Children in Fives home groups are five by September 1st or are going into Kindergarten in the fall of 2008. Children in Sixes home groups are six by September 1 st or are going into First Grade in the fall of 2008.

We offer full and half day options for Fives. Half day Fives meet from 9:00AM-1:00PM Monday through Thursday and 9:00AM-4:00PM on Friday for field trips. Full day Fives meet 9:00AM-4:00PM Monday through Friday.

All Sixes participate in a full day of camp activities, from 9:00AM-4:00PM Monday-Friday.

Note that Half Day Fives, Full Day Fives, and Sixes meet in separate home group rooms.

The Fives and Sixes Schedule

The camp day begins and ends in the home group room with circle time, which may include a game or song, a discussion of what will be happening in the day and the week, and time for children to get to know one another. Campers are also in their home groups for scheduled outdoor play, activity stations, arts & crafts, music and cooking time.

Choice classes (indicated on the schedule as Choice Class A, Choice Class B and Choice Class C ) take place outside of the home group room and are open to the participation of children in all Fives and Sixes groups. They are taught by Specialists, Head Counselors and select Associate Counselors. Classes are chosen upon registration in advance of the camp season. Classes meet for an hour each Monday, Tuesday and Thursday over the course of two weeks. Different classes are offered each class block and each session. The following is a sample of classes offered to Fives and Sixes:

Clayworks, Soccer, Broadway Beginners, Cooking from A to Z, Dollmaking, Building Castles, Science Explorers, Waterworks, Gardening and Gymnastics. Mandarin is offered as a language concentration for full day Fives and Sixes, which lasts for two class blocks.

Children registered for half days select one morning class per session. Children in a full day group select two morning classes and one afternoon class per session.

Campers in the Fives through Nines/Tens gather on Wednesday morning for Choice Wednesday, which begins with a camp-wide activity such as a song or game, followed by a choice of activities designed for mixed ages. For example, they may choose to play capture the flag, participate in a clowning workshop, paint a mural, or create a camp-wide disco. This is an important time for children in different home groups to get to know each other, and even for siblings to spend some time together if they choose.

Wednesday afternoons (full day Fives and Sixes) are set aside for extended projects in home groups or collaborations between camp groups.

On Friday, all Fives and Sixes attend camp from 9:00AM-4:00PM for field trips . We travel by chartered, air-conditioned bus to locations such as Central Park Zoo and Carousel and the New York Botanical Gardens. Specialists accompany home groups on field trips as additional adult support.

All About Animals
Jenell Rubin
Do you get excited about animals? Do you like finding out about what they do, how they find food, and how they live? Do you want to share and learn about the biggest, fastest, strongest, and smallest animals ever? If you do, this class is for you. We will use games, books and imaginative play as we learn about animals we may see every day and those we may never meet nose to nose.

All Things Paper
Selena Daniels
This class will center around the many, many crafts you can make with just paper.  From origami to papier-mache, we will explore the possibilities presented by paper.  We will even learn how to recycle and create our own paper.

Animal Art
Eric Losh
Cats and dogs and horses are fun animals to draw.  But how about binturongs or basilisks or colugos?  Kudus or kinkajous anyone?  In this course, we will not only learn about some of the world’s most endangered and most unusual animals but through understanding of their shapes, textures, colors, and forms, we will learn how to draw them and use them as subjects in our artwork.  Students will be encouraged to try various artistic approaches to image making including drawing, painting, and collage.

Around the Playground
TBA
Campers will play group games, enjoy free time, and explore a different playground each day.  These will include Houston Ballfield, Downing Street Park, the LREI rooftop playground, and Carmine Street playground.

Backyard Games
Patrick Davey
The focus of this course will be on campers participating in fun activities while they move and practice athletic skills.  The classes are designed to meet any level of athletic experience.  We’ll learn games like Red Light-Green Light, Mother May I?, Star Wars Tag, Freeze Tag, and many more.

