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CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS -> AGES 7 - 10 YEARS
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Children's Programs & Activities
for ages 7 - 10 years
Adventure Rangers and fun activities for your children!
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Major in Fun - All day every day!
All of our Adventure Rangers Major in FUN and you can choose your own Summer Fun University Minor! Everyone will get to join in:
• Daily water play at our pools, swimming holes or waterslides
• Action Games
• Reservoir Adventures
Choose your own Minor!
Select a minor in Arts & Crafts!
Bring out your child's creative side with different activities every day. Materials will be geared toward children's ages and abilities.
Weekly activities may include:
• Art from Nature
• Recycle Art
• Card Making
• Camp Crafts at the Reservoir
• Beads, Beads, Beads
• Ceramic Decoration
• Gimp and other traditional camp crafts
Select a minor in Nature & Hiking!
Explore Vermont to the fullest. Hunt for nature's treasures by exploring our forests, ponds, streams and brooks at Smugglers' Notch. The nature and hiking group will participate in small hikes (there will be very few longer hikes). This group will explore a lot of our wooded areas so we suggest that parents pack a water bottle and bug repellent for each child. Sturdy footwear is very important. No sandals - please!
Weekly activities may include:
• Forest Exploration
• Meadow Meandering
• Eco-Art
• Trekking & Tracking
• Compass Games
• Water Ways
• Discover Vermonts Bugs and Birds
Select a minor in Adventure & Games!
Teamwork is the name of our game!
Join us for Adventures in the Spider's Web, Moon Shiner's Maze and Ultimate Capture the Flag.
Weekly activities may include:
• Games on the Green
• Low Ropes Adventure Course
• Recreational Sports Games
• Ice Breaker Games
Offered Monday through Friday only.
Combine your child’s musical talents with those of Smugglers’ musicians and performers in an exciting opportunity to make music in the Green Mountains of Vermont. Professional performers will work with the participants throughout the week, culminating in a live performance at Smugglers’ weekly. FunMeister's Summer Showcase. Limited space available. Weekly activities will involve one or some of the following:
• Singing & Songwriting
• Dancing
• Playacting
FUN Fridays
All groups will come together on Friday for full camp games and challenges. Some of the games may include Capture the flag, relay races, and survivor type games.
Weekend Camp
All groups will meet at the Adventure Tent I and get to choose from a menu of activities for the day. The choices will give them an introduction to how they will make their choices and set up their camp experience in Notch Squad in the future.
General Information:
Our activities are all CHALLENGE BY CHOICE. This means that if at any point one of the campers does not feel comfortable with any activity, he/she can either step aside and observe, or counselors may help him/her to find a more comfortable way to be a part of the group, without doing the specific activity.
Children in Adventure Rangers programs are grouped by ages 7-8 & 9-10 years. Child to Counselor Ratio 1:10. You'll be grouped by age and be given the opportunity to tailor your experience at Smuggs based upon your own interests.
The above Adventure Rangers programs are included for those children paid to be on the FamilyFest Vacation Package.
All these Summer programs are offered daily 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.
June 11 - September 6, 2010.
Parents Please Note: Our counselors will include your children in our Children's Program Lunch if they do not bring their lunch or if prior arrangements for their lunch have not been made. A charge of $6.75 per child, per lunch, will be automatically posted to your credit card.
What should you wear?
 | | | | | | • | Sturdy sneakers or hiking shoes should be worn. NO SANDALS allowed. | | • | You should be dressed for an active outdoor day, including sweatshirt, light jacket or raincoat if needed. | | • | Please label all of your belongings. |
What should you bring to the program?
• Day Pack or Backpack
• Bathing Suit
• Towel
• Water Bottle
• Water Shoes (no flip flops)
• Raingear (as needed)
Optional:
• Change of Clothes
• Extra Shoes
• Lunch
• Sunscreen
• Bug Repellent
Adventure Rangers & Notch Squad Overnight Hikes
Hike to our mountain Base Lodge for an old fashioned overnight hike with dinner, s'mores, entertainment and games around the campfire. Our Overnight Hikes are guided and supervised by Camp Counselors. All participants will receive a free t-shirt.
