Bear Camp

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• JUNE 6-10 Disney Camp

  • Date & Time: June 6 - 10, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 1st - 4th Grade
  • Instructor: Whitley Edwards, Kindergarten Education Assistant, BS Fitness & Sports Studies, Lipscomb University
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)
  • Material Fee: ($10)

  If your child loves Disney, this camp is for them! Campers will participate in Disney themed art activities, fun movement; dance & sing-a-longs. They will also make and enjoy Disney themed snacks.

• JUNE 6-10 Garden Club

  • Date & Time: June 6-10, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 1st - 4th grade
  • Instructor: Alice Vestal & Camp Counselors
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)
  • ($10 Material Fee)

  Children enjoy hands-on projects in the prayer garden; annuals, perennials, vegetables, and garden art. This week will focus on plant propagation; direct-sow annual and perennial flowers. Bring swimsuit, water shoes, sunscreen and a towel each day. Campers will enjoy cooling off in the garden mist and relaxing in a hammock!

• JUNE 6 - JULY 22 PreK4 Day Camp

  • Grades: Rising PreK4 (Must be potty trained and 4 years old at the beginning of camp) 12 seats available
  • Instructors: Susan Zieglar & Alisa Edwards 
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $200/wk (After May 31 $225/wk)
  • Material Fee: ($10/wk)
  • 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 

  Dates & Weekly Themes:
  June 6-10 (It's a Small World)
  June 13-17 (Super Heroes)
  June 20-24 (Down on the Farm)
  June 27-July 1 (Stars & Stripes)
  July 11-15 (Under the Sea)
  July 18-22 (K4 Circus)
  
  Rising PreK4 Day Camp provides a safe, structured environment for our youngest campers. Campers will enjoy arts, academics, water play and wholesome summer fun, all centered around weekly themes. 
  
  *before and aftercare are available for an additional fee.

• JUNE 6-10 Messy Art-a-Day Camp

  • Date & Time: June 6 - 10, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 4th - 6th Grade
  • Instructor: Haley Foreman, DA Staff, BS Special Ed, Lee University
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)
  • Material Fee: ($10)

  A fun-filled week with a variety of messy, ooey-gooey projects; tie-dye, slime, shaving cream galore and water play in the garden to clean up! Campers will get messy and have a ton of wholesome, summer fun. Wear bathing suits and cover-ups to camp and bring a change of clothes!

• JUNE 6-10 Baker Bear Camp

  Date & Time: June 6 - 10, 1 - 4 p.m.
  Grades: Rising Kindergarten - 1st 
  Instructor: Karen Tressler, DA Nurse & Co-owner Bellabox Catering
  Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)
  Material Fee: ($10)
  
  Campers will love to mix, roll, bake and decorate at the Baker Bear Camp! They will enjoy wholesome summer games and recess time while their baked goods are in the oven!

• JUNE 6-10 LEGO Builders FULL

  This camp is full. 
  

  • Date & Time: June 6 - 10, 1 - 4 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 1st - 4th
  • Instructor: Whitley Edwards, Kindergarten Education Assistant, BS Fitness & Sports Studies, Lipscomb University
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)
  • ($10 Materials Cost)

  Unwind with summertime Lego Builders, DA's LEGO enthusiast club. A wide variety of LEGO kits are made available or they can choose to free build at the LEGOS-on-the-Loose table.

• JUNE 13-17 Baker Bear Camp

  • Date & Time: June 13 - 17, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 2nd - 4th
  • Instructor: Whitley Edwards, Kindergarten Education Assistant, BS Fitness & Sports Studies, Lipscomb University
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)
  • ($10 Materials Cost)

  Campers will love to mix, roll, bake and decorate at the Baker Bear Camp! They will enjoy wholesome summer games and recess time while their baked goods are in the oven!

• JUNE 13-17 Mighty Builders Camp

  • Date & Time: June 13 - 17, 1 - 4 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising Kindergarten 
  • Instructor: TBD
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)
  • ($10 Materials Cost)

  Does your child love to build? Mighty Builders Camp provides an age-appropriate student-directed makerspace for little hands and minds to build to their heart's content! Teacher-directed activities provide a structured time to learn basic STEM ideas.