Ball Games
TBA
In this class, we will use our hands, feet, and bodies to play some of our favorite ball games.  We will play outdoor classics such as kickball, wiffleball, four square, crab soccer, Not in my Backyard, and SPUD.

Ballet
Ellie Goudie-Averill
We will learn the basics of ballet in a fun and creative environment.  Starting in a circle, we will progress to “barre” work and travel across the floor with locomotor steps.

Block Party
TBA
Let’s have fun together around the blocks!  Building is an excellent way for children to begin to understand structure, three-dimensionality, teamwork, and to figure out how they may create what they imagine.  Campers will work on individual and group constructions in this class.

Broadway Beginners
Ian Bentley
We will learn songs from different Broadway musicals and work together to choreograph our own physical movements to accompany music and song.  Learn how to have fun, build confidence, and be a star on the stage!

Buggin’ Out
Laura Araman
Do you love bugs?  We will get to know some different creepy crawlies and watch how they move, see what they do in different environments, and learn what makes them so special.  Get ready to explore creatures in an up-close and personal way.

Catch the Wind
Jenell Rubin
For future aviators, bird watchers, and just plain curious kids, come and learn about things that fly from airplanes to birds.  We’ll build our own models and then see if we can make them fly!

Clayworks
Ellie Balk
Campers will explore a wide variety of clayworking processes and techniques such as coil building, slab construction, mosaics, and relief.  We will look at the work of ceramic artists, both historical and contemporary, and perhaps even find inspiration in their work for our own.

Construction Site
Joel Remland
Campers will need all of their physical and creative energy as they work together to brainstorm, blueprint, and build.  Using cardboard, duct tape, and aluminum foil, we’ll construct castles, boxcars, mazes, and tunnels…maybe even robot costumes!  The only thing more fun than building our site up will be breaking it all down!

Constructions!
Eric Losh
This class will be an exploration in the secret fun that construction paper has to offer as both a collage and sculptural medium.  Combining cut-and-folded creations with drawn elements, students will be able to create anything they imagine, from greeting cards to dioramas to far-off alien landscapes.

Cookin’ Up Jazz
Ken Zwerin
Snap your fingers to the beat of Miles Muffins, Mingus Mints, Cannonball Crepes, and lots of other jazzy food combinations as we bop along the culinary “trane”.

Cool Cooks
TBA
Who says it’s hot in the kitchen? We’ll be cool as cucumbers, making tasty treats that don’t need heat. Some things we’ll make and sample are smoothies, chilly fruit parfaits, lemonade, and maybe even a super cool fruity soup!

Countless Clouds
Jenell Rubin
If you’ve ever wondered about what clouds are made of or why the sky is blue, then join us as we study the sky!  We’ll conduct experiments, make artwork, and take pictures of clouds.

Creepy Crawlers
Jenell Rubin
Are you fascinated by slimy worms and other creepy crawlies?  Then, join us as we examine worm bins in the school, dig for worms in the park, and take a closer look at creepy crawlers.

Days of Yore
Dave Edson
Just imagine . . . friendly dragons, costumes you create yourself, castles, stories come to life, bowing, and other acts of chivalry.

Design-a-Robot
Claire Rose
Use found objects - boxes, tubes, cartons, and more - to design and make life-size robots.

Detour!
Dave Edson
A physical, cooperative obstacle course that encourages kids to be wildly inventive as well as logical with an emphasis on working together to problem-solve.  There will be road blocks, river crossings, jumping, digging, and tons of fun.  We will also role play using our bodies to become trees, animals, and . . . only you can imagine what else!

Drawing from Nature
Seth Eastman
Travel around the neighborhood to different playgrounds and parks, drawing and playing, and surrounded by as much nature as we can find!  Children will each have their own sketchbooks to record their experiences.  We will work in different mediums drawing natural objects and any animals that sit still long enough!

