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2013 Lego Robotics and American Girl Summer Camps!

          Register Now!  

(please click the registration link above for a great LegoMagic summer)  

 Lego Education WeDo™ Robotics

                      STEM       

Science-Technology-Engineering-Math

Lego Smart is learning how to build Lego Models and Program Them to Move and Make Sounds 

  Where Lego Imagination and Technology meet.                                                               

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Online Camp Registration by ACTIVE Network

  LEGO® Robotics and American Girl Summer Camp Registration

The Camps Kids Love and Parents Trust!  Why? 

     Lego WeDo Robotics                                       Hundreds of Awesome Sets                              Lego Games     

Creative Free Builds                                     Talented Lego Coaches                                              Outside Fun   

AM-PM & Full Day Options

Your child’s best summer yet! Experienced, certified teachers and engineering coaches.

Full and half day specialty camps. June 24 through August 23rd

Half Day Camps 9 to 12 and 1 to 4      Full Day 9 to 4 (Please bring a nut free lunch)

Alexandria and Falls Church Locations

To Register for Summer Lego and American Girl Camps 2013:

• Fill out the registration form on line for Lego and American Girl Camps.

• Please request registration forms for or Half & Half Camps through email.
• Send it in along with a deposit of $100 per camp enrolled in for the summer.
• Discounts for siblings and multiple camps.
• Confirmation email will be sent once application and fee is received or immediately if you register online

Each camp has limited enrollment and fills quickly.

 WHERE LEGO IMAGINATION MEETS TECHNOLOGY! 

LEGO^® Education WeDo™ Robotics  

Summer Camps

“LegoMagic”Robotics Engineering

“Scratch” Computer Programming from M.I. T

LEGO® Jrs. Engineering

American Girl

Half-&-Half Camp Options (Build your own Camp for Twice the Fun)

2013  Summer Learning and Fun Begins at Renaissance

Locations:

Falls Church – 115 Park Avenue, 22046 AM, PM, FULL DAY CAMPS – Eight Camps beginning June 24^th (No camp the week of July 4^th Holiday)

Alexandria- 311 North Washington Street (Old Town) AM, PM, FULL DAY CAMPS – Eight Camps beginning June 24^th (No camp the week of July 4^th Holiday)

LEGO WE-DO ROBOTICS 

Our program offers a creative outlet plus academic enrichment and team building skills to elementary students this year. This is a new program developed recently by Lego Education and Carnegie Mellon University. The Lego WE-DO program offers every student an opportunity to create models that move and make noise with an introduction to simple computer programming.  Come join the fun and exploration! Become “LEGO SMART,” learn the ability to work in teams, solve problems and create solutions with LEGO bricks plus Robotics

Enrolling for camps now!

Experienced, certified teachers and coaches. Full and half day camps. Air-Conditioned Studios

    American Girl Camps- Come celebrate the beauty and joy of being a girl!

Celebrate being a girl, both yesterday and today, through a week of creative and historical enrichment  activities.  Learn about the girls of the past and why American Girls “Star” no matter what their interests and talents may be. Study eras of American culture and  history. Girls have the power to do everything they want in life with grace and style. We believe in developing the leadership and potential of each girl so that she can truly be the very best American Girl that she can be. Leadership, respect and etiquette are reinforced in this remarkable camp. This camp is much more than playing with dolls.

Register Now! (please click this link)

Alexandria and Falls Church Locations – Air-conditioned Studios

 To Register for Summer Lego and American Girl Camps 2013:

• Fill out the registration form on line for Lego and American Girl Camps.

• Please request registration forms for or Half & Half Camps through email.

• Send it in along with a deposit of $100 per camp enrolled in for the summer.

• Discounts for siblings and multiple camps.

• Confirmation email will be sent once application and fee is received or immediately if you register online

 Each camp has limited enrollment and fills quickly.

  Lego Robotics & Beginning Engineering

Exclusive LEGO® Master Builder Academy

 STEM EDUCATION

Fantastic camps mixed with detailed instruction and inventive building strikes a fun balance between creativity and structure. Let your child be one of the first to experience the computer based Robotics program designed by MIT and Carnegie Mellon University for Lego Education(not available in stores). LegoMagic Summers inspire your child’s creative thinking and curiosity with fun and STEM educational science and engineering projects that help to develop critical thinking and problem-solving using an award-winning computer based program and Lego models. We add sun and fun in the park as well as the best-trained Lego coaches to help make the full day complete! Spaces are limited!

