The Columbus Gym Summer Camp Program is committed to providing children 2.0 to 5.6 years of age with a warm, personal, stimulating, well supervised and supportive environment which maintains standards appropriate for each child.
Our diverse child-oriented program is designed to enhance the development of social, emotional, physical and intellectual growth through age appropriate activities.
In our spacious, fully equipped, air conditioned classrooms, children participate in interactive play activities, arts and crafts, cooperative games, block building, dramatic play, stories and cooking. In addition, our program offers a variety of specialized activities. Each group's program is specifically planned to meet the interests and needs of the campers.
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• Music and Movement - Each class blends together music and movement through the children's use of song, dance
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• Arts & Crafts - Using a variety of interesting and fun art materials plus imagination, children create original
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• Science - Children explore and discover their environment with air, water, sand, and plants. They also learn about
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• Special Event Days - Children will have the opportunity to enjoy wonderfully planned weekly events; Pizza Day,
petting zoo visits, musical tours, local field trips, and Friday fun games at Central Park (age appropriate).
Our outdoor play area gives active children space to run, jump, and climb on the jungle gym, make castles in the sand box, as well as enjoy water activities in sprinklers.
As part of the camp program, children will receive movement and gymnastic instruction in our fully equipped gymnastic facility. With the assistance of our highly trained gymnastic instructors the children will learn a series of movement skills, motor skills, balance and coordination on various movement education equipment. The children will also learn through a progression of skills basic gymnastics on all pieces of apparatus; balance beam, floor exercise, bars, vaulting and trampoline.
Our staff (drawing from the Columbus Pre School and other independent schools) and class size further exemplify the quality one expects of an excellent early childhood program. Each of our classrooms is staffed by a head teacher, assistant teacher and a student assistant. Class sizes are a maximum of 12 - 18 children, depending upon the age of the children.
Thank you for your interest in our summer camp program. If you have any questions please call us at 212-721-0090. We hope you will be joining us for the upcoming summer season.
