging makes us all feel just fine. Singing releases endorphins, the feelgood chemicals in the brain. Because the deep breathing needed to sing draws more oxygen into the blood and causes better circulation, it’s also an aerobic activity and a natural stress-reducer. In fact, it seems that every time you sing, the right temporal lobe of your brain is lit up, creating new pathways. As well, endorphins and levels of natural oxytocin are increased.

Singers—and you don’t have to be professional, any singing will do—connects people, relieves stress, and promotes social bonding.

Think of these sing-alongs next time your family or friends are gathered around a campfire.

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Community. Compassion. Commitment.

Or at least make sure your kids know them well before heading off to summer camp.

1. You Are My Sunshine – The Beatles 2. This Land Is My Land – Woody Guthrie 3. Camp Granada – Allan Sherman 4. Do Your Ears Hang Low Traditional 5. Head And Shoulders, Knees And Toes – Mother Goose 6. Puff The Magic Dragon – Peter, Paul and Mary 7. A Little Help From My Friends – The Beatles 8. Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond 9. Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison 10. Down on the Corner – Creedence Clearwater Revival tws

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SPONSORED NEXSTAGE THEATRE

CAMP LITTLE LAUGH & SUMMER STAGES Summer Stages Day Camp Presents “Peter Pan” Summer Stages is “soaring” back this year with a production of Disney’s “Peter Pan.” This three-week day camp takes place on the Community School campus, with the final performance in their beautiful theater. The days will be filled with fun and opportunity for both experienced and novice performers. Activities include dance, art, music, improv, acting and, of course, rehearsals.

Camp starts at 9 a.m. on Monday, July 3 and continues Monday through Friday until July 21 (no camp on July 4). Youngsters ages 4-7 attend from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Older thespians stay from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. with a lunch break. The young actors will also help create sets, props and costumes—all this while having the time of their lives, gaining confidence, knowledge and creating friendships that last year after year.

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ki ds s um mer c a mps Camp Little Laugh Sleepover Camp This will be the 28th year of this treasured camp. Campers grow up and return as counselors and teachers as the cycle continues. This year Camp Little Laugh will be held August 6-11 at the beautiful Camp Sawtooth just north of Ketchum in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. Children ages 8 through 14 stay for six days and five nights. The days are filled with activities based on art, acting, music, dance and fun.

Camp Little Laugh is unique in combining a traditional outdoor camp experience in the mountains with a final dramatic production for family and friends.

Call Kathy Wygle at (208) 726-9124 for more information on either camp.

June 5th - Labor Day Sun Valley Kid’s Camps are filled with exciting weekly themes and activities: Nature Adventures, River Explorations, Gondola and Wagon Rides, Ice Skating, Biking, Tennis, Putting Golf, Paddle Boating, Swimming and much more!

Call us for local discounts Hurry! Spaces are filling up fast!! playschool summer camp

For more information or reservations: Ages 2-5 years

Call: (208)622-2288 Email: playschool@sunvalley.com

Ages 6-10 years

Call: (208)622-2133 Email: svadventurecamp@sunvalley.com

CONTACT US TO REGISTER TODAY! 208-806-2880 • syringamountainschool.org 4021 Glenbrook Drive, Hailey ID 83333

Summer Camp at SMS with Ms. Pamela Belsky | Ages 6 - 12 Kids Summer Cooking Camp

June 19 - July 14 Get ready for a mouth-watering 4-week cooking class!

Each week you will get to cultivate food in our garden, head out on a field trip, plan your meals, prepare ingredients, and enjoy a scrumptious dish with your camp friends. Menus will be artfully created, recipes will be developed, and you will get to prepare each meal in our Heart Space Kitchen!

Week 1: Soups, Week 2: Salads, Week 3: Ice Cream, Week 4: Pizza Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 1:00pm | $275/week

Kids Creative Dance Camp

July 17 - August 11 Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to move your body! This 4-week dance camp helps you explore rhythm and groove! You will learn about dancers from around the world and find inspiration watching famous performers. You will dance along with performers from modern to mime! Camp will end with a grand performance complete with costumes, music, and your very own dance routine!

No previous dance experience needed!

