Think of your fondest summer camp memories— stories around the campfire, fishing,
kayaking, and hiking through the forest; crafting God’s eyes and friendship bracelets, tie-dye tee
shirts and freeze pops; endless hours in the sun, making a splash to cool down— all of that and
more is what we are after this Summer in KKA’s “Adventure Quest”.
It was such a hit last summer that for our Summer Camp Seniors, we once again offer daily adventures to local parks to spend our camp days in the fresh warm air. We will be taking daily field trips to McKee Farms Park, Lakeview Park, and Fireman’s Park, spending one full week at a time at each, alternating which park week to week. You will drop your child off at KKA in the morning to have breakfast with their fellow adventurers before embarking for the park at 9 AM.
They will begin their day playing at the park with their Summer Camp teachers and
friends, before regrouping for a daily “campfire chat”, where they will check in with each other on
how they are feeling and their desires for the day. The Summer Camp staff will
introduce the projects available for the day, and the group game they will be playing together.
We offer more independence and choose-your-own-adventure-style activities for our oldest
camp group.
Following the campfire chats, the camp will play a group game daily, working on skills we
value in our young adventurers such as teamwork, conflict resolution, cooperation,
sportsmanship, self-esteem, and more. The games will include popular games they know like
Ninja, Statue Guard, and Steal the Bacon, and Rock Paper Scissors Battle/Tag, as well as
learning some new games– or beloved old games that may be new to them– as well as popular
sports like soccer, flag football, relay races, disc golf, fishing, kayaking, and even American
Ninja Warrior-inspired challenges and obstacle courses.
The projects offered will be reminiscent
of camp projects from “back in our day”, like gimp weaving, friendship bracelets, rainbow loom,
God’s Eyes, dream catchers, as well as some creative projects including water balloon painting,
nature prints, modeling clay, and some outdoor science experiments where we will explore
chemical reactions and natural elements and cycles.
The Summer Camp staff will lead the
activities throughout the day, with an open mind to let our oldest Summer Camp group have a
say in what we do each day as they share ideas at the campfire chat.
We will return to KKA at 3:30 every day for a snack,
- Park Information and Procedures
Every park we go to has open facilities and a shelter for some shaded activity time
everyone gets a break from the sun’s rays. - King’s Kids will also bring their pop-up shelter for additional shade when needed.
- Staff will set timers to reapply sunscreen every 2 hours which will also serve as a required water break (though we will encourage drinking water all day long).
- Each park also has multiple play structures, and a splash pad, and some have wooded
areas for nature walks.
We are so excited to embark on Adventure Quest with our School Age Seniors this
summer