Looking for something fun AND educational to enhance your child’s summer experience?
TheraCare is excited to provide a variety of interactive, play-based Summer Enrichment Programs to enhance your child’s budding skills in the areas of speech, language, handwriting, pre-academics, school readiness, and more! Your kids will be having too much fun playing to realize they’re learning!
All programs will be facilitated by a certified speech-language pathologist or occupational therapist.
See descriptions of our classes and session dates below,
then call our office at 417.890.4656 to save your child’s spot!
This exciting summer camp will give young children an opportunity to “test the waters” in a safe and supportive environment before they jump into preschool or kindergarten in the Fall. Guided by a certified speech-language pathologist, children will get the opportunity to practice the important skill of interacting with peers, both in structured and unstructured play time while incorporating social aspects like sharing, communicating likes and dislikes, and dealing with emotions. They will also have opportunities to practice other significant school-readiness skills, including following adult-directed activities, sitting and listening during story time, following group directions, and following through with tasks to completion. Fun new themes will be used each week to incorporate developmentally appropriate pre-academic, pre-literacy, and language skills.
Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 – 11 am
$25 per day = $150 per 3 week session
This hands-on summer camp is for moms to enjoy special bonding time with their young child as they learn how to better enhance budding speech and language skills in a way that is meaningful to children: through play! Guided by a certified speech-language pathologist, parents will come away from this class with improved mother/child attachment and interaction, strategies for enhancing their child’s speech and language skills through play, and fun memories with new friends!
Ages Birth -24 months: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 am – 12 pm
$15 per day = $90 per 3 week session
This interactive summer camp will target a new speech and language skill each week. The children will be guided by a certified speech-language pathologist in learning and practicing the new skill, followed by a time of the children making something fun to take home and show off what they learned! Targeted learning will include pre