Rella's Spielhaus Summer Camps 2024
June 24 - August 30, 2024: Summer Camps for kids 1-12yrs at Rella’s Spielhaus at 50 W 97th St.
Hard Facts
June 24th – August 30th, 2024
Address: Rella’s Spielhaus: 50 West 97th Street
Daily schedule: Mon - Fri: 9am - 3pm.
Early Drop-Off: Mon - Thu: 8:30-9am: $100/week
After Care: Mon - Thu: 3-5pm, $175/week
Early Bird Discount: $745/week (expires 02/15/24)
Regular Price: $795/week
NEW: 3 classrooms - 1-3yrs, 4-8yrs, 9-12yrs
Weeks can be booked individually.
Sibling discount: 3%, code: SIBLING
We provide snacks (am and pm), the families provide lunch, water bottle.
Bathing suit, water shoes and towel.
There will be one day trip per week.
Daily Schedule Summer Camp
8:30 - 9am: Arrival Early Drop-Off
9:00–9:15am: Arrival
9:15–9:45am: Circle time: Welcome Song, recounting the previous day or introductions. ABC, counting, shapes, days of the week, months of the year, and very importantly: Learning about the topic of the week.
9:45-10:30am: First period on weekly topic
10:30-10:45am: Bathroom break, snack (fresh fruit, crackers, water) 10:45-11:45am: Second period on weekly topic
11:45am - 2:30pm: Playground or Central Park (young kids return to Rella’s Spielhaus for naps, older kids stay outside weather permitting)
12:30-1pm: Lunch.
1-2:30pm: Nap and quiet time for younger children 2:30pm: Older children return from Central Park, recounting of the day
2:50-3pm: Dismissal
3-5pm: After Care (Books, puzzles, magna tiles, Legos, trains, work on the Rella’s Camp Buch)
A few words about the Rella’s Summer Camps…
For the past nine years, we have been fortunate to watch the kids that attended the Rella’s Summer Camp make immense progress in their German in a very short amount of time. Here a little bit of background:
We meticulously prepare the summer program down to the smallest detail, so that we are able offer something for every age group, learner type and level of German language proficiency. If a child is stimulated on many levels, she will forget that she is in a German language program and is just having fun! Bi-lingual research shows that the more stimuli (ie: pictures, music, movement, tactile stimulation, story telling) are involved in bi-lingual teaching, the more language retention will predictably happen.
Learning happens so effortlessly when children enjoy what they do. It is our pride to provide this calm, stimulating and joyous environment where your child knows they will have fun and be accepted even if they don’t know anyone (yet).
“Abrakadabra!” - Week 1 (June 24th - 28th, 2024)
Didn’t you always want to be a “Zauberlehrling”? This week, the children will be deeply immersed in the world of magic: We will explore many magic recipes and tricks and will learn about the old magic Merlin. Many books from “Zilly” to “Die kleine schlaue Hexe” will give us a lot to discuss how to become a good “Zauberer(in)”. At the end of the week, we will experience a real magician at work.
Like always at Rella’s Summer Camp, after 15 minutes of free play at arrival we start the day in the circle and learn the basics: ABC, numbers, colors, shapes, new vocabulary, song and books related to the theme of the week. Then we head over to the arts and crafts area, where the work on our white books starts.
Now we’ll enjoy a hearty snack, followed by a second period of fun learning. Around 10:30/45am we’ll head to Central Park (1/2 block away) for lunch and water fun. The kids that are napping will return around 12:30pm. Kids that don’t nap stay in the park and return around 2:30pm.
After Care is from 3-5pm.
"Pippi Langstrumpf" - Week 2 (July 8th - 12th, 2024)
Pippi Langstrumpf is the quintessential independent child. She knows how to do so many things by herself and she is so strong that she can lift a horse! She knows how to bake “Pfefferkuchen” and creates her own Math logic. We will get to know Pippi and her friends Tommy and Annika well and learn the title song of the famous 1970 TV-series. The campers will feel like Pippi as they will all get a pair of Pippi socks. For our weekly excursion we will spend the morning in Central Park and see what Scavenger Hunt she prepared for us!
