Returning for the 6th consecutive year:
SURVIVOR CAMP 2012!
A speech and language camp for kids
Presented by Building
Blocks Therapy
We focus on:
• social skill development
• language processing skills
• motor planning/speech intelligibility
• sensory integration
• feeding and oral motor skills
• HAVING FUN!
Camp is broken into two age groups:
2 ½ -Young 4 year olds: A 2-week camp
Monday –Friday 9:30-1:30. This time frame includes lunch and snack time. Potty training is NOT necessary.
4-7 year olds: a 4-week camp in the month of July. Camp runs 4 days per week from 9:30-1:30. This time frame includes lunch and snack time. Potty training is NOT necessary.
Due to the 4th of July holiday, camp days will be as follows:
Week 1: Tuesday, July 5-Friday, July 8
Weeks 2-4: Mondays-Thursdays
(July 11-14; July 18-21; July 25-28)
Because we’ve expanded to 4 weeks for our older kids, we’ve also expanded the services we’re offering. This year we will incorporate a 30-45 minute yoga session into each week and we are hoping to bring in a music instructor every other week. We are certain the kids will love the new additions!
About Survivor Camp:
While we are a speech and language camp, we want our kids to also enjoy their break from school and their camp experience. Therefore, we spend the majority of our day outdoors involved with a variety of activities. While we have a schedule and theme for each day, there is ample time for free play and socialization. We begin with outdoor free play, where many items and activities reflecting the day’s theme are set up for kids to explore freely. A morning circle time officially starts the day and introduces the children to the schedule of activities. From circle time we move to a group activity. This could a sensory activity, craft, or game. We eat snack and lunch together each day at camp. This allows for more social interactions while we relax and take a break from all the action! For our kids with feeding challenges, having 2 opportunities per day allows for plenty of time to address oral motor and/or sensory feeding goals.
Our activities throughout the day typically involve a variety of systems: gross motor, sensory processing, language processing, and social/emotional. One activity may tap into a variety of systems. For instance, a big hit last year were the team relay races. This introduces kids to the concept of team sports and cheering on other teammates. Kids must learn patience and waiting for their turn. When it is their turn, they may have to answer a question related to the day’s theme (either naming a vocabulary item or using descriptive language to give a clue) and then run to find the named object and return to their team, all the while balancing the tray of items. This one activity incorporates a variety of goals at once. Most importantly, we’re having fun the whole time!
For more information regarding Survivor Camp please contact Kirsten Metzger-Gilbert, Building Blocks Therapy Director at kirstenm@buildingblockstherapy.com or Melissa Mimidis, Senior Speech Language Pathologist at melissam@buildingblockstherapy.com and please visit the FAQs page! 30 minute consultations to determine which camp is most appropriate for your child can be made with Melissa Mimidis at (703) 533-8819 ext. 1 or by leaving a message on our main line at (703) 533-8819 ext. 9.
What's New!
Free Sessions!
Photos from
Summer Camp 2010
Groups/Activities
Tools for Parents
Speech & Language Milestones by Age
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