KidScape

How Do I get My Child Involved?
Step#1: This camp is for children beginning Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Grades.
Step #2: Complete and turn in registration form with registration fee to the Good Shepherd Day School office.
Step #3: When you are notified of a placement, payment is then due for all weeks your child will be attending.
Step #4: Read the Parent Handbook, fill out and sign appropriate areas.
Step #5: Turn in completed and signed forms to the Good Shepherd Day School office

Dear Families,
We are very excited that you are looking into letting your child(ren) join us at Good Shepherd Day School’s KidScape Summer for 2007! School will be coming to an end soon and our students need a program that is both educational and fun during the summer.

KidScape 2007 is designed to empower students to become confident, successful, lifelong learners as well as secure and caring people. We want our campers to enjoy learning about themselves, others, and the world around them.

Some of the weekly themes include “Walk Like an Egyptian,” “Florida’s Incredible Animals, Insects & Marine Life,” “Lights, Camera, Action,” “Mad Scientists,” and “Hurricanes and Tropical Weather,” just to name a few. Within each theme there will be themed days that cover different subjects. We will also have special instruction in art, computer technology, guest speakers, productions, fun in the sun days, and so much more!

Please keep in mind this is just a brief look at the program. More specific questions are always welcome. Please call (941) 575-2139 with these questions.

We look forward to having you and your child(ren)with us at camp!!

Mission Statement
Good Shepherd Day School
KidScape 2007 will strive to:

Encourage children to experience the world around them through discoveries inside and outside the program.

Build partnerships between home, school, and the world.

Maintain the consistent, high-quality program on which families depend.

Provide counselors with opportunities to grow and develop professionally.

KidScape 2007
Remember secret handshakes and silly songs that you used to have when you went to summer camp? How about special days and guest speakers that you woke up early for because you were so excited? Here is just a short list of examples that we call Core Elements. Core elements are the essential pieces that build the framework for our program. Some of core elements include: Campers Creed, Heart Principles, Reflection, Super Camper, Star Camper, and Journal Time.
Campers Creed – Our guide for everyone to have an equal opportunity in everything we do at camp.
H.E.A.R.T. – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork are our life values.
Reflection – Time we spend listening to the campers talk about their day.
Super Camper – The chance that the campers have to boast on how great their fellow campers are.
Star Camper – Time a selected camper has to let others know all about themselves.
Journal Time – Time campers have to write or draw pictures of what they did and how they felt that day.

May 28 – June 1 Creepy, Crawley Critters
Campers will learn about spiders, ants, mosquitoes and butterflies. Watch caterpillars turn into beautiful butterflies, plant a butterfly garden and much, much more.
June 4 – June 8 The Stormy Side of Things
Find out about tropical storms and hurricanes. Learn about thunder, lightening and cloud formations. Enjoy a visit from a local meteorologist and explore our weather environment.
June 11 – 15 Walk with Nature
Explore nature and the surrounding environment. Choose your own plant and watch it grow. Design, create and plant a community garden behind the Lower School building.
June 18 – 29 Works of Art ~ Famous Artists! (2 wks.)
Picasso, Monet, Matisse, and more! Learn about these famous artists and their works. Ever wonder how Michelangelo could stay on his back for hours at a time painting the Sistine Chapel? Campers will after having lain on the floor and painted a masterpiece under a table! Identify the major periods of artworks and the masterpieces that came from each era!

July 2 – 6 America the Beautiful
Celebrate America during this fun filled week! We will be exploring famous places in the United States, looking at our government and how it works, make fun craft projects with red white and blue (including tie died t-shirts) and learn patriotic songs. Campers will also learn the tradition behind Independence Day which includes more than picnics and fireworks.
July 9 – 13 Mix It Up ~ Fun with Cooking!
Campers will learn the basics of cooking during this week! Measurement, tools, recipe deciphering and more! Your child will be the next galloping gourmet! We will learn how to make everything from appetizers to desserts! We will be learning etiquette and how to set a formal dining setting as well. Do not miss out on what we are cooking up!
July 16 – 20 Blast Off Into Space!
Ever wish you could be an astronaut! Learn all about NASA, Astronauts, and space concepts such as weightlessness during this cosmic week. We will be making our own space rockets fueled by natural gases (Alka-Seltzer) and launch them to discover which camper’s rocket is most aerodynamic. We will be visited a real live NASA astronaut who has first hand knowledge of our space program!

July 23 – August 3 Come Pow-Wow with Me
Find out about Native Americans and how they lived. Experience Native American foods, make musical instruments, learn native dances and build a real totem pole.

August 6 – 10 The Eskimo Experience
Discover the lives of Native Eskimos and the animals that inhabit their environment. Build an igloo and have lots of fun.
August 13 – 17 Lively Literature Week
Read many exciting stories. Study famous authors. Share your favorite books; learn about myths, legends, fiction, non-fiction, folk tales and poetry. Write and produce a script based on a novel.
August 20 – 24 Lights, Camera, Action
Learn about film-making, set design, acting, producing, and directing a movie. This movie production will be based on the script created the week of August 13!
August 27 – 31 Walk Like an Egyptian
Find answers to all the questions you ever had about ancient Egypt and it’s people through the exploration of arts, crafts, costumes, games, math, science, poems, and stories that will catapult your children back in time. And there, in the ancient past, we’ll find some answers hidden in treasures unlike any of today – treasures of mystery, beauty, and magic.
This hands on unit will include building a miniature ancient Egypt, making ancient Egyptian toys, creating clay pyramids, making our own Cartouche (hieroglyphic nameplate), and make a Pharaoh’s white Egyptian crown.