Like always at Rella’s Summer Camp, after 15 minutes of free play at arrival we start the day in the circle and learn the basics: ABC, numbers, colors, shapes, new vocabulary, song and books related to the theme of the week. Then we head over to the arts and crafts area where the work on our white books starts.
Now we’ll enjoy a hearty snack, followed by a second period of fun learning. Around 10:30/45am we’ll head to Central Park (1/2 block away) for lunch and water fun. The kids that are napping will return around 12:30pm. Kids that don’t nap stay in the park and return around 2:30pm.
After Care is from 3-5pm.
"Wir Kochen" - Week 3 (July 15th - 19th, 2024)
Let’s create a healthy meal from scratch - in German! Every day we will prepare another part of our meal: Appetizer, Salad, Pasta, Main Course/Dessert. This is a wonderful way for children to apply themselves and create their own food! Food shopping at Whole Foods and a trip to the Farmers Market comes first. We get to know all the ingredients in German and then try to learn how to rinse, cut and cook in German! And at the end of the week, we will be surprised by a first-rate German-speaking chef.
Like always at Rella’s Summer Camp, after 15 minutes of free play at arrival we start the day in the circle and learn the basics: ABC, numbers, colors, shapes, new vocabulary, song and books related to the theme of the week. Then we head over to the arts and crafts area where the work on our white books starts.
Now we’ll enjoy a hearty snack, followed by a second period of fun learning. Around 10:30/45am we’ll head to Central Park (1/2 block away) for lunch and water fun. The kids that are napping will return around 12:30pm. Kids that don’t nap stay in the park and return around 2:30pm.
After Care is from 3-5pm.
"Feuerwehr" - Week 4 (July 22nd - 26th, 2024)
Why is the Fire Department so popular with New York kids? Because they are our heroes! We look into the start of its famed history by visiting the NYC Fire Zone. By doing a New York City Firefighter workout every day we will feel how fit firefighters actually need to be in their job. And we will visit an actual Fire Station close by and conduct an interview that we will translate into German. That way the campers will learn interesting vocabulary like “Einsatzleitwagen” or “Brecheisen" And the choreography to “Wir sind als Allererste da” will be sent to the parents on video!
Like always at Rella’s Summer Camp, after 15 minutes of free play at arrival we start the day in the circle and learn the basics: ABC, numbers, colors, shapes, new vocabulary, song and books related to the theme of the week. Then we head over to the arts and crafts area where the work on our white books starts.
Now we’ll enjoy a hearty snack, followed by a second period of fun learning. Around 10:30/45am we’ll head to Central Park (1/2 block away) for lunch and water fun. The kids that are napping will return around 12:30pm. Kids that don’t nap stay in the park and return around 2:30pm.
After Care is from 3-5pm.
"Mozart" - Week 5 (July 29th - August 2nd, 2024)
We will time travel back to Mozart’s time and investigate his life and music. We will get to know his family, wear wigs, dance a “Menuet” and get to know the instruments Mozart used for his compositions. On our weekly trip, we will visit a Streichquartett who will play Mozart for us!
Like always at Rella’s Summer Camp, after 15 minutes of free play at arrival we start the day in the circle and learn the basics: ABC, numbers, colors, shapes, new vocabulary, song and books related to the theme of the week. Then we head over to the arts and crafts area where the work on our white books starts.
Now we’ll enjoy a hearty snack, followed by a second period of fun learning. Around 10:30/45am we’ll head to Central Park (1/2 block away) for lunch and water fun. The kids that are napping will return around 12:30pm. Kids that don’t nap stay in the park and return around 2:30pm.
After Care is from 3-5pm.
