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TUITION FOR WEEKS 1-4 IS DUE MAY 1st. TUITION FOR WEEKS 5-8 IS DUE JUNE 1st.
1st Camp - $110
2nd Camp - $100
3rd Camp - $100
Week One: June 6 - 9
Week One
Price: $0.00
Our youngest campers will have their own camp to explore and participate in imaginary play. New themes will be presented each week along with new crafts each day! Children will have fun playing games, listening to stories, dressing up, dancing to music, and creating fun art projects! Young campers will finger paint, build with blocks and playdough, work on puzzles, play kitchen, and so much more! They will ride bikes on our beautiful outside trike track, read books in our Magical Garden Library, and play on our castle themed playground! Campers will come home with keepsake handprint/footprint crafts and photos of their experiences! This will be a very small class, which will be taught by the same loving preschool teachers all summer! This camp is offered from 9:00-12:00 only. Parents will be required to send a bag with diapers, wipes, and a sippy cup with water.
Teachers: Kelly Barron, Sammie Musser, Calen Beasley, Claire Williams, Abby Kendrick, & Virginia Langley (experienced 2-3 year old preschool teachers)
Use your ID badges to enter agent headquarters and participate in science, technology, engineering, art, and math challenges! Investigate potential energy with a jumping cup experiment and static energy with bouncing balloons. Create a bubbly lava lamp experiment, investigate your own unique fingerprints, and design and build chain reactions! You will learn beginning coding skills on the computer and use coding language to guide your fellow agents through a maze! Use magnatiles, wooden blocks, legos, bristle blocks, marble mazes, snap cubes, and more to build with! Learn to paint with marbles, bubble wrap, salt, and a variety of mediums. Create class data graphs based on our favorite popsicle and candy flavors and store our findings in our STEAM journals. Become a secret agent in the STEAM Lab!
Teacher: Morgan Langley (pursuing an Early Childhood Education major at the University of Georgia; experienced teacher and curriculum specialist at MHEA)
Pack your sleeping bag and roll over to Ms. Heather’s! Hop in your pajamas and slide your sleeping bag over to the girliest and most relaxing camp of the summer. Together we will make face masks, bath bombs, soaps, and sugar scrubs! We will relax with cucumber facials and spa music! We will do hair and nails and play new sleepover games! We will even paint a relaxing beachscape on canvas! Sleepover girls will get to make their own flower crowns with real flowers. The girls will create lots of art, have a pretend sleepover with popcorn, movies, games, dance parties, and so much more!
Teacher: Addy Langley (Junior at Georgia Southern University, Interior Design & Art Major; experienced art and camp teacher at MHEA; owner of Florals by Addy; muralist at MHEA)
Attention all Disney Fans....this is the camp for you! Disney World is currently celebrating their 50th anniversary, and we will celebrate too! Come visit all four parks on our magical trip! We will create Disney masterpieces and participate in fun activities as we learn about each park. Campers will get their tickets punched and earn Disney bucks along the way. They will be able to visit the gift shop and buy souvenirs at the end of our “magical” journey. Book your Disney camp experience now before it’s too late!
Teacher: April Wilhite (MHEA Pre-K Teacher & Experienced Summer Camp Teacher)
Join Ms. Erika’s Story Time Adventures to dive into stories all week long! Each day we will read a different story, and make the stories come to life! We might find ourselves in the Where The Wild Things Are book where we will create funny monsters and dance with Max, making green eggs and ham with SAM-I-AM, decorating cookie crafts for a puppet mouse in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, and feeding our own Very Hungry Caterpillar! Throughout the week we will use our imagination, crafting, and reading skills to have all the adventures of our favorite characters! At the end of the week we will create our own story books to take home and show to our families!
Teacher: Erika Daniel (pursuing a M.Ed. in Elementary Education at the University of Georgia; experienced teacher, tutor, and camp counselor; 2nd summer at MHEA)
Calling all Cheerleaders!! Grab your pom-poms this week as each camper will be taught three cheers, jumps, and have the opportunity to build up their best tumbling skills using our cheerleading mats! We are so excited to teach campers how to do a toe touch and hurdler! Cheerleaders will learn correct motions and fun dances. Just like High School Cheerleaders, we will make our very own signs to go with our cheers! Throughout the week, we will make crafts such as mini megaphones, DIY cheer bows, and popsicle stick cheerleaders! We will also be making several snacks throughout the week that will show how much spirit we have! At the end of camp, we will perform what we learned to our favorite cheerleader, Ms. Heather!
Teacher: Gracie Strickland (Senior at Cherokee Bluff High School, experienced Varsity Cheerleader & MHEA assistant teacher)
Oh, how we love our getaway trips! A week full of breathtaking scenery, roaring fires, hidden gem eateries, and nothing but fun! This week we will explore summer destinations, have a mini-market, and enjoy more spectacular activities. Each day will include a dose of crafts, games, local food, and souvenirs. Come adventure for a week you’ll never forget as you unleash your creative side!
