Barrington Summer Camps

**Camps are subject to change. Please contact the center for details.
We can also build a personalized summer program that can reflect your child's needs. Summer prepayment discounts are available.
Math
Camp Sum Fun! Addition and Subtraction Math Fun (grades 1-3). A fun approach for your child to improve understanding of basic addition and subtraction skills, while increasing speed and accuracy.

· Learn strategies to help with addition and subtraction.
· Understand the concept that addition and subtraction are related.
· Increase speed and accuracy of basic addition and subtraction facts.
· Solve simple addition and subtraction word problems.


Multiply & Divide: Multiplication and Division Math Facts (grades 3-5). A fun approach for children to improve understanding of basic multiplication and division facts, while increasing speed and accuracy.

· Understand the concept of multiplication as repeated addition.
· Identify division facts related to multiplication facts.
· Learn multiplication to help with multiplication facts.
· Increase speed and accuracy of basic multiplication and division facts.


Fraction Action I! Making Fractions Fun (grades 3-5). A fun approach for your child to improve understanding and gain confidence working with basic fractions.

· Model and write fractions.
· Find equivalent fractions.
· Add and subtract fractions with like and unlike denominators.
· Compare and order fractions.


Fraction Action II! More Fractions (grades 6-7). A fun approach for your child to improve advanced fraction skills and develop confidence working with fractions.

· Find equivalent fractions.
· Compare and ordering fractions.
· Add and subtract fractions.
· Multiply and divide fractions.


Solve This: Math Problem-Solving! (grades 4-5). Your child will become a confident, analytical thinker and problem solver. Students will explore many options to solve problems and discuss their tactics with the group.

· Review the problem-solving process: Understand, Plan, Solve, and Look Back.
· Learn and apply multiple problem-solving strategies such as: Draw a Picture, Find a Pattern, Work Backward, and Solve a Simpler Problem.
· Solve different types of word problems.

Solve This: Math Problem-Solving! (grades 6-7). Your child will gain the skills to become a confident analytical thinker and problem-solver.

· Learn and apply multiple problem-solving strategies such as: Find a Pattern, Work Backward, Solve a Simpler Problem, Draw a Diagram, and Write an Equation.
· Write and solve equations for word problems.
· Use logic to solve puzzles.
· Solve geometry problems.


Writing
Write On! Writing Styles Camp (grades 4-6). Your child will have fun engaging in different roles as authors, while practicing and improving writing skills.

· Write descriptive, informative and persuasive pieces.
· Write as a newspaper reporter, an advertiser, a movie critic, and more.
· Create and illustrate stories.

Write On! Writing Techniques Camp (grades 6-8). Your child will become a more confident writer while exploring and learning various writing techniques.

· Practice different approaches to prewriting.
· Discover your literary voice.
· Create a unique piece of work that reflects your style.


Reading
Read Ahead: Early Reading Fun (Pre-K and Kindergarten). A fun approach for your child to build early reading skills.
· Recognize and write capital and lowercase letters.
· Build listening comprehension strategies.
· Increase book awareness.

Create from wet clay, try your hand at the potters wheel, and paint a set of functional dinnerware in unique shapes hand painted and designed by YOU! All age and ability appropriate. Ages 3-16. This is the 12th year of our camp in RI. Feel free to e-mail for more info! Voted Best of RI and Nick Parents Choice Award! Fun! We are close to Providence RI, Seekonk MA, Rehoboth MA, Smithfield RI, Middletown RI, Newport RI, Greenville RI, Warwick RI, Mattapoisett MA, we are on the border of MA and RI.