• Designing and building robots is open-ended; to a degree, students will identify what they want to do and work at their own pace, following approaches and processes they feel most comfortable with. There is often a social learning, constructivist dimension to LEGO Robotics activities.

• Students make discoveries about “what to,” “why to,” and “how to” continually, enjoying and benefiting from sharing their experiences and successes.

• Significance, meaning, and practical lessons about how to assimilate what’s been learned come from shared, communal aspects of learning to a large degree. Educators have long sought practical approaches for implementing the aspects of teaching and learning listed above. The good news is that we, together with students of varying ages and ability groups, have made all this happen in Renaissance Lego classes and camps through LEGO Robotic    

Renaissance Half & Half Camps-Design Your Own Camp

Build your own camp! Our Half & Half Camp program makes a week of camp even more fun! Now, you decide if your camper spends one week exclusively in our very popular Lego Camp or American Girl Camp or splits a one week full day camp into Lego/American Girl. We call that the best of both world’s or Half & Half. Half & Half can also be Lego/Scratch or American Girl/Scratch in Falls Church. Can we design a camp for your camper? Please call or email for registration forms if you would like us to help you design a week of camp.       Experienced, certified teachers and coaches. Full and half day camps. Air-Conditioned Studios

To register for summer camps please register and pay online or email us for registration forms at montessorieducate@yahoo.com

Ask about our new awesome Lego Birthday Parties too! Special event parties also!   

For more information please call Linda at 703-244-0585                      

 

STEM EDUCATION             

The LEGO^® WeDo Robotics Program 

 Technology, Science, Programming, Math, Robotics

What is your child doing this summer?

 Fantastic camps mixed with detailed instruction and inventive building strikes a fun balance between creativity and structure. Let your child be one of the first to experience the new Robotics program designed by MIT and Carnegie Mellon University for Lego Education (not available in stores). LegoMagic Summers inspire your child’s creative thinking and curiosity with fun and STEM educational science and engineering projects that help to develop critical thinking and problem-solving using an award-winning computer based program and Lego models. We add sun and fun in the park as well as the best-trained Lego coaches to help make the full day complete! Spaces are limited!

        Renaissance Summer Camp Details

2013 Summer Schedule and Pricing are Available Now   LegoMagic & American Girl  Summer Camps 2013                June 24 through August 23rd   Half Day Camps 9 to 12 and 1 to 4       Full Day 9 to 4 (Please bring a nut free lunch)

 Robotics, Engineering, Math, Science, Technology, Programming

NEW! LEGO® Education WeDo™ Robotics    

SUMMER CAMP  SCHEDULE 2013

  LEGO EARLY LEARNING MEETS TECHNOLOGY    

The program your child will always remember!  See this new, exciting program on you tube! Your child will be building and programming models to move and make sounds!  Renaissance is proud to be the first to offer WEDO from Lego Education. This class will excite your child about engineering, programming, technology, science and math! New from Lego Education, WEDO takes building models to another level. Just released and ready for your child to explore. There is nothing like it and we have it! Ages 5 and up.

Falls Church AM, PM, FULL DAY CAMPS - Eight Camps beginning June 24th (No camp the week of July 4th Holiday) Alexandria  AM, PM, FULL DAY CAMPS – Eight Camps beginning June 24th (No camp the week of July 4th Holiday)

Lego Education WeDo™ Robotics      ages 6 to 11

Welcome to a world of Lego’s ! Parents, our Lego Programs aren’t  just about playing with Legos. Lego’s to us is also about researching, solving problems and programming. There are many engineering and robotics components to Legos. Your child will be learning different avenues of robotics and engineering while engaged with something they love and are  familiar with, Legos!

   

 The newest and best Lego sets and games too! It is more fun to build with friends than to build alone!

Outdoor fun in Cherry Hill Park, air-conditioned, comfortable  facility, respectful and responsible staff……..just some of the reasons kids love us and parents trust us! 

 

We provide snacks every day and campers who stay for lunch bring their own lunches. Renaissance has a nut free policy.    Half and Half Camps-What are they? 

Options in 2013 for those who love Lego’s and American Girl! Now the best of both worlds. We call this camp Half & Half. Now, we offer Taylor-Made camps for your child.

 Now you can register for both American Girl Camps and Lego Camps/ We call this Half and Half! If your daughter would like to be involved in both programs, she can spend half the day in American Girl and half the day in Lego Camp. This is an ideal situation for any girl that loves the opportunity to share the special joys of being a girl with other girls and who take delight in the dolls and their history. Please let us know if you are interested in half-and-half for your daughter in 2013. American Girl Camps will be held every day of Lego Camp in Falls Church so girls can double their fun any week you like!

