Summer Vacation Camp: Life at Sea Week

WHEN: Monday, July 09, 2012 to Friday, July 13, 2012 at 9:00AM - 3:00PM
WHERE: Blithewold Mansion

Life at Sea Week (July 9-13)
Summer in RI is all about the beach! This week campers will get to spend lots of time doing beach exploration, Seine fishing, making a seaweed press, enjoying sprinkler fun, learning about animal habitats, creating seashell arts and crafts, celebrating various creatures of the sea, mini-boat races, tales of the high seas, and making sailor’s valentines.

This week will end with a Family Fun Friday performance of Vanessa Trien on Friday, July 13. Trien is a Boston-based singer-songwriter and children’s performer, Vanessa Trien, has become a local rock star among the young and young at heart. Sing and dance along to some of her hits from two award-winning children’s CDs, ‘Carnival Day’ and ‘Hot Air Balloon.’

 

*We prefer that you register for camp online.  If you experience difficulty or have questions or concerns, please call our registrar at 401-253-2707 x 21.


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