Week 1: Explore Choreography and Dance Genres, Week 2: Choose Your Music, Week 3: Create Your Dance Routine, Week 4: Costumes and Performance Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 1:00pm | $200/week

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Boulder Mountain Clayworks

SPONSORED BLAINE COUNTY 4-H

SUMMER 2017

••• YOUTH CLAY CAMPS ••• “Under The Sea”

Children ages 6-12 will explore the nautical world. They will create their own coral reefs with starfish, mermaids and mermen, perhaps an octopus and a submarine to explore what the ocean has to offer.

All classes 9:30 am -12:30 pm. Tuition $148 • June 19-23 • July 10-14 • July 17-21 • July 24-28 • July 31- Aug 4 • Aug 7-11 • Aug 14-18

Teenage Throwing Camps

Teens, middle school and older, will learn the basics of pottery throwing while making mugs, ice cream bowls and all things round. The intermediate potters will design their own projects and try an oval bowl or teapot.

All classes 1:30-4:00, glaze days 9:30. Tuition $165 • June 19-23, Glaze Day: June 29 • July 24-28, Glaze Day: Aug 3 • July 31- Aug 4, Glaze Day: Aug 10 • Aug 7-11, Glaze Day: Aug 17

••• FUN FOR THE FAMILY ••• Family Clay Afternoons

Families enjoy creating together. Fun for all ages. Tuition $45 for 1 adult and 1 child, $10 for each addition person in your party.

1:30-3:00 • July 12 Large Candle Votives • Aug 2 Ice Cream Bowls

Boulder Mountain Clayworks: A 501©3 nonprofit organization *partial scholarships available 208-726-4484 • www.bouldermtnclay.org • bouldermtclay@gmail.com

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4-H FUN!

e active! Be outside!

Try one or more of the diverse camps offered

by Blaine County 4-H. 4-H strives to develop strong personal skills in youth ages 8-18. Older youth 14-18 learn strong leadership qualities by training to be camp counselors, mentors and facilitators. Kids as young as 5 can participate with the parent’s involvement.

Research shows that, from a parent/guardian's perspective, youth gain multiple benefits from 4-H camp experiences in the areas of leadership, character development, self-esteem, decision-making skills, independent living skills, and citizenship. joe.org/joe/2009december/a5.php Children are at less risk at camp where they have a sense of community, develop intergenerational relationships, and learn

through first-hand experiences.

Trained, caring adult role models help children feel loved, capable, and included. Camp helps children grow by providing a supervised, positive environment that has safety as a primary commitment.

Start off your summer season by bringing the family to Hayspur Fish Hatchery for a day of exploring wildlife, archery and fishing. ALL THINGS WILD 4-H Camp is a four-day overnight camp exploring shooting sports and ethics and the wild outdoors.

College of Southern Idaho has partnered with Blaine County 4-H to offer four different robotics camps. Other camps are available.

Call Blaine County Extension for more detailed information, (208) 788-5585.

SIMPLE SCIENCE PROJECTS CO2 Sandwich

(Adapted from science guru Steve Spangler) You’ll need:

• Safety glasses

• Measuring cup and spoons

• Vinegar

• Baking soda

• Re-sealable bags (quart-size zipper-lock bags and snack-size zipper-lock bags) Instructions:

• Start by putting on your safety glasses.

• Fill three quart-size zipper-lock bags with approximately 1 tablespoon of baking soda.

• Fill three snack-size zipper-lock bags with varying amounts of vinegar. For example, fill one bag with 60 mL (1/4 cup) of vinegar, the next bag with 80 mL (1/3 cup) of vinegar and the last bag with 120 mL (1/2 cup) of vinegar.

• Seal the vinegar bags and place them in the bags with the baking soda. When you seal the outside bags, make sure to remove as much of the air as possible.

• Put the bags on a table where it's okay for things to get a little wet and messy (outside tables would be good).

• Punch the vinegar bags inside the baking soda bags to break them open and then shake the baking soda bags to make sure the substances mix.

• Make observations about how large each bag gets and how long it takes before you hear the giant POP.

Lava Lamp Bottle

(Adapted from Science Bob) You’ll need:

• A clean 1-liter clear soda bottle

• 3/4 cup of water

• Vegetable oil

• Fizzing tablets (such as Alka-Seltzer)

• Food coloring Instructions:

• Pour the water into the bottle.

• Use a measuring cup or funnel to slowly pour the vegetable oil into the bottle until it’s almost full. You may have to wait a few minutes for the oil and water to separate.

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SPONSORED BLAINE COUNTY 4-H

ADVENTURE QUEST

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an’t afford camp?

