Classroom Antics
Why just let your kids play video games when they can learn how to design them? That’s what Classroom Antics is offering in its Virtual Game Builders camp for ages 7-9 and its Virtual Game Design camp for ages 10-13. If the idea of constructing a video game sounds too complicated, you have nothing to worry about. “The only thing we expect is if you’re going into a game design or game builders camp, that you’ve played video games before,” says Toby Foote, creator and director of Classroom Antics. The camp goes for five days at two hours a day for a fee of $249. 10143 Royalton Road, Unit G, North Royalton, 800-595-3776, classroomantics.com
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Campers get to experience a different part of the museum sciences, such as ornithology, mineralogy, archeology and biology during its “Virtual Science Explorers Camp” ($300). A typical day for second to fifth graders includes a morning lesson, followed by a break for lunch, where campers are sent on a challenge using supplies that the museum sends. “They’re sent on a challenge where they’re supposed to design a birdhouse, build a mound, or do a little experiment with the things we’ve sent them,” says camp coordinator Rob Huber. “And then when we tune back in, we check on how that experiment went.” 1 Wade Oval Drive, Cleveland, 216-231-1600, cmnh.org
Fairmount Center for the Arts
For campers looking to get a little crafty, Fairmount Center for the Arts offers a variety of hands-on virtual camps, with something for toddlers and adults alike. Look for camps such as “Jingle in July,” a three-day-camp ($84) targeted for 5 to 10-year-olds where campers explore winter through song, dance and theater. Worried you don’t have the right supplies? No problem. Fairmount has you covered. Attendees can pick up supplies at the organization a week before camp begins. “We’re trying to make it easy and accessible to make sure that the art is something that the kids can easily immerse themselves in, and also that they have direction and support,” says executive director Jeannie Fleming-Gifford. 8400 Fairmount Road, Novelty, 440-338-3171, fairmountcenter.org