www.acgilbert.org
116 Marion St., NE, Salem, OR
503-371-3631
Camps include exploration of the Museum, arts and crafts, games, play time, story time, science, and more. An assortment of interesting topics are available to choose from.
Camp Topics:
Art
Crafts
Nature
Science
Sports
2010 Camp Dates:
July 5-9
Science in a Bag
Age 3-6, 9 a.m. – noon, M, W, F
July 5-9
Five Senses
Age 3-6, 9 a.m. – noon , T, Th
July 5-9
Jump into Acting
Age 5-7, 9 a.m. – noon
July 5-9
Science Smorgasbord
Age 5-7, 1 – 4 p.m.
July 5-9
Blast from the Past
Age 7-10, 9 a.m. – noon
July 5-9
Science Smorgasbord
Age 7-10, 1 – 4 p.m.
July, 12 – 16
Discovery Yoga
Age 3-5, 9 a.m. – noon, M, W, F
July, 12 – 16
Dough, Clay, Me
Age 3-5, 9 a.m. – noon, T, Th
July, 12 – 16
Constructions and Contraptions
Age 5-7, 9 a.m. – noon
July, 12 – 16
Art Attack!
Age 5-7, 1 – 4 p.m.
July 12-16
Chess for Success
Age 7-10, 9 a.m. – noon
July 12-16
Out and About
Age 7-10, 9 a.m. – noon
July 19 – 23
Little Hands Summer Art
Age 3-5, 9 a.m. – noon, M, W, F
July 19 – 23
Paint a Rainbow
Age 3-5, 9 a.m. – noon, T, Th
July 19 – 23
Create with Clay
Age 5-7, 9 a.m. – noon
July 19 – 23
Science for Spies and Sleuths
Age 5-7, 1 – 4 p.m.
July 19 – 23
This Is Rocket Science!
Age 7-10, 9 a.m. – noon
July 19 – 23
Camp Riverkeeper
Age 7-10, 1 – 4 p.m.
July 26 – 30
PEEP
Age 3-5, 9 a.m. – noon, M, W, F
July 26 – 30
Animal Shenanigans
Age 3-5, 9 a.m. – noon, T, TH
July 26 – 30
Once Upon a Time
Age 5-7, 9 a.m. – noon
July 26 – 30
Dinosaur Stomp
Age 5-7, 1 – 4 p.m.
July 26 – 30
Mad Money Skills
Age 7-10, 9 a.m. – noon
July 26 – 30
Charming Conjurors
Age 7-10, 1 – 4 p.m.
August 2 – 6
Planes, Trains and Autos
Age 3-5, 9 a.m. – noon, M, W, F
August 2 – 6
Science Sampler
Age 3-5, 9 a.m. – noon, T, Th
August 2 – 6
Happy Campers
Age 5-7, 9 a.m. – noon
August 2 – 6
Art for a Greener World
Age 5-7, 1 – 4 p.m.
August 2 – 6
CSI: Crime Science Investigators
Age 7-10, 9 a.m. – noon
August 2 – 6
Into the Woods
Age 7-10, 1 – 4 p.m.
August 9 – 13
What Messy Science!
Age 3-5, 9 a.m. – noon, M, W, F
August 9 – 13
Ooey Gooey Fun
Age 3-5, 9 a.m. – noon, T, Th
August 9 – 13
Crazy about Critters
Age 5-7, 9 a.m. – noon
August 9 – 13
Space Station Gilbert
Age 5-7, 1 – 4 p.m.
August 9 – 13
Clowning Around
Age 7-10, 9 a.m. – noon
August 9 – 13
Artists’ Village
Age 7-10, 1 – 4 p.m.
August 16 – 20
Let’s Go Fly a Kite
Age 3-5, 9 a.m. – noon, M, W, F
August 16 – 20
Toy Workshop
Age 3-5, 9 a.m. – noon, T, Th
August 23 – 27
Making Changes
Age 3-5, 9 a.m. – noon, M, W, F
August 23 – 27
Splish Splash
Age 3-5, 9 a.m. – noon, T, Th
Here’s another great camp to consider:
Inflatable Kingdom’s Portland Summer Camps include arts and crafts, play time, and lots of fun entertainment.
The camps are from July 19 through 23 and from August 9 through 13, 9 am to 1 pm and are recommended for children age 4 to 10.
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It’s summer again, and the weather is perfect for a picnic in the park. If the warm sun and green grass are not enough to lure people outside, Portland offers the extra incentives of free concerts, movies, and activities in the parks during summer months. The first concert of the summer at Mt Tabor Park featuring Paula Sinclair and the Pistols took place last night. My husband, Alex (the baby), Alex’s grandparents, and I packed up a picnic and headed out to the park.
