KindTreeKids Summer Camps 2024
“My kids have been going to Anita’s KTK summer camps for more than 6 years now. We base our entire summer schedules around them because they’re our top priority for summer activities. The kids have so much fun, they don’t even realize they’re learning social skills, emotional regulation, and executive functioning skills, but I notice it when they get home and watch how they intentionally think through how they express their feelings and behaviors. This camp has changed my kids for the better and given them functional tools that they’ll use every day for the rest of their lives.”
“As a parent and a psychologist, I have been incredibly impressed with Anita’s programs through KindTree Kids. My two sons (7 & 4) have attended several of her weekend, holiday, and summer programs and they both love them! They have a great time, spend lots of time outdoors, and make connections with other children. What most impresses me is that each of them really grasps and integrates the material they learn at KindTree! Even months later, my sons will use a skill they learned at KindTree to manage an emotion or regulate their attention. KindTree is always my first choice for camp or enrichment because I can count on my kids coming home feeling seen, valued, and equipped with new skills that really stick!”
“I couldn’t say enough about Anita and KindTreeKids. We met Anita when my (now 8yo) had speech trouble at 2. She mentioned that he might also benefit from her social groups and boy was she right! She and her staff uniquely understand why an environment so thoroughly enmeshed with nature and acceptance is the way to introduce “hard” topics. My 2 boys now go every season because they look forward to it and don’t even realize what a deep impression is being made. The focus on empathy has become second nature and I attribute that to our KindTree experience. We will keep coming back until they kick us out!”
KindTreeKids is excited to offer a new summer camp and several week of summer camp fun in 2024!
Welcome to KindTreeKids Summer Camps 2024!
This year our overarching theme is CONNECTIONS! We will be exploring all the ways that our brains, bodies, minds, hearts, and relationships help us connect kind hearts and strong brains to all of life’s experiences!
All of KindTreeKids programs offer a safe and fun place for your child to learn important social, emotional, and growth-mindset tools and strategies and practice applying them in a group setting. We meet every child where they are so we can honor their needs, and make sure that every KindTreeKid feels seen and heard. We work creatively to guide them to use their strengths and build confidence by practicing these skills that increase self-awareness, build healthy relationships and friendships, respond and regulate big emotions, and grow self-confidence! Each day there will be plenty of opportunities to explore, engage, and educate about our topic. We promise it's also lots of fun! We can’t wait to spend the summer with you!
Spot of Summer Camp - Connecting the Spots
Ages 4-8
May 28th - 31st, 9:30 am – 2:00 pm
This is a 4-day camp. $285 per child. Minimum of 10 children with 2+ guides. Sibling rates available.
In our newest summer camp, we will be CONNECTING the SPOTs as we discover ways to understand our bodies/brains, calm our worries, make choices that serve us and others, build empathy, and believe in ourselves. Join us for this exciting week as we explore Diane Alber's "Spot Of..." books to guide us through the week as we build, create, and connect the spots, building strong brains and kind hearts. Each day will offer open-ended and collaborative play opportunities, hands-on activities/games that integrate the concepts and teachings, and group meetings (small and large) to discuss and unpack topics together. We have boundless play opportunities as well as a walk to our neighborhood creek each day for some nature exploration and play (weather permitting).
***OUR LAST DAY WILL BE AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION (drop off and pick up)***
**Our final day will take place fully outdoors at Friendship Forest Wildlife Sanctuary (4380 E Ponce de Leon Ave, Clarkston) where we will hike, explore, and have water/creek play (weather permitting).
KINDTREEKIDS - ADVENTURES IN NATURE SUMMER CAMP
Ages *6-11 *must be able to sustain five full summer days of hiking/exploring
Two weeks to choose from:
June 3rd - 7th, 9:30am – 1:30 pm
July 8th - 12th, 9:30am – 1:30 pm
$300 per child. Minimum of 8 children with 2+ guides. Sibling rates available.
