Hoboken Family Alliance

A Grade Ahead summer camps will keep you children learning and having fun all summer long! With our hands-on activities, exciting games, and fascinating challenges, kids won't even realize that they are learning. Math Ventures (grades 2-4): Math can be magical! Matt the magician will guide students through adventures including money, time, measurement, geometry and fractions. Students will use critical thinking skills that require investigation, inquiry and collaboration to solve math puzzles and games.
Eco Ventures (grades 3-5): Hop in our jeep or submarine and explore with us! Students will examine different ecosystems and how animals behave and interact with one another. Through interactive activities and project based learning, our student centered curriculum will make biology fun and understandable.
Writers Workshop (grades 4-6): Become a junior author! Explore fictional genres like realistic fiction, fantasy and mystery through reading and writing exercises and games. By the end of the camp, each student will have a polished original work to share with the class and parents.

For current social change to happen, it’s important for us to learn the history of past social justice movements, how and why they came to be, and the positive effects they have on society today.

Summer fun AND learning – two things campers love at Apple Camp! Our camps have been a childhood favorite for over 40 years. Not only is our camp schedule truly jam packed with summer fun, our uniquely designed program infuses exciting lessons into our exploration and activities. Children look forward to moving from one thrilling adventure to the next throughout the day on outdoor playgrounds and off-site attractions.

Our summer program curriculum is enhanced by FasTracKids and Montessori work time to beat the summer learning slump.  With FasTracKids, children benefit from an advanced e-learning software program and hands-on lessons that reinforce learning. Children also work with the Montessori materials in reading, writing and or math. This curriculum can be individualized to the needs of your child.

Leadership:
Students will learn and practice essential Leadership skills such as Negotiation, Delegation, Initiative, Conflict Resolution and more. This class includes:

Improvisation and other Theatre games, building with Kinex, Legos and other materials, balloon relay races, sack races and obstacle courses, STEM activities with gumdrops, marshmallows and spaghetti, making DIY catapults, fencing (with inflatable lightsabers), dodgeball (foam balls), volleyball and other physical activities, building a life-sized house out of recyclable materials, and more

Debate/Public Speaking:

The objective of this program is to prepare participants for the myriad situations that require formal and informal presentations. Participants will learn how to craft and present arguments, opinions, and ideas. They will learn the fundamentals of rhetoric and will practice informing, persuading and motivating an audience in a variety of ways. The grading rubric was adapted with the permission of Neil Mercer, the Director of research and Head of Faculty at The University of Cambridge. This class will include:

-Debate (Instructor is trained by the English Speaking Union and a coach for the New York Debate League)

-Impromptu speeches

-Informative speeches

-Persuasive speeches

-Creating a commercial and learning how to market a product

-Improvisation/theater games

-Creative Writing

-Pitches (Make and pitch your own movie, book, legislation or product)

-Cold Calls

Mock Trial:

Mock trial is a hands-on simulation of the American judicial system. The goal is to help participants acquire a working knowledge of our judicial system, develop analytical abilities and communication skills, and gain an understanding of their obligations and responsibilities as participating members of our society. Materials for this course are provided by The American Bar Association and The Constitutional Rights Foundation.

Spanish Immersion Camp with dance lessons, indoor soccer and gym time led by certified Physical Education Teacher, daily recess and afternoon snack, daily art class,weekly culinary class, math, social studies, project-based learning, creative writing, out-of-town field trips on Wednesdays, parent presentations on Fridays. Our Middle Schoolers will have weekly themed camps.

Summers at Kaplan are joyous, energetic and creative. We continue our commitment to providing a safe and nurturing atmosphere where children learn through play. Summer camp groups are taught by our professional early childhood teachers. Campers split their time each day between our bright, airconditioned classrooms and fantastic, fenced in backyard playground. We have a sprinkler park, lots of art, music, sports, games, science, story time and friends.

Science Camp offers a fun, innovative, and inquiry-based curriculum chock full of exciting hands-on exploration and challenges. Our supportive environment includes a passionate, skilled teaching staff and cool science tools. Kids learn a lot and have a blast!

Campers can choose from topics like:
Explorers (rising 1st grade) - robotics, animals, laws of motion!
Scientists (rising 2nd & 3rd graders) - dinosaurs, space, robotics, animals!
Innovators (rising 4th & 5th graders) - coding, robotics, astronomy, espionage!
Visionaries (rising 6th, 7th & 8th graders) - sailing, video game design, bioengineering, forensics!

Reserve your preferred topic and week(s) today before courses are sold out!

Language immersion, arts and crafts, singing, dancing, outdoor creative play, cooking, science and technology

A Taste of Montessori (Age 2), Trailblazing into Montessori (Ages 3-5), Brain Camp (Ages 6-8), Titans of Tech (Ages 9-13)