Activities for Spring Break 2012

Spring Break 2012 
March 12-16



1. Spring to Art Camp!
Location: Dixon Gallery and Gardens
Times and Dates:
Monday, March 12, 2012 - Friday, March 16, 2012 - 9:00 am - 12:00pm
Website: http://www.dixon.org/eventdetail.aspx?pid=6&eid=538&E_na=Programs

                                                    
Spend your Spring Break with the Dixon! This year’s camp will be focusing on the Golden Ages of-well-EVERYTHING. Each day we will have an activity exploring new media in different “Golden Times” throughout history. Snacks, materials and plenty of play time outdoors provided daily.

Full week: Members 85.00 Non Members 115.00
Price per day: Members 20.00 Non Members 25.00

2. Spring Break Camp
Location: Memphis Botanical Gardens
Dates and times:
Mar 12, 2012 - Mar 16, 2012
(10:00 AM - 2:00 PM)
Website: http://www.memphisbotanicgarden.com/index.cfm?section=1&action=calendar&eventview&eventid=1736

Ages 5-12 (will be divided into two age groups).

Bring the kids to the Garden to spend the day enjoying garden games, outdoor explorations, hands-on craft activities and more!

Activities will vary, so choose individual dates or join us for all five!

Monday: Birds of a Feather

Tuesday: Spring Nights

Wednesday: Flower Power

Thursday: Creepy Crawlies

Friday: Garden Goodies

Members $25 per day/non-members $30 per day, includes lunch.

Call 636-4126 to register.

3. Greater Memphis Chess Center
March 12th-16th — Spring Break Camp Five-day camp from 8:00 – 5:00.
Location: 5796 Shelby Oaks Suite 11
grades K+
Students do not have to know how to play chess. Students should bring lunch and two snacks. Before care is available at 8am, ending at 6pm. $25/day, $80 for the week, before/after care extra. On-site registration from 8-8:45, reserve your spot by emailing Mark Beatty.

4. Kids-N-Technology Spring Break Camp
All programs have highly-trained instructors to teach today's hottest technologies. Through creative play and hands-on instruction, campers learn core technology, math, science and engeineering skills!
CLASSES COST: (snacks will be provided)
Only $45 per week per child or $10 per day
Perfect for student grades: 3 -12
Locations:
1# Urban Ministries
Uptown Resource Center (Downtown)
314 AW Willis Ave.
Memphis, TN 38105
2# Bert Ferguson Community Center (Cordova) 8505 Trinity Road
Cordova, TN 38018-2701
3# Hickory Hill Community Center 3910 Ridgeway Rd.
Memphis, TN 38115
Website: http://www.kidsntechnology.net/spring_camp.php


Week 1: Web Design... Create your own website
(Mon-Fri, Mar. 15th - Mar. 19th, 9am-1pm)
Campers create their own website and learn color theory, creative text effects and how to design customized graphics. Kids learn how to make their website POP with dynamic animations created with Flash. From a basic webpage to an innovative, artistic site with interactive functions— allows campers to publish their vision online for the world to see.

Week 2: Movie Making
(Mon-Fri, Mar. 28th - Apr. 5th, 9am-1pm)
Campers develop an awareness of the creative and social impact of film through a myriad of large and small group projects. Campers will learn about various genres of film, and will participate in the process of turning an idea into a final product through the use of storyboarding,
screenwriting, filming, and editing techniques. Based on personal interests, students will actively design and create their own film projects, which may range from comedy flicks to short documentaries.



5.  Spring Break Hoops Camp
The Memphis Grizzlies are teaming up with Horn Lake Parks and Recreation to host a basketball clinic for girls and boys ages 6 - 14, of all skill levels and experience who want to learn more about the game of basketball. Campers will practice fundamentals that will help them become better, smarter players, while learnng the importance of discipline.
The Grizzlies will host their Annual Spring Break Hoops Camp March 15-19 at Horn Lake Middle School from 9am until Noon. Campers will receive tickets, a camp t-shirt and other Grizzlies prizes. Space is limited so register today.

Horn Lake Middle School
Monday, March 15 – Thursday, March 19
9a.m. to Noon, each day

Website: http://www.nba.com/grizzlies/community/spring_break_hoops_camp.html


6. Spring Break Camp at the Zoo
March 12-16, 2012
9 a.m.. to 2 p.m.
$35/members per day; $45/nonmembers per day
Aftercare 2:00 to 5:30 P.M.; $20 per day
*LATE REGISTRATION FEE: Reservations made after March 6 will incur a $10 late registration fee per child per program.
(PreK/K students must be 4 years of age by the program date.)PreK-K, 1st-2nd, 3rd-5th

Call 901-333-6576

Mother Nature’s Justice League

Faster than a speeding bullet, More powerful than a locomotive train, Strength FIVE times greater than steel, can hear a mouse move from 500 feet away, and withstand temperatures reaching down to minus 60*C. No it is not Superman; I am talking about the animals in Mother Nature’s own Justice League. You can find them right here at the Memphis Zoo. Join us for Spring Break Camp this year learn all about them, and see how they make this world a better place!to register

Website: http://www.memphiszoo.org/camps


7. Holiday Camp
Locations: Cordova, Schilling Farms, & Ric Nuber YMCA
$25 per day
Ages 5 - 12
7am-6pm at the Ric Nuber YMCA
Pack their lunch, swim suit, and towel, your child will enoy a fun filled day at the YMCA!
The Ric Nuber YMCA follows Shelby County Schools schedule for Holiday Camp.
For more information please contact Lesley Allen Child Care Director at lallen@ymcamemphis.org

More to come...