Camps meet Monday through Friday. Drop-off is between 9:15-9:30 a.m. and pick-up is at 1:30 p.m. ***Location changes each day!***
One of our most unique camps is the Executive Functioning in Nature Summer Camp! This year, we will make CONNECTIONS using the concepts of the Elements (Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind) with Executive Functioning skills. In this camp, we will explore how the Earth gives us strength, stamina, and a solid place to connect; how Water teaches us flexibility and resilience; how Fire can teach us to "feel" and experience the strength of our emotions and how they impact others; and how Wind offers us our breath to keep us rooted and grounded.
We will discover how our connections to the Elements help to build a solid foundation so we feel rooted and grounded in our lives. As we learn the ways to connect to the present moment, we also practice how to stay connected to focus and attend longer, how to connect in conversation with others, and how to stay connected to our tasks and our plans.
Each day will:
offer opportunities for play and social language development as well as group and collaborative skills embedded in executive functioning that will be facilitated by the guides.
include outdoor movement and cooperative games as well as offer social thinking activities, mindfulness tools, and more!
offer play-based, self-directed opportunities where the children can be a part of the plan for ways to explore and create.
serve as a space to build trust with our bodies, be curious, get creative, demonstrate new play and conversation skills, and feel safe to navigate big emotions/feelings.
TINY KINDTREEKIDS (aka TINYS!): SOCIAL SUMMER PLAY CAMP
Ages 3-5/rising k
June 17th - 21st, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm
$300 per child. Minimum of 8 children with 2+ guides. Sibling rates available.
This sweet little camp is always so fun as we create a space where your Tinys can get a taste of social engagement opportunities to build play and early social skills. This sensory-rich, play-based camp is open to all language and skill levels and will be led by 2 adults indoors/outdoors (but mostly outdoors) for practice with greetings, responding to questions, cooperative play, turn-taking, sharing space/objects with others, early emotional awareness/language skills, and problem-solving/repairing with our friends when we get stuck (but no forced sharing or apologies!).
Each day we also take a walk to our neighborhood creek for more sensory and nature exploration time. This has been such a great experience that offers a space for children to try to build confidence, independence, and social problem-solving (because you know, everyone wants that one sparkly shovel and bucket!!). Your Tiny KindTreeKid will practice making deeper connections building these early socio-emotional skills that allow for strong brains and kind hearts!
EMPOWER ME! SUMMER CAMP
Ages 6-11
July 15th - 19th, 9:30 am – 2:00 pm
$350 per child. Minimum of 10 children with 3+ guides. Sibling rates available.
Empower Me! Summer Camp is one of our favorite summer camps! Think of it as a week of diving deep into a topic a day that empowers a child with self-awareness, emotional regulation, and social-emotional thinking tools that can support all children child in all settings. Each day will include breathing techniques, basic mindfulness concepts, yoga/movement, hands-on activities, small-group discussion, and plenty of child-led play offering opportunities to use and practice these tools related to the concept of the day. Each day, your child's activities will be working to add to their toolbox, filled with a variety of strategies and tools. At the end of the week, they will not only have practiced the understanding of when, why, and how to use these tools; but they get to take this home with them for any time use and easy access as their reminder to use when things start to feel too big or too heavy. We believe in creating opportunities for a child to be empowered, to feel confident, and successful in social thinking and emotional regulation.
Since our overarching theme this year is CONNECTIONS, Empower Me! Campers will fill their week with fun and learning as we unpack how the connections in our body + brain impact the connections with our friends, family, and ourselves. Join us this summer as we connect our strong brains and kind hearts!
The neighborhood offers more outdoor-based explorations as we will walk down the street each day for creek and playground play.
***OUR LAST DAY WILL BE AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION (drop off and pick up)***
Our final day will take place fully outdoors at Friendship Forest Wildlife Sanctuary (4380 E Ponce de Leon Ave, Clarkston) where we will hike, explore, and have water/creek play (weather permitting).