We arrived a little after 6 pm, and I was a bit concerned about parking since Mt. Tabor does not have much. The event was very well organized, however, and we were quickly guided to a parking spot along the side of the road. We did have to walk a little bit to get to the concert (and I suspect hauling the ice chest and picnic basket was no easy task for my husband), but I was very happy with our parking spot (especially since it, like the event, was free).
The concert took place in the amphitheater area next to the basketball courts. We set up our blanket in the back corner to make it easiest with the baby. We enjoyed the picnic we had packed, but had we not brought food, there were vendors with pizza, pie, and other food available for sale. Donations were also being collected to help fund the concerts.
There was a fun craft activity behind us where kids were making critters using clay, feathers, beads, and other odds and ends. If Alex was a bit older, I’m sure he would have enjoyed it. I like to sculpt a bit myself, but I no longer qualify as a kid, so I will have to wait until Alex is old enough to give me an excuse to join in. When will he be old enough to play with clay? When he no longer sticks it in his mouth?
Paula Sinclair and the Pistols came out and performed their show. They were very good (you can sample some of Paula’s tunes on her myspace page). The music was advertised as Americana Rock and it struck me as somewhere between country and rock- very pleasant for an outdoor concert. Alex danced with the music and had a great time.
Intermission was at 7:30 pm and I would have liked to stay for the second half of the show. In fact, I was sitting on the blanket not even thinking about the time when my husband pointed out that the baby’s bed time was in half an hour. Unfortunately, being a mom means the kid comes first, so we packed up and left before the second half. I’m sure it was lots of fun too, but Alex fell asleep in the car on the way home, so we made the right choice.
Mt Tabor Park is located at SE 69 and Taylor in Portland. Upcoming concerts at Mt Tabor this summer are Lloyd Jones Struggle performing swingin’ blues on July 13, Melao de Cuba leading a salsa dance party on July 20, and a great Celtic show with Craicmore on July 27. All concerts start at 6:30 pm with art activities for kids starting at 6:00 pm. A complete summer concert schedule for the free concerts at the Portland parks an be found at http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=52644.
The days are getting warmer and while the evenings are lovely to spend outside, the hot days are more comfortably spent indoors where it is cool. Bring the kids to Inflatable Kingdom for an Open Play session to enjoy some active play out of the sun.
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June 19, 2010
Alex just turned nine months old and I wanted to do something special to celebrate. I had been meaning to take him to the Portland Children’s Museum for some time now, as I had heard lots of good things about the museum from my cousin who has a 2 year old. This seemed like a good time to finally go.
The Portland Children’s Museum is located in Washington Park across from the Oregon Zoo at 4015 SW Canyon Road. The museum costs $8 for everyone age 1 and over and parking is $2. Alex was free since he is under one, and I had a coupon from the Entertainment coupon book for buy one get one free, so we got in cheap this time. Memberships are available for those who plan on visiting the museum frequently.
Our first stop was the Baby Garden. This area is specifically set up for the museum’s youngest visitors and includes a waterbed for kids to lay on, a book reading corner, an aquarium with fish, toys, a slide and more. Alex is crawling pretty well now and enjoyed crawling around and playing with the toys. We played quite a while in the room before proceeding to visit the rest of the museum.
This weekend the Museum’s new exhibit, the Pet Hospital Opened. Lots of kids were enjoying playing in the new exhibit which allows them to dress up and pretend to be a vet. A real vet was giving a presentation (which we did not attend) in the theater.
We went and played with blocks in the bridge building area, then wandered about the museum to take a look at the rest of the exhibits. Most of the exhibits are better suited for older kids (at nine months there is only so much a kid can do), but the museum makes an effort to have things for the younger kids to do.
In the Clay Building studio they had a special area for babies and toddlers, so we sat down and played with clay. Alex particularly liked banging the little mallet. He’s no great artist yet, but maybe next time he will create a masterpiece.
We wandered on through the museum and stumbled upon story time. The stories were focused on pets in honor of the new exhibit. Alex loved it and smiled and laughed. When his attention started to wane, I showed him the hollow log which he got a real kick out of. He climbed back and forth between me and his dad.
The Museum has a grocery store and café with lots of fake fun food that was very popular with the kids. I remember when I was little I use to love the fake food. The only problem this time around was that since it was close to lunch time, it made me hungry. There is a Pizza Schmizza at the museum, but we chose to head home and eat lunch. We’ll be back.
View photos from our visit on the Inflatable Kingdom Facebook Page.
Looking for more fun activities for kids?
Inflatable Kingdom’s Open Play is lots of fun for children.
The sessions are recommended for toddlers through preteens. Age specific Open Play is also sometimes offered or book a private play session.
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