Books and Nature
Dates: July 21-25, 2025
Price: $500/week
This program is taught by Sanford Lower School teacher, Laura Jezyk. Come join us for a fun-filled week of exploring nature and children’s literature. We will utilize the beautiful Sanford campus to inspire our budding artists and readers! The week will include different crafts, dramatic play, writing, storytelling, and more. It is a great way to keep your child’s mind and body active and also reinforce academic skills and their love of reading.
This program runs from 9am – 12pm. Children will then eat lunch and join their Bunk in ESF’s Junior Camp: Intermediate Division for remainder of the afternoon. Pickup is at 3pm.
- Grades: 1 - 2
- 7/21 - 7/25
- 9:00AM - 3:00PM
Related products
Cooking with Books I
Dates: July 21-25, 2025 Price: $500/week
This program is taught by Sanford Middle School teacher, Alessandra Vadala. What is better than a good book? How about a good book paired with a tasty snack? Cooking with Books is a fun week-long class that will allow students to enjoy a children's book as well as learn to cook a related snack. Students will go home each day with a dish they prepared themselves. While the food is cooking, they will play games, create an art project, and put together their very own recipe book. This program runs from 9am - 12pm. Children will then eat lunch and join their Bunk in ESF's Junior Camp: Intermediate Division for remainder of the afternoon. Pickup is at 3pm.
Cooking with Books II
Dates: July 28 - August 1, 2025 Price: $500/week
This program is taught by Sanford Middle School teacher, Alessandra Vadala. During the week-long class students will enjoy a children's book, as well as, learn to cook a related snack. They will go home each day with a dish they prepared themselves. While the food is cooking, they will play games, create an art project, and put together their very own recipe book. Come join us for some fun with food! This program runs from 9am - 12pm. Children will then eat lunch and join their Group in ESF's Senior Camp: Lower Division for remainder of the afternoon. Pickup is at 3pm.English Enrichment – 7th Grade
Dates: July 28 - August 1, 2025 Price: $500/week
This program is taught by Sanford Middle School teacher, Chris Keiser. This course is your ticket to mastering the skills that will set you up for success in seventh-grade English! Students will engage in a week of activities and assignments balanced around fifty percent reading and discussion skills and fifty percent creative and argumentative writing skills. Reading assignments will be a blend of choice read and teacher assigned short stories, articles and poems that cover a variety of genres: fiction, non-fiction, drama, and folklore. Students will explore what happens in these texts, how we can glean meaning from them, and their personal connections to the narratives. Our writing activities will be centered around a composition journal, where students will keep all of their major and minor writing assignments, from creative writing exercises to longer prompted responses. This program runs from 9am - 12pm. Children will then eat lunch and join their group in ESF's Senior Camp: Upper Division for remainder of the afternoon. Pickup is at 3pm.I Am Independent
Dates: July 21-25, 2025 Price: $500/week
This program is taught by Sanford Lower School teacher, Sophia Pollinger. Responsibility leads to independence which leads to confidence! For children to become independent in common home and school tasks, they need to be given opportunities to practice. This enrichment program will expose 4 and 5-year-olds to jobs that can be done at home to build personal confidence for when they come into the classroom. Students will learn through stories, crafts, and various hands-on activities that will build a home and school connection. Along with activities that will build their independence physically, they will also work through social stories and group games to practice regulating specific emotions on their own. This program runs from 9am - 12pm. Children will then eat lunch and join their Bunk in ESF's Junior Camp: Mini Division for remainder of the afternoon. Pickup is at 3pm.
Intro to Acting
Dates: July 21 - 25, 2025 Price: $500/week
This program is taught by Sanford School teacher, Clint Williams. Nervous to speak in front of a group? Want to become more comfortable presenting and performing? Well if so, this class was designed for you! Students will gain skills in acting, improvisation, visualization, breathing, and relaxation, as well as a working vocabulary of theater terms. Additionally, students will learn valuable public speaking skills in a safe space where they are free to learn the proper way to combat nerves that may impede successful speaking in front of groups of people. This program runs from 9am - 12pm. Children will then eat lunch and join their group in ESF's Senior Camp for remainder of the afternoon. Pickup is at 3pm.
JumpStart to PreK (10-day program)
Dates: July 21 - August 1, 2025 Price: $500/week
This program is taught by Sanford Lower School Teacher, Grace Bell. Energetic, curious, creative... three words that describe this age group! Our JumpStart program is an excellent option for fostering individual creativity and academic growth. Emphasis will be placed on fine motor development (handwriting), pre-reading skills, and overall number sense. With playful hands and busy minds, we will help your child continue to build the confidence needed to grow and soar in-and-out of the classroom. Please note: This class requires a 2-week minimum commitment, for the weeks of July 21 – July 25 and July 28 – August 1. The tuition listed is the weekly rate, not the 2-week rate. This program runs from 9am - 12pm. Children will then eat lunch and join their Bunk in ESF's Junior Camp: Mini Division for remainder of the afternoon. Pickup is at 3pm.
Math Enrichment – PreAlgebra
Dates: August 4-8, 2025 Price: $500/week
This program is taught by Sanford Middle School teacher, Sophie Weber. Games and daily challenges will make this program a winner for all who attend. This program will focus on the order of operations, fractions and decimals, calculating probability and percent, and obtaining a deeper knowledge of algebraic expressions. Students will dive right into problem-solving techniques to explore all that math has to offer. Get ready to have fun while strengthening your math skills! *This class is intended for incoming 7th and 8th graders who are getting ready to take or who have just completed Pre-Algebra. Students enrolled in this course have NOT completed Algebra I. This program runs from 9am - 12pm. Children will then eat lunch and join their group in ESF's Senior Camp: Upper Division for remainder of the afternoon. Pickup is at 3pm.
Painting (10-day program)
Dates: June 16-27, 2025 Price: $250/week
This program is led by Troby Roosevelt, a teacher at Sanford Upper School. In painting class, students learn to be inspired by still life, images, imagination, and nature through their exploration and observation of light, color, and composition using a variety of media and techniques. Students will have the opportunity to develop their personal style and to study the work of master artists.
Please note: This class requires a 2-week minimum commitment, for the weeks of June 16-20 and June 23-27. The tuition listed below is the weekly rate, not the 2-week rate.
Quick Link
© 2024 Sanford Summer. All rights reserved.