Empower Summer Camp
Weekly Themes
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Campers become junior architects and engineers as they design and build their own “dream house” throughout the week. Children will explore creativity, problem-solving, teamwork, and presentation skills while learning basic STEM concepts through hands-on building activities.
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Campers head outdoors to explore nature, movement, discovery, and creativity. Using collected natural materials, children will create unique collaborative and individual nature-inspired artwork.
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Blast off into space exploration as campers discover planets, stars, astronauts, rockets, and galaxies. Children will engage in imaginative learning while building their own solar system models.
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Campers explore identity, connection, belonging, and storytelling through creative family-themed activities. Children are encouraged to define “family” in ways that are meaningful and comfortable to them.
Daily Schedule of Activities
8:45 AM – 9:15 AM: Camper Drop-Offs & Free Exploration
Sensory-friendly arrival activities, table toys, colouring, LEGO®, and gentle transition into camp.
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM: Welcome & Group Assignments
Campers meet their counsellors, review group plans, and connect with peers.
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM: Circle Time & Grounding
Morning greetings, movement songs, emotional check-ins, visual schedule review, and discussion of the day’s activities.
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM: Bathroom Break & Group Transitions
Preparing campers for the morning activities and project sessions.
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Physical Activities & Movement Time
Obstacle courses, outdoor games, sports, parachute play, movement circuits, dance, and theme-related active games.
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM: Snack Break
Calm snack and hydration time.
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM: Project-Based Learning & Social Skills Building
Campers work in small groups on weekly themed projects while building communication, teamwork, turn-taking, problem-solving, and self-expression skills.
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM: Lunch Time
Relaxed and supported/supervised lunch period. All campers are required to bring their own lunches, except on Fridays (if you pre-indicated interests in participating in the hosted lunch program)
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: Outdoor Adventure Time
Playground activities, sports, nature exploration, outdoor games, sensory play, and supervised free play.
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM: Transition Indoors & Reset Time
Bathroom breaks, calming activities, hydration, and preparing for afternoon programming.
1:45 PM – 2:15 PM: Afternoon Project Session & Communication Building
Campers continue collaborative project work, presentations, storytelling, creative discussions, and team-building activities connected to the weekly theme.
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM: End of Day Circle Time and Clean Up
Organizing projects, packing belongings, reflection circle, and preparing for dismissal.
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM: Pick-Up Playground Time
Supervised outdoor play and quiet end-of-day activities for campers awaiting pick-up.