• JUNE 13-17 Messy Art-a-Day Camp

  • Date & Time: June 13 - 17, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 1st - 3rd
  • Instructor: Haley Foreman, DA Staff
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)
  • ($20 Materials Cost)

  A fun-filled week with a variety of messy, ooey-gooey projects; tie-dye, slime, shaving cream galore and water play in the garden to clean up! Campers will get messy and have a ton of wholesome, summer fun. Wear bathing suits and cover-ups to camp and bring a change of clothes! (water shoes only, no flip-flops)

• JUNE 13-17 Tiny Tumblers Camp

  • Date & Time: June 13 - 17, 1 - 4 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising Kindergarten - 2nd
  • Instructor: Rosa Vestal
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)

  Campers are introduced to beginning tumbling through age-appropriate activities on the low balance beam and tumble mat. Listening skills, stretching and conditioning are included in each session in a fun way! Children will take breaks in the prayer garden for water play, sidewalk chalk, and more! Get out the wiggles and have a good time in Tiny Tumblers! Bring a swim suit, cover up, sunscreen and a change of clothes!  (Water shoes only, no flip-flops)

• JUNE 13-17 Under the Sea Camp

  • Date & Time: June 13 - 17, 1 - 4 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 1st & 4th
  • Instructor: Whitley Edwards, Kindergarten Education Assistant, BS Fitness & Sports Studies, Lipscomb University
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)
  • ($10 Materials Cost)

  Under the Sea Camp will follow a fun curriculum that focuses on coral reefs, sea animals, beaches, and the deepest parts of the ocean. Campers will create an ocean zone bottle experiment and enjoy a Dance Under the Sea party. Enjoy creative sea creature snacks and just keep swimming popcorn! End the week with an Under the Sea Explorer Certificate!

• JUNE 13-17 Action! Drama & Acting Camp

  • Date & Time: June 13 - 17, 1 - 4 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 3rd - 7th
  • Instructor: Jeremy Rose, DA Staff
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)

  Action! Drama & Acting Camp is a fun and exciting way to learn more about the art of theater. Campers will enjoy games and costumes plus create and perform skits in the Bear Camp Theater. They will perform scenes at the end of the week! Hope to see you there!

• June 13-17 Sing! Act! Dance! Camp

  • Date & Time: June 13 - 17, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising Kindergarten - 4th 
  • Instructors: Carla Burleson, DA Music & Theatre Faculty
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)

  Singing, Dancing & Acting, also known as Musical Theater! In this high energy class your student will learn to be a triple threat as they call it in the theater world! Your child will learn the proper techniques of singing on Broadway, learning the proper use of the microphone, basic dance steps and routines, and learn how to cold read a script and much more! High energy fun!

   

• JUNE 20-24 Aloha Hawaiian Camp

  • Aloha Hawaiian Camp Date & Time: June 20 - 24, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 1st - 4th
  • Instructor: Whitley Edwards, Kindergarten Education Assistant, BS Fitness & Sports Studies, Lipscomb University
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)
  • ($10 Materials Cost)

  Aloha Hawaiian Camp follows a fun curriculum that explores the science and culture of Hawaii. Campers will learn about volcanoes, animals, and coconut trees. They will try their hand at creating a Hawaiian flower lei and grass skirt to dress up for the Moana workout and Hawaiian dance party!

• JUNE 20-24 All Play Camp

  • Date & Time: June 20 - 24, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 1st - 4th
  • Instructor: Haley Foreman, DA Extended Care Staff
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)
  • (Material Fee $10)

  Wholesome summer fun with water play games like jump-the-river, hula-hoops, balloon pop (latex free). Bring your bikes, scooter or roller blades with helmets. Rainy day activities include Zumba, board games, and art stations! Lots of games and lots of fun at All Play Camp! Bring a swim suit, sunscreen, water shoes and a towel each day please.

• JUNE 20-24 Tiny Tumblers Camp FULL

  This camp is full.
  

  • Date & Time: June 20 - 24, 1 - 4 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising Kindergarten - 2nd
  • Instructor: Rosa Vestal
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)

  Campers are introduced to beginning tumbling through age-appropriate activities on the low balance beam and tumble mat. Listening skills, stretching and conditioning are included in each session in a fun way! Children will take breaks in the prayer garden for water play, sidewalk chalk, and more! Get out the wiggles and have a good time in Tiny Tumblers! Bring a swim suit, cover up, sunscreen and a change of clothes!  (Water shoes only, no flip-flops)

• JUNE 20-24 LEGO Builders

  • Date & Time: June 20-24, 1 - 4 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising K5 - 4th
  • Instructor: Joshua Leeke, DA Faculty
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)
  • ($10 Materials Cost)

  Unwind with summertime Lego Builders, DA's LEGO enthusiast club. A wide variety of LEGO kits are made available or they can choose to free build at the LEGOS-on-the-Loose table. 

