Summer Camps for Kids

Every summer, we offer language and culture day camps for children ages 7-12 on campus. They generally take place for one week (Monday-Friday) from 9 am - 4 pm. Morning-only options are available for most camps (9 am - 12 pm). No previous knowledge of the language is necessary and children of higher proficiency levels can be accommodated. Older and more advanced children may also serve as facilitators if they are interested.

The schedule for our 2012 Language Summer Camps is set.

ESL (English as a Second Language): Monday-Friday, June 18-22, 9 am - 4 pm
Chinese: Monday-Friday, June 18-22, 9 am - 4 pm (morning-only option available)
German: Monday-Friday, June 25-29, 9 am - 4 pm (morning-only option available)
Italian: Monday-Friday, July 9-13, 9 am - 4 pm (morning-only option available)
Japanese: Monday-Thursday, July 16-19, 8:30 am - 5 pm (morning-only option available) *please note the hours for this camp
Arabic: Monday-Friday, July 23-27, 9 am - 4 pm (morning-only option available)
French: Monday-Friday, July 30 - August 3, 9 am - 4 pm (morning-only option available)
Hindi: Monday-Friday, August 6-10, 9 am - 4 pm (morning-only option available)
Spanish: Monday-Friday, August 13-17, 9 am - 4 pm (morning-only option available)

Early registration discount (full payment due by May 25, 2012):

• $240 for all-day camps (sack lunch provided by parents)
• $105 for half-days

• $260 for all-day camps (sack lunch provided by parents)
• $115 for half-days

Please enroll on our enrollment site.

Our curriculum is theme-based and includes topics such as numbers, things in my room, animals, our town, activities and hobbies, my friends, directions, or fruits and vegetables. Different activity types are alternated with games and hands-on as well as visually activated learning. In our lessons, we try to connect the new knowledge with the community by utilizing, for example, the animals in the historical museum on campus, the children's garden at MSU, or the dairy store with mini museum.

Each summer, camps are placed under a certain motto. Previous mottos have included "Circus", "Knights, Castles, Princesses", and "Traveling through Fairy Tale Land".
Read about our 2011 French camp in the State News.

Learning how to do diabolo	After our circus performance	John R. King camp

Parent's comment: "Thanks for running a great camp and outreach program!"