Teacher: Sarah Oliver, M.ED (Special Education Teacher)
Are you a Muggle or a Wizard? Fly on your handmade broom and play Quidditch by the castle. Enter our Potion’s class where you will create and taste some interesting new concoctions of the wizarding world! Learn about mythical animals that live in our enchanted forest and create some new ones. Come and join us at our school of Wizardry at the Hogwarts Learning Annex at Ms. Heather’s Educational Adventures.
Teacher: Matt Schoen, M.Ed. (Special Education Teacher at Grayson Elementary School, Scout Leader Troop 499; BSA Scouting)
Girls who love dinosaurs, this is the camp for you! Grab your friends and join us for an adventure in Dinoland! We’ll learn about these giant reptiles, the different kinds, where they lived, what they ate, and how they moved. We’ll listen to stories, play games, and pretend to be “dinosaurs” from long ago. We’ll paint a giant mural, create paper mache dinosaur eggs, go on a fossil dig, make girly dinosaur pillows, and celebrate with a “dino-mite” party at the end of the week!
Teacher: Rhondi Merritt (MHEA 3’s Teacher & Experienced Summer Camp Teacher)
Are you an adventurer who’s ready to join me on the trip of a lifetime? I’m gathering a team of explorers so that we can learn all there is to know about the African Safari! On this Safari adventure, we’ll ride our jeep out onto African Plains to see all the wonders through our own binoculars! We’ll get to learn all about the animals that live there and even spend the day walking amongst them. We’ll create our own puppets based on a book and get to recreate the stories using our imagination! We’ll also get to create our own books! We’ll make bear masks like the one in our story and make cookies for our mouse. If you love stories and using your imagination, then this is the place you will want to be. I hope you can join us for so much fun!
Teacher: Olivia Cunningham (pursuing a BSEd in Elementary Education at Anderson University, experienced student-teacher, and camp teacher at MHEA)
Join us in Adventure Bay for a puptastic adventure! Campers will go on a scavenger hunt to help Ryder recover items for a special rescue mission! We will also help our favorite pup friends on different missions to save the day! Show off your paw-some dance moves with a game of “Pup Pup Boogie.” We will make a delicious pup treat and create paw patrol crafts including our very own pup tags! This is a week to wag your tails about!
Teacher: Danielle Dooley (Experienced Pre-K Teacher)
Join us for a fun filled week of all things bubbles, water, and paint! At the beginning of the week campers will visit the bubble wand station where they will be able to create their very own wand! Throughout the week they will be able to use their wand, for bubble art, and bubble competitions; where they will compete to see who can make the biggest bubbles, and the longest lasting bubbles. Campers will also be able to make and play with bubble foam, build bubble towers, and create bubble shakers to take home! At the end of the week campers will use hula hoops to see if they can make big enough bubbles to fit around them! You don’t want to miss out on all the bubbles and fun!
Teacher: Caitlyn Wilson (Bachelors of Science in Early Education/Special Education)
Hello Farmers! It's time to plant our seeds in Farming Camp and watch them grow! During this camp we will learn how all kinds of fun vegetables and fruits are grown, and we will plant our very own crops! We will learn the ropes around the farm with fun lasso games, challenges, and farm crafts. We look forward to seeing your farmers at a fantastic farming camp for a real hoe-down!
Teacher: Emilee Akins (Buford High School Graduate attending GCSU in the Fall; Buford Elementary Student Intern, Education major)
Have you ever dreamed of being a mermaid? Well this camp is perfect for you! Join us under the sea as we discover life as a mermaid! Bring your creativity to make your own mermaid friends and ocean bling. You will look like a mermaid in no time and even find out your mermaid name! We will dive into underwater tunes and dance our tails off! Make sure you have your bubbly moves as we will be playing mermaid games. We will even go on an enchanted treasure hunt! Come be part of this magical, mermaid world!
Teacher: Ava Hurdelbrink (Senior and Varsity Cheerleader at Cherokee Bluff High School, experienced MHEA assistant teacher)
Get your sports on in this fun camp that combines team, recreational, and PE games. Campers will learn the values and essentials of each sport. Sportsmanship and teamwork are key to having fun! Join us as we play tried and true favorites and discover new games throughout the week. Campers will play basketball, soccer, balloon tennis, bowling, and so much more! There’s no better way to enjoy the summer than being outdoors! You are sure to have a ball at Game on Sports Camp! (Students will also have LOTS of water breaks and an indoor classroom to rotate to so they will not get overheated!)
Teacher: Emilee Akins (Buford High School Graduate attending GCSU in the Fall; Buford Elementary Student Intern, Education major)
Week Two: June 13-16
Price: $0.00
Our youngest campers will have their own camp to explore and participate in imaginary play. New themes will be presented each week along with new crafts each day! Children will have fun playing games, listening to stories, dressing up, dancing to music, and creating fun art projects! Young campers will finger paint, build with blocks and playdough, work on puzzles, play kitchen, and so much more! They will ride bikes on our beautiful outside trike track, read books in our Magical Garden Library, and play on our castle themed playground! Campers will come home with keepsake handprint/footprint crafts and photos of their experiences! This will be a very small class, which will be taught by the same loving preschool teachers all summer! This camp is offered from 9:00-12:00 only. Parents will be required to send a bag with diapers, wipes, and a sippy cup with water.
