Summer Camp -Week 1 Schedule

SUMMER CAMP 2013

Week on week Schedule :

Week 1

April 22'nd- April 27'th

LEVEL 1

Date	Day	SESSION 1	SESSION 2
22/Apr	Mon	Earth Week Name Tags and Ice Cream Stick Animal Puppet Making	Show and Tell-Animals
23/Apr	Tue	Voice Training- 1	Number Games
24/Apr	Wed	Animal Songs Time	Make a Duck- Craft Time
25/Apr	Thu	Drawing Lesson- Animal Theme	Puzzle Time
26/Apr	Fri	Earth Week Fashion Show	Wild Life Quiz
27/Apr	Sat	Gardening	I,Me,Myself- JAM

LEVEL 2

Date	Day	SESSION 1	SESSION 2
22/Apr	Mon	Talkathon- Introductory Public Speaking	Name Tags and These are a few of my favourite things-poster making
23/Apr	Tue	Number Games	Voice Training-1
24/Apr	Wed	Crepe Paper Flowers -Craft Time	Public Speaking -2
25/Apr	Thu	Creative Thinking-Animal Conservation	Drawing Lesson- Drawing Animals
26/Apr	Fri	Wild life Quiz Competition	JAM-These are a few of my favourite things
27/Apr	Sat	The Good Earth- Making Life sustainable on earth	Gardening

Summer Camp is back !

THE SUMMER CAMP 2013

Fun Summer Camp in Hyderabad for your child to spend his/her summer usefully  - over 5 weeks of fun filled activities to provide hours of entertainment and learning !

Level 1 3-8 year olds

Part A- Learn! 1. Early numeracy games 2. Phonics games 3. The world around us – General knowledge 4. Guided Readathons Part B- Express! 1. Theatre -games, role play etc 2. Show and tell 3. English Conversation skills 4. Confidence Building and Team Building games 5. Recitation and Public speaking Part C- Have Fun! 1. Art and Craft 2. Music 3. Creative thinking activities and games 4. Storytime 5. Yoga

Level 2 9-16 year olds

Part A- Learn! 1. Math Puzzles ,Jigsaws and games 2. Vocabulary Development activities 3. Creative Writing 4. The world around us – General knowledge 5. Guided Readathons Part B- Express! 1. Theatre ,Mime and Voice Training 2. English Conversation skills 3. Confidence Building and Team Building games 4. Public Speaking and Debating 5. Extempore and Group Discussion skills Part C- Have Fun! 1. Art and Craft 2. Music 3. Creative thinking activities and games 4. Yoga 5. Drawing and Sketching

FEES: Rs 700 per week (Monday- Saturday)

or Rs 2400 for 1 month or Rs 3500 for 6 weeks.

From April 22'nd to May 25'th 2013.

Timings: 10 A.M to 12:30 P.M. Monday- Saturday.

Venue : #292,Street No 2, West Marredpally, Secunderabad.

Contact No: 98859 56728

This weekend at Books n More

The activities this weekend are :

1. Gond Painting- Learn the tribal style of painting from Ms Raji on 12/4/13 and 13/4/13 at 6-7:30 P.M. This workshp is for ages 8-16 years
2. Make a cute cotton woolly sheep in CRAFT Time for 3-7 year olds on 12/4/13 at 5-6 P.M
3. Toddler Science- Explore the wonders of nature and the scientific phenomena around us . This wrkshp is for 3-7 year olds

Speak well continues for 8-14 yr olds every weekend.

The Sound of Music is staged by our theatre enthusiasts on 14/4/2013 at 5 P.M The play has shaped up really well and I hope the kids set the stage on fire !

Next week beginning we are starting two workshops :

1. Creative Writing with Ms Srilatha for ages 8-16 years. Learn to write short stories, essays and poems .The classes will be starting on 15/4/2013 and going on till 26/4/2013- everyday except Sunday.
2. A Stitch in Time- a very interesting workshop by Ms Reshma on basic hand sewing. Learn to sew buttons and mend tears . Learn a few basic stitches and make a cute hand sewn project.This workshop ,which is one of a kind in Hyderabad is starting on 15'th April and goes on till 22'nd April .

This weekend at BooksnMore

Activities this weekend are:
1. Kandinsky Art Appreciation  Lesson :
Learn about the work of Wassili Kandinsky an abstract painter and make your own project using his style .
On : 5/3/2013 @5 P.M
For : 3-10 year olds

2.Glass Foil Painting :
Make a glass painting using aluminium foil .
On : 5/3/2013 @6 P.M
For : 8-16 year olds

3.RAINBOW FISH - A story on making friends and sharing
Participate in a fun story telling session with movement exercises and a cute little art project on fishes .Learn the values of sharing and making friends.
On : 6/3/2013 @6 P.M
For : 3-8 year olds

A month long program -"Speak Well" is starting on April 6'th . This program aims at building communication skills and achieving overall personality development in 8-12 years ( Level 1) and 13-16 years (Level 2)
This program will be held on weekends only from 4:00-5:30 P.M .