Dress-Up Club
TBA
Kids. . . have you ever turned into a powerful superhero or a magical fairy (or even a dancing leopard)?  How did you do it?  In this creative play class, we will use fabulous costumes, props, and music to imagine ourselves as all sorts of amazing creatures.  Together we will discover how monkeys would celebrate a birthday (in the forest with a banana cake maybe?) . . . and how grown-ups might operate a restaurant (calling all chefs, customers, and wait staff), and many other awesome scenarios.  Join the Club and find out for yourself!

Edible Art
Elizabeth Blanchard
What’s better than a beautiful mosaic or an elaborate sculpture?  Art you can eat!  Campers can work up quite an appetite at camp, so in this class all the art projects will be made using healthy, edible materials.  Fruits and veggies, cereal and the occasional cookie will become fish, elephants, and flowers that we can eat when we’re done.  I’m getting hungry just thinking about it!

Exploration Paint
Ellie Balk
Campers will explore painting and experiment with color as they create their own art using a variety of painting tools.  We will explore painting with fingers, sponges, marbles, vegetables, and more!

From Scratch
Hannah Gilfillan
For kids who like to create in the kitchen, campers will discover what it means to make food “from scratch”.  Without the help of pre-made mixes or doughs, we’ll try our hand at making fresh bread, pasta, and many other tasty treats.  And then, of course, we’ll eat them!

Fun with Science
Christine Gauthier
Calling all scientists!  If you want to build volcanoes, mix up some flubber and oobleck, find out what sinks and what floats, make fossils, and figure out how to make bubbles - this is the class for you!

Gardening
Christine Gauthier
Have you always liked digging in the dirt?  Do you find yourself asking how do flowers grow?  Well, then join this class and help make Little Red Summer Camp’s “Garden on the Roof”.  We will learn about worms, soil, and different kinds of plants.  We will also learn about terrariums and make our own!

Guitar and Games
Charles Hassell
We will play, sing songs we have learned together, and make new songs with guitar accompaniment.  This is a dancing, moving, and jumping class.  Join us for lots of silly fun!  

Gymnastics
Natalie Bevacqua/Christie Newman
We will learn jumps, handstands, rolls, and cartwheels as we improve our gymnastics skills through floor exercise, vault, and balance beam activities.  We will work on our strength, flexibility, and coordination while working individually, with partners, and as a team.

Inspired by Nature
Liz Otte
In this class, we will make rubbings from plants, press and dry leaves and flowers, make sun stain pictures, collages, pet “rock” stars, mobiles, and other nature-inspired crafts.

Jets to Brazil
Belan AraujoTeixeira
We’ll learn Portuguese as it is spoken in Brazil, learn songs, dances, and cook up some treats.  We will also make costumes and celebrate Carnival.

Karate
Vincent Barile
An introduction to the basic moves and ideas of karate.  Activities will focus on building strength, flexibility, coordination, and spatial awareness.

Let’s Make a Mess
Randi Reinhold
Do you like to play with slime and goo?  Do you become so involved in an art project that you wind up with paint on your elbows and glue on your hands?  Do you ever wish someone would just say, “Hey! Let’s make a mess!”  If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you won’t want to miss out on this spectacularly messy opportunity!  In this class, we will get down and dirty using a variety of slimy, mushy, gloppy, and sometimes even edible materials.  Smocks are included, and yes, we will be cleaning up our messes with as much gusto as we created them.

Let’s Party
Elizabeth Blanchard
Are you a party animal?  Who isn’t?  In this class, campers will help plan and prepare for parties!  Will we throw a costume ball or a slumber party?  Maybe a pizza party or a dance party?  It’s up to you.  Campers will choose what type of party they want to have and then make it happen.  We will make fun invitations, party hats, decorations, and snacks for the parties too.