Teachers: Kelly Barron, Sammie Musser, Calen Beasley, Abby Kendrick, & Virginia Langley (experienced 2-3 year old preschool teachers)
Do you want to be the very best, like no one ever was? The first step to becoming a Pokemon Trainer is choosing a starter! Our campers will hatch Pokemon eggs to reveal their starter Pokemon! But to catch them is the real test! We will search far and wide on a hunt to find all the hidden Pokemon. Oh-no! Team rocket blasts off at the speed of light. Our trainers will work together to stop them! Trainers will also create their own trainer cards and Bulbasaur plants. We’ll battle in challenges to collect gym badges! Who’s ready to be a Pokemon Trainer?
Teacher: Danielle Dooley (experienced Pre-K teacher)
Buckle your airplane seatbelt and get ready for a flight around the world with your American Girl Doll! Day one, Bonjour and Ciao! We’re headed to France and Italy! While in France, get ready to make your own Eiffel Tower and tasty treat for your doll! Up next, we will make our own leaning tower of Pisa like the one in Italy! Day two, we’re off to Morocco and Peru! While in Morocco, we will make a macrame rainbow you can use as decoration and paint a llama on a canvas while in Peru! On Wednesday, we’re headed to Ireland where we’ll make a leprechaun hat, and then to Japan where we will make sushi for our dolls! On our final day, we will travel to England where we will make a Double Dutch bus and miniature guard figurines like those that guard the royal castles. Each day we will add stamps to our passport with all the fun places we’ve visited! You don’t want to miss this fun week of traveling around the world with your doll!
Teacher: Taylor Kuhn (Brenau ED B.S.) & Jane Kuhn (Chestnut Mountain Elementary Teacher)
Come join us in our celebration of the 2022 College Football National Champions, the Georgia Bulldogs! This week, kids will be learning about their favorite current and former Bulldogs through interactive games and crafts! We are excited to make special treats, such as football brownies, to show how much we love our Bulldogs! We will be playing safe, recreational two hand touch football games to work to the championship game at the end of the week! For the championship game, each team will make their own run through banner just like the big Bulldogs do! We’ll be able to learn the value of sportsmanship and leadership through each of our games! Campers will be making mini trophies, handprint football goals, fan fingers and jerseys for an amazing week fit for Champions! Go Dawgs!
Teacher: Gracie Strickland (Senior and Varsity Cheerleader at Cherokee Bluff High School, experienced MHEA assistant teacher)
Pack your sleeping bag and roll over to Ms. Heather’s! Hop in your pajamas and slide your sleeping bag over to the girliest and most relaxing camp of the summer. Together we will make face masks, bath bombs, soaps, and sugar scrubs! We will relax with cucumber facials and spa music! We will do hair, nails, and play new sleepover games! We will even paint a relaxing beachscape on canvas. Sleepover girls will also get to make their own flower crowns with real flowers. The girls will create lots of art, have a pretend sleepover with popcorn, movies, games, dance parties, and so much more!
Teacher: Addy Langley (Junior at Georgia Southern University, Interior Design & Art Major; experienced art and camp teacher at MHEA; owner of Florals by Addy; muralist at MHEA)
If you’re a circus lover and a science lover then you’ll love this science circus camp! We will capture some of the magic of the circus through some cool science experiments this week! So without further ado, here are some of the captivating activities we have planned! We will be creating circus slime, making popcorn dance, shooting off balloon rockets, making our very own juggling balls, feeding the elephant game, and making elephant toothpaste. We will get artistic and create a few of the circus animals and get messy with our cotton candy puffy paint. For our large body entertainment, we will be lions and jump through the rings of fire as well as practice our tightrope walking skills. After all this activity we will feed our tummies with homemade circus popcorn that we will pop and prepare in the classroom. So don’t hesitate to come join the circus!!
Teacher: Emelia Higgins. (MHEA Pre-K Teacher & Experienced Summer Camp Teacher)
Aloha! The summer is heating up and so is the fun! Campers will make lots of sweet memories and snacks this week like s’mores, snow cones, and fruit kabobs. Fun crafts such as sun catchers and sand art will be made! We will also build sand castles. Beach ball games and bamboo limbo will be played while listening to Hawaiian music and learning a Hawaiian dance. Photo props and backdrops will be available to document all the fun! Sign up today for this Hawaiian getaway!
Teacher: April Wilhite (MHEA Pre-K Teacher & Experienced Summer Camp Teacher)
Start up your engine and head over to Ms. Heather’s to build awesome race tracks with ramps and obstacles! Have a glow car party with flashlights, glow sticks, balloons, and fun games! Set off rocket balloons into the sky and fly airplanes off the top of the castle! Participate in relays on the trike track to win prizes and earn your driver’s license! Build cities to race through with magnatiles, legos, and all different kinds of blocks! Become a train conductor decorating your own train whistle and building cool railroad paths! Play “Red light, Green light”, and race into a fun summer!
