Spring Break Camps

It’s time again to start thinking about activities for your children during spring break. Sausalito’s Bay Area Discovery Museum is offering a spring break camp with two sessions, April 5–9 and April 12–16, for children ages 3–8. This year, camp theme is “Tree Frog Treks.”

The Tree Frog Treks spring break camp offers hands-on science and art activities in a fun and safe environment. Tree Frog Treks is a dynamic organization that strives to create critical thinkers who will work to save, preserve and maintain our planet’s biodiversity by introducing them to live rescued reptiles and amphibians; offering fun, hands-on science, literacy and art programming; and exploring nature.

Program dates, times and prices:

• Half-day Camp
  9 am–noon
  Members $225, general $250 

• Full-day Camp
  9 am–4 pm
  Members $405, general $430

The Discovery Museum also offers extended care from 8–9 am and 4–5 pm for an additional fee. For more information, visit www.badm.org.

You can sign up for the camps online or by calling (415) 339-3931.

Spend some time at sea this spring and summer! This year Call of the Sea, an educational non-profit based in Sausalito, is instituting a Voyage Camp designed for students 13 to 16 years old. This three-day, two-night voyage offers the experiences and challenges of a schooner adventure within the protected waters of San Francisco Bay.

Campers will sail on the 85-foot schooner Seaward up San Pablo Bay and through Carquinez Strait to the Mothball Fleet of retired naval vessels. The second day’s sail focuses on building sailing skills and teamwork. The final day is a challenge as the students plan and execute a passage under the familiar three main bridges of central San Francisco Bay, all under the watchful eyes of Call of the Sea's captain and professional sailor-educators.

The spring Voyage Camp runs from April 12–14, so sign up soon for this one if you're interested. The summer session takes place June 26–28. For more information, please visit www.callofthesea.org or call (415) 331-3214.

Looking for something to do for your child during February winter break? The Bay Area Discovery Museum still has a few openings for their Shipwrecked Camp, February 17–19 from 9 am–3 pm. Have your child age 4–8 spend three exhilarating days living the life of a sailor in this exciting camp. Experience the delights and hardships of a sea-faring life; make maps, sing chanteys, dig for artifacts and treasures from mysterious lands, and discover weird sea creatures. Taught by expert museum staff, this will be a fun way to beat the winter doldrums. The price for the 3-day camp is $305 members, $330 general. Space is limited to 12 children. Extended Care available from 8-9 am; 3–4 pm; 4-5 pm at an additional $25 per child per hour. Enroll in all three hours of extended care for $65. Contact BADM at (415) 339-3900. To register online, go to their website or email questions to Heather Posner at .

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