What you'll do
Embark on a week’s worth of fearlessly fun explorations. Use your imagination to guide you over land and through air as you craft adventure-ready tools, create inventive artwork, solve mysteries and seek out treasure in this one-of-a-kind class.
Pack your bags for a different expedition every day. Be visionary as you stake out locations and stock up provisions for a pretend camping trip, then discover—and draw—the magnificent sky around you on a make-believe flight. Take to the imaginary outdoors to track down an animal friend and make a daring ranger rescue. Try your hand at sleuthing and treasure seeking, crafting a clue-finding telescope and a trusty treasure map for help along the way. Be determined to puzzle out the clues that solve a mystifying mystery and unlock hidden fortune. Set a course for creativity as you sing, soar and explore through five unforgettable journeys.
Note:
This weeklong class is more than just innovation-igniting projects—it’s an immersive experience full of delightful details, including games, songs, snacks (see Materials, below) and dress-up days designed to build community, bolster confidence and deliver loads of camp-away-from-camp fun.
The curriculum combines some of our most popular pre-K adventures. If you’ve taken our single-session Treasure Hunt, Camping, Aviator, Detective or Rescue Adventure classes, your child will be familiar with some of the week’s activities—and have the chance to put a new spin on a project they’ve done before.
What you'll need
Materials
- 1 pencil or chopstick
- 2 toilet paper rolls
- 1 set of coloring tools
- 9-13 sheets of standard-size paper
- Tape
- Snack: Please have a snack and drink ready for your child approximately 30 minutes into class.
Technology
- Computer or tablet with speaker and camera
- Internet access
- Zoom application installed
- Signed in with your child’s name
- Unmuted (the instructor will manage class muting/unmuting)
What you'll take away
- Practice using your imagination to transport you to new places
- The skills to be visionary and imagine things that don’t yet exist
- The skills to be determined and persevere until you reach your goal
- Inspiring drawings and tools to help you explore
Join the community
The last step in the Galileo Innovator’s Process is share. Great learning can come from sharing successes and failures—to solidify your own experience as an innovator and to inspire others.
ELL
Some bilingual staff & support for multilingual families.
Special Needs
Support for Students with Special Needs (Oakland Camp Director has a Masters in Special Education).
Deals
Yes. Every year, we award thousands of weeks of specially priced camp through our financial assistance program. Apply on our Financial Assistance page. Scholarships available.