Teacher: TBA
Calling all nature scientists and kids who like little critters! This week is going to be all about BUGS!!! We will meet The Very Hungry Caterpillar and a bunch of his friends: worms, ladybugs, crickets, butterflies, and the rest of the bug world! Bring your crafting skills to create your own buggy companions: egg-carton caterpillars, paper-plate ladybugs, salt-dough bugs, and dragonfly clips. We will explore the world with our senses through sensory bins, touching “slug slime,” and chowing down on edible bug habitats! We will read some buggy books, go on bug hunts, feed my spidery friend for prizes, and play games together. Hope to see you fly, crawl, slither, or inch your way into bug camp!
Teacher: Erika Daniel (pursuing a M.Ed. in Elementary Education at the University of Georgia; experienced summer teacher at MHEA)
The amazing world of building is at your fingertips! Explore simple machines that when put together can create new things or destroy things! You will design new architecture with everyday items. Just see how you can build your skyscrapers! Learn how to use tools to build roller carts that can be used on our racetracks, and make catapults that can really work and knock down walls. Find out the power of wind by building vortex cannons! Lastly, design your own sailboat and race your friends. All this will happen in the Construction Zone!
Teacher: Matt Schoen M.Ed.(Special Education Teacher at Grayson Elementary School, Scout Leader Troop 499)
Get your sports on in this fun camp that combines team, recreational, and PE games. Campers will learn the values and essentials of each sport. Sportsmanship and teamwork are key to having fun! Join us as we play tried and true favorites and discover new games throughout the week. Campers will play basketball, soccer, balloon tennis, bowling, and so much more! There’s no better way to enjoy the summer than being outdoors! You are sure to have a ball at Game on Sports Camp! (Students will also have LOTS of water breaks and an indoor classroom to rotate to so they will not get overheated!)
Teacher: James Lancaster (Kinesiology Major, University of North Georgia; Experienced camp counselor & Pre-K teacher at MAEV Academy)
Dive into the sea where magical mermaids can be found. Swim along and sing with creatures of the sea. Make beautiful sandcastles, make lovely jewelry, and create mermaid tails while listening to stories of these wonderful sparkling friends. We’ll learn about mermaids and what they do, play mermaid games, make a mermaid garden play set, paint glittery mermaid pictures, and have a magical mermaid tea party to celebrate the week with our friends!
Teacher: Rhondi Merritt (MHEA 3’s Teacher & Experienced Summer Camp Teacher)
A fish-filled week full o-fish-al fisherman activities. Campers will learn the art of fishing through many fun games and challenges! Students will also get the chance to make their very own lures. Our o-fish-al camp will leave campers being experts and ready to take on the water; from the fishing-themed snacks to all the fishing survivor challenges. Can’t wait to see you there!
Teacher: Emilee Akins (Buford High School Graduate attending GCSU in the Fall; Buford Elementary Intern, Education major)
Join us as we go on our very own teddy bear picnic. This week will include singing songs about teddy bears, reading the Teddy Bear Picnic, Brown Bear, Corduroy, and Going on a Bear Hunt! We will also make teddy bear crafts, such as teddy bear ears to wear! We will have teddy bear-themed sensory play, eat bear’s favorite honey snack crackers honey crackers, and go on a bear hunt with flashlights! At the end of the week bring your favorite teddy bear to have a spectacular teddy bear picnic!
Teacher: Stephanie Swenson (experienced teaching assistant and MHEA preschool mom)
Calling all little fishes cause we're going to explore under the sea! How would you like to take home your very own beach in a bottle and paint turtles? Join me as we journey to the ocean blue to discover the many sea creatures that live there! We’ll spend our day making our own fishy creations and playing games that any sea creature would love! We’ll get to make jellyfish, sharks, and many other friendly underwater friends. At the end of the week, you’ll get to play with ocean slime! The best part of this camp is that we will get to make our own under sea mini aquariums and we may even get to find our own buried treasure! I hope you can join me on our underwater adventures!
Teacher: Olivia Cunningham (pursuing a BSEd in Elementary Education at Anderson University, experienced student-teacher, camp teacher at MHEA, and childcare worker)
5,6,7,8! It’s time to show off your moves and skills at cheerleading camp! We will practice the essential motions in order to make our cheers look sharp and clean! Once we nail the motions, we will learn several cheers and chants! We will practice how to do a toe touch, hurdler, pike, and tuck jump! Cheerleaders will even get to practice their tumbling skills on cheer mats in our castle-themed cheerleading room! We will use our team spirit to make game day crafts such as megaphones, noisemakers, spirit sticks, and our own cheer bow! We will put all we learn throughout the week to record a special cheer routine to present to all of our friends and family! Bring your smiles and spirit for a fun week filled with all things cheer!