Adventure Rangers Overnight (ages 7-10) is on Wednesday night.
Notch Squad Overnight (ages 11-15) is on Tuesday night.
Check-in takes place at the Notch Squad Tent next to Teen Alley, between 4:30 pm and 5:00 pm. Those joining us need to register and pay before Tuesday afternoon for Notch Squad's Overnight or Wednesday afternoon for Adventure Ranger's Overnight.
Once everyone's checked in, counselors hike with everyone up the Meadowlark Trail to the Base Lodge. There, they go over the ground rules for the night, and have participants sign a contract ensuring that all know the limits and boundaries. After that, it's time for dinner, and then everyone gets their sleeping bags (provided) and stuff set up for the night. Once everything is set, participants can then take part in a Dance Party, different games and activities, watch movies, or just hang out with friends. Breakfast is included. Everyone arrives back in the Village at 7:30 am the next morning.
$49 first child, $40 each additional child in family.
Kids' Night Out
If your ideal Summer vacation includes a romantic dinner or an evening out socializing at one of our adult events, we offer Kids' Night Out at TREASURES. Kids enjoy dinner and fun activities, such as dodge ball, scavenger hunts and art projects with our caring staff. Your children, accompanied by our staff, will have the option of attending scheduled family evening entertainment. The evening closes with ice cream, popcorn and a movie.
June 11 - September 6, 2010. Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday,
5:30 pm - 9:30 pm. $30 per night, per child (ages 4 - 11). Advance reservation required.
50% cancellation fee within 24 hours.
Call 1-800-419-4615.
Click Here to download Kids' Night Out Registration Form
Skateboarding
Kids Intro Skate Clinic
Learn the basics of skateboarding and skateboarding safety in this kids only one and one half hour clinic. Learn balance and body position to gain comfort rolling and skating over changing terrain. Equipment provided.
Ages 7 to 17, Tuesday 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm. $30 per person including equipment. Other days and times also available.
Skateboard Camp
Just getting started or an experienced skater, you’ll step it up a notch with the help of our pros. Focus on the fundamentals of balance, position, stopping, falling techniques and skating safety or learn new tricks. Camp includes skilled instruction, individual skill assessment, video analysis, lunch and pool time. Helmet and pads required. All equipment provided if needed.
Ages 10 to 17, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. 3-day program $289 per person. FamilyFest guests take 25% OFF. Single day $99 per person per day. FamilyFest guests take 25% OFF.
Golf Lessons & Clinics
Junior Intro to Golf — Open to ages 5 - 17. This clinic is an introduction to the sport with a focus on the fundamentals, golf etiquette, beginning to swing, the importance of safety and FUN!
Tuesday and Wednesday, 4:30 pm -5:30 pm. June 11 - September 6, 2010.
Junior Great Golf Escape For Beginners
Junior Great Golf Escape for Beginners for ages 8 - 12, lets you learn all the basics of golf while having fun with your friends.
Monday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, $129 per person, includes transportation, supervision & lunch. Requires sneakers or soft spikes for on-course play. Golf clubs provided if needed. Advanced registration is recommended.
June 11 - September 6, 2010.
Junior Tennis Camp
For ages 10-17 years. Have fun while learning to build confidence and develop tennis skills in this 3 day camp. You'll learn to match techniques to court surfaces, explore game strategies, movement analysis and tennis etiquette. Includes warm-up exercises, one half-hour private lesson, individual skill assessment, and coached match play.
Be sure to wear tennis shoes, as running shoes and basketball sneakers are not appropriate.
June 11 - September 6, 2010. Tuesday - Thursday, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm. Lunch included. 3-day program, $289 per person. FamilyFest guests take 25% OFF.
Advance reservation required. Space is limited.
