Mid-Week 5 Highlights at Scotch Plains

This week at Scotch Plains is extra special because we are having Color Wars!  Throughout the week, campers are participating in different activities to earn points for their color team.  They played taboo in their teams on Monday and competed in a funny Minute to Win It challenge yesterday.  At the pep rally, campers selected a team captain and name.  Tomorrow, in addition to crazy hair day, campers will wear the color of their assigned team for more points.  On Friday, the winning team will receive three extra Ivy points!  Activities on deck for the rest of the week include a trivia challenge and lip sync battles.  Our campers love Color Wars and can't wait to see which team wins!

Face the Cookie Minute to Win It challenge

Campers are having a great time in their classes this week too!  Competition Training for the Math Athlete is preparing campers for success in math competitions.  They are completing practice problems and learning strategies for solving them.  Listen below to a camper explaining his reasoning.  Impressive!

In Mobile App Design 1&2, campers are creating their own video games.  How fun?  Robotics Level 1 Animals is awesome too.  Campers are building different animals out of Legos and programming them to move accordingly.  Today they built dolphins and had them programmed to move as a dolphin would.  Amazing!  Check out the video below to see one dolphin in action.

Stay tuned to see which team wins Color Wars!

Paramus Week 5

Paramus Week 5

Chatham - Week 5 Highlights

What a beautiful week we're having! We have our biggest group of campers in the morning this week with 62 children and we're having an amazing time. 

Our International Ivy Flickr is loaded with amazing pictures from every location.  This is the link to see all the fun that not only the Chatham campers are having but the campers at other locations as well.  

Today we had Wet Day, which kicks off the week's themed days.  With such hot weather it was the perfect outdoor activity.  Thursday is Wacky Hair Day and Friday we are having both Connect Four and Kickball Tournaments.  Stay tuned for pictures! 

Also, check out our first Animoto for the week.  

Creation is our Middle Name

Somerset Week 5

This week at Somerset we are up for another round of Robotics, Video Game Creation both 2D and 3D, and the ever so cool class of Fashion and Machine Sewing. All of our campers are learning a lot and having a great time!

In Robotics we are building vehicles and learning a lot about programming the Robots. It's hard work but in the end they will know how to do it on their own!

In 3D Video Game Maker, campers are creating their own mini worlds. They have built and furnished houses and are working on obstacle courses now.

In 2D Video Game Maker, campers are finished making both Catch the Clown and Evil Clutches. Today, they are beginning the design of their own video games!

In Fashion and Machine Sewing they are looking stylish. They have made so many great items like shorts, skirts, and purses. The creativity and talent is flowing in that class!

Here are links to some of our videos so far this week:

Describing Video Game 2D

Day 1 Collage

Fashion and Machine Sewing

Also check out our Flickr Page!

Short Hills Week 5 - Youngster Nature Walk

One youngster had a really cool butterfly encounter while out on their nature walk.

Short Hills Week 5 - Java Programming

"I am using Java to program a birthday calculator. It is fun but very hard". MW