Teacher: Ava Hurdelbrink (Senior and Varsity Cheerleader at Cherokee Bluff High School, experienced MHEA assistant teacher)
Week Three: June 20 - 23
Price: $0.00
Our youngest campers will have their own camp to explore and participate in imaginary play. New themes will be presented each week along with new crafts each day! Children will have fun playing games, listening to stories, dressing up, dancing to music, and creating fun art projects! Young campers will finger paint, build with blocks and playdough, work on puzzles, play kitchen, and so much more! They will ride bikes on our beautiful outside trike track, read books in our Magical Garden Library, and play on our castle-themed playground! Campers will come home with keepsake handprint/footprint crafts and photos of their experiences! This will be a very small class, which will be taught by the same loving preschool teachers all summer! This camp is offered from 9:00-12:00 only. Parents will be required to send a bag with diapers, wipes, and a sippy cup with water.
Teachers: Kelly Barron, Calen Beasley, Claire Williams, Abby Kendrick, & Virginia Langley (experienced 2-3 year old preschool teachers)
Welcome to Treasure Island where we will discover gold coins and precious gems during island scavenger hunts and keep our treasures in a painted treasure box for safekeeping! Hatch baby dinosaurs and dragons from their eggs and sift through the treasure sandpit for dinosaur fossils and dragon teeth! Mix up a magic bubbly dragon lava experiment, create and follow treasure maps, use telescopes on top of the castle, drink blue dragon punch, and build castles, caves, and cities to play with dinosaurs! Create dinosaur play dough scenes, squish glitter treasure slime, and paint giant dragon shields! On the last day of camp, we will have a Treasure Island glow party with hidden surprises, flashlights, glow sticks, dinosaurs, balloons, dragon games, and treasure treats! Come find your own magical treasure with Ms. Morgan!
Teacher: Morgan Langley (pursuing an Early Childhood Education major at the University of Georgia; experienced teacher and curriculum specialist at MHEA)
Come join us for a cat-tastic week as we get ready for the ultimate DJ Catnip dance party! Campers will participate in exciting Gabby Cat-inspired games and explore their creative side by making cat-terrific crafts! Cool cat campers will live out their inner Cakey Cat by making cake pops and we will end the week with a DJ Catnip Glow Dance Party! It will be a paw-sitively purrfect fun week!
Teacher: Kathy Peterson (Former 2’s teacher and assistant director at MHEA)
Take a deep dive into the ocean to explore the magical world of sharks! Over the week, campers will explore how sharks use their senses to swim and maneuver the open ocean. We will follow clues and race through obstacle courses as we complete missions to track and capture sharks around MHEA!! We will become enriched in the science of sharks and the ocean by understanding why sharks float and perform salt water experiments! Campers will make shark hats and other exciting shark crafts, search for shark teeth, explore the science behind sharks, and even eat Shark Bait! Remember Fish are friends not food!
Teacher: James Lancaster (Kinesiology Major; University of North Georgia; experienced sports camp counselor & MAEV Academy PE teacher)
Are you a Sith or a Jedi, a Mandalorian, a Storm Trooper? Build your own lightsaber and train in the ways of the Force. Practice your skills of balance and agility on the Jedi obstacle course. Create your own Battle Helmet to represent your favorite factions in the Star Wars Universe. Fly an X-Wing or Tie Fighter in a dog fight around the playground. Campers will explore science, art, and fun while immersing themselves in Star Wars history!
Teacher: Matthew Schoen, M.Ed. (Special Education Teacher at Grayson Elementary School, Scout Leader Troop 499; BSA Scouting)
Come explore and create beautiful animal masterpieces using all different art mediums! We will paint, draw, construct, and learn about all different animals! Some of the adorable animals we will feature include: a sloth, a lobster, a puffy llama, a fire-breathing dragon, a hanging possum, turtles, and hedgehogs!!
Teacher: Tammy Archer (Pre-K teacher at MHEA and experienced camp teacher)
Would you like to learn how to be a princess? At Princess Training Camp we will design our own crowns, jewelry, and magical slippers! We will put on music and dance the day away! Princesses are asked to wear their very best princess gowns to camp every day so we will look fabulous for all the princess games we’ll play! Make your own princess wand and paint your very own kingdom! On the last day of camp, we will have our very own princess tea party complete with tasty and royal treats! I can’t wait to learn how to be princesses!
Teacher: Olivia Cunningham (pursuing a BSEd in Elementary Education at Anderson University, experienced student-teacher and camp teacher at MHEA)
Get ready to get MESSY! Students will enjoy creating using a variety of mediums in this camp! Acrylic, bubbles, and even shaving cream will be used on canvas, wood, watercolor paper, and more! Campers will learn to draw their favorite characters, paint using the pendulum technique, fingerpaint, and collage. Among these, sketchbooks will be handed out as campers learn about famous artists, color mixing, and composition. By the end of the week, an amazing handmade portfolio with 12 + frame-worthy art pieces will be sent home! Campers will celebrate their hard work with a fun art party! This week is going to be so much fun!