Mom works and you don’t have transportation? The Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Blaine County 4-H have written grants and pooled resources to send kids to camp this summer.

It all started when the James and Barbara Cimino Family Foundation’s representative, David, asked us to develop a plan to maintain a conservation easement on his property. The 4-H Conservation Stewards were created to meet the conservation need and educate other youth about environmental science. A grant from the U.S. Forest Service made educating youth in environmental science a reality.

Often we find transportation and/or budget stand in the way for many kids to enjoy camp.

The Forest Service grant will allow kids to be picked up at 9 a.m. at the Community Campus and returned at 5 p.m. each camp day. Three camps are offered: June 8-11 for 8-11 year olds; July 18-20 for 11-13 year olds; and July 25-27 for 12-14 year olds. The older group will spend the last day of camp at Redfish Lake.

The SNRA pulled out their pelts, eggs, teeth, tree ID and more, and 4-H has its best hands-on activities, and together a fun three-day camp has been planned. We will be exploring the forest, learning about nature’s creatures, and the environment. The campers will make their lunch each day, create skits and tell stories around a campfire. For more information, call (208) 788-5585.

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• Add 10 drops of any color food coloring—the darker the better—to the bottle. The drops will pass through the oil and then mix with the water below.

• Break a seltzer tablet in half and drop the half tablet into the bottle.

• To keep the effect going, just add another tablet piece.

For a true lava lamp effect, shine a flashlight through the bottom of the bottle.

JUNE 7 - AUGUST 18 Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 6:00pm Ages 5-9

WEEK THEMES

Crystal Snowflake

(Adapted from Science Kids)

What you’ll need:

• String

• Wide-mouth jar

• White pipe cleaners

• Blue food coloring

• Boiling water (get an adult to help)

• Borax

• Small wooden rod or pencil Instructions:

• Cut a white pipe cleaner into three sections of the same size. Twist these sections together in the center so that you now have a shape that looks something like a six-sided star.

Make sure the points of your shape are even by trimming them to the same length.

• Take the top of one of the pipe cleaners and attach another piece of string to it. Tie the opposite end to your small wooden rod or pencil. You will use this to hang your completed snowflake.

• Carefully fill the jar with boiling water (you might want to get an adult to help with this part).

• For each cup of water add three tablespoons of borax, adding one tablespoon at a time. Stir until the mixture is dissolved but don’t worry if some of the borax settles at the base of the jar.

• Add some of the optional blue food coloring if you'd like to give your snowflake a nice bluish tinge.

• Put the pipe-cleaner snowflake into the jar so that the small wooden rod or pencil is resting on the edge of the jar and the snowflake is sitting freely in the borax solution.

• Leave the snowflake overnight and when you return in the morning you will find the snowflake covered in crystals!

It makes a great decoration that you can show your friends or hang somewhere in your house.

YMCA SUMMER DAY CAMP

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July 7th-9th..................................................... Welcome to the Y June 12th-16th...................................................Gilligan’s Island June 19th- 23rd..................................................... Myth Busters June 26th-30th.................................................. Outside the Box July 3rd-7th.......................................................Party in the USA *closed July 4th.................................................. *closed July 4th July 10th-14th.................................Wacky and Wonderful Disney July 17th-21st..................................... Mysteries of the Universe July 24th-28th......................................................I love the 80’s July 31st-Aug 4th................................................. Adventureland Aug 7th-11th...................................... Where the Wild Things Are Aug 14th-18th........................................................... Tiny Chefs

WEEK SESSIONS COST

• Y members - $210 • Non-Y members - $300 • 10% discount for Y members that sign up for all 10 weeks

DAY DROP-IN RATES • Member: $55 • Non-Member: $80

REGISTER TODAY! Stop by the YMCA, or call (208)727-9622 to register.

More information and registration form on our website at www.woodriverymca.org.

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Ketchum Parks & Recreation Summer Youth Recreation Program June 12-August 17, 2017

INFORMATION

Ketchum Parks & Recreation - providing affordable youth recreation programming for over 40 years!

Meet us at Atkinson Park for tennis, gardening, art, golf, swimming, skateboarding, mountain biking, yoga, geocaching and more! The Monday through Thursday youth program is open to children entering 3rd grade and up. All-day Friday Adventures are available too!

Register at ketchumidaho.org/registration beginning Monday, April 24.

Scholarships and payment plans available.

