Pick a card, any card.
Time to learn to do card tricks!
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Short Hills Week 4: Animation Movie Making
P.H. arranges the clay. Next he will take many pictures to make the illusion of "claymation".
A camper's first attempt at a claymation, featuring a snake.
Week 4: Short Hills Youngsters Explore Magic!
Mr. Magic brings mystery!
Campers pay close attention trying to discover new wonders.
Pay close attention!
Where did it go? Behind the ear coin trick, our first lesson.
Even teachers are amazed!
Astonished!
Monday, July 22, 2013
Short Hills Week 3: Brain Training
CLICK HERE for a video of a quick synopsis of what Brain Training is and how to play the Brain Card Game.
Friday, July 19, 2013
Short Hills: End of Week 3 Student Blogs
"This camp is so fun! I take Robotics and Minecraft. The teachers are so nice here! This camp is the best place ever." -J.P.
"I really enjoy this camp because of several things. The teachers are really nice, during breaks and activities we do a lot of active things. There's also a day to get wet, it's called Wet Day! If you like legos, then you should really checkout the Robotics class. Also, you can meet a lot of new friends here!" -S.B.
"This camp is really fun. We get to build cool stuff. In the morning I'm in Robotics class and in the afternoon, I'm in Minecraft. My most favorite creation that I built in Robotics class was the Explorer robot. In Minecraft, my favorite part was building and creating my house. So far, I've had a good time at camp!" -R.A.
"In Video Game Creation class, you create your own video games using special commands to program the objects to do things. But before you can create the objects for the game, you first need to create spirits. Otherwise, your objects won't have any faces. You can customize and upload pictures for the spirits. Currently, this is my favorite class!" -A.B.
"This week has been amazing so far! I am taking Video Game Creation and Brain Training at International Ivy. The camp is really great! The counselors are so kind and generous. I hope we can come here for another week. International Ivy ROCKS!" -S.N.
"I am doing an incredible and fun video game in my Video Game Creation class. You get to make your own video games and play them. The Video Game Creation class teaches you how to make your own game. I took Video Game Creation 1, and I'm currently taking Video Game Creation 2. Video Game Creation 2 is much harder than 1, but 2 is more fun than 1. This video game class is awesome ! I recommend this class for people who want to have fun and like being creative." -E.H.
"Future Engineers and Inventors is an awesome class. Yesterday we made these really cool bouncy balls. We had to wait for the bouncy balls to dry but at home I got to bounce it all I wanted to. One time we made catapults! We had a competition to see who could launch Sour Patch Kids in a bucket and I won! I love this class and its my favorite!" -N.P.
"Video Game Creation 2 was fun. I liked how I was able to learn to make games that I play at home sometimes. Although my class was class, I felt like I got more individual attention. Overall, I had a good experience and I would recommend this class to others." -N.W.
"Future Engineers and Inventors was my favorite class. On the first day of my class the teacher talked about so many people who invented stuff." - N.R.
"International Ivy is a great place to be. I'm learning so much from my teacher Nicole. With the help of the Future Engineers and Inventors class I can become an inventor when I grow up. I like this class and I love International Ivy summer camp. - E.P.
"In Minecraft you can build, hunt, fly, and blow things up. My favorite part is building. Once, I blew up part of a TNT wall and I replaced it with iron ore, gold ore, coal ore, and solid gold. - B.C.
"I did the Video Game Creation class. On the first day we made a game called Catch the Clown. On day two we made Evil Clutches. On day three we made Galactic Mail. On days four and five we got to make out own games! I really enjoyed this class!! - M.S.
"In Video Game Creation class, you create your own video games using special commands to program the objects to do things. But before you can create the objects for the game, you first need to create spirits. Otherwise, your objects won't have any faces. You can customize and upload pictures for the spirits. Currently, this is my favorite class!" -A.B.
"This week has been amazing so far! I am taking Video Game Creation and Brain Training at International Ivy. The camp is really great! The counselors are so kind and generous. I hope we can come here for another week. International Ivy ROCKS!" -S.N.
"I am doing an incredible and fun video game in my Video Game Creation class. You get to make your own video games and play them. The Video Game Creation class teaches you how to make your own game. I took Video Game Creation 1, and I'm currently taking Video Game Creation 2. Video Game Creation 2 is much harder than 1, but 2 is more fun than 1. This video game class is awesome ! I recommend this class for people who want to have fun and like being creative." -E.H.
"Future Engineers and Inventors is an awesome class. Yesterday we made these really cool bouncy balls. We had to wait for the bouncy balls to dry but at home I got to bounce it all I wanted to. One time we made catapults! We had a competition to see who could launch Sour Patch Kids in a bucket and I won! I love this class and its my favorite!" -N.P.
"Video Game Creation 2 was fun. I liked how I was able to learn to make games that I play at home sometimes. Although my class was class, I felt like I got more individual attention. Overall, I had a good experience and I would recommend this class to others." -N.W.
"Future Engineers and Inventors was my favorite class. On the first day of my class the teacher talked about so many people who invented stuff." - N.R.
"International Ivy is a great place to be. I'm learning so much from my teacher Nicole. With the help of the Future Engineers and Inventors class I can become an inventor when I grow up. I like this class and I love International Ivy summer camp. - E.P.
"In Minecraft you can build, hunt, fly, and blow things up. My favorite part is building. Once, I blew up part of a TNT wall and I replaced it with iron ore, gold ore, coal ore, and solid gold. - B.C.
"I did the Video Game Creation class. On the first day we made a game called Catch the Clown. On day two we made Evil Clutches. On day three we made Galactic Mail. On days four and five we got to make out own games! I really enjoyed this class!! - M.S.
