SIX WEEKS
THREE PROGRAMS
INFINITE POSSIBILITIES
FDC SUMMER ADVENTURES
DESIGNED TO STABILIZE
From early June to late July, Monday through Thursday, 8 A.M. to 12 P.M., we provide a summer program designed to mitigate the loss of skills over the summer months, also known as the summer slide.
We take all grade groups K-12, and provide older groups with opportunity to learn valuable job experience along with our other options. We also partner with YMCA Safe Spaces, for more activities related to recreational and wellness. This program will also have the same calendar schedule, except it will occur from 12 P.M. to 4 P.M. In total the Flint Development Center provides 8 hours of affordable supervisory care.
To learn more about what the program entails read more below.
THREE PROGRAMS
At the Summer Adventures we structure our programs around three programs: education, recreation, and arts. By organizing in this way we help instill a belief that no one branch is more important than the other, but instead all are needed to live a competent and fulfilling life.
We’ve seen that over the summer months people lose vital skills related to math, writing, and critical thinking. We prevent this through providing students with loosely structured assignments that allows them to go at their own pace. Along with this, program heads work in small group and one-on-one discussions to help further explain complicated ideas.
Along with these skills, it is vital to provide the opportunity for children to foster creativity. Through this we provide children the opportunity to become innovators and learn the scaffolding necessary for vital problem solving skills. We reinforce this creative foundation through an unstructured arts and craft program that allows children to lean on their inner motivations and inspirations.
Finally, through recreation we not only create healthy minds, but foster healthy bodies that allows them to stay active and focused. Through an assortment of programs like self defense and yoga we provide individuals with a stronger mind and body connection.
INFINITE POSSIBILITIES
Our ultimate goal with Summer Adventures is to provide children with an opportunity to develop themselves in a safe learning environment. Beyond endeavor explained above, we also provide valuable working experience to help make your students stand out in college and workplace applications.
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