• JUNE 27 - July 1 MS Clay Camp

  • Date & Time: June 27 - July 1, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 5th - 8th
  • Instructor: Julie Lee, DA Art Teacher
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $175 (After May 31 $200)
  • ($20 Materials Fee)

  Middle School Clay Camp will focus on the hand building process, giving students the opportunity to use clay techniques to build a variety of pieces. Campers will explore pinch pot, coil, slab building and create a collective clay installation project to place in the prayer garden. Clay items created at camp will be available two weeks later due to the drying and firing processes.

   

• JUNE 27 - July 1 Elem Adventures in Art FULL

  This camp is full.
  

  • Date & Time: June 27 - July 1, 1 - 4 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising Kindergarten - 4th
  • Instructor: Julie Lee, DA Art Teacher
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $125 (After May 31 $150)
  • ($10 Materials Fee)

  Adventures in Art Camp will explore a variety of abstract art mediums and techniques. Campers will make a glue batik t-shirt and their very own impressionist painting inspired by the prayer garden landscape. They will make creations from recycled materials. Clay items created at camp will be available two weeks later due to the drying and firing processes.

• JUNE 27 - July 1 All Play Camp

  • Date & Time: June 27 - July 1, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 1st & 4th
  • Instructor: Haley Foreman, DA Staff
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)
  • (Material Fee $10)

  Wholesome summer fun with water play games like jump-the-river, hula-hoops, balloon pop (latex free). Bring your bikes, scooter or roller blades with helmets. Rainy day activities include Zumba, board games, and art stations! Lots of games and lots of fun at All Play Camp! Bring a swim suit, sunscreen, water shoes and a towel each day please.

• JUNE 27 - JULY 1 American Sign Language Camp

  • Date & Time: June 27 - July 1, 1 - 4 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 1st - 6th
  • Instructor: Whitley Edwards, Kindergarten Education Assistant, BS Fitness & Sports Studies, Lipscomb University
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)

  American sign language camp covers the basics in a fun-filled week! Camp content includes the alphabet, numbers, colors, and common everyday phrases, interwoven with recess, games, and snow cone treats!

• July 11-15 LEGO Robotics

  • Date & Time: July 11 - 15, 9 - 12 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 2nd - 5th
  • Instructor: Tara Rust, DA Faculty (retired)
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)

  
  LEGO Robotics campers will learn to create, build, and program an array of cool robots, vehicles, and machines.

• JULY 11-15 MaKey-MaKey STEM Camp

  • Date & Time: July 11 - 15, 1 - 4 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 3rd - 6th
  • Instructor: Tara Rust, DA Faculty (retired)
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)
  • Material Fee: ($20)

  
  MaKey MaKey Camp will teach your child how to transform everyday items into computer interfaces and use a USB device you plug into your computer, and you use it to make your own circuits and switches that act like keys on the keyboard: Make + Key = MaKey MaKey! 

• JULY 11-15 Crafty Critters Camp

  • Date & Time: July 11 - 15, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 1st & 2nd
  • Instructor: Haley Foreman, DA Staff
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)
  • (Material Fee $10)

  Campers will love making animal themed crafts and snacks, frame-worthy art, and more! A variety of materials will be made available at the free build table for student directed creations. They will enjoy recess and water play in the prayer garden. This camp promises to be full of creative, wholesome fun!

• JULY 11-15 MS Adventures in Art Camp

  • Date & Time: July 11 - 15, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 5th - 8th
  • Instructor: Julie Lee, DA Art Teacher
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $125 (After May 31 $150)
  • ($10 Materials Fee)

  Adventures in Art Camp will explore a variety of abstract art mediums and techniques. Campers will make a glue batik t-shirt and their very own impressionist painting inspired by the prayer garden landscape. They will make creations from recycled materials. Clay items created at camp will be available two weeks later due to the drying and firing processes.

• JULY 11-15 Junior Veterinary Camp

  • Date & Time: July 11 - 15, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 2nd - 6th
  • Instructor: Dr. Alice Emberton: Veterinarian and owner of Emberton House Call Veterinary Clinic has been serving the greater Nashville area with her mobile vet clinic for almost thirty years.
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $175 (After May 31 $200)

  We are proud to offer our amazing kid’s junior veterinary camp, designed for students who love their pet, or love animals, or may even want to consider a veterinary career someday. In this veterinary school camp, students will learn what it is like to be a veterinarian and all the many job options there are as a vet. The will role play being a doctor in a real veterinary clinic, and perform a nose to tail exam, learning what tools to use. They will learn the importance of X-rays, and play “Guess the x-ray.” Through hands on opportunities, they’ll learn basic skills in working with animals like animal husbandry, handline, and basic medical care. They’ll learn about dog and cat body language and how to safely approach them, with live animal experience. They will create a cat toy, and graduate camp with a t-shirt and a Junior Veterinary School diploma.  
  Note: If your child is allergic to cats and dogs then this camp is unfortunately not "fur" them. 
  
