The Gingerbread House
Super Summer 2008
The Gingerbread House Pre-School 2410 Bob Boozer Dr. 68130 Ph# 330-3497 www.gbhpreschool.com
Refund Policy: Our planning for classes and staffing needs are based on enrollments as of Friday, May 23, 2008. Therefore
refunds for classes cannot be given after that date. Payment is due at the time of registration.
4-6 Year Old Class Descriptions
COOKING AND SCIENCE CONCOCTIONS
Gooey Gunk and Magic Muck! Make your own
sidewalk chalk, garden stone, and scratch and sniff
artwork. These are just some of the concoctions your
scientist will make as they spend each day on a separate
theme and spark their imaginative learning. Children
will also spend 60 minutes each day in cooking class.
Each day they will learn about a new food group and its
nutritional value. They will experiment with a new
recipe for each food group and compile a cook book
June 2-6 MTWTHF
June 16-20 MTWTHF
TUITION: $70.00
9:30-11:30 a.m.
BARBIE ICE CREAM PARTY
Bring your favorite Barbie to GBH for a party.
We will make a Barbie purse and necklace, read Barbie
books, play Barbie games, and snack on home made ice
cream.
Monday, June 2
Wednesday, June 18
TUITION: $17.00
TUITION: $17.00
9:30-11:30 a.m.
TUITION: $17.00
FINDING NEMO
Plunge into fish school with Nemo and Dory to
find out why fish aren’t food, they’re our friends. We’ll
snack on one of Nemo’s favorite foods, play underwater
games with Bruce, Marlin, and the Seagulls and learn
about clown fish. Join us for a swimmingly good time
and bring home one of Nemo’s friends.
Friday, June 6
TUITION: $17.00
9:30-11:30 a.m.
CAMPING
Monday, June 9
(See description June 3)
9:30-11:30 a.m.
SPACE PARTY
You'll have a blast at our space party! We'll
make spaceships and space helmets. We'll learn about
gravity and drink from a container like the astronauts
use. We'll take a pretend space ship ride and play rocket
bowling.
Wednesday, June 4
Thursday, June 19
Thursday, June 5
9:30-11:30 a.m.
CAMPING
Come spend your morning at Camp
Gingerbread. We will make s’mores around our pretend
campfire, sing camp songs, tell stories in our tents, and
hike in our imaginary forest.
Tuesday, June 3
Monday, June 9
TUITION: $17.00
DORA THE EXPLORER
Come along with Dora as we use our map to
help us discover new things. Join us as we make one of
Dora’s favorite treats and explore with her friends.
Buenos dias. Adios.
9:30-11:30 a.m.
A START IN ART
Inside every child is an artist. Students will
discover what they can make from collage material,
paint, and a variety of other mediums. The young artists
will generate masterpieces that reflect their imagination
and creative genius.
Tuesday, June 10
Monday, June 23
TUITION: $17.00
9:30-11:30 a.m.
PIRATE TREASURE HUNT
Come be a pirate with us for a day! We will
search for Captain Kidd's treasure with a patch on our
eye. Pirates will search for treasure, design a treasure
map, play Pirates of the Caribbean, walk the gangplank
and munch on "X" marks the spot cookies and crocodile
brew after finding Captain Hook's crocodile.
Wednesday, June 11
Thursday, July 3
TUITION: $17.00
9:30-11:30 a.m.
HOT WHEELS
Vroom! Vroom! Participants in this class will
make their own hot wheels and design their own license
plate. The water table will become a car wash for the
day and we will crank up the music and drive our cars to
the beat. They will make and eat a Hot Wheel.
Thursday, June 12
TUITION: $17.00
9:30-11:30 a.m.
CHEFS IN THE KITCHEN
We know from experience that kids are
fascinated by cooking. Kids will go outside to make mud
pies then clean up to make an edible pie in the kitchen.
Chefs will decorate their own aprons and toques (chefs
hats) as they create their own tasty treats.
Friday, June 13
Wednesday, June 25
TUITION: $17.00
9:30-11:30 a.m.
COOKING AND SCIENCE CONCOCTIONS
June 16-20 MTWTHF
(See description June 2-6)
POWDER PUFF PARTY
Girls come dressed up. They will put on makeup and have a fashion show. These young ladies will
learn simple modeling moves, talk about manners, and
have a tea party. Each girl will design and make a hat
for the fashion show. Parents are invited to return for
the fashion show.
Monday, June 16
TUITION: $17.00
9:30-11:30 a.m.
SCIENCE TIME AND BUBBLE FESTIVAL
Our science activities will be designed to
emphasize the process involved in making scientific
discoveries. We will work together to encourage
children to find out "why" about all that they observe.
