Junior Day Camp – Full Day – Bethesda
Overview
Our Junior Day Camp will excite your child’s imagination through hands-on activities in art, music and sensory play. This program gives younger children the perfect opportunity to grow their listening and transition skills, as well as practice independence within our lively camp atmosphere. Our story-based approach invites active, thoughtful play as campers fully immerse themselves in the theme of the week, from decorations to costumes to crafts. Lots of outdoor time and perennial favorites such as story time and group games round off this wonderful first-camp experience. We make the transition to camp easy on parents as well, with our best-in-class staff and easy carpool drop off!
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Availability
Week 1 (June 12 – June 16) |
Sold Out |
$540 |
Deep Sea Discovery |
Week 2 (June 19 – June 23) |
Limited Availability |
$540 |
Savannah Safari |
Week 3 (June 26 – June 30) |
Limited Availability |
$540 |
Budding Builders |
Week 4 (July 3 – July 7) |
Limited Availability |
$540 |
Finding Your Inner Magic |
Week 5 (July 10 – July 14) |
Sold Out |
$540 |
Friends in Flight |
Week 6 (July 17 – July 21) |
Limited Availability |
$540 |
Exploring Our Elements |
Week 7 (July 24 – July 28) |
Limited Availability |
$540 |
Antarctic Adventures |
Week 8 (July 31 – August 4) |
Sold Out |
$540 |
Prehistoric Playtime |
Week 9 (August 7 – August 11) |
Sold Out |
$540 |
Mountains, Miles and More |
Swim
This camp includes a daily instructional swim with goals that are kid-specific, from jumping into the deep end to side breathing. Your child will be carefully supervised at all times, with a 3:1 child-to-staff ratio in the pool and swim progress reports will be sent home to parents.
Weekly Themes
Finding Your Inner Magic
Like the Madrigal family from Disney Pixar’s Encanto, we each possess our own power, made stronger by our communities! By exploring the mystery of magic and illusion, we will learn about the power that our special skills bring to our own lives and the world around us. Get ready to work your magic!
Mountains, Miles, and More
Headfirst’s mascot, Gomer, has decided he wants to take a road trip… to California! With over 2,400 miles to cover and just a few days to get there, campers will have to learn about our country’s geography, famous monuments and sights, and the importance of backwards planning to make this virtual road trip a reality. Will the campers get CA in time, or will they let any little “bump in the road” prevent them from achieving their goal?
Antarctic Adventure
Campers will enjoy a snow-filled week as they help an Emperor Penguin traverse the Antarctic Circle to relocate his colony. They’ll learn about life in the south pole, find a safe location where the penguin’s colony can thrive, and help him navigate back home. Along the way, they’ll learn about different types of Antarctic and Arctic animals, paint watercolors of the Northern lights, and much more. There’s “snow” place like camp!
Exploring Our Elements
Earth, wind, fire, and water seem so different from one another – but are they really? Motivated by Disney Pixar’s new film, Elemental, campers will explore what makes each element unique, how they work together to make our world beautiful, and how we, too, are each made of many incredible elements that all work together!
Friends in Flight
It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s Headfirst campers! By exploring animals, insects, machines, and homemade crafts that take wing, your camper will discover there’s more than one way to soar this summer!
Budding Builders
This week, campers will be tasked with creating a structure to help provide shade for Headfirst’s beloved mascot, Gomer. They’ll have to work together, using tools and materials, through all stages of building, including visualizing, planning and creating their structure. Campers should bring their favorite tool belts and blueprints, along with their most creative thinking, to this exciting architectural challenge!
Savannah Safari
Headfirst’s trusty mascot, Gomer, would like to discover what animals might be roaming the earth that he doesn’t know about yet. So he decides to go on Safari to the Sahara, exploring a new-to-him location that many creatures call home, and bring our campers with him! After all, curiosity creates confidence, and what better way to become more confident than to learn about different creatures firsthand? But when he encounters some pesky poachers, he and the campers will have to come up with a plan to save all of the amazing animals they’ve met. Can these campers save the day?
Prehistoric Playtime
It’s hard to see your own awesomeness when you’re constantly comparing yourself to the mighty reptiles that once ruled the earth… just ask Lizzy the Lizard! You don’t have to be the strongest, fastest or even most aesthetically pleasing creature to be great and admired, every being has something amazing worth celebrating.
Deep Sea Discovery
In the loneliest corner and deepest trenches of the ocean, lives a thousand-year old mystery waiting to be discovered. This week at Headfirst Camps, the Lost City of Atlantis, once thought to be nothing more than a tall tale, comes to life! Campers will have a wave of fun as they learn about the greatest mysteries of the deep sea!
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