  

• JULY 11-15 Elem Clay Camp

  • Date & Time: July 11 - 15, 1 - 4 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 1st - 4th
  • Instructor: Julie Lee, DA Art Teacher
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $175 (After May 31 $200)
  • ($20 Materials Fee)

  Elementary Clay Camp will focus on the hand building process, giving students the opportunity to use clay techniques to build a variety of pieces. Campers will explore pinch pot, coil, slab building and create a collective clay installation project to place in the prayer garden. Clay items created at camp will be available two weeks later due to the drying and firing processes.
  

   

• JULY 18-22 Outer Space Camp

  • Date & Time: July 18 - 22, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 1st - 4th
  • Instructor: Whitley Edwards, Kindergarten Education Assistant, BS Fitness & Sports Studies, Lipscomb University
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)
  • ($10 Materials Fee)

  Your little astronaut will have a galactic sized adventure participating with their mission control team to create and launch an Alka-Seltzer rocket, homemade galaxy slime, and moon sand. Enjoy planetary style arts & crafts, participate in out of this world activities, and enjoy star gazing snacks and treats. Learn about Neill Armstrong and Sally Ride and what astronauts and astronomers do. Educational videos explore topics of stars, moon phases, and the solar system.

• JULY 18-22 DA Dance Company, Princess & Fairy Dance Camp

  • Date & Time: July 18 - 22, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising K4 - 1st Instructor: Laura Pyatt, DA Dance Company
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)

  Campers will explore the world of ballet fairies and princesses including the Sugar Plum Fairy, Dewdrop Fairy, Cinderella and more! Each day will include a ballet class, ballet videos, games, and crafts. We will also explore story-telling through dance and pantomime. Dancers will need a leotard, ballet shoes, (and a skirt or tutu if they would like). Please send will a snack and water bottle.

• JULY 18-22 DA Dance Company, Encanto Dance Camp

  • Date & Time: July 18 - 22, 1 - 4 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 2nd - 5th
  • Instructor: Laura Pyatt, DA Dance Company
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)

  Come join the magic of the movie! Different styles of dance will be explored throughout the week, as well as learning a dance inspired by the movie Encanto.  Each day campers will have a dance class, work on choreography, create crafts, and enjoy the movie. Please send a snack and water bottle.  

   

   

• JULY 18-22 Color Street Glitter Girls Camp

  • Date & Time: July 18 - 22, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 2nd - 5th
  • Instructor: Haley Foreman, DA Staff
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)
  • ($10 Materials Fee)

  Super girly fun with the Color Street Nail manicure challenge and pretty new nail sets. Daily bible study, crafts, and lots of glitter!

• JULY 18-22 Hand Lettering Camp

  • Date & Time: July 18 - 22, 1 - 4 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising 3rd - 6th
  • Instructor: Whitley Edwards, Kindergarten Education Assistant, BS Fitness & Sports Studies, Lipscomb University
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)
  • ($10 Materials Fee)

  Learn different styles of lettering for scrapbooks and journals. Create bible verse wall art in a modern calligraphy style. Campers will enjoy creating a vision board with bible verses and lovely new writing skills.

• JULY 18-22 Garden Club

  • Date & Time: July 18 - 22, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
  • Grades: Rising K5 - 2nd Grade
  • Instructor: Alice Vestal & Camp Counselors
  • Cost: Early Bird Price $100 (After May 31 $125)
  • ($10 Material Fee)

  Children enjoy hands-on projects in the prayer garden; annuals, perennials, vegetables, and garden art. Bring swim suit, water shoes, sunscreen and a towel each day. Campers will enjoy cooling off in the garden mist and relaxing in a hammock!

• JULY 18-22 Traxxas RC Car Kit Build

  July 18 - 22, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

  Rising 3rd - 8th Grade

  Intermediate Skill Level
  $600 Camp & Materials Fee

  Welcome to the Remote Control Car Kit Build Camp at DA! In this camp you will receive everything you need to build your own RC car. You will receive a Traxxas Stampede 4X4 unassembled kit, Traxxas charger and NIMH battery, remote receiver, tool set with zip pouch, plus 4 AA batteries. We will supply different color paints to personalize your RC car body and Traxxas masking. (stencil tape)  Our camp staff are experienced in this hobby, from building kits, bashing and repairing, safety measures, ramps, and running. This is an intermediate level camp. 
  Instructors: Alice Vestal, Aaron Vestal & Austin Jessup