"Karneval der Tiere" - Week 6 (August 5th - 9th, 2024)
“Karneval der Tiere” is a classic for many of our families. The kids will get to know the entire piece animal by animal and create their own dances. We will learn the names of the animals, the sounds they are making and see what instruments Camille Saint-Saënz used to portray them. On our weekly trip we will go to the Zoo and look for the animals in “Karneval der Tiere”.
Like always at Rella’s Summer Camp, after 15 minutes of free play at arrival we start the day in the circle and learn the basics: ABC, numbers, colors, shapes, new vocabulary, song and books related to the theme of the week. Then we head over to the arts and crafts area where the work on our white books starts.
Now we’ll enjoy a hearty snack, followed by a second period of fun learning. Around 10:30/45am we’ll head to Central Park (1/2 block away) for lunch and water fun. The kids that are napping will return around 12:30pm. Kids that don’t nap stay in the park and return around 2:30pm.
After Care is from 3-5pm.
"Fußball" - Week 7 (August 12th - 16th, 2024)
Let’s play Fußball! This week, we will learn everything about the history of soccer and the most important teams. We will have a soccer trainer with us all week and he will conduct a daily soccer training including dribbles, kicks, stops, goals shooting. We will also form teams and play a real game of soccer in Central Park. On our weekly trip, we will visit the “Upper 90 Soccer Store” where we will learn about what a professional soccer player wears on the field.
Like always at Rella’s Summer Camp, after 15 minutes of free play at arrival we start the day in the circle and learn the basics: ABC, numbers, colors, shapes, new vocabulary, song and books related to the theme of the week. Then we head over to the arts and crafts area where the work on our white books starts.
Now we’ll enjoy a hearty snack, followed by a second period of fun learning. Around 10:30/45am we’ll head to Central Park (1/2 block away) for lunch and water fun. The kids that are napping will return around 12:30pm. Kids that don’t nap stay in the park and return around 2:30pm.
After Care is from 3-5pm.
"Unterwasserwelten" - Week 8 (August 19th - 23rd, 2024)
How would it be if we spent a day “Under The Sea”? How would we breathe? What would we eat? Why would we not need goggles? How would we communicate? The children will learn about life under water. How is it possible that certain animals can only survive underwater while others can live under and above water? We will read the Grimm Brother’s die “Kleine Meerjungfrau” and learn the German Version of the Disney Musical’s “Under the Sea”. For our weekly trip, we will visit a big Pet Store in the neighborhood with its beautiful fishes and turtles.
Like always at Rella’s Summer Camp, after 15 minutes of free play at arrival we start the day in the circle and learn the basics: ABC, numbers, colors, shapes, new vocabulary, song and books related to the theme of the week. Then we head over to the arts and crafts area where the work on our white books starts.
Now we’ll enjoy a hearty snack, followed by a second period of fun learning. Around 10:30/45am we’ll head to Central Park (1/2 block away) for lunch and water fun. The kids that are napping will return around 12:30pm. Kids that don’t nap stay in the park and return around 2:30pm.
After Care is from 3-5pm.
"Wir Backen" - Week 9 (August 26th - 30th, 2024)
“Backe, backe Kuchen!” We will create our own summer fruit cakes, make fun pizzas and learn about the ingredients we are using. Perfect opportunity for teamwork. And learning how to measure - auf Deutsch! Of course, every good chef also understands the importance of clean up and organization in the kitchen. We’ll be singing as we bake and writing our own recipes - in grams, and deciliters! And for our weekly excursion, we’ll visit a real “Backstube”!
Like always at Rella’s Summer Camp, after 15 minutes of free play at arrival we start the day in the circle and learn the basics: ABC, numbers, colors, shapes, new vocabulary, song and books related to the theme of the week. Then we head over to the arts and crafts area where the work on our white books starts.
Now we’ll enjoy a hearty snack, followed by a second period of fun learning. Around 10:30/45am we’ll head to Central Park (1/2 block away) for lunch and water fun. The kids that are napping will return around 12:30pm. Kids that don’t nap stay in the park and return around 2:30pm.
After Care is from 3-5pm.