Questions? Contact John at jkearney@ketchumidaho.org or 726-7820.

Se habla Español

City of Ketchum Parks & Recreation Dept.

900 Third Ave. N. 208.726.7820 facebook.com/CityofKetchum twitter.com/Ketchum_Idaho ketchumidaho.org/registration

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Has It All!

June 3rd-August 12

The University of idaho is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and educational organization. We offer our programs to persons regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, or disability.

BLAINE COUNTY 4-H SUMMER CAMPS

June 3.................. Wildlife Day Camp Hayspur Fish Hatchery .............................Picabo Youth & families June 9-10 ............ State 4-H Range Skill-a-thon Central Idaho 4-H Camp .........Ketchum Youth June 13, 20, 27 ... Junior Master Gardner Series Sawtooth Botanical Garden .........8-12 years old June 13-14 .......... WeDo 2.5 Robotics College of Southern Idaho ........................5-8 years old June 15 ............... Lamb Camp Lincoln County Fairgrounds Shoshone ............... 5-18 years old June 19-22 .......... Wet & Wild 4-H Camp Central Idaho 4-H Camp Ketchum ........ 8-13 years old June 27-29 .......... Nature Ranger Camp Sawtooth National Forest Recreation Area.......8-11 years old June 26-29 .......... Blast Off Teen Convention University of Idaho Campus .........High School Age June 26-30 .......... Natural Resource Camp Central Idaho 4-H Camp...................12-14 Years old July 10-13 ........... All Things Wild 4-H Camp Central Idaho 4-H Camp Ketchum .......8-14 Years old July 12-13 ........... EV3 Basic Build College of Southern Idaho Hailey .................5-8 years old July 18-20 ........... Nature Ranger Sawtooth National Forest Recreation Area .....11-13 years old July 19-20 ........... V3 with Sensors College of Southern Idaho Hailey .................5-8 years old July 25-27 ........... Nature Ranger Camp Sawtooth National Forest Recreation Area.......12-14 years old August 7-12 ....... Blaine County Fair Carey Idaho .................................................Everyone!!!

302 1st Ave S Hailey, ID 83333 208-788-5585 • https://www.facebook.com/ blainecountyidaho4h

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Summer At The Mountain School With Mr. Scott

Our days are a rhythmic mix of games, art, music, gardening, animal husbandry, along with traditional skills like shelter building, knot tying, woodworking, hunting and gathering techniques, plus drama, creative play, and time at the river.

The pace is relaxed, the environment is beautiful, and the smiles are everywhere.

June 12-15 Whittling away the Summer - knife safety and creating toys and tools June 19-22 Home Sweet Home - traditional shelters and skills June 26-29 Builders Week- create a beautiful new addition to the site July 5-7 Whittling away the Summer - knife safety and creating toys and tools July 10-13 Blossoms and Boats - garden abundance and building boats July 24-27 Dirt and Drama - gardening and the production of a humorous play

Camps are Monday - Thursday, 9:00-3:00 All camps are for children ages 7-13.

Camps are $230 a week.

Contact Travis at 208-720-8784 or mrtwscott@gmail.com to register.

*July 5-7 is a 3-day camp and the cost is $175

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ootlight Dance Centre’s two dance studios in the Wood River Valley accommodate the towns of Ketchum/ Sun Valley and Hailey/Bellevue.

We have been offering programs since 1984 for students ages four to adult, including ballet/pointe, jazz/hip-hop, modern, tap, musical theater jazz/tap and Pilates conditioning.

Our mission statement is to expose children to the best possible dance education, including technical understanding, historical basis and analytical thinking skills. We encourage respect while we enjoy dance, working toward understanding and executing movement in a variety of styles. As artists of movement, we want to stimulate and contribute to our human spirit.

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portunities throughout the school year for our upper-level students, and produce an annual performance each May. Footlight Dance Company is our pre-professional company, with dancers from the juniorand senior-company levels performing.

Each summer, intensive dance workshops are available for varying age groups, including DANCEcamp, Cecchetti Ballet Workshops and Dance Tapestry.

Call Footlight Dance Centre Director Hilarie Neely at (208)578-5462 for more information, or visit us at www.footlightdancecentre.com.

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White glue Paper—wrapping, construction or scrapbook papers Straws Decorations & embellishments—glitter, sequins, ribbons, pipe cleaners, etc.

Optional: paint, paint brushes, tissue paper for “flames�

Wooden skewers Instructions: Decorate the tubes with any of the paper and decorations.