This weekend at Books n More

The following workshops are lined up for this weekend and early April :
1. Splatter Painting
Children explore the world of colours with Toothbrushes and stencils to create unique splatter painted designs with Rajashri Aunty. For 3-8 year olds on 29/3/13 at 5 P.M

2.CANDLEMAKING
This basic class on candle making covers melting,mixing, adding colour , planting the wick and decorating a candle with Anjali Aunty. For Ages 7-14 years on 29/3/13 at 6 P.M

3.Around the Country in 25 stories :
Stories and Folktales from Mizoram and Nature Time Yoga to resonate with the hills ,jungles and animals of the North East. For Ages 4-10 years on 30/3/13  from 5-6:30 P.M

4.What's the Good Word
A Vocabulary game -part of Mind GYM Series on 30/3/13 at 6:30 P.M for 7-14 year olds with Ramya Aunty.

5.Read Smart
A unique reading comprehension program for ages 7-14 years.Learn verbal self expression of facts, summarisation techniques,comprehension skills including mind mapping.
Starting from 1/4/2013-13/4/2013 - 10 day program by Ms Sujatha Ashwin

6.Beginner Tamil Course
Learn basics of the Tamil Alphabet , reading words and sentences and writing . For Ages 6-14 years. 45 day course starting from 1/4/2013. Course Facilitor: Ms Kavitha
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This week at Books n More

We are running the following workshops this week :

1. Diction Classes ( till March 26'th) for 6-9 year olds . Every evening from 4-5 P.M. This workshop aims to improve pronunciation skills and work on training the child's voice and modulation through read out loud exercises .Classes by Ms Gurpreet Ghosh.

2. World Sparrow Day (March 20'th ) and World Wildlife Day (March 21'st ) celebrations on March 21'st . Facilitators- Ms Anuradha Vinod (Forest Dept Education Officer) and Ms Rama Menon ( Nature Friends Forever society )
The interactive session seeks to build awareness among children in teh age group of 4-16 years on diverse wildlife in India , ideas for conservation and preservation of natural habitat. There will be an interactive Mother and Child Quiz with attractive prizes to be won!

3. Kriti NGO is holding an exhibition cum sale of quilts , bed spreads and handloom textiles from 21/3/2013-23/1/2013.

4.Origami Fun - An introductory Origami workshop for 4-14 year olds from 5-6 P.M on 22/3/2013 .The children will be making an origami crown and a bird.Workshop by Ms Himani Mahadevan.

5. 3-D Ceramic Clay Mural making workshop
This 3 day workshop will be held from 22/3/2013-24/3/2013 at 6 P.M
In this workshop ,participants will learn to make 3-D Ceramic Clay Mural Wall Decor on a Wood Base . This workshop will be facilitated by Ms Anjali .

6. "Is your child eating right?" - A Nutrition workshop for parents and children covering aspects of Nutrition Requirements , optimal meal planning and encouraging healthy food choices.This workshop will be facilitated by Ms Suhasini Mudraganam ( Nutritionist ) -Parent Facilitator
Ms Ramya Narayanan( Theatre trainer )- Children Facilitator .
Workshop date :23/3/2013 .Time: 5 P.M to 6:30 P.M


As usual , a few workshops were left out of the blog over the last two weeks . I'll quickly document them here :

• Block Printing and Stonework Handmade Card Making Workshop .
• Glass Painting Workshop
• Madhubani Painting Workshop
• Math Quest-Addition Games and Puzzles for 3-8 year olds.
• Rainforest Parrot Paper Plate Craft 
• Crepe Flower Making
• Exam Success Workshop on goal setting,time management ad stress management
• Masked Theatrical Play for 3-8 years
• Puppet Stories for 3-8 year olds

Activities -Hindi ,After School Activity Club and more

Hindi Tuitions are being offered at Books n More on all weekdays for ages 6+  from 5-7 P.M . Classes are handled by Mrs Reshma Rohra , a senior teacher. Fees- Rs 1000 pm

Handwriting Classes are held four days a week- Mondays- Thursdays for ages 6+ from 5-6 p.m

We've now started an After School Activity Club , that offers the foll activities:

Monday- Yoga, Shlokas and Meditation
Tuesday- Drawing
Wednesday- Storytime and Theatrical Play
Thursday- Learn Smart - Phonetics, Numeracy , Science experiments and more!
Friday- Craft Time

Timings- 5 -6 p.m . Ages -3-8 years


Activities this weekend include the following :

1. Amazing Mazes on 22/2/13 @ 6 P.M for 5-9 years - A logical thinking puzzle by Ms Anuradha Vinod
2.Oil Pastel Engraved Drawing on 22/2/13 @ 5 P.M for 4-16 years
3.Around the country in 25 stories- Stories and Folktales from Tripura. Learn Weaving Craft . For 4-10 years .

For the record , we've been having the following workshops this past month , which I did not blog about since I did'nt have the time :(

1. Gift Wrapping Workshop
2.Flower Rangoli Making Workshop
3.Show and Tell session on Colours
4.Young Scientist- Explosive Chemistry
5.Clown Making
6.World Safari- A Geography Quest Game