Discover how apps work on your phone or iPad and learn how to make your own. In this no-experience-required course, we will make fun, creative apps for Android phones and tablets using MIT App Inventor software. We will also explore wireless communication by building custom bluetooth hardware controllers and readouts for our apps.

Connect with your inner animal—on the mat and on the page! Stretch like a cat, hop like a frog, and flutter like a butterfly while building balance, strength, and focus. Then get inspired to draw, paint, collage, and craft “paw-some” artwork of the animals we meet and the places they call home.

Using LEGO, explore real-world concepts in physics, engineering, and architecture while building your favorite Minecraft mods, tools, and objects. Build an Iron Golem, the Nether Portal, the Ender Dragon, and more.

Go outside and play! Get moving and have fun with tons of different backyard games. Aim flying discs into cans during Kan Jam, try to get bolas to catch onto the rungs of Ladder Ball, and toss bean bags into a classic cornhole board. Hit balls past your opponent off a trampoline net in Spikeball, test your precision in bocce by landing your ball closest to the Pallino, and pitch horseshoes to score a “ringer” on the stake. Enjoy the thrill of friendly competition and the challenge of mastering new games.

Learn amazing tricks that will wow your friends and family. A real circus performer will teach you skills including hula hooping, spinning plates, balancing objects, twirling flags, and juggling. We will take our circus to new heights as we learn to walk on stilts. Together we will make a backdrop and end the week with a circus spectacular.

Jump into the dynamic world of parkour! Explore basic techniques in a safe and progressive setting while building your physical strength and developing self-confidence. Learn to embrace obstacles as an opportunity for fun and exploration and see your physical environment through “parkour vision,” where the whole world becomes your playground. This mix of indoor and outdoor activities is designed for a wide range of fitness levels and abilities.

Spend the day playing team sports and cooperative games you love, everything from soccer, basketball, and dodgeball, to variations of games like kickball and Capture the Flag. Bring your own game ideas, or think of new twists on traditional ones.

Always a blast, You’ve Got Game! will get you playing many active and exciting games cooperatively as teams, and as individuals. Activities may include classics such as Capture the Flag, kickball, floor hockey, bowling, relay races, t-ball, and golf. With unique and sometimes crazy spins on traditional sports and gym games, this class is destined to get you to get moving, laugh, and have fun!

Fill your morning with music, movement, crafting, and fun. Learn simple choreography to some of our favorite songs and create song-related crafts and activities. We will also learn about basic musical terms such as tempo, speed, and genre. Come dance—and craft—with us.

Be amazed by the stunning, functional pieces of art you can make by combining colorful pieces of cut glass. After learning how to work safely, you will design your own unique fused glass tile and a night light using glass pieces, powders, frits (crushed glass), and stringers (spaghetti-like glass threads). Then decorate a trivet and embellish a mirror with a gorgeous glass mosaic. Finish the week by creating two beautiful silver-plated pendant necklaces featuring color-changing iridized and dichroic glass. Please note: Tuition includes a $125 materials fee. 2022 parent: "My child liked making a variety of objects from glass without any accidents. He also enjoyed being able to use glass cutting tools and glass firing in a safe way."

Pack your creativity and set off on a colorful world tour. Each day, “travel” to a new country and explore its art, culture, and traditions through hands-on projects. Collect stamps in your art passport as you experiment with new materials and techniques. Make creations like dragon puppets, origami, Maasai-style beaded bracelets, rangoli suncatchers, and more. As you cut, fold, paint, and decorate, you’ll discover how imagination connects people across the globe.

Get ready to play, imagine, and perform. Try fun acting games, make up your own short scenes, and explore silly or serious ideas in a safe, happy place. You’ll work with friends, practice thinking fast, and have tons of chances to grow your creativity and confidence while laughing a lot along the way.

If furry felines are some of your best friends, join us for this “cat-tastic” week of kitty-inspired crafting. We’ll make a journal to write down cat stories and poems, decorate a frame to hold your cat’s photo, make cat toys and a small fleece blanket, construct our own cat costumes, sculpt cat miniatures, and more.

Join this creative and hands-on class to design your own jewelry and a one-of-a-kind box to store your dazzling work. From paper to buttons, embroidery floss to clay, pompoms to felt, learn to turn simple materials into completely original jewelry to give as gifts or keep for yourself.

Draw and paint on fabric using embroidery and 2D needle felting. Learn a few basic stitches, how to heat transfer original designs, and use needle felting pens to create mini wool paintings. We will also paint on canvas and then stitch through it to create new works of art, and try our hands at weaving with yarn and other materials.