Academic Programs

YAAACE Summer Institute

Introduction

Summer camps should be a fun and exciting experience for campers; it should allow campers the opportunity to develop important life skills and long lasting friendships. The ages 11-17 are critical years in the development of a young person’s life. They need a wide variety of activities that are not only fun but also help to develop life skills. The programs developed in this camp put the above benefits at the forefront.

Overview of Program Development

Because of the age group of our campers, we must insure that our activities and events are both fun and safe. The age difference between a 17 and 11 year old must be considered in modeling our games and events. The games and events must still be fun and challenging for the campers.

In\Out door Sports and Events

Arts & Craft

Sports:

Note: Some will be modified for age appropriateness
The activities are as follows:
1. Basketball
2. Floor Hockey
3. Flag Football
4. Kings Court
5. Soccer indoor, outdoor
6. La Cross
7. Capture the flag
8. Speed ball
9. Volleyball
10. Soccer Baseball
11. baseball

Events

Note: Some events will be used as fun raisers for the camp...
1. Annual 3 on 3 tournament
2. Basketball tournament (girls/ boys)
3. Basketball games
4. Two Ball Shootout (co-ed)
5. Floor hockey games (co-ed)
6. Olympic Day (YAAACE Vs Other Camps)

Arts and craft are an important part of the day to day programming and running of any summer camp. The activities must however capture the imagination and attention of our campers. Thus we will develop group projects, create posters and signs for our camp and events using only arts and craft materials.

The following is a list of other arts and craft activities:

1.TTie Die
2. Window Painting
3. Clay Modeling
4. Totem Pole
5. Paper Mashie
6. Color Fortune Teller
7. Tissue Art
8. Beading (Friendship bracelet, necklace )
9. Candle making
10. Stain class art
11. Kite Making

Board Games

Trips

For campers who do not want to play sports or to participate in the arts and craft activities, but like to relax and past the time playing games; Board games is a fun and safe way to past the time. By having a few board game tournaments and events we put the focus on the games to allow them to be more exciting and challenging.

Games:
1. Backgammon
2. Balder dash
3.Boggle
4. Card games (speed, president)
5. Checkers
6. Chess
7. Trivia Pursuit
8. Monopoly
9. Domino
Events
1. Card Tournament
2. Checkers Tournament
3. Chess Tournament
4. Domino Tournament
5. Other
6. Connect four
7. Scrabble

What most campers remember about their camping experiences are the trips; thus the following trips has been put together, these are trips that past campers found to be fun and exciting.

Major
1. Blue Mountain
2. Camping (Elora 3. Gorge)
4. Playdium
5. Science Center
6. Wonderland

Minor
1. Air Canada Center
2. Bowling
3. Centre Island (picnic day)
4. Civic Center (swimming)
5. Fun Station
6. Laser Tag
7. Movies /Plays
8. Ontario Place
9. Roller Blade
10. Video Games
11. Water Park
12. Wild Zon

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