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A Camp About Nature, Seasons, Stories and Celebration A Whole New Holiday Program Awaits... Beautiful Balinese Decorations will adorn our weekly show openings each FridayRainforest painting and collage each dayBoth boys and girls love our daily art programRibbon poi lined up and ready to go!A place for new friendshipsHoola Hooping Rocks!Brother and sister enjoy a strum togetherGuitars are available at lunch timeHand held and free standing stilts availableSoccer is a wonderful way to release energy and create team spiritFacilitators who care and help out at every turnEven dads love to give the hoola hoops a go! Solstice 2011-2012 Celebrates Rainforests of the World! Come join us as we travel to the rainforests of Borneo, Gabon, Brazil, and Bali. Children will hear stories from these places, and learn about the unique trees, plants, flowers, food, and animals. We will be presenting incredible performances for the parents at the end of each week, featuring flag formations, funky movements, poi spinning, hoola hooping, diabolo, stilt walking, songs, dances, hand drumming, and loads of percussion. Solstice is a time to celebrate, and we invite you all to enjoy the fun! Special features for Solstice 2011-2012 Fabulous Flag direction by Alberto again this year Incredible Poi routines under the direction of Amanda Unicycling, juggling, and diabolo training by Adam Storyteller and Artist Katherine McLeod will be our main story performer for the camp, and also leading fabulous rainforest collages each day in our art program All our facilitators will be leading the children through fun drama games, engaging camp songs, and awesome movements for our weekly showPizza making each Friday- Yum!Planting a garden - Each child will have an opportunity to plant a small box garden they can take home.Gamelan - We will be hiring a set of Gamelan for our Solstice camp this year to be used at the performances each week.Amazing Mazes and Labyrinths will be built each week by the children in a large auditorium. They will also have a chance to find their way through them, too!Rainforest Sock Monkeys will be available to sew during craft time. Friday's CarnivaleThe performance and art show at the end of each week will be presented in an engaging Carnivale atmosphere. Fascinating story performances, stilt walkers, loads of drumming, movement, flag twirling, poi spinning, voice, and more! Parents are invited to come along and join in the fun. Hours of Operation and the benefits of our program that go beyond the hours of attendance...The camp runs from 8:45am to 3:15pm daily. Throughout the day your child will be exposed to a vast number of inspiring activities that will call forth each child's unique creativeness.   Tapping into your child's creative potential through arts based programs (like Camp Magic!) has shown, time and time again, to: - Encourage and nourish more flexible thinking - Further develop problem solving skills - Effectively and confidently speak publicly - Help to create a rounded student - Boost a child's excitement to learn in all areas of the curriculum   Please see our Testimonials section to read what parents, children, and crew say about our program.   So many of our Mums and Dads tell us that their children, once the camp is finished, are already waiting for the next one to begin! Location We are delighted to announce that we will once again be at Nexus International School for all four weeks of Camp Magic Solstice!   Getting to the camp is easy. If you are coming by the AYE, get off at the Clementi Road exit, and turn onto Ulu Pandan from Clementi. From Bukit Timah Road, come up Clementi or Sixth Avenue, turning onto Ulu Pandan. If you are coming from Holland Road, keep driving until it turns into Ulu Pandan! Registration Please click here to download form and learn about payment methods.   What inspired Camp Magic Solstice? The founder of Camp Magic, Katherine McLeod, was trying to think of creating a new program that children anywhere in the world could celebrate... one that helped to create a heightened understanding of where in the world we are, and where others are, too. The solstice always seemed to her a magic time as a child growing up. She learned that only twice a year, depending on where you lived, the earth gave you either a really long day, or a really short one.   In her homeland, Canada, it was icy cold during the December Solstice. It was purely fascinating to Katherine that at the exact same moment children in Australia were experiencing long, sunny hot days! Children so love developing a deepened sense of nature. Solstice strives to keep this flame of enquiry alight, perhaps answering some questions, whilst raising even more.   Katherine dedicates this camp to her son who was born on December 21st, one of the Solstice dates.   Commonly Asked Questions What ages can attend Camp Magic? Children from the age of 3-12yrs are entitled to enter our program. There are a number of different age groupings that vary, depending on the size of camp.   Does my child need to bring a lunch? Yes. We do not provide lunch at Camp Magic. However, we do provide morning and afternoon tea.   If my child is attending Camp Magic Solstice, what sections of this website are relevant to us? Please enjoy all of it! The only sections that ARE NOT relevant to the Solstice camp are Theme and Calendar (currently reserved for our June/July camp) and our International section. The rest of it will provide you with most of the information you will need!   My child is shy. How can you help him/her to settle in to your program? Our staff policy at Camp Magic is to ensure that each child leaves with two things at the end of the first day (and every other day thereafter):   1. A friend 2. A smile This does in fact happen! The crew at all of our programs are thoroughly trained to work with and manage children (in groups and individually). All facilitators and program directors are constantly engaging with the children, and monitoring their development and participation in the program. If we notice a child who is particularly quiet and/or shy on the first day, we will scout around and ensure that they have met and made a new friend by the end of day 1.   Performances to watch one, sometimes two times each day!Incredible offerings from 4 rainforest cultures throughout our programDrums and rhythm are everywhere at Camp MagicAlberto will lead our flag program again this DecemberAmazing crafts provide us with some quiet moments of creatingAmanda enjoys leading poi training at lunch hoursVibrant teepees in our Magical Morning Garden!At Camp Magic, fascination aboundsLeaping into the fun!Interactive storytelling with Katherine is always full of witty surprisesChildren, tall and small, love listening to storyNew Balinese drums available this year © Copyright 2011. inthegroove Camp Magic. All Rights Reserved.