 Half-and-Half Camps    Now, Design Your Own Camp  

A Unique Feature of the Renaissance Camp Program.

Now your camper can enjoy camps that are designed to capture the best in fun and learning. Your camper can combine the best of our camps in what we call Half-and- Half. Options include Half a day of American Girl and Half a Day of Lego’s  So, keeping the interests of our creative and talented kids in mind, we offer these unique camp options. We can answer questions about the Half -and -Half Camps if you call 703-244-0585. Requests will be taken as long as we have space available.

  

LEGO® Jr. Engineering  LEGO “WEDO” ROBOTICS

AMERICAN GIRL

TECHSMART “SCRATCH” PROGRAMMING

Please email montessorieducate@yahoo.com if you would prefer us to email a registration form or are registering for our Half & Half Camps and we will email you the form. Call for information

703-244-0585

 Half & Half Camps (create your own camp) are available only by emailing montessorieducate@yahoo.com. We will help you build a custom made camp for your child.

• Registration forms are available by email if you would prefer to create your own camp. 
• Mail registration form  along with a deposit of $100 per camp enrolled in for the summer.
• Confirmation email will be sent once application and deposit are received or immediately if you register online.
•  Each camp has limited enrollment and fills quickly.

LEGO Engineering Jrs. &  LEGO^® WeDo Robotics
Technology, Science, Programming, Math, Robotics

 What Purposes Might Robotics Serve in the Classroom? LEGO Robotics materials and practices represent a highly motivating, highly engaging basis for standas-based learning across the curriculum, with particular value in the four STEM subject areas. LEGO Robotics enables and facilitates progressive approaches to instruction, such as project-based learning and problem-based learning, hands-on learning (learning by making things), collaborative learning, authentic learning and assessment, and constructivist learning.

LEGO Robotics represents one of the few practical opportunities at this time for programs to implement the following teaching and learning approaches and new curriculum items.

Teaching and Learning Approaches:

Hands-on activities

Learning by making things

Problem-based and project-based learning

Authentic assessment (products and performances)

Collaborative learning

Constructivist learning

New Curriculum Items:

Collaboration as a reflective body of knowledge

Learning activities that foster creativity

Cross-discipline, applied learning

 Scratch Video Game Design & Animation

New for 2013 TechSmart “Scratch” Programming Camps-Ages 6-11

We put students’ ideas into motion!

 BEGINNER – ADVANCED

WEEKLONG | OFFERED AT FALLS CHURCH LOCATION AM & PM CAMPS-COMBINE WITH LEGO FOR A FULL DAY SCRATCH/LEGO CAMP

Let your imagination run wild in this multimedia adventure. Create your own interactive stories, animated adventures and creative comics. Learn drag and drop programming basics with Scratch (a project of the MIT Media Lab). Using Scratch, a visual programming language developed by the MIT Media Lab, students create their own engaging and interactive animations and video games complete with characters, settings, obstacles and controls. Computer characters are at your command! Take breaks with supervised outside play, sports and techtivities. Campers are able to take their creations home on a flash drive.

 Educational Method & Personalized Educational Focus

Our method of experiential project-based learning highlights our 1-on-1 instruction, and above all, is loads of fun. Students learn at their own pace. This is not school! This is summer camp! But, we also feel we are in a unique position to teach each student at a faster rate because we guarantee a maximum of just 8 students per instructor (compared to 30 students in an average classroom).

Small Course Sizes – A Robotic Kit for Each Student

Curriculum is project-based and highly customizable  to meet individual student’s ability and skill level. There is a project for every student from novice to expert. The teaching  methods and materials help your children learn Science, Technology,  Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) subjects along with language and  communication skills. The project based curriculum uses hands-on learning  with projects that have real-world applications. At the end of the day, each student presents his projects in front of a group to other students and parents. They are so proud of their projects!

