June 16-20 Fairytales & Fables
June 23-27 Harold & the Purple Crayon
June 30-July 4 Alice in Wonderland
July 7-11 Magic School Bus
July 14-18 Weird But True/Comics
July 21-25 Where the Sidewalk Ends
July 28-Aug 1 Le Petite Prince
August 4-8 Cam Jansen
August 11-15 Disney Diversity
August 18-22 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Theme Description
KKA Storybook Summer Camp 2025 is reprising a camp from years past but with some
new books and activities! It is going to be a fantastical summer that takes us all over
this world and beyond, through the magic of storytelling.
Each week will include activities related to a specific book or book, focusing on
the conflict & resolution of our protagonists through activities that reflect that story.
Throughout the summer we will be learning about the elements that make up
a story and how many different ways there are to share them. From Music, Dance, Novels, and Comic books so much more! With a focus on experiential and play-based learning, your child will learn things like how to brainstorm ideas, Create a storyboard to illustrate, and even playwright and perform and that just scratches the surface.
It’s not a writing camp it’s about exploring things through stories and having fun doing it. Stories can take us anywhere so get ready for a summer of fun Science, Music, Art, Acting, and Sports.
June 16-20: Fairytales & Fables
In our storybook summer, we will read and explore some classic fairy tales and Fables we all know, and discuss the difference between the types of stories and other ways to tell stories. Let’s see if your kids can uncover the moral of each story through games and challenges.
June 23-27: Harold & the Purple Crayon
The next week of camp will delve into the concept of reality using the book Harold and
the Purple Crayon. With projects and activities to break kids outside the boxes we put
things into, we’ll wake up our imaginations before we start creating stories of our own!
June 30-July 4: Alice in Wonderland
Harold’s purple crayon was just a warm-up for imaginations to prepare for the silly
alternate reality of Wonderland. This week is about FUN and MADNESS, so get ready
for themed dress-up days, painting roses red, learning to play croquet, an Unbirthday
party, tea making, and maybe even making up some worlds of our own.
July 7-11: Magic School Bus
Climb on the magic school bus, and buckle up for a science and mystery-packed week,
as we help Miss “Frazzle” locate her missing marbles.
July 14-18: Weird But True/Comics
Research is a big part of writing a story– but who said that has to be boring? This
week we will read a few Weird But True books that share crazy facts about many
things in our world. The things we learn may be unbelievable, but through science
projects, games, and art, we will experience the truths for ourselves! At the end of the
week we will make a short 3 square comic strip to share one weird fact we learned!
July 21-25: Where the Sidewalk Ends
Poetry may sound boring to some, but not all poetry is serious or hard to understand.
Shel Silverstein shows us it can be downright SILLY! We will read some beloved poems
from this classic poetry book and learn how to make our haikus while playing silly
games related to the nonsensical poems we read.
July 28- August 1: Le Petite Prince
The Little Prince story is chock-full of wisdom for kids and adults. We will spend the
week watching and reading The Little Prince, while we learn about metaphors and
analogy and play a silly drawing game called “droodles”, channeling the Little Prince’s
imagination.
August 4-8: Cam Jansen
Can you imagine what it would be like to have a photographic memory? We’re about to,
with super sleuth, Cam Jansen! With games and projects using our very own disposable
cameras, your child will get to create a snapshot of their summer— as if they’d taken a
picture of it in their mind like Cam— and may solve another mystery along the way. We
will create scrapbook pages throughout the week to commemorate the Summer.
August 11-15: Disney Diversity
This week we get to touch on some beloved fairy tales adapted by Disney over decades.
We’ll have fun with some of our favorite characters while talking about the importance
of representation in storytelling. Learning to recognize when there is a lack of
representation, poor representation, and good examples of representation will help us
be better storytellers ourselves.
August 18-22: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Who let the confectioners out?? This week is all about CHOCOLATE and puzzles. Just
as the golden ticket winners enter the chocolate factory and face the unexpected, we
will overcome puzzles and challenges, optical illusions and obstacle courses all while
learning how to make chocolate and candies of course! We’re ending the Summer with
a sugar rush of fun!