Summer camps turn innovative
Come summer vacation and what is that one thing that most parents get stressed about — how to manage their children’s free time. Fret not, here are some camps which are holding interesting workshops in the capital that will ensure your children are at their happiest and creative best this summer holidays and most importantly they learn a skill for life.
If your child loves robots, this workshop “Make your own robot” organised by Silicon World in East of Kailash will be educational and he gets a chance to make his own robot. Sunaina Sood of Silicon World informs, “Our Robotics and Electronics programs are designed for kids between 8-14 years. They enable kids to discover science, technology, engineering and math in a fun, engaging and hands-on way. It is based on ‘Learning by doing’, which challenges kids to come up with innovative ideas themselves. Students create their own robots and learn the concepts. We are conducting a mega Robotics summer camp 2010 to induct children into the world of robotics and give them three weeks of hands-on experience in designing and developing robots and basic electronics.”
Puneet Sharma, vice-president BluO, Ambience Mall, Gurgaon, says it is a common dilemma faced by most parents, who don’t know what to do with their children during summers. “We have realised that during May-June-July, parents like to engage their kids in something fun as well as useful. We are holding bowling classes for kids, (aged 10-22 years), we’ve employed H.V. Sarda, current serving bowling champion who will be coaching kids. It is not only innovative, sporty, but children will be in the hands of professional bowling instructors and would also be given a certificate after the completion of the camp.”
If bowling and making robots don’t sound exciting, and you are looking to help improve your child’s handwriting, a short course in calligraphy and handwriting improvement could come in handy. Ajay Vasudeva, of Handwriting and Calligraphy at Dr Mukherjee Nagar, says, “A lot of children enroll here for a short course to improve their handwriting. We have kids as young as six year olds. There is more than just improving writing, we have programmes aimed at improving a child’s listening skills and fast thinking as well. We try to make it fun while the kids learn various forms of handwriting as well, from cursive to calligraphy. In the end, a child’s confidence is boosted, when he sees for himself how much he has improved.”
A two-week summer camp is being offered by Pathways World School, an international residential school is organising a summer programme called Pathways Rediscovering Minds from June 6 onwards, at their school’s premises. Prasn Jain from Pathways says, “The programme will emphasise on building a child’s leadership skills, self-protection, life support training in terms of emergency situation.”
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