	Half and Full Day Camps The Camps Your Child Will Never Forget!		AM  &  PM & FULL DAYCAMPS  are now available!
LEGO Jr Lego Magic	Lego Jrs.   Kids have many opportunities free building, playing Lego games creating their own amazing projects.  We are focused on active learning because the development of the brain is so important in the early years and research proves that children learn by “doing”. We have a unique ability to excite and motivate kids to grasp programming and engineering concepts, yet we also place equal emphasis on celebrating STEM education and creativity.  In the summer of 2013, we have some new programs including a hands-on building section as well as activities that offer an opportunity for kids to play outside.		AM Camp 9:00-12:00 $225 PM Camp 1:00-4:00 $225 Full Day 9-4 $260
LEGO WE-DO Builders begin programming models and develop technology, engineering and math skills on computers. Build Models that move and make sounds		Lego WE-DO Robotics For children who love to build and then take their models to the next level. New from Lego Education and Renaissance. Interactive building and programming models is the newest educational frontier for kids that love building. Kids build a series of models such as an alligator, lion, helicopter and more. Builders work together to build and program their model to move and make sounds. The programming is done on a computer. Soon, builders move and program their own models and develop scenes for their models. This is the one and only camp of its kind in the area. You have to see it to believe it! Fun and learning that will build skills for now and for the future in every child. We have the best sets and all the Lego games too! From Star Wars to Kingdom and the new Ninja sets, builders will be able to explore and build with friends. Our Lego Robotics software program was developed by MIT and Carnegie Mellon University.    Full Day Option –  Available in Falls Church and Alexandria locations:	AM Camp 9:00-12:00 $260 PM Camp 1:00-4:00 $260 Full Day 9-4 $320 This is a one of a kind camp that offers hands-on, minds-on learning and fun!   All builders will be able to construct and program robots on our laptop computers. The best education engages kids in creative exploration and helps to develop motivation, focus, problem solving skills and critical thinking skills.
		American Girl Camps Register for American Girl Summer Camps! Girls love our unique program developed just for them! Every girl is a star at our clubs and American Girl camps. We love to share girl time and learn at the same time. Girls, bring your dolls and we will bring ours!  Crafts, music, fun, reading, memories, creative projects and history all allow our girls to be a star!  American Girl Friendships Clubs and Camps are the best way to experience and share the fun of American Girl dolls and live the American Girl dream.	AM Camp 9:00-12:00 $230 PM Camp 1:00-4:00 $230 Full Day 9-4 $280

Summer Camp Fast Facts

Campers who attend full day will have lunch, outside and activities in the park. Walking field trips to the park will be included frequently. Summer fun will be combined with active learning for every camper and provided by certified Montessori teachers and specialists. All campers succeed at our camps and do not have to have Montessori experience.

DISCOUNTS
• Session Sibling Discount: 05% sibling discount when more than one family member is enrolled in the same session.
• Multiple session discounts: $25 for each session after the 1^st session attended. (First session is at full price)All discounts apply to the full payment, NOT to the registration deposit.

DEPOSITS
Registration deposits are not refundable. Your deposit of $100 per camper per session is deducted from the tuition. Tuition includes all supplies and a camp Lego gift. Extra cost activity options must be paid at registration along with the deposit.
All tuition fees must be paid in full by the date that is specified in your email confirmation for the camp(s) you select or you forfeit your deposit and your camper’s place at camp.  Campers may attend one camp or as many camps as they desire, as long as openings exist.

Options for Young Ladies in 2013 who love Lego’s and American Girl. Renaissance Half & Half Camps!

Now you can register for both American Girl Camps and Lego Camps.  We call this Half & Half! If your daughter would like to be involved in both programs, she can spend half the day in American Girl and half the day in Lego Camp. This is an ideal situation for any girl that loves the opportunity to share the special joys of being a girl with other girls and who take delight in the dolls and their history. Please let us know if you are interested in half-and-half for your daughter in 2012. American Girl Camps will be held every day of Lego Camp in Falls Church and Old Town so girls can double their fun any week you like!

Select your schedule:

Lego Education WeDo™ Robotics & Lego Jr. Engineering

   Kid’s LegoMagic summer camps offer all the building fun kids love.  Please call 703-244-0585 for information. We can either email registration forms to you or register and pay on line. We are taking reservations now at montessorieducate@yahoo.com 

Classes are designed to encourage imagination and creativity in a supportive; learning View a Lego Education

“WE-D0″  Robotics class online! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ORO5aWpInE

SUMMER CAMP  SCHEDULE 2013

  LEGO EARLY LEARNING MEETS TECHNOLOGY    

• The program your child will always remember!
• Your child will be building and programming models to move and make sounds!
• Renaissance is proud to be the first to offer WEDO from Lego Education.
• This class will excite your child about engineering, programming, technology, science and math!
•  New from Lego Education, WEDO takes building models to another level. Just released and ready for your child to explore. There is nothing like it and we have it!

                                  Learn More About our School at http://www.renaissancemontessorifallschurch.com/