Teacher: Addisyn Langley (Junior at Georgia Southern University, Interior Design & Art major; experienced art and camp teacher at MHEA; muralist at MHEA)
Join us for the happiest place on Earth... Disney at Ms. Heather’s! This week will be a ton of fun - from singing and dancing to our favorite Disney songs, reading Disney books, dressing up as our favorite Disney characters, and of course making crafts that may or may not include some mouse ears! We cannot wait to have a magical week with you!
Teacher: Stephanie Swenson (experienced teaching assistant and MHEA preschool mom)
The circus is coming to MHEA! Campers will learn the roles that each performer has in the show and will practice them. They will each get to choose their own stuffed circus animal to take care of and teach a trick to perform in our class circus show! They will also get to take them home at the end of the week as a memento of our week together. Campers will enjoy several circus foods for snack, such as circus peanuts, snow cones, and soft pretzels. We will even pop our own popcorn to enjoy! Animal masks and handprint art will be made. We will play carnival games and practice our acrobatic skills. Don’t miss this Under the Big Top experience!
Teacher: April Wilhite (MHEA Pre-K Teacher & Experienced Summer Camp Teacher)
In Underwater Fun camp we will splash into a watery room to visit with sea creatures like jellyfish, turtles, starfish, and more! Bring your imagination to create some magic seashell crafts, design your own rainbow fish, sea turtles, and colorful jellyfish. We will play, “Feed the shark” to win prizes, and make our very own magic oceans in a bottle to bring home. We will create under the sea graham cracker snacks with blue frosting and sea creature decorations. Come prepared for a week of underwater fun, crafts, games, and prizes!
Teacher: Erika Daniel (pursuing a BSEd and MEd in Elementary Education at the University of Georgia; experienced teacher and MHEA camp teacher)
The garden is buzzing with excitement! At Enchanted Garden Party camp, the campers will work together to create a beautiful garden where we will end our week with a celebration! Campers will plant pretty flowers, create gorgeous botanical suncatchers, and make cute glowing fireflies to create our enchanted garden! With our friends, we will make the most beautiful flower crowns and a flower pot wind chime to hang in our gardens at home! At the end of camp, we will decorate cupcakes and have an enchanted garden party! I’ll be waiting for you in the garden at Ms. Heather’s!
Teacher: Sammie Musser (experienced 2’s teacher at MHEA)
Interested in things that fizz, sizzle, pop, and boom? This is a very hands-on approach to fun science! Campers will have the unique opportunity to become a real scientist and participate in exciting experiments ranging from making slime, causing explosions, watching color-changing magic with markers and food coloring, making delicious treats, exploring sensory science, and more! Grab a lab coat, and prepare for lots of Mad Scientist experiments this week. Campers will explore the process of thrilling science experiments from start to finish!
Teacher: Gracie Turner, M.Ed. (Gifted Certified, 3rd Grade Teacher, Fairview Elementary)
Do you want to be the very best trained Pokemon master? The first step to becoming a Pokemon Trainer is choosing a starter! Our campers will hatch Pokemon eggs to reveal their starter Pokemon! But to catch them is the real test! We will search far and wide on a hunt to find all the hidden Pokemon. Oh-no! Team rocket blasts off at the speed of light–Our trainers will work together to stop them! Trainers will also create their own trainer cards and Bulbasaur plants. We’ll battle in challenges to collect gym badges! Who’s ready to be a Pokemon Trainer?
Teacher: Danielle Dooley (experienced preschool teacher)
Yummy time! Let’s explore the fun and delicious world of ice cream! This camp is all about this wonderful treat. We will be making our own ice cream treat every day! The campers will use a recipe to create and then watch as the ice cream maker churns our treat. We will make ice cream sandwiches with graham crackers and sprinkles. Rootbeer floats will be made and enjoyed using special ice cream shop cups that the class will get to take home! We will be creating bubble wrap ice cream prints, edible ice cream play doh, handprint ice cream cones, and tall name cones. This week will be filled with fun activities that include an ice cream relay game and fizzy cones science play. We will finish up the week with our ice cream sundae party! Let’s have a fun and delicious time!
Teacher: Emelia Higgins (Pre-K teacher at MHEA)
Week Four: June 27-June 30
Price: $0.00
Our youngest campers will have their own camp to explore and participate in imaginary play. New themes will be presented each week along with new crafts each day! Children will have fun playing games, listening to stories, dressing up, dancing to music, and creating fun art projects! Young campers will finger paint, build with blocks and playdough, work on puzzles, play kitchen, and so much more! They will ride bikes on our beautiful outside trike track, read books in our Magical Garden Library, and play on our castle themed playground! Campers will come home with keepsake handprint/footprint crafts and photos of their experiences! This will be a very small class, which will be taught by the same loving preschool teachers all summer! This camp is offered from 9:00-12:00 only. Parents will be required to send a bag with diapers, wipes, and a sippy cup with water.