Making Mosaics
Ellie Balk
The process of making mosaics is similar to piecing a puzzle together - the individual parts make the whole artwork what it is.  We will build mosaics out of torn paper, dry pasta, beads, buttons, and pieces of wood.  These materials will give us lots of opportunities to play with shapes, colors, and textures and to depict people, things, and experiences that are special to us.  Together we will explore historical and contemporary mosaics as a springboard for our own creations.

Making Musical Instruments 
Meghann Erskine
Using familiar materials such as tissue and soap boxes, coffee cans, and paper plates, we will create instruments such as sand blocks, shakers, drums, and guitars.  Come create, play, and listen as we put music and art together to make our own musical instruments.

Mandarin
Robin Harvey
Focusing on themes and stories of interest to children of this age, we’ll work on associated language skills and vocabulary through story-writing and story-telling, art projects, and games.  In physical games like “Laoshi Shuo” (teacher says), students learn to follow and give directions while their minds and bodies are engaged.  Campers will have the opportunity to practice communicating with each other in cooperative group activities.  We will learn and sing songs too!  Campers will be exposed to simplified Chinese characters, with emphasis placed on reading and writing in pinyin.  Each session will build on vocabulary and skills learned in the previous session, but can also stand alone.  Students with and without previous exposure to Mandarin are welcome!

Mod Podge
Nicole Smoot
Kids will get crafty with mod podge and magnets making magnetic art, magnetic poetry, and magnetic frames.  We’ll also make collages that illustrate the campers’ magnetic personalities.  This class will be fun and messy!

Music and Movement
Ian Bentley
Children will explore music through singing, listening, movement, and games.
Nature Craft Jenell Rubin
In this class, we will use materials from the natural world to make things to keep or give as gifts. Crafts my be made from shells, beautiful stones, feathers, leaves, clay and wood.

Now We’re Movin’
Aaron Scott
Young children are still figuring out how to make their bodies work.  This movement class, through the use of games, imaginary play, music, and physical challenges, will help your child explore gross motor skills while having fun.

Paint the Town
TBA
What do the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, and Central Park have in common?  They’re all in New York City!  Each class will begin with a story about one of our city’s unique landmarks.  Then, kids will participate in a creative project based on that landmark.  Afterwards, as a group, we will use our artwork to decorate the halls of camp and transform it into our very own version of New York City!

Paleontology
Dave Edson
….is the study of ancient life.  Right now we have more information than ever before about creatures that lived long ago.  In this class, we will investigate ancient creatures like dinosaurs, woolly mammoths, and pteradons and their links to living animals.  Then, we’ll express our discoveries through art and creative play.

Pirates
Joel Remland
Ahoy, maties!  We’re looking for a few good buccaneers to join our ragtag crew as we set sail for distant lands in search of fun and adventure.  We’ll fashion our own costumes and props, scour our surroundings for buried treasure, play movement games like fishy-fishy and ocean-shore-wave, and fend off scurvy with some nutritious fruit snacks.  All in a day’s work aboard the seaworthy vessel “Summers at L-aaaaRrrgh-E-I”!

Planes, Trains and Automobiles 
Samson Baker  (Session 2)
We’ll use songs, art, and physical games to explore all the ways we get from place to place.  Would you like to make a train whistle and become the conductor of your own railway?  Can you build a boat from just a box that actually floats in water?  Planes and parachutes too?  We’ll try it all!

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Belan AraujoTeixeira (Session 3)
From mess to masterpiece!  Using hangers, paper towel rolls, household odds and ends, paper mache, and paint, we’ll create our own flying machines, locomotives, and cars!

Play With Your Food
Claire Rose
Are your parents always telling you not to play with your food?  Then this is the class for you!  A mixture of art, science, and fun - all with food.

Portrait Gallery
Eric Losh
Students will learn to express themselves by creating portraits and self-portraits in a variety of techniques, including drawing, painting, and collage.  The focus will be on capturing the subject’s personality using both abstract and realistic approaches.

