What you'll do
Dust off your green thumb and dig into a weeklong garden adventure. Learn how plants grow, flourish and nourish as you sing songs, move your body and make art inspired by flowers and food. Cultivate creative ideas and let your imagination bloom in a backyard garden of your own invention.
Freshen up your drawing skills and be visionary as you color a bed of creative-looking, silly-smelling flowers, plus a beautifully embellished box to “plant” them in. Meet the birds and bugs that make your garden blossom, singing songs to celebrate bees, worms and other friendly fertilizers. Make like a plant and grow, striving to be determined as you move your body through the slow and steady life cycle of a sprouting seed. Finish the week by enjoying the fruits (and vegetables, and grains) of your labor as you create incredible edible art from an array of snacks.
Note:
This weeklong class is more than just imagination-igniting activities—it’s an immersive experience full of delightful details, including interactive games, song, snacks (see Materials, below) and dress-up days designed to build community, bolster confidence and deliver loads of camp-away-from-camp fun.
What you'll need
Materials
- 2-3 sheets of standard-size paper
- 4-5 pieces of scrap paper
- 1 medium-size cardboard box
- 1 set of coloring tools
- 1 large plate or cutting board
- Assorted snacks for food art
- Your imagination!
- Optional: Additional art supplies
- Snack: Please have a snack and drink ready for your child approximately 30 minutes into class.
- See your welcome email after enrollments for more detailed material lists broken out by day.
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
- Knowledge about how plants grow and what creatures help them thrive
- 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
- A beautifully embellished planter box full of inventive flowers
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.