Brilliant Detroit Plans a Busy Summer of Fun for MorningSide Kids
MorningSide’s Brilliant Detroit is pleased to offer some great new programs/events in June—Summer Camp, Tech Hub, Cyberchase, Learning Kitchen, Reading is Fundamental, Arts & Scraps, Meet up & Eat up, Parent as First Teacher, and Taekwondo.
Summer Camp: June 20th - August 11th 2022
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MorningSide is starting a Literacy and Arts Summer Camp for kids. During this time MorningSide will be offering so many fun, exciting, and knowledgeable programs and events for kids to be active and expand learning skills. Children will gain achievements and learn values of teamwork and individual responsibility in daily tasks in a healthy environment. To build individual character, confidence and skills through a wide range of sports, workshops and inclusive activities. Summer Camp begins Monday June 20th and ends on Thursday August 11th with programming from Monday to Thursday starting at 10 a.m. and ending at 3 p.m.
Our Summer Programs include ABC Mouse, Lunch (Meet up & Eat up ), Arts & scraps, Taekwondo, Garden Team, Reading is Fundamental, and many other programs/activities. We will also have special events such as our MorningSide Camp Tees, Water Fight, Elephant toothpaste, Fathers Day Event, and Juneteenth as well.
Arts and Scraps: June 22nd - August 10th
Arts and Scraps is a non-profit organization focused on reducing urban waste by repurposing materials and offering scholarship funds that support local artists, instructors, and/or non-profit in the realm of arts. Outside of Arts and Scraps giving Brilliant Detroit MorningSide a scholarship to receive art supplies for our other in-house programs, they will also be hosting an Arts and Scraps Program during our summer camp! During an hour for our summer camp Arts and Scraps hosts will explore the different avenues of art with our children!
Weekly on Wednesdays 2-3pm
Reading is Fundamental: June 24th - August 11th
RIF provides resources such as books, STEM-themed classroom activities, professional development for educators, and parent engagement materials. Reading is Fundamental helps strengthen literacy skills in children by actively engaging them in the learning process. This program provides kids with the opportunity to obtain the fundamental building blocks to achieve their highest potential engaging them with culturally relevant books and literacy activities.
Weekly on Thursday from 1-2pm
Meet Up & Eat Up: June 21st - August 9th
In order to feed our children during summer camp, we have help from Wayne Metro’s Meet Up & Eat up! This program is essentially lunch on wheels; they come in at a specific time once or twice a week and provide lunch meals for our summer campers. These meals not only will help sustain our campers, but will ensure everyone has equal access to healthy food in our community Weekly during summer camp
Weekly during summer camp
Parent as First Teacher: June 20th - August 11th 2022
Brilliant Detroit MorningSide wants to celebrate the people who teach children first, our parents/guardians. Our summer camp will be filled with volunteers and parents alike who will help aid in the daily operations process of the summer camp. Each Parent as First Teacher will be compensated for their time with us to show our appreciation of how much our parents/guardians really are the lifeline to our community and organization! This group has also been trained to host certain literacy programs, which allows our Parent as First Teachers to become role models for multiple kids in our community and not just for their own.
Daily throughout summer camp
Taekwondo: June 20th, 2022
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Children ages 6 & up will learn the fundamentals of Taekwondo every Wednesday from 4:30pm-5:30pm in person. One of the most systematic and scientific Korean traditional martial arts. Taekwondo teaches the importance of discipline and emphasizes the physical fitness components.
Tech Hub: Tuesday & Thursdays 11:00am - 2:00pm
A program to help bridge the digital divide through classes such as how to fact check online, set up an email, operate a zoom call, and much more. Families who attend all three sessions are eligible to win a Microsoft tablet and wireless keyboard.
The Learning Kitchen: May 2nd - July 19th, 2022
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An innovative, hands-on cooking and nutritional learning educational hybrid program of in person and virtual activities, helping participants to develop the practical skills necessary to establish lifelong healthy eating habits.