Seven Through Tens Class List

Seven to Tens Class Description

3D Comics
Seth Eastman
A class for children who love to draw cartoon and comic book characters! In the beginning, we will focus on the two basic elements of a story: characters and plot. We will talk about how stories are communicated to the reader with and without words. Toward the end of the session we will make 3D glasses from scratch and experiment by drawing with red/blue pencils to create images that jump from the page!

Adobe Photoshop for Beginners
Eric Losh
This course is for students interested in learning how to create artwork using the computer.  We will be learning how to draw, paint, color, and edit original art using the software that many professional artists use.

aMAZEing
Selena Daniels
In this class, we will explore all different kinds of mazes.  Big and small, indoor and outdoor, ones we find and ones we create for ourselves.  If you like puzzling out a pathway, then this is the place for you.

A Moveable Feast
Nicole Spiers
Did you know that in Holland people eat french fries with mayonnaise and in Mexico they like their hot chocolate spicy? In this cooking class, we'll tour the world using our taste buds. Tie on your aprons and prepare for truly tasteful travel.

Arts of Mexico
Natalie Bevacqua
Each class will be a different project focusing on the art of Mexico.  From folk art traditions to fine art, we will take inspiration from Diego Rivera to create murals, Frida Kahlo to make fantastic self-portrait watercolors, and hammer out our own tin ornaments.

Backyard Games
TBA
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, 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.

Basketball
Charles Hassell/Patrick Davey
This sports class is for both beginning players as well as more experienced players who are looking to improve their game.  We will learn and practice the skills of dribbling, passing, and shooting, as well as the rules of basketball.

Bookmaking
Liza Zapol
Learn how to hand make three different kinds of books: ones without binding, Japanese books, and picture books.

Bookmaking
Liz Otte
In this class, we will experiment with the many different ways to make books.  At the end of the session, bookmakers will have the opportunity to start filling their stack of handmade books with pictures, poetry, stories, and anything else that inspires them.

Bracelets, Bookmarks, and More
Nicole Smoot
Campers will learn how to make bracelets to wear on a wrist or ankle and bookmarks for your favorite books.  We’ll try different ways of braiding and knotting colorful thread into designs like chevron, spiral staircase, and more.

Broadway Bound
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!

Cartographers
Ken Zwerin
Come travel the world as we map out our adventures in New York, the United States, and everywhere beyond!

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.

Clowning Around
Anne Sorce
What makes something funny?  In this class, we’ll try to answer that question.  Through games and improv, we’ll explore what makes us laugh and use our own silliness to create funny characters and act out hilarious situations.  Silliness required!

Cool Summer
Jenell Rubin
Even if you love the sunshine, some of the best things to do in summer are all about staying cool. We’ll make a waterslide, whip up a fruit smoothie, make our own fabulous sun hats, do science experiments with ice, and maybe even devise our own stay-super-cool machine.

Cross Stitch
Selena Daniels
Have you ever been interested in learning how to stitch?  If you have, this is the class for you.  We will learn about different kinds of stitches, learn how to read simple patterns, and make our own stitching creations.

Downtown Documentaries 
Adrian Jevicki
Do you love to watch movies?  Are you curious to know how movies are made?  Then, join our class as we research, write, film, narrate, and edit our own short documentary films.

Drawing and Painting
Ellie Balk
We will look at and discuss the artwork of historical and contemporary artists then explore a wide variety of drawing and painting mediums in the studio.  Students will learn to draw/paint what they see and work intuitively as well as from a conceptual point of departure.

Extra! Extra!
Nicole Spiers
Extra!  Extra!  Read all about it!  Little Red Campers are having an amazing summer!  Our intrepid reporters will get the scoop on all camp events and publish a weekly newspaper.  We’ll need writers, photographers, and anyone with a nose for news.

Fancy Restaurant
Dave Edson
We will make our very own working restaurant.  This will include designing menus and uniforms, providing friendly service, and making real food for real customers.  Come be a chef, a bus person, a server, and a host!

Fashionistas
Belan AraujoTeixeira
If you love fashion and design, this class is for you.  You’ll have the opportunity to make your own fashion model and design a full wardrobe.  You’ll also design your own fashion magazine!

Game Show
Ken Zwerin
Jump off of the couch and into the game!  Every day we will play a different game show, complete with mind-bending trivia, crazy hosts, and physical challenges.  For the grand finale, the class will try to stump the teachers when they design their own game show that they will host themselves.

Gardening
Jenell Rubin
Do you have a green thumb?  Love flowers?  Then, come and learn about different types of plants and how to care for them.  We will plant flowers from seeds, learn about how vegetables grow, and visit neighborhood gardens.

Gymnastics
Natalie Bevacqua
In this class, we will explore the body’s strength and flexibility through exciting and challenging gymnastics skills.  In a fun and supportive environment, students will work on floor, balance beam, and vault to increase coordination, focus, and self-confidence.  Every class will have stretching, introduction to new skills or techniques, and a circuit that involves multiple apparatuses.  We will focus on joining skills together to create sequences and creative “routines”.  This class is open to gymnasts of any level or experience.

Jewelry Jam
TBA
Learn how to make your own dazzling creations!  In this class, we will explore different materials that can be used to make jewelry.  We will make our own clay beads and explore different string textures, shapes, and colors.  With a few materials and a little invention, the possibilities for a young jewelry designer are endless!

