Montessori Center School provides thematic academic camps for children from 3 to 12 years of age. Our summer sessions are a great extension of the school year, enriching your child’s education with diverse and fun programs. If you are curious about Montessori education or interested in challenging your child’s imagination this summer, explore one or more of these sessions. Please read the information below for this summer's offerings.
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Primary Classes 8:15am - 2:30pm
For 3 - 5 yr. old students
| Montessori Adventures | June 18 - July 26 | $ 1,455 | |
| -- Bubbles and Butterflies | (closed June 17 & July 4) | ||
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Bubbles and butterflies abound! Discover how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly! Join Kacy Cristofani for Montessori Adventures with Michelle De Jesus and explore the life cycle of a butterfly through poems, crafts, stories and movement; experiment with and make your own bubbles of different shapes and sizes; and make healthy snacks! |
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Montessori DiscoveriesTraditional Montessori materials will be available to practice academic skills in all of these camps. |
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| -- Science Exploration | June 18 - June 28 | $ 470 | |
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| Become a scientist, observe, hypothesize, and experiment! We will dive into matter and the forms it takes, observe chemical changes, and learn how cool science can be! JoAnn Serpa and Krista Williams will lead this session. | |||
| -- Art Explorations | July 1 - July 12 | $ 470 | |
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| Let’s get colorful! Join JoAnn Serpa and Krista Williams and learn about famous artists and look at masterpieces. Best of all we will try some of their techniques and explore different kinds of art mediums. So put on your art shirt and create your own masterpieces! | |||
| -- Tie Dye with a Natural Twist | July 15 - July 26 | $ 515 | |
| Have fun tie dyeing with plants found around campus with Krista Williams. Go on nature walks to gather objects, observe shapes and textures and design a natural mandala from what is found. Items to dye will be supplied. Tones of gold, yellow, purple and blue will be created from onion skins and red cabbage! | |||
| --Primary Vacation Adventures | July 29 - August 2 | $ 255 | |
| August 5 - August 9 | $ 255 | ||
| Come join the summer fun with Dorothy Miller and explore the great outdoors. Students will learn about the weather, seasons, trees and the work of the plants around us. The days will be filled with fun activities including story time, making sun prints, plant stencils and weaving with pine needles, raffia and jute, just to name a few. | |||
Elementary Classes 8:15am - 2:30pmTraditional Montessori materials will be available to practice academic skills in these camps. |
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Classes for students entering 1st - 3rd grades |
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-- Space Odyssey
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June 18 - June 21
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$ 210
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| Is your child an explorer? We willll climb aboard and learn about space, stars and galaxies with Irene Morales. What is gravity? Is the sun a star or a planet? We will have a blast with crafts, cooking projects, singing and playing games. Activities include: making a telescope, coffee filter earth, a CD spaceship, sun prints and making a rocket ship. | |||
| -- A Visit with the Chumash | June 24 - June 28 | $ 265 | |
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Learn the ways and traditions of the local Chumash Native American tribe with Melanie Jacobs. Their rich culture will be the focus of art and cooking projects, lessons and reading. Come join the fun as we discover more about this tribe; we will take a field trip to the Natural History Museum’s Chamash hall. |
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| -- World Art | July 1 - July 5 | $ 210 | |
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Let’s mix geography with art! Through art projects, map making, food, song and of course the Montessori materials students will learn about the art, culture and geography of five countries around the world. The week will culminate with a trip to the Santa Barbara Musuem of Art. Join Heather Burkhardt for this artistic world tour. |
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| -- That Makes Sense! | July 8 - July 12 | $ 265 | |
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This camp is sure to perk up your senses! Join Heather Burkhardt as we explore how our body’s five senses work. Each day we will learn about a different sense through experimentation, cooking, art, stories and games. The week will end with a day at the beach using all of our senses! |
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| -- Pure Energy | July 15 - July 19 | $265 | |
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Energy can move and change things! Heather Burkhardt and her students will explore different forms of energy: heat, sound and light. Through investigation, experimentation and Montessori presentations, the class will discover what energy does and how it changes things. Each child will get to do an experiment for the class on how heat, light or sound changed or moved something! |
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| -- Sea Mammals | July 22 - July 26 | $265 | |
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Join Melanie Jacobs as she guides children on an exciting expedition into the underwater world of sea mammals. Students will learn about these amazing creatures through art projects, stories, games, and Montessori lessons. The week will culminate in a trip to the Ty Warner Sea Center to experince the true magic of the ocean! |
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Classes for students entering 3rd - 6th grades |
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| Outdoor Adventures | June 18 - June 21 | $ 210 | |
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| June 24 - June 28 | $ 265 | ||
| If you enjoy the great outdoors, then this is the class for you! Enjoy the wilderness world through tracking, plant identification, and the art of wilderness survival with Loric Box. Learn how to make a fire drill and build various survival shelters with only the materials the wilderness provides. Play wilderness games that heighten your senses. Listen to wonderful stories about outdoor adventures and the wild. Use your imagination and creativity to build different ecosystems. All of this and more in the celebration of the natural world! | |||
| -- Krazy Kardboard Kayaks | July 1 - 5 | $ 210 | |
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| July 8 - July 12 | $ 265 | ||
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Can you build a kayak with cardboad and duct tape? Join Kim Keller-Box and give it a try. Students will learn about and test engineering theories in this “krazy kamp.” The goal is to build a sea faring Kayak. If campers are up for the challenge they may choose to participate in the Semana Nautica Krazy Kardboard Kayak Race (*optional*) held annually at West Beach on July 13. Event registration fee not included. |
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| -- Adventures in Cooking | July 15 - July 19 | $ 265 | |
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Join Melanie Jacobs in a week filled with culinary delight. Students will be introduced to basic skill such as following recipes, measuring, cutting, grocery shopping and table setting. With their new skills campers will get to plan a meal from soup to nuts! Lanyard weaving, crocheted potholders and making placemats are just a few of the crafts available. Outdoor activities will also be offered. |
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| -- Orienteering and Rock Climbing | July 22 - July 26 | $ 265 | |
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Join Katy Parker as she facilitates a week of adventure games, agility training and exploration. Students will work together completing low ropes course activities along with initiative games such as Balloon Trolleys, Back to Back and Land Mine just to name a few. We will round out the week with a trip to the Santa Barbara Rock Gym for a rockin’ good time. Come climb with us! |
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| --Elementary Vacation Adventures | |||
| for students entering 1st - 6th grades | |||
| July 29 - August 2 | $ 260 | ||
| August 5 - August 9 | $ 260 | ||
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Have you walked on stilts? Made bread? Gone on safari in your own backyard? Have a fantastic time with friends being active, cooking and learning that keeping fit is fun and easy. Become a master pogo-sticker, make pizza and nachos, create works of art using materials found in nature and learn about some local animals and plants. Join Kathy Finck for a fun and engaging camp! |
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After School Care June 18 - August 9 2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
$ 8 per day until 4 p.m. $12 per day after 4 p.m.
MCS staff members provide a relaxing, creative, end-of-the-day program for students who continue their school day past 2:30. Organic snacks will be provided. ASC is billed to your account after the fact and based on use. Please register in advance if you know you will need ASC regularly; however, drop-in use is an option. Please notify the office if your child will need ASC.
- Enrollment is for full sessions only. Sessions will not be divided or pro-rated.
- Children will need to bring their own lunches.
- Classes may restrict entry ages.
- MCS reserves the right to change staffing, schedules, and placement as needed.
