Join us for POWER Play Kids Camp where we explore and practice a variety of social skills, discover new ways to collaborate, and celebrate each other as we individually and collectively shine!
Summer Camp
Dates: August 5-9 & August 12-16, 2024
Hours: 9:00am – 1:00pm
Cost: $850/week
Extended Day Available – arrange via Contact Us Form (link above).Location: Temple Rodef Shalom
2100 Westmoreland Street, Falls Church VA
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At POWER Play Kids Camp, we empower children through play and collaborative fun to heighten their social intelligence using mindful actions, critical thinking, and problem solving.
POWER Play Kids Camp also strives to develop campers’
social-emotional competencies, which will emPOWER them to develop self-awareness and self-confidence, learn how to manage difficult emotions, develop emotional acuity, and build resilience through their successes and failures.
WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM ATTENDING POWER PLAY KIDS CAMP?
Our camp involves learning about thoughts and feelings, thinking about others, being part of and collaborating in a group, and developing friendships. Camp also targets self-regulatory control and developing an awareness of various
energy and emotional levels.
These skills and social thinking are best nurtured with children who have average to strong verbal language and solid cognitive abilities and are between the ages of 4 – 12.
WHERE IS CAMP LOCATED?
Camp will take place at Temple Rodef Shalom located at 2100 Westmoreland Street in Falls Church, VA. Temple Rodef Shalom is nestled on the edge of Cougar Woods and has multiple established outdoor playgrounds, a mediation garden, and one large natural wooded play space.
This facility offers us a large multi-purpose room and classrooms for small group activities. Most of our activities occur outside unless weather prohibits our plan. There will be daily opportunities for outdoor adventures, gross motor exercise, and water fun.
WHAT IS THE CAMP RATIO AND WHO IS THE TEAM?
We maintain a low child to coach ratio (no more than 6 children to 1 adult/coach), which allows staff to offer individualized attention to each child and create small groups. Camp is co-directed by Jane Rutt, OTR/L, and Melanie Bielski, M.S. CCC-SLP who participate in and lead activities.
Experienced coaches, teachers and GWU graduate students studying speech-language pathology serve as coaches. High school and middle school students also join our camp to serve as assistants and play peers.