Puppet Friends
Meghann Erskine
Children will make a different kind of puppet each class using fabric, wood, paper and beads. Puppets may take the form of animals, families, and imaginary friends. Then, we will have time to play with them and put on short puppet shows for each other at the end of class.

Recycled Art
Randi Reinhold
What can you make with old newspapers, empty cereal boxes, plastic containers, and other seemingly ordinary objects?  The possibilities are endless!  We will be using these and other everyday materials along with our imaginations to create new and exciting works of art!

Science Kitchen
Nicole Spiers
Lab coats and chef hats mix in this class where we’ll cook inedible things.  We’ll stir up some ooblek and shake up some bubbles.  Come join us and get your hands sticky with science and art in the kitchen! 

Seashore
Liza Zapol
In a mix of science and visual art, learn about sand, the tide, fish, and various tide pool creatures.  Make sea glass structures and seashell identification sheets, and play with sand, shells, and water!

Singing the Story
Meghann Erskine
Using music, movement, and improvisation, we will recreate favorite stories as well as writing and acting out our own.

Soccer
TBA
This class is about having fun while learning fundamental skills in handling the ball, working as a team, and other basic ideas of soccer.

Songwriting and Recording 
Aaron Scott
In this class, we will work together to write and record our own song.  Campers will learn the basics of songwriting and will get a glimpse of the exciting process of recording.  At the end of the class, we will have a recording that everyone can be proud of (and take home)!

Space Travel
Christine Gauthier
Do you want to be an astronaut?  Do you dream of someday traveling to outer space?  In this class, we will build a spaceship, make space suits, learn about space, and take a pretend trip to the moon.

Swimming
We swim in an indoor, heated swimming pool in collaboration with the 14th St. YMCA.  Swimming will consist of a 30 to 40-minute lesson taught by three fully-certified instructors, followed by free swim time.  Campers will take a short ride by private bus to the pool.  All swim time will be supervised by an on-site lifeguard as well as three fully-certified swim instructors and several camp counselors.  The program maintains a 1:3 staff-to-camper ratio for Fives and Sixes.

Think Big Art
Joel Remland
Calling all future architects and artists!  We’ve been commissioned by the Summer Camp Arts Foundation to create enormous works of art to display around the building for all to enjoy.  Campers will collaborate at every stage of the design, creation, and installation of these gigantic art projects.  Life-size papier-mache animals, a jungle canopy hanging from the ceiling, a giant color spectrum...anything is possible when we THINK BIG!

Top Secret Mission
Anne Sorce
Each class, campers will receive a new mission.  The only way to complete the mission will be to work together, sometimes in small groups and sometimes as a whole class.  Our missions will take us outside of the classroom to look for clues or to leave secret clues of our own as we explore camp and the neighborhood around us.

Wackadoo Zoo
Liza Zapol
Be an animal!  In a mix of science and dramatic play, learn about animals and see what it’s like to be in their skin, fur, scales, or feathers!  What happens when an iguana meets a penguin?  We’ll find out!

Waterworks
Laura Araman
It’s hot but we’re not!  Our goal is to create elaborate water works on the roof at LREI.  We will engineer the wackiest, goofiest, most creative sprinklers, fountains, and hoses imaginable . . . and then we’ll test them out!  Bring your swimming suits, thinking caps, and blueprints.  We’ll supply the whozits, whatzits, gadgets, buckets, gizmos, and toys!

Why?
Laura Araman
Are you someone who wonders why things are the way they are? This is a very important question to a scientist and as scientists we will ask this question a lot together. This class will give us time to ask questions that have been on our minds and also give us time to find a few answers too!

Yoga
Christie Newman
Experience the joy of yoga through creative storytelling, music, and games.  We will learn basic yoga postures and breathing techniques while developing coordination and flexibility.  Most importantly, we will have fun!

You’re It!
Aaron Scott
Everybody knows how to play tag, but do you know how to play Toaster Tag?  We’ll play all kinds of tag games from the classics to some new favorites.  You’re it!