Dry them in the sun by placing them over wooden skewers stuck in the grass.

To create the rocket cap, cut a circle from a sheet of paper, using a lid from the kitchen, approximately 5 inch across. Cut a slit halfway through to the center of the circle.

Roll into a cone shape and secure with glue.

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SPONSORED ERC

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oin the Environmental Resource Center (ERC) this summer for EcoCamp. The ERC will offer two weeklong overnight EcoCamps at Idaho Basecamp in the heart of the Pioneer Mountains.

Week one, July 17-21, is the Environmental Outdoor Adventure EcoCamp: Exploring Wild Places, for rising 5th-6th graders. This camp is full of adventure and creative explorations and includes an overnight camping trip.

The second week, July 24-28, is the Environmental Outdoor Leadership EcoCamp: Alpine Discovery, for rising 7th-9th graders. This camp focuses on developing environmental and outdoor leadership skills and includes an overnight backpacking trip and service learning component. Both camps are designed to bring—and keep—our children outdoors, learning, exploring, and reveling in the natural world.

The ERC’s EcoCamps are a unique opportunity for youth to spend a week immersed in the wilderness, developing an appreciation and understanding of nature. Campers will participate in games, explorations, crafts, hikes and more. While at EcoCamp, campers gain the confidence, skills and tools to become stewards of the environment while developing a passion

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and appreciation for science.

The ERC is a community-based environmental nonprofit organization working in the Wood River Valley with a mission of providing education and inspiring action to cultivate a healthy environment. The ERC is committed to creating a healthier community and environment upon which our local health, wellbeing and economy directly depend.

Camps are $500/ERC member and $600/nonmember; scholarships are available.

For more information visit http://www.ercsv.org/youth-education/ecocamp/ or contact Alisa McGowan, ERC program director, at (208) 726-4333 or alisa@ercsv.org.

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Bellevue Public Library Summer Programs “Building a Better World!”

The Bellevue Public Library will be holding their 2017 summer reading program titled “Build a Better World!” each Wednesday beginning June 21th –July 19th.

WEEKLY THEMES: Week 1: Construction Week 2: Building

Age groups and times are as follows: • 0-5 years (pre-school, toddlers & kinders) .....10-11am • 1st-3rd grades ...........................................................11-12 pm • 4th-6th grades ...........................................................noon - 1pm

Week 3: Tools Week 4: Legos

www.theloudlibrary.org Week 5: Construction trucks Get ready for an awesome time at Bellevue Public Library’s Summer Reading Program!

Kids of any age are welcome to join us each week for FUN and EXCITEMENT! Weekly books, games, crafts and prizes for all!! Come and be a part of our amazing summer!

Mon, Wed & Fri • 10-5 | Tues & Thurs • 11:30-6:30

Come join the summer fun at the Bellevue Public Library!

117 East Pine St, Bellevue • 788-4503 • Free of Charge, Donations Always Appreciated

Valley of Peace

Lutheran Church Vacation Bible School

Fresh Ground Beef Burgers cooked when YOU order it!

Home of the Roadkill Pattymelt

World Famous Burgers • • • •

Junior meals Cones Thick Shakes We Also Serve Chicken, Turkey, & Veggie burgers.

• Hot Dogs • Corn Dogs • Polish Dogs

A Valley Favorite For 20 Years!

Phone Orders To Go 7 Days A Week

788-6464

801 S. Main Street • Hailey ID

July 31 - August 4 • 9 a.m. - noon Bible Study, Music, Games, Water Day Call 928-0539 to reserve your spot!

Block Party

July 30 • 4 - 6 p.m. • Free food, games, fun Corner of Woodside and Wintergreen, Hailey • 208.788.3066

Little River Preschool Summer Camp starts Monday, June 5th

Space is still available, Enroll Soon!

Camp Schedule: 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Daily Extended Care: 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Daily 12 Fun-Filled Theme Weeks ALL Kindergarten age children are welcome to join in our summer fun

Ages 3 to 6 Years Old • Qualified Educational Staff • Idaho State Licensed

Application & Enrollment Information call 788-7702 Now Accepting Applications for 2017/2018 School Year

Serving the Valley’s Children for 22 years 511 South Main St. / Hailey, ID 83333

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“Logic Will Take You From A to B. Imagination Will Take You Everywhere.”