Call 1-800-419-4615.
Lights, Camera, Action! - Video Camp 101
Guided by a professional videographer, kids ages 10 - 17 will learn the fundamentals of videography as they explore the Resort and develop program story lines to document on film in this 4-day program.
"This camp is great fun," says Peter Ingvoldstad, director of Summer Fun University, which houses Smugglers' camps programs. "Last Summer the kids really got into developing programs and had a great time doing newscasts and spoofs of popular television shows." All this and fun at the pools, too!
The camp also provides participants with hands-on skills and an introduction to a possible future career. Kids will produce, tape, and edit their own video project while learning about camera operation, lighting, editing, animation, special effects, fades, wipes and transitions. All participants will produce a final project that will debut at the big screen Video Showcase Premiere during the FunMeister's Summer Showcase on Thursday evenings. They will receive their own copy of their work to take home as a special souvenir of their time at Smugglers'.
Monday - Thursday, 9:30 am - 4:00 pm. 4-day, Regular price $349 per person. FamilyFest guests take 25% OFF. All prices include lunch.
American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim Program
Do you have trouble fitting in swim lessons for your children in your busy Summer schedule? Now you can incorporate your child’s and adult swim lessons into your Summer vacation! As an American Red Cross Authorized Provider, this Summer Smugglers' will once again be offering Red Cross Learn-to-Swim classes for ages 5 through adult.
These classes provide instruction to help swimmers develop their swimming and water safety skills. The program is designed to give students a positive learning experience. Learn-to-Swim teaches aquatic and safety skills in a logical progression. There are six learn-to-swim levels. Each level builds on skills learned in the previous level. Children who have not participated in Red Cross lessons previously will be placed appropriately based on their current swimming skills.
The Learn-to-Swim program will run Monday through Friday and classes will meet in the morning to permit children to participate in Summer Fun University for the rest of the day. Children ages five years & older are able to participate in this program. Classes will have a 1 instructor to 6 student teaching ratio.
Our popular Private Swim Instruction Programs are available daily.
Offered Monday through Friday. $80 for five 1/2 hour sessions level 1-4. $115 for five 45 minute sessions level 5 & 6.
Ages 5 to 15. Levels 1 & 2 at 9:00 am - 9:30 am; levels 3 & 4 at 8:15 am - 8:45 am; levels 5 & 6 at 8:15 am - 9:00 am.
Ages 16 to adult. Levels 1 - 4 at 10:00 am - 10:30 am; levels 5 & 6 at 10:00 am - 10:45 am.
Mom & Me, Dad & Me... American Red Cross Parent and Child Aquatics
Ages 6 months to 5 years. Become part of your child's swimming development with a Parent and Child aquatics class. You'll participate in guided practice sessions that help children learn elementary skills, from water entry to underwater exploration and more. All sessions are in our heated pools with a 1:10 instructor to parent/child ratio.
Offered Monday through Friday. 5 consecutive 1/2 hour sessions, $80 per parent & child. Level A (6 mos. - 2 yrs.) at 10:00 am; level B (18 mos. - 5 yrs.) at 10:30 am. Swim diapers required for children not toilet trained.
TREASURES will help to arrange a private caregiver for evenings in your vacation home. Babysitters will entertain your children at home with games and stories, or take them to evening family activities if you wish. 24 hour advance reservation suggested.
Daytime Babysitters
Most families with young children use TREASURES for their daytime childcare needs. If your child requires individual attention, daytime babysitters may be available to care for your child in your vacation home. 24 hour advance notice is necessary.
Babysitters: A non-refundable $8 finders fee per babysitter is paid to TREASURES. A $10/hour, first child, $1/hour each additional child payment is made directly to babysitter for this service. Large groups of children will require multiple sitters. Advance reservations required, space available basis. Once we have confirmed your babysitter, changes in arrival time of the sitter may not be feasible. Call 802-644-1193 to make your arrangements for babysitters.
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