Participants must currently be in grades kindergarten to 6.
Do your children think they have all the answers?
“Thinking Outside The BOx" is just the right thing for them!
This camp will give your child the opportunity to learn how to think on their feet and spend time in a wonderfully stimulating and creative environment while learning how to tackle challenging problems.
The following is a general overview of the daily schedule:
- First 25 minutes - Interactive ice breakers and warm up activities (may include scavenger hunts, physical exercise, moving around, etc)
- 25 minutes - Learning, discussion and problem solving focused on a specific concept.
- 30 minutes - Hands on activity/project
- 15 minutes - Snack/break
- 30 minutes - Hands on activity/project
- 25 minutes - Learning, discussion and problem solving focused on a specific concept.
- 30 minutes - Hands on activity/project.
Activities and projects that will make students get off their seats, move around, be active and even go outside will be incorporated as permitted by families and current situation guidelines.
Children will use their imagination to build and create all sorts of contraptions, structures, bridges, vehicles, creatures, etc out of all kind of materials such as pasta, marshmallows, straws, toothpicks, elastic bands, paper, clay, popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, bubble wrap, yarn, duck tape, card board, recycling materials, clean trash, etc.
They will be introduced to brainstorming techniques such as the "time travel", "mind map", " Venn diagram", "superpowers", "SWOT analysis, “brain writing", etc, They will learn and practice the basics of problem solving and conflict resolution, they will apply creativity development techniques such as the "De Bono Six Thinking Hats" method of parallel thinking and the "SCAMPER" model of teaching creativity by Bob Eberle. We will talk about team building, leadership skills and traits and the crucial relationship amongst effective communication, trust and leadership.
Students will have the opportunity to lead a group brainstorm session, gather, organize and evaluate the answers from their team mates, and lead the team to a consensus and final decision.
Most importantly, they will have fun and apply their creative and critical thinking while learning crucial concepts and skills for our new digital increasingly complex and challenging world.
The registration cost includes all the materials needed for the hands-on projects and activities with the exception of markers, scissors, construction paper or white paper, scotch tape and masking tape which are required for each day.
Please contact "Thinking Outside The BOx" if you have any questions.