Thursday, July 2, 2020

Fun Freetime: Blue Sky Kids Virtual Camps

Blue Sky Kids, a company dedicated to providing customized educational and extracurricular activities for kids of all ages, is pleased to announce the launch of its virtual summer camp series. Parents can create a custom camp program for their children in a variety of areas, taught by experts in their field, such as a former Broadway star, former pro athlete, certified yogis, acclaimed dancers, etc. All sessions are tailored for children's level of experience and direction of interests.
 
“With many in-person camps canceled for the summer, we know how challenging this time has been for parents and kids alike. We wanted to lean in to the opportunity to create an unforgettable experience for kids this summer,” said Etta Jane Marshall, founder, Blue Sky Kids. “This is a child’s chance to go to camp safely with friends, and gives parents some structure and curriculum to ease their burden.”
 
Blue Sky Kids experts join via live private one-to-one or semi-private group Zoom sessions, for activities including, but not limited to: 
 
    coding,
    cooking,
    yoga,
    comedy/improv,
    visual storytelling,
    songwriting/music production,
    specialty art (print-making, collage-making, drawing, painting, hand-building clay),
    arts & crafts,
    game/app development,
    dance (jazz, tap, ballet, hip-hop, contemporary, or combo),
    chess,
    calligraphy,
    medicine/anatomy,
    magic & juggling,
    video editing & production,
    edible science,
    or Design-Your-Own Camp, embracing the aspirations and passions of each unique child
 
Blue Sky Kids is also offering Combo Camps, which engage groups of campers for 3 hours per day with a variety of activities for a daycamp-like experience in an area that they are passionate about. These Combo Camps are children’s chance to go to camp with their friends, safely and virtually from home. Created by special request, combo camps also offer an in-person hybrid component, providing detailed activity descriptions for an optional socially distant in-person gathering of camp groups at the end of each week. Combo Camp runs for 3 hours a day (hours are flexible, based on your availability) and are offered in one week increments, for a minimum of two weeks total, for same-age camp groups of 4-8 children ages 5-15. Combo Camps include:

Pass, pitch, punt and partake in a summer full of sports with this fast-moving camp geared toward sports lovers of all ages and levels. Activities are a mix of high-energy action, technique honing, and learning the ins and outs of popular and niche sports. Sessions are led by experts in the athletic field, including former professional athletes and current coaches. Blue Sky Kids carefully crafts a unique playbook of activities catered to your athletes' goals (ranging from fitness and drills, trick moves, and the business of sports, to nutrition and wellness, and everything in between!).
 
Poses, Passés and perfect planks are just a few of the many movements children and teens will explore during Blue Sky Kids Movement Lovers Camp. Keep your active camper engaged all summer in virtual camp with their friends focusing on movements of the body through yoga, dance, fitness and poi! This fast-moving camp geared toward energetic enthusiasts of all ages and levels includes activities like yoga flow, dance foundations, learning the art of poi, and fun fitness. Activities are led by experts in the specific fields, including acclaimed dancers, instructors, and yogis. All skill levels and interests are welcomed as Blue Sky Kids carefully creates a unique array of activities customized for the goals of your group of campers.
 
Keep your aspiring artists’ creative juices flowing all summer in virtual camp with their friends focusing on a variety of art forms from painting and clay building, to video production and visual storytelling! This fun camp geared toward creative and crafty campers of all ages and levels includes a choice of the following: calligraphy, drawing, video production, painting, clay building, collage-making, and visual storytelling. Activities are led by art experts in the specific fields, including skillful teachers, artists, potters and creative instructors. All skill levels and interests are welcomed as Blue Sky Kids creatively crafts a unique palette of activities customized for the goals of your group of creators.

STEM teaches children and teens to be problem solvers, creative thinkers, inventors, mad scientists and innovators; keep your trend-setter engaged all summer in virtual camp with their friends! This fast-moving camp geared toward STEM lovers of all ages and levels includes activities like PreMed, Coding, Chemistry, and Recycled Materials Refurb. Activities are led by experts in the STEM field, including scientists, teachers, coders and health experts. All skill levels and interests are welcomed as Blue Sky Kids carefully formulates a unique code of activities catered to the goals of your future scientist-engineer-mathematician-inventor (activities will range from learning the foundations of JavaScript and becoming fluent in a variety of coding languages, to conducting exciting experiments and testing hypotheses, and everything in between!).
 
Founded by Marshall, a mom and former gifted elementary school teacher, Blue Sky Kids is a unique experience that fuels children's unique passions by connecting them one-on-one with experts. Blue Sky Kids matches each child up with an expert in their field to provide a series of one-on-one or semi-private sessions designed especially for the child's interests, level and goals. Each session satisfies a child’s aspiration to develop a new interest or to expand an existing skill.

Prices per session vary. To learn more or to register for Blue Sky Kids camp, visit https://www.blue-sky-kids.com/camp.

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