Teachers: Kelly Barron, Calen Beasley, Abby Kendrick, Claire Williams, & Virginia Langley (experienced 2-3 year old preschool teachers)
This fun-filled week will be full of challenges, outdoor adventures, cooperative games, arts, crafts, and much more! Campers will join their chosen tribes on day one and come up with their tribe names, banners, and tiki torches. Over the next several days, tribe members will compete in challenges such as the hula circle relay, and a scavenger hunt where each tribe will have to find twenty items that are hidden throughout the school! At the end of the week, the tribes will have a tribal council where their names will be chosen out of a bucket and they will receive a special prize based on how they competed in the challenges throughout the week! This camp will encourage friendship, team building, and cooperation skills!
Teacher: Caitlyn Wilson (BS in Early Childhood Education/Special Education & experienced MHEA summer camp teacher)
Come dance in our beautiful castle-themed ballet room! We are going to pick Disney princess songs we love and choreograph dances to them! I am going to wear my pretty princess tiara, and I hope you will come in your pretty princess dresses or ballerina tutus! Princesses will learn basic ballet steps and choreography, as well as create Disney ballerina crafts and play princess games all week long! On the last day of camp we will record a video for our families of our beautiful princess ballet to show what we have learned and practiced. This camp will be fun for those who already love ballet and also for those who are new to dancing. Any skill level is welcome!
Teacher: Erika Daniel (Experienced company dancer with national accolades for ballet; pursuing a BSEd and M.Ed. in Elementary Education at the University of Georgia; experienced teacher, tutor, and camp counselor; 2nd summer at MHEA)
Interested in things that fizz, sizzle, pop, and boom! This is a very hands-on approach to fun science. Campers will have the unique opportunity to become a real scientist and participate in exciting experiments ranging from making slime, causing explosions, watching color-changing magic with markers and food coloring, making delicious treats, exploring sensory science, and more! Our young scientists will participate in lots of fun Mad Scientist experiments this week! Campers will explore the process of thrilling science experiments from start to finish!
Teacher: Gracie Turner, M.Ed. (Gifted Certified, 3rd Grade Teacher, Fairview Elementary)
Come solve mysteries and fight crime as a superhero! Participate in target frisbee throwing challenges, relay races, and obstacle courses! After passing through superhero training camp, make your own Captain America shield and Spider-Man web. Be the Hulk and use your strength to pop balloon bombs to find candy and knock down huge blocks! Watch Superman fly as we set off rocket balloons! We will learn how to draw Batman’s Batmobile and create the Superman emblem using colored shaving cream! Have a blast creating abstract superhero art and playing “Capture the Villain!” to see which team can wrap the villains in crepe paper the fastest! Become a superhero at Ms. Heather’s!
Teacher: TBA
Welcome to the land of dinosaurs! You will find and hatch your own baby dinosaur eggs! You will become an archeologist and dig for fossils, dinosaur teeth, and hidden treasures in the sand, make your own playdough dinosaur scenes, explode fizzy dinosaur eggs, erupt a volcano, play with dinosaurs, and create dinosaur artwork! You will become a dinosaur expert learning about different kinds of dinosaurs and engaging with exciting dinosaur stations! You will get to unwrap your own MYSTERY surprise ball filled with dinosaur prizes!! Join the dino fun at the LAND OF DINOSAURS with Ms. Morgan!
Teacher: Morgan Langley (pursuing an Early Childhood Education major at the University of Georgia; experienced teacher and curriculum specialist at MHEA)
Calling all super spies looking for an adventure! We’ll travel the world on a four-day adventure in order to train to be the best spies ever! By visiting the continents of Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America, we will get one step closer to uncovering classified secrets and learning new tricks. New super spies will get to create their own disguises, build binoculars for expert seeking, and get to take home their very own classified ID at the end of the week! We will get to go on our very first mission in search of secret treasures! Super Spies will learn how to decipher a new secret code every day which will lead us closer to our goal. I hope you can join me for the best super spy adventure ever! Those top secret treasures won’t find themselves!
Teacher: Olivia Cunningham (pursuing a BSEd in Elementary Education at Anderson University, experienced student-teacher and camp teacher at MHEA)
Join us this summer for an all-new BARBIE camp!! Grab your favorite popstar dress and come get pampered at the Barbie Dream Salon! We will dance and sing, design matching water bottles, make Barbie makeup bags, and create friendship bracelets galore!! Inspire your creativity in the Barbie Bakery while we create our own pink Barbielicious cupcakes! Join us in the Barbie salon to paint nails, decorate tiaras, and get gorgeous hairstyles with jewels inspired by Barbie! You will also get to create your own outfits and accessories for your Barbie! Inspire your creativity further at the Barbie Creation Station where you will get to paint and create! Learning about important social skills will be emphasized this week. Come play with Barbies and join the Barbie Dream Girl Club!