The Bubble Festival is back by popular demand!
We will decorate a huge bubble, make bubbles and
bubble blowers, do a bubble picture, learn about soap
bubble magic and bubbling volcanoes.
Tuesday, June 17
Tuesday, July 1
TUITION: $17.00
9:30-11:30 a.m.
BARBIE ICE CREAM PARTY
Wednesday, June 18
(See description June 2)
SPACE PARTY
Thursday, June 19
(See description Wednesday June 4th)
MAGIC PARTY
Was there ever a child who didn't want to be a
magician? Magic is childhood and childhood is magic.
At this party children will make their own magic cape
and top hat, learn several simple magic tricks and get to
practice them. They will snack on magic cookies and
disappearing juice. They will be entertained by a real
magician and learn several of his tricks.
Friday, June 20
Wednesday, July 2
TUITION: $17.00
9:30-11:30 a.m.
A START IN ART
Monday, June 23
(See description Tuesday, June 10)
MONSTER FUN
Let the monster madness begin! Children will
hunt for monster eggs, make a monster masterpiece, play
monster games, snack on edible monsters and listen to
monster stories.
Tuesday, June 24
TUITION: $17.00
9:30-11:30 a.m.
CHEFS IN THE KITCHEN
Wednesday, June 25
(See description June 13)
LION KING
HAKUNA MATATA – No worries, just lots of
fun! Spend a morning doing creative and exciting
activities with all your favorite Lion King characters.
We’ll make a Simba puppet, move to the music of Lion
King with our jungle streamers, play animal games,
snack on Rafiki’s favorite treats and laugh like a hyena.
Thursday, June 26
TUITION: $17.00
9:30-11:30 a.m.
SUMMER FUN
Kids in Summer Fun will spend two fun filled
hours working and playing each day on activities
designed around a special theme. The children will take
part in music activities, an art project, prepare a snack
and listen to a story based on a particular theme. There
will also be time for free play in a playroom too! Two
weeks of different daily themes include: A Day at the
Beach, Dog Days, July Celebration, Butterflies, and
Vacation to Hawaii.
You may sign up for one or more of these days.
July 7-July 11 MTWTH or F
July 14-July 18 MTWTH or F
9:30-11:30 a.m.
TUITION: $17.00 per child per day
AGE GROUP CAMPS
HOP, SKIP, AND JUMP
Come and see how many ways our bodies can
move. We will stretch before hop, skip and jumping our
way into new games and activities. We will be using
basketball hoops, the balance beam, and making our own
stilts.
Friday, June 27
TUITION: $17.00
9:30-11:30 a.m.
OLYMPIC GAMES
We have Olympic fever at GBH! At this party
your child will participate in the 10-yard dash, long
jump, Frisbee toss, Olympic obstacle course, nerf ball
toss, javelin throw, and three-legged race. At the end of
the games we will have a medal award ceremony and all
contestants will snack on champion popcorn and hero
drinks. (We encourage all Olympians to come dressed
in red white or blue gym clothes.)
Monday, June 30
TUITION: $17.00
9:30-11:30 a.m.
SCIENCE TIME AND BUBBLE FESTIVAL
Tuesday, July 1
(See description June 17)
MAGIC PARTY
Wednesday, July 2
(See description June 20)
PIRATES TREASURE HUNT
Thursdy, July 3
(See description June 11)
CAMP #2
Spend a week discovering! Discover how
bubbles stick to paper, how powder turns to paint, and
Jell-O becomes scratch and sniff fruit! Activities will
center around Berry Day, Bubble Day, Apple Day, Fish
Day, and Muffin Day. A few of the activities kids will
be involved in include painting with berry cartons,
making root beer floats, painting rainbows, and listening
to great books. Your kids won’t want this week to end.
July 7-11 MTWTHF
For children having one year
before kindergarten
9:30-11:30 a.m.
TUITION: $70.00
CAMP #3
A young dinosaur lovers delight!
Come and
learn about a different dinosaur each day. Become
involved in hands-on activities.
Our young
paleontologists will design a dinosaur T-shirt, construct
a dinosaur mobile and devour “dinosaurs in the forest.”
July 14-18 MTWTHF
before kindergarten
9:30-11:30 a.m.
TUITION: $70.00
For children having one year
CAMP #4
Students will work all week adding to a dinosaur
landform.
They will learn about herbivore and
carnivorous dinosaurs. Each day they will create a
different dinosaur snack -from bones, to sediment slush.
Our young scientists will learn to draw dinosaurs and put
their creativity to work.
July 14-18 MTWTHF
For children entering
kindergarten class in the Fall of 2008
9:30-11:30 a.m.
TUITION: $70.00