Just Desserts
TBA
If your favorite part of the meal is dessert, then this class is for you!  Together we will prepare and cook delicious treats to taste and enjoy.  Students will also create their own dessert cookbook to take home – complete with recipes from class and their own favorite creations.

Karaoke
Randi Reinhold
If you’ve ever imagined what it would be like to be the lead singer of a band, then this is the place for you!  We have music.  We have microphones.  Now all we need is you!  Come take the stage and become a karaoke star!

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

Little Red Poets
Liza Zapol
Make beautiful, funny, and silly poems everyday of the week!  Sing ‘em, paint ‘em, write them on the street.

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.

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!

Modern Dance
Ellie Goudie-Averill
The basics of modern, such as fall and recovery, swings, and under/over-curves, will be covered along with kinesiological principles.  Children will also be encouraged to invent their own movements and shapes.

Music Video
Adrian Jevicki
It’s hard to believe but some of our favorite songs don’t have videos that go along with them.  So, we’re going to fix that by making our own!  If you like dancing and telling stories with your body, then this is the class for you.

Origami
Randi Reinhold
Did you know that the word origami actually means “folded paper”?  In this class, we will start by learning the basic folds needed to make most origami figures.  We will then use those folding techniques to create animals, hanging mobiles, 3D shapes, and more.  Projects will become more advanced as the class progresses.

Paper Arts
Ellie Balk
We will be using paper as our primary medium to explore different techniques of collage and bookmaking.  Learning different kinds of folding and binding techniques, campers will walk away with a variety of handmade books.

Photography
Alice Proujansky
Campers in this class will use photography to brainstorm and answer questions like, what is my New York?  Is it a crowded street or a new tree?  A funny dog or a tall building?  We’ll talk about what images mean, how cameras work, and how to use photography to portray feelings and opinions.  We will use digital cameras, go on photography walks, and work with images on computers!  (8 and up)

Physical Universe
Adrian Jevicki
Using games like Quantum Soccer and Gravity Buster, we will not only have an amazing time but we will also learn a little about the laws of the universe.  So, if you’ve ever wondered where gravity comes from, or you want to try some new, fun games, this class is for you.

Poetry Jam
Charles Hassell
In the space where creative writing, music, and performance meet, we will read poems, write our own, illustrate them, and sing them too!

Printmaking
Ellie Balk
Get ready to make glue-drip reliefs, potato prints, sculptural prints, t-shirt designs, and more!  In this class, campers will draw, sketch, and explore early Printmaking techniques.  Campers will design images, work plates, and edition prints on a variety of papers and surfaces creating innovative 2D and 3D multiples.

Science Explorers
Jenell Rubin
Some of the most important questions scientists ask are “why” and “how,” which are the very questions kids like you love to ask. We’ll look at mysteries as close to us as how our own senses work to those further away such as how bees find their way in the world or how volcanoes work. We will do experiments and hands-on projects to hone our skills for discovery.

Sing Your Heart Out
Ian Bentley
Come have fun while learning the basics of singing.  We will learn how to warm up the voice, sing different styles of music, and sing alone as well as in a group.

Site-Specific Dance
Ellie Goudie-Averill
In the wonderful tradition of site-specific and installation choreographic work (some of which we will watch together), we will create dances in various spaces within the building and in close proximity outside as well as make sculptural landscapes with found objects.  Then, we will create videos of our dances so that we can watch and discuss them.

Soccer
Ken Zwerin/Sports Specialist
In this class, we will explore the basics of soccer, the world’s game!  We will all gain an appreciation of the game while we learn to work together, use our feet, and build an understanding of the rules.  Join us and see how fun it is to dribble, pass, and shoot.

Songs from Around the World
Ian Bentley
This class is an introduction to music in different languages.  Learn about other countries and explore their songs and traditions.

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.  An on-site lifeguard as well as certified instructors and several camp counselors will supervise all swim time.  The program maintains a 1:5 staff-to-camper ratio for ages seven and up.

Take the Stage
Nicole Smoot
Kids will have the opportunity to work on character in a safe and playful space.  Activities will include games and structured improvisations such as Who’s Coming to the Party and Taxi Cab.  This class is open to kids who are curious about theater as well as those who already know they like to perform.

Urban Architects
Ken Zwerin
Take the grandeur of New York City into your own hands!  We will create scale models of famous buildings and monuments making our own “city”.

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!

Word Play
Hannah Gilfillan
For all you book-loving, budding wordsmiths, a class dedicated to playing with words.  We’ll “warm up” by playing classic word games like Balderdash, Scrabble, Jumble, and Scattergories then make zany language creations like mad libs and chain stories.  We’ll try writing alone and in groups, backward and forward, up and down.  Imagination required!

World Art
Ellie Balk
Be an art explorer throughout the world as we find inspiration from other cultures to make our artwork.  We will look at art from every continent and create works of art using a variety of materials in both three-dimensional and two-dimensional forms.

Yoga
Christie Newman
Students will learn basic breathing techniques and yoga postures through creative storytelling, music, and games.  Yoga is a wonderful way to develop coordination, self-esteem, and flexibility!

Young Composers
Ian Bentley
Ever wonder where that famous tune you always hear came from?  Come learn about the lives of some famous composers like Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven.  We’ll listen to their music, talk about their lives, and think about what inspired them to write some of the most well known music around.  Then, we’ll see what kinds of compositions we can come up with ourselves!