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Cast plaster models and discover paleontology while digging up actual bones! Campers will familiarize themselves with dinosaurs and paleontology techniques through a variety of activities. Campers will draw and identify several dinosaurs as well as create a clay model of their favorite dinosaur. Small bones will be unearthed from a synthetic stone block and then assembled into a small scale model.
A Plaster-of-Paris cast of either their hand or foot will be made the day before the dig to take home. On Tuesday, the young archeologists and staff will venture to the Cranbrook Science Museum to experience the greatness of the dinosaur in person. Campers will be transported by Oakland Yard staff to and from the museum and return in time for their 12:30pm lunch time. (Parents, please sign the transportation waiver on the back of the registration form.) On Friday, your Young Indiana Jones archeologist will be given a plot, and then embark on the unearthing of replica bones under supervision.
As they progress with brushes and small shovels, our young diggers will discover life-size T-rex teeth, Velociraptor claws and a reduced-scale T-rex skull replica. Lunch will be served daily at 11:30am for all participants in this camp.
This camp is open to boys and girls, ages 5 to 8. Camp size is limited to 12. Booster seats required for transportation on Tuesday.
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This camp is open to
boys and girls, ages 5 to 8.
Space is limited to 12 campers.
Camp Dates
| 7/12/2010 - 7/16/2010 | $145.00 | with campership: $135.00 | | 7/26/2010 - 7/30/2010 | $145.00 | with campership: $135.00 | | 8/16/2010 - 8/20/2010 | $145.00 | with campership: $135.00 |
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Note: Camp runs 9:30am - 12pm
Mon,Wed,Thurs,Fri
9:30a-1pm Tuesday
Includes Lunch
Booster Seat Needed for Tuesday
REGISTER ONLINE
Download Printable Application
Download Printable Brochure
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Before
and After Care Options |
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Children
may be dropped off at Oakland Yard
for breakfast as early as 7:30am.
Campers will have a choice of several
items each morning such as french
toast, eggs, pancakes, muffins, cereal,
etc.
Breakfast Club runs from 7:30am
- 9:30am Mon - Fri
Costs:
$65 for all five days or $17 per day.
Sign-up the morning of or in advance
Click HERE
for more information |
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After camp, your
child can enjoy a well-rounded lunch
and unlimited cold drinks with the
camp staff. Children staying for Lunch
Club will be encouraged to participate
in daily activities ranging from capture-the-flag,
four square, soccer and many others.
And of course unlimited access to
the largest slip-n-slide in Oakland
County
Lunch Club runs from 12:00pm
to 3:00pm Mon - Fri
Costs:
$85 for all five days or $22 per day.
Click HERE
for more information
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Our "Working
Parent" option is for families
who need extended care after Lunch
Club ends. Parents can either register
for this program when they sign up
for camps or the day of. Registration
must be secured with a credit card.
Working Parent runs from 3:00pm
to 6:00pm Mon - Fri
Costs: $5 per hour
of care, accumulated charges will
applied to credit card on Friday |
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What's
What at OYA |
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Oakland
Yard Summer Camps is continuing our
passport program to ensure that we
are a leader in safety by providing
a worry free place for parents to
leave their children. To accomplish
this, we will continue to issue camper
passports to all campers. In addition
to our passport security measure,
we will ask that you park your car
and come into our gated-area each
day to drop off and pick up your child. |
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How
It Works: Campers
will use their passport on a daily
basis to check in with their counselors.
Counselors will use this passport
and the information contained therein
as a quick reference for attendance
and emergency information.
Upon receipt of your child's
passport, we request that you fill
in the required information with
a pencil.
Campers passports will
be returned to each them at the
end of the day when their parent
checks them out.
There is a one time passport
fee of $10 per child. This
passport will never expire, it just
needs to be updated with your child's
current photo each year.
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Parents who want
to pre-purchase ice cream and candy
credits for campers can do so for
any amount they desire.
Why do this? It allows kids to have
treat without carrying around cash.
Our counselors will keep the passports
in a safe place during the day then
at noon and a predetermined time during
lunch club and working parent the
campers can redeem their credits for
candy or ice cream.
All ice cream and candy costs
$1 |
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Oakland Yard is
once again offering transportation
to and from our off-site camps for
a nominal fee.
To take advantage of transportation,
kids need to be enrolled in either
the Breakfast Club or Lunch Club.
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As overnight campers,
we loved getting care packages from
mom and dad. Our day campers can experience
the same thrill with our OYA Mail
Call. We have our own official mailbox
for you to deposit letters and care
packages into when you drop them off
in the morning.
We will have Mail Call on
Wednesday during Lunch Club,
if your child is not in Lunch Club
we will deliver the package on Thursday
morning. |
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In the event of
rain, Oakland Yard campers will participate
in an indoor field day inside the
dome. Campers may be asked to participate
in activities other than the camp
they signed up for.
Camps that generally go about their
business on rain days: Sports &
Games, Arts & Crafts, Soccer,
Hip-Hop and Cheerleading.
There will be no make-up days offered
if a rain day should occur, except
where noted. |
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