--Albert Einstein

Rivers and lakes provide cool places to play in the water. Photo courtesy of Mountain Adventure Tours

Free-Range Kids

BY MIKE MCKENNA

Looking for “Things To Do?” Get Artsy!

Visit us at Jane’s Artifacts for inspiration and to pick up some art and craft supplies!

106 S. Main, Hailey 208.788.0848 j a n e S a r t i fa c t S @ c o x . n e t

Vacation Bible School

Faith Lab Vacation Bible School July 24-28, 8:45 AM-Noon 4 year olds-6th grade $25/child, $60/family maximum Bus transportation from/to Hailey & afternoon care available

“The job of children in all species is to play,” says Lenore Skenazy. “Mother Nature wouldn’t put the drive in us to play if it weren’t important.”

Skenazy is the author of the popular book, “Free-Range Kids: How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry).”

Calling herself the “Generalissimo of the Free-Range Kids Movement,” Skenazy has shared her theories about the importance of allowing kids to go out and play everywhere, from The Daily Show to Oprah, and she’s been featured in just about every major publication in the country, from Time magazine to The New Yorker.

Skenazy’s Free-Range Kids philosophy is in some ways the opposite of the do-everything and tightly controlling helicopter-parenting style. She believes that parents must fight “the belief that our children are in constant danger from creeps, kidnapping, germs, grades, flashers, frustration, failure, baby snatchers, bugs, bullies, men, sleepovers and/or the perils of a non-organic grape.”

Her philosophy has struck a cord with many folks, making Skenazy one of the most sought-after parenting lecturers

on the planet. Just before giving a recent talk at Harvard Medical School, Skenazy took some time out to share her theory about the importance of play, especially outdoors.

“We think we can prevent everything, but we can’t,” Skenazy says. “What we really need to do is give kids free, unsupervised time.”

She feels that most kids 12 and under are almost never allowed to play free from supervision or structured environments. And this lack of freedom is not only damaging to their development, it’s against their nature.

Skenazy points out that studies have shown that even ravens and gazelles play when they’re young, even though it doesn’t appear to make sense from an evolutionary standpoint. Gazelles are known to play a form of tag out in the open, which seems like it’s a waste of calories and invitation for predators, thus lessening their chances for survival. But it doesn’t. In fact, playing, as Skenazy explains, teaches young animals of all kinds what they need to know to survive and thrive. Gazelles learn to run and chase and hide.

Children learn a lot more.

“There are lots of lessons children learn by playing that are very hard to learn in a classroom,” she said. “That’s why the

drive to play is so strong. When kids can get out and freely play with their friends, they learn how to get along with others.

They learn how to adapt and problem-solve. They learn how to act appropriately, how to focus, how to challenge themselves and persevere because they want to get better.

By playing, we learn lessons that we need to be successful in life.”

Skenazy says the other important lessons kids learn from being allowed to go out and play on their own with friends or family is trust and self-confidence.

“Kids need to not only feel that you love them, but that you trust them. When we all think back to the people who meant the most to us as kids, it’s the people who believed in us. When parents do everything for their children, they feel loved, but not believed in,” she says.

Skenazy has two basic pieces of advice for parents. The first is to “believe in your kids and your community.” The second is simply to let kids do the things you loved to do as a child.

“Why would we prevent our kids from doing what we loved to do as children, which was usually playing outside with our friends?” Skenazy says. tws

To register for VBS visit www.pcbw.org Call 622-0548 for more information

The Amazing Chemistry Show July 27 @ 6:15 PM Open to the public

Hosted By: Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood, 100 Saddle Road, Ketchum

Exploring the woods is a time-honored tradition for children everywhere. Photo courtesy of Mountain Adventure Tours

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INFORMATION

Summer Camp for girls ages 9-12 (we also have a boys camp) Monday - Friday from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and Fridays are field trips.

Pick-up and drop-off is at Hailey Elementary every day

ACTIVITIES

This more adventurous camp includes the following activities: Mountain Biking, Swimming, Skatepark, Pump Track/BMX, Hiking Going to parks for games such as ultimate frisbee, capture the flag, kickball, soccer, football, soccer, football, wiffleball and more!

Visit our website for more information such as pictures, video, and our story!

Dodgeball was once an acceptable game, but no longer. Ouch!