Chatham Week 3 Video
Our week 3 video from the Chatham Campus is up and running! Here's the link: http://youtu.be/N0sXN1XYtYU
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Short Hills Week 3: Student Blogs on Magic
"I like to do magic. I also like to show people magic tricks." -A.C.
"I am in Magic and it rocks! It has many cool things and you get to learn a lot of tricks. You will love it. I love it!" -J.G.
"I am in Magic and it rocks! It has many cool things and you get to learn a lot of tricks. You will love it. I love it!" -J.G.
Short Hills Week 3- Brain Training Student Blogs
"Brain training is awesome! We play a lot of fun games and activities. Our teacher Sarah is so nice. She really helps us train our brains. Brain Training is amazing!" -S.N.
"In Brain Training, you help train your brain to think faster using brain cards. This is where you have to find a match of three. They either have to be all different, all the same, or some different. But you can't have two similar ones and one different. In conclusion, people of all ages; old or young, smart or not, can all come to Brain training to improve their knowledge and brain skills." -A.B.
"International Ivy Rocks! There is everything you want! You get to play games too. I'm currently in Brain Training and it rocks! Come to International Ivy. It rocks!" -J.G.
"In brain training class, I learned all 44 presidents forwards and backwards. I also know their last names, and have their pictures memorized." -M.S.
"In Brain Training, you help train your brain to think faster using brain cards. This is where you have to find a match of three. They either have to be all different, all the same, or some different. But you can't have two similar ones and one different. In conclusion, people of all ages; old or young, smart or not, can all come to Brain training to improve their knowledge and brain skills." -A.B.
"International Ivy Rocks! There is everything you want! You get to play games too. I'm currently in Brain Training and it rocks! Come to International Ivy. It rocks!" -J.G.
"In brain training class, I learned all 44 presidents forwards and backwards. I also know their last names, and have their pictures memorized." -M.S.
Short Hills- Creative Writing Student Blogs (Written, Pictures & Videos)
"When I first thought of Creative Writing I thought it would be boring. But it turned out really fun. We got to do skits and perform plays to help us with our dialogue. We also got to do 3 minute writings that would help us see how much we could write in 3 minutes. Plus we got to create 3-D characters out of clay, that helped us with our character profiles." - C.G.
"Creative writing class was a blast! We wrote a lot of cool stories. It was awesome! It was fun and I really enjoyed it. It was full of creative things and I liked it a lot. We presented our stories and I faced my fear." - J.L.
"Creative writing is amazing. I like that we get to write about anything we want. I wish we could do it for more than two weeks. Creative writing is amusing. I liked when we got to write about a character." -L.S.
"I learned how to take ideas from all over the world; whatever experiences I've been through and have seen can be used as a writing topic. We did many writing pieces and learned about the different writing styles. In the afternoon, I have web designing class and I learned how to code templates to make websites. I now know how online websites are made. The International Ivy Summer Program has enhanced my mind of the world and knowledge. I hope I can come back next summer." -D.H.
"My favorite part of creative writing was creating a character. I thought that it was a good idea because it gave me a chance to really think deeply about the people and creatures that are going to be in my story. I think that this was a great experience!!" -X.S.
"Creative writing was fun. We did all kinds of things. I wrote many pieces and stories. We also used clay to make things for our stories. I love creative writing!" -S.T.
"When I walked into this class I was thinking torture. But then we started to use clay and we were able to let our imaginations flow. Miss Wendy makes the class fun but you also learn a lot of things. I learned more than I thought I would have." -S.S.
"I thought that writing was boring but it was fun. I was so excited about what to write. I love creative writing. I wrote about all types of things. It was so much fun! Yeah!" -S.T.
Below are a few of their characters from their stories. Some are drawn out and some were made from clay.
To view the presentations done by the students, click on the appropriate link below.
The adventure of the lonely elephant.
The story of Jo Jo and Jenny.
Pat the Cat!!
"Creative writing class was a blast! We wrote a lot of cool stories. It was awesome! It was fun and I really enjoyed it. It was full of creative things and I liked it a lot. We presented our stories and I faced my fear." - J.L.
"Creative writing is amazing. I like that we get to write about anything we want. I wish we could do it for more than two weeks. Creative writing is amusing. I liked when we got to write about a character." -L.S.
"I learned how to take ideas from all over the world; whatever experiences I've been through and have seen can be used as a writing topic. We did many writing pieces and learned about the different writing styles. In the afternoon, I have web designing class and I learned how to code templates to make websites. I now know how online websites are made. The International Ivy Summer Program has enhanced my mind of the world and knowledge. I hope I can come back next summer." -D.H.
"My favorite part of creative writing was creating a character. I thought that it was a good idea because it gave me a chance to really think deeply about the people and creatures that are going to be in my story. I think that this was a great experience!!" -X.S.
"Creative writing was fun. We did all kinds of things. I wrote many pieces and stories. We also used clay to make things for our stories. I love creative writing!" -S.T.
"When I walked into this class I was thinking torture. But then we started to use clay and we were able to let our imaginations flow. Miss Wendy makes the class fun but you also learn a lot of things. I learned more than I thought I would have." -S.S.
"I thought that writing was boring but it was fun. I was so excited about what to write. I love creative writing. I wrote about all types of things. It was so much fun! Yeah!" -S.T.
Below are a few of their characters from their stories. Some are drawn out and some were made from clay.
To view the presentations done by the students, click on the appropriate link below.
The adventure of the lonely elephant.
The story of Jo Jo and Jenny.
Pat the Cat!!
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