Summer Camp Curriculum
How your child spends this summer can make a big difference for the upcoming school year. If your child is not reaching his/her potential, is unchallenged or falling behind, our summer program will make that different.
Why Summer Camp at The Laurel School?
At Laurel Camp’s dynamic community, children develop and strengthen academic skills, express themselves creatively, build friendships, have fun, and enjoy a full range of physical activities and all in one place! This community is built on the cultivation of a deep, lifelong love of learning. Our qualified and specially trained staff are committed to each child's unique academic and character development. Our smaller class sizes create a flexible, responsive learning environment that allows the teacher to address each student's individual needs.
What is Laurel Camp?
Laurel Camp is a camp program within The Laurel School designed to allow students to continue learning academics in the summertime while also having fun with camp activities. It is the perfect balance of fun and academics, keeping your child challenged and ready for the school year.
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How Are We Different?
Laurel Camp has the perfect balance of academic learning and camp activities in a fun and dynamic environment. We will provide each student with an individualized program after an educational assessment with our certified educators. Students receive a weekly summary of work completed, and a final report is sent home at the end of his/her session. Extra work is sent home with the student to practice their skills after camp completion. Flexible registration with morning, afternoon, and full-day programming, and registration by individual weeks, are available.
Kindergarten & Senior Kindergarten
We jump start school readiness by transitioning your child into kindergarten
We provide individualized preschool and kindergarten assessments in language and reading, printing, numbers and math
We focus on reading skills, number sense and fine motor development in a fun learning environment
Daily reading instruction is provided at your child’s specific level
Kindergarten & Senior Kindergarten Program Includes:
The Laurel School’s own phonics readers are used, one-on one, to build reading skills using a systematic phonics approach. Children read individually with their teacher each day and progress at their own pace.
Children use workbooks and other activities to reinforce decoding and encoding skills. This program is intended to work “hand-in-hand” with our readers, and so children are placed according to their level of skills and rate of learning
Using a variety of hands on material and workbooks, students work on activities that will build early math skills. Students are often able to work on grade one or two material at this stage, as they learn simple addition and subtraction.
Using a variety of manipulatives, and the acclaimed Learning Without Tears program, children will participate in activities designed to improve pincer grip and ensure the correct formation of letters and numbers.
Grades 1-3
Each child’s academic program is customized to offer the best learning experience
Remediation or enrichment is provided to help address each child’s specific needs
Workbooks for children
Grade 1-3 Program Includes:
The Laurel School’s own phonics readers are used, one-on one, to build reading skills using a systematic phonics approach. Children read individually with their teacher each day and progress at their own pace.
Students who are already proficient readers improve their skills through SRA’s vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises
Through the award winning Learning Without Tears program, students will develop correct letter formation and sentence formation.
Using a variety of hands on material and workbooks, students work on activities that will build early math skills. Students are often able to work on grade one or two material at this stage, as they learn simple addition and subtraction.
Spelling Mastery’s direct instruction program teaches spelling using a variety of techniques and strategies, such that every child’s learning opportunities are maximized: Phonemic, Morphemic and Whole Word.
Summer Camp Schedule
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