CAMP: THEN AND NOW

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BY IRIS FANSHAW

t’s already mid-April. Spring vacation is over and ski season is going the way of backyard snow. Now it’s time for parents and kids to turn their thoughts to summer camp. Whether children need to get into nature or not, parents openly need a break, or at least that’s how many of us were raised in the pre-helicopter-parenting days. For whatever reason we were sent off, many of us recall the crummy crafts, the flag lowering at sundown and those summer friends with a distinct fondness.

Camp was a time to get away from annoying siblings and stern, overworked parents, a time to cultivate new skills, to make new friends and, of course, to have more fun than a barrel of monkeys.

Then, we wrote letters home, mostly asking after our pets and begging for care packages. My grandmother was an easy touch and sent me Rice Krispy Treats with regularity. Alas, I, always had to share them with others (lesson learned).

Now, kids get emails, texts and communicate with each other by Snapchat. And their gluten-free care packages are drone-dropped.

Then, we made crafts from things like balsa wood, maca-

Website: Pro-gressionCamp.com Email: ProgressionCamp@gmail.com Phone: Michael Niedrich: (208) 720-4177

roni, clay and toilet-paper-roll cardboard; now, kids opt for video games and 3-D printing.

We wore uniforms where I went to camp; now, kids pack their teeny shorts, or baggy shorts, depending on one’s gender identity. Campers received patches to be sewn onto their uniforms for such abilities as helpfulness, manners and being a return camper. Now, campers come with tattoos and cover themselves in henna.

Being voted a head camper was a big status accomplishment, then. Now, kids are enrolled in leadership programs.

We swam in questionable lakes, canoed and earned patches for our rowing abilities. Now, pristine pools with Olympic training programs and stern coaches are de rigueur.

There was always tetherball back in the day and even a dodgy game of dodgeball. Now, kids may learn the fine art of festival Hula-Hoop dancing.

We had planned visits with our brother and sister camps (no mingling!); now, coed cabins are the norm.

Jacks, homespun plays and capture-the-flag were all part of our carefree lives for those precious weeks.

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Exploring Wild Places

Alpine Discovery

July 17-21, 2017 Environmental Outdoor Adventure EcoCamp

July 24-28, 2017 Environmental Outdoor Leadership EcoCamp

Open to rising 5th and 6th graders

Open to rising 7th and 9th graders

EcoCamps are designed to bring - and keep - our children outdoors, learning, exploring, and reveling in the natural world. Campers gain the confidence, skills, and tools to become stewards of the environment while developing a passion and appreciation for science!

Cost is $500/ERC member or $600/non-member. Scholarships are available.

EcoCamp 2017 Space is limited, so register today!

For more information, visit www.ercsv.org, call 208.726.4333 or contact alisa@ercsv.org

June 7th - August 18th Monday - Friday 18 months - 6 year olds Half Day and Full Day options Every week we will focus on a new, dynamic theme, complete with exciting field trips, outdoor adventures, awesome art projects, games, cooking, science experiments, and MORE! With two playgrounds, a full gymnasium, an art room, two school buses, and easy access to all the activities the Valley has to offer, Camp Big Wood is the place for your little ones to have non-stop Summer Time Fun in the Sun Valley Sun! 100 Saddle Road, Ketchum • (208) 726-9053

Elkhorn Stables feel the spirit Horse back riding at its best

Feel The Spirit Of The True West When You Ride Through Wildhorse Canyon And Copper Basin Over The Mountains Through The River And Trees.

• OFFERING 1 & 2 HOUR RIDES • 1/2 DAY & FULL DAY RIDES & LAKE TRIPS

Kids, Families And Fun All Welcome

Limbo might be a better co-ed activity, even if you don’t have tie-dyed shirts available. Photo courtesy of Mountain Adventure Tours

Dan & Lani Mulick • 208.588.3023 • 208.726.1865

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SHINE IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Dance Camp 5 Days of Dancing FUN

June 12-16 or July 17-21 • Ages 7-9

Other Summer Camps: Dance Tapestry: July 12-14 Guest Artists: IDT, Boise For Intermediate & Advanced Dancers

Cecchetti Ballet & Character Dance:

June 26-29 & July 31-August 4

FALL DANCE REFRESHER with Ballet Sun Valley - August 23 Footlight Dance Centre

Community Campus Studio

1050 Fox Acres, Rd., Hailey • 578-5462 www.footlightdancecentre.com

St. Thomas Playhouse’s Company B is a Valley favorite for theatre camp. Last year, the kids produced “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” Photo by Heather Black, courtesy of St. Thomas Playhouse

Grow confidence at theatre camp

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BY YANNA LANTZ

he arts economy in the U.S. is a multibillion-dollar industry. From schools to businesses, creativity continues to be one of the top skills recruiters look for in hiring. Creativity is also an exceptional trait to have in life.

