b"Matters Camp GuideFun for the summer is just months away!Sign up early for the best opportunities.CAMP NAME/LOCATION CONTACT AGES/DATES ABOUT THE CAMPBlue Life Karate Shihan Durand Howard Ages 6 - 13 At Karate camp, kids learn karate skills disguised as fun. Registration is 1882 Springfield Avenue Owner July 5 - August 12 $85 per child, which includes T-shirt and karate shorts. Camp tuition is Maplewood 908-967-8132 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. $244 per week, with a two-week minimum.bluelifekarate.comClass Act PerformingPage OConnorAges 3 - 15 Class Act offers two camps: Broadway Starz, for ages 3-6, has weeklong Arts StudioExecutive Director June 27 - August 5 sessions that explore music and movement with a different theme each 973-789-0191 week. Musical Theater and Dance Intensives, for ages 7-10 and 11-15, 128 Irvington Avenue classactPAS.com help students develop technique, artistry and movement exploration.South OrangeCora HartshornTedor Whitman Ages 4 - 9 The Cora Hartshorn Arboretum Winter and Spring Break mini camps allow Arboretum and BirdExecutive Director Winter Break; Springcampers to investigate seasonal changes in the forest while enjoying 973-376-3587 Break; June Minioutdoor adventures. Mini camps are for 4-year-olds - K. Register by the day Sanctuary hartshornarboretum.org Camps; Summeror week. Summer camps have three age groups: Turtle Tots for 4-year-olds 324 Forest Drive SouthCamp; see website forthrough rising K, Explorers for rising 1st and 2nd graders, and Trailblazers Short Hills datesfor rising 3rd and 4th graders. Registration is by week. Far Brook SchoolMelissa WilliamsNursery - Grade 9 Summer at Far Brook creates lifetime memories! Fun, engaging, 52 Great Hills Road Camp DirectorJune 21 - August 12 multidisciplinary day camp programs include sports instruction, Short Hills 973-379-3442 Monday - Friday, 9 a.m.outdoor exploration, leadership development for older campers, and farbrook.org/summer/ to 3:30 p.m., extendedunique week-long master classes taught by highly credentialed and hours available knowledgeable camp staff, including Far Brook faculty. Kids CampMelissa MancusoGrades K - 5Maplewood and South Orange children are invited to make summer 120 Burnett Avenue Director of CommunityJune 27 - August 19 memories. Each week includes swimming, special event days, and MaplewoodServices trips to Maplecrest Park, along with tons of arts and crafts, and outside 973-221-9023time. Objectives include developing friendships and team building maplewood.recdesk.com/ interactions, discovering healthy living habits, appreciating diversity, and community/home having fun. Before and after care is available. Register online.KinderGan Preschool Frumie BogomilskyAges 2 - 5 KinderGan Kiddie Camp is dedicated to enriching the lives of children. 113 Parker AvenueDirector June 27- August 5Innovative themes and creative activities provide enjoyment and inspire Maplewood 973-763-7455 children to try new and exciting things. Activities include music, art, kinderganpreschool.org science, water play, and lots of action.Little Apple ArtsBecky FisherGrades 1 - 5At Little Apple Arts summer camps, children will explore and play within Theatrical Enrichment Owner July 11 - August 4 the world of the dramatic arts. Each week is centered around a theme littleappleartstheatre@ and offers acting, dancing, singing, crafting and games that go toward St. George's Church gmail.com building a show that is unique and delightful. The camp celebrates 550 Ridgewood Road littleapplearts.com kids' ideas while stretching and encouraging their imaginations and Maplewood theatrical abilities. Lydia Johnson DanceLydia JohnsonAges 3 - 5 and GradesDance Camp offers: Outdoor Creative Ballet classes for 3 - 5-year-olds on M, School and CampArtistic Director 6 - 10 W, and F mornings, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m., weeks 1, 2, and 3. Dance Camp with lydia@ July 11 -29 Choreography, weeks 2 and 3, is for rising 6-10th graders and includes daily The Burgdorff Centerlydiajohnsondance.org technique class, outdoor snack time and choreography workshop, taught by 10 Durand Roadlydiajohnsondanceschool. professional dancers. A Teen Internships program lets teens assist with Dance Maplewood com Camp and choreograph their own dances, weeks 1, 2 and 3.Includes stipend.Maplewood OutsideChristy ZoltyAges 3 - 8 Maplewood Outside School offers the wonder and simplicity of a School DirectorJune 20 - August 19 summer day spent outdoors. In the wilderness of South Mountain 973-913-4792 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Reservation; students climb trees, dig in the mud and celebrate the South Mountain Reservation maplewoodoutsideschool. (with extended day tonatural landscape. Essex County com 3 p.m.)"