Teacher: Ella Langley (Senior at JCHS, Varsity cheerleader, experienced teaching assistant and camp teacher at MHEA)
Get ready for a fun week of learning about some of your favorite American Girl characters! Day one we are headed to the rain forest to learn about Lea! Day two, we’ll be off to Hawaii to learn about Kanani and Nanea! We will make our own palm tree, pineapple and hula skirt! On day three, we will learn about Saige and Kira! Saige loves flying in hot air balloons each summer, so we will make our own hot air balloon. Kira loves visiting her aunt’s wildlife clinic in Australia so we will make a kangaroo and joey like the ones Kira sees! On our final day of camp, we’ll learn about the girl of the year 2022, Corinne and her sister Gwynn! Since they love skating and snowboarding, we will make a fleece scarf for our dolls and matching mittens! You do not want to miss this fun week learning about the American Girls!
Teachers: Taylor Kuhn (Brenau ED B.S.) & Jane Kuhn (Chestnut Mountain Elementary teacher)
Come join us for a cat-tastic week as we get ready for the ultimate DJ Catnip dance party! Campers will participate in exciting Gabby Cat inspired games and explore their creative side by making cat-terrific crafts! Cool cat campers will live out their inner Cakey Cat by making cake pops and we will end the week with a DJ Catnip Glow Dance Party! It will be a paw-sitively purrfect fun week!
Teacher: Kathy Peterson (Former 2’s teacher and assistant director at MHEA)
Calling all my girly girls! Come and play as we rotate through all things “girly!” Play with princesses, baby dolls, American Girl dolls, take care of stuffed animals, and put on a fashion show with dress up clothes! The girls will also create a Shopkins village, play with Barbies, and a giant dream house! Get your nails done and complete cute crafts! Fun music and dancing will make your girls excited to come to the Girl Party!
Teacher: Misty Dyson (Pre-K teacher at MHEA and experienced Summer Camp Teacher)
Kids will have a blast as they become lunar learners! Before we blast off, we will design and create our astronaut suits to equip us for our exciting adventure to the moon! We will go through training to build our moon-walking skills, observe fizzy moon rocks for research, and build space stations using our STEM skills. In training, we will learn about God’s creation of a “greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night.” Genesis 1:16, and how amazingly BIG God is, just like space! After we launch our rockets and arrive at the moon, we will play with moon dough and learn about the phases of the moon using an astronaut’s favorite treat, Moon Pies! When we are back on planet Earth, we will smash the moon rocks we collected for science! I can’t wait to see you at Moon Walkers camp!
Teacher: Sammie Musser (experienced 2’s teacher at MHEA)
Future designers will start this camp by creating vision boards of their dream rooms with cutouts from their favorite magazines! They will then get to design their own shoe box houses using real fabrics, floors, sequins, buttons, and pictures! We’ll create art to decorate walls around Ms. Heather’s and to take home! We’ll create edible houses out of graham crackers for a very special snack!! We’ll learn how to start a business and design beaded curtains, design our own wallpaper, and create blueprints! This camp will be so much fun!
Teacher: Addisyn Langley (Junior at Georgia Southern University, Interior Design & Art major; experienced art and camp teacher at MHEA; muralist at MHEA)
Get your sports on in this fun camp that combines team, recreational, and PE games. Campers will learn the values and essentials for each sport. Sportsmanship and teamwork are key to having fun! Join us as we play tried and true favorites and discover new games throughout the week. Campers will play basketball, soccer, balloon tennis, bowling, and so much more! There’s no better way to enjoy the summer than being outdoors! You are sure to have a ball at Game on Sports Camp! (Students will also have LOTS of water breaks and an indoor classroom to rotate to so they will not get overheated!)
Teacher: James Lancaster (Kinesiology Major; University of North Georgia; experienced sports camp counselor & MAEV Academy PE teacher)
How would you like to live out your dream of being a star in a world of glitz, glam, and a sizzling good time? This summer camp will be themed around your favorite pop stars, Na Na Na Surprise Dolls and fashion! Each day will include a dose of crafts, games, and activities to showcase our summer tour. Feel the glitz and glam while you pose for the camera and walk the red carpet. What are you waiting for? Grab your bow, and let’s go!
Teacher: Sarah Oliver (M.ED., Special Education; experienced camp teacher at MHEA)
It’s summer, and there are so many bugs!! Butterflies, ladybugs, crickets, and more! This week we are going to explore our curiosity and learn about the butterfly life cycle, read The Hungry Caterpillar and It’s a Bug’s Life, participate in hands-on sensory play, make ladybugs and count their spots, and make lots of bug crafts! We will go on a bug hunt around the school to see what we find in the summer and even eat some ants on a log!
Teacher: Stephanie Swenson (experienced teacher assistant and MHEA preschool mom)
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Zookeepers needed!! All the animals got loose from their cages! Campers will help catch the zoo animal of their choice to care for. They will make a home for their new pet and learn what their animals like to eat, feeding and caring for it each day! We will make zoo animal crafts using lots of different art mediums. Silly animal songs will be sung and creative movement activities will be performed. There will be animal sensory bins and many imaginative play opportunities. Join the fun today!
Teacher: April Wilhite (experienced Pre-K and camp teacher at MHEA)
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