Music can boost brain development in children, and helps with problem solving. Dance teaches coordination, timing and poise. Visual arts teach observation and patience, and theatre teaches confidence, innovation and collaboration. All of them boost resilience and the importance of practice.

The Wood River Valley is known across the country as one of the best small artistic communities, and for good reason.

Opportunities abound for young artists to revel and play in the world of arts during the summer months from the tactile to the imaginative.

Both St. Thomas Playhouse and nexStage Theatre offer comprehensive programming for kids as young as 4 yearsold to explore the exciting world of theatre.

St. Thomas Playhouse’s Company B, June 12-24, and Company B2, August 7-18, is a Valley favorite for theatre camp. This year, Company B will produce “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, Jr.” and Company B2

will put on “Disney’s 101 Dalmatians Kids.”

“Company B is a two-week summer day camp designed for children ages 4 years old to rising eighth-graders,” explained Brett Moellenberg, managing director. “In each session, we produce a full-scale musical for children. The children also help to create sets and props for the shows to give them the full experience of putting on a musical.”

High school teens and young adults have the opportunity to be involved with St. Thomas Playhouse’s Summer Theater Project “Godspell,” with auditions from noon to 2 p.m. April 29-30. The production will rehearse May 7 through June 20.

“Summer Theater Project is a tuition-free production for teens and young adults, produced in a professional atmosphere,” Moellenberg said. “We try to create an environment that is similar to rehearsal and performance environments outside of the Valley.

We aim to produce challenging material from both a thematic and character perspective, and this year we are very excited to be working on ‘Godspell.’”

To learn more about St. Thomas Playhouse’s Company B, Summer Theater Project and SPACC, a one-week sleep-away conservatory camp, visit stthomasplayhouse.org or call (208) 726-5349, ext. 16.

NexStage Theatre’s Summer Stages is a three-week day camp for kids ages 4-15 that will run July 3-21 at Community School in Sun Valley. This year, Summer Stages will produce “Peter Pan.” “At Summer Stages, we teach all aspects of things theatre,” said Kathy Wygle, managing director. “Kids have art, dance, music and produce a play at the end that everyone is in. For most of the kids, it is really about growing their confidence and giving them the tools to stand up and speak in front of their peers without being nervous. We also want to teach them how to work with others and emphasize the importance of teamwork.”

Camp Little Laugh is a oneweek overnight acting camp that will run August 6-11 at Camp Sawtooth.

“Kids are in cabins and we have nightly activities for team bonding, in addition to their day classes,” Wygle said. “At the end, we have a public performance for all the parents and friends to come and see. Over all these years of doing camps, I’ve heard many people talk about their experience. You never know; it could be a life-altering experience for someone.”

To find out more about nexStage’s Summer Stages and Camp Little Laugh, visit nexstagetheater.org/education or call (208) 726-9124. tws

NexStage Theatre’s Camp Little Laugh is a one-week overnight acting camp that will run August 6-11 at Camp Sawtooth. Photo courtesy of nexStage Theatre

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20 YEARS OF ADVENTURE!!!

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Help Create an Experience of a Lifetime u can have a direct impact on the life of a child by sending a kid to camp! Each y ny children who want to attend Mountain Adventure Tours but their families can d them. Through the5B generosity of Blaine people like you, Residents Idaho BaseCamp and Mounta Week for County 50% discount June 19th - 22nd Mighty MAT - South Valley 5-7 and South Valley/ Now That’s What I Call Fun Camp with urs would like to provide scholarships to children that qualify*. Last year M.A.T. Bruneau Sand Dunes and an overnight @ Banbury Hot Springs* These camps have a pick-up in Hailey and discountswe available all summer long on ard over $15,000 in and to drop-off campers inKetchum. need.MoreInlocal2016 would like toa firstincreas come, first-serve, basis. Additional scholarships available combined with local discounts. oughout the Wood River Valley and other areas of Southern Idaho!! We en Day Camps, andIdaho Overnight Adventures make a tax-deductible donationTrips to 501c3 BaseCamp or M.A.T for Camp.

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