ISD 279 - Osseo Area Schools Community Education

Time for fun with our favorite American Girl dolls! We will get creative by making matching jewelry, hair accessories and scarves for ourselves and our doll! Play salon, dance studio and make up a short play as well as watch some of our favorite American Girl movies and discussing the lessons. Bring any doll with if you don't have an American Girl doll. 

Design a variety of theme-based, fun-filled motorized models utilizing LEGO® Bricks and Technic® elements with themes such as: space exploration, cranium contraptions, amazing animals, interesting inventions, construction, transportation, energy is everywhere, exploring the everglades, natural science and factory fun. Use your imagination, improve your engineering skills, and challenge yourself at camp this summer. Bricks 4 Kidz® believes it’s important to tap into a child’s potential by encouraging their curiosity and creativity while reinforcing STEM-based engineering principles.

NEW this year! We have added Coding to our most popular Engineering camp to make it even better! Take an adventurous journey to learn programming and coding using the world-famous Scratch visual programming language, a project developed by the MIT Media Lab as part of our Engineering camp. You will be learning STEM-based engineering principles by building a variety of fun-filled motorized models using LEGO® Bricks and Technic® elements with themes such as space exploration, cranium contraptions, interesting inventions. All of our camps include team-building, group games and recess activities to provide time for shared fun and a chance to get to know fellow campers.

Unleash your imagination as you journey through the wide-ranging world of LEGO® building. You will work in pair and build models and discuss the engineering science behind each. In this fun, hands-on camp you will learn that engineering can be fun and silly, yet educational. You will be challenged to improve the model and customize your creations. Possible models include the Never-Look-Back Machine, Skittletops, Do-Nothing Machine, Coat Hanger Daredevil, Trapdoor Cable Car Parachute Machine, Rubberband Racer, Balloon-Powered Car, and other Crazy Action Contraptions. 

This camp is filled with fun and creative activities to open you to the idea of having your own business! Activities will teach you what it means to be an entrepreneur, how to come up with services and products, how to find customers and how to be the boss! Open a lemonade stand, be a children's book author and a greeting card maker are just a few of the "businesses" each of you will create! 

Get ready to create your own play and perform in one week! If you love to be on stage or get creative behind the scenes, this summer camp experience is just for you! We will work as a team to produce a play by the last day. You will gain new skills, confidence, and amaze your families with what we accomplish in a few days. 

Bring your favorite doll with you to camp and let’s have some STEM fun! This camp gives you a chance to share your love for your dolls and build friendships, memories and teamwork. All new projects like a working boomerang, catapult, cool chemical concoctions and more!

Come with us as we “visit” the countries of Mexico, Spain, and Guatemala in this exciting three-day cultural Spanish camp. Each day you will "visit" a new country, learn about its unique customs, arts, foods, and music – all in Spanish! You will love this interactive, dynamic camp, which includes games, stories, and traditional crafts. While adding stamps to your passport and creating postcards for each country, you will be introduced to exciting travel vocabulary and learn how to order in Spanish. 

It’s the greatest show! Let’s learn songs and dances from The Greatest Showman and write a story that we will present on the last day of class. Everyone will learn how to put together a show from start to finish. Learn how to properly speak your lines, block a scene, develop your character and much more! We will also play fun and creative theater games. No experience necessary. All that is needed are comfortable clothing and lightweight tennis shoes or dance shoes. Friends and family are invited to our performance beginning the final 30 minutes of the final class.

Unicorns, fairies, and more mystical creatures will inspire you at this magical camp. Dream of swimming with mermaids, flying on the back of Pegasus, fighting a fire-breathing dragon and more! Model Magic®, air-dry clay, paint, glitter and other magical materials will help bring your dreams to life.

Build a picture frame, a race car, catapult and trophy display base. Learn to measure, cut, sand, paint and then take home each project you build. This Youth Enrichment League (YEL) camp educates you on the use of basic tools (hammers, nails, screwdriver, measuring tape, t-square and more). SAFETY IS OUR FIRST PRIORITY. No power tools will be used in class. See YouthEnrichmentLeague.com for pictures of projects and more details. NOTE: Participants should be comfortable cutting using a small saw as well as using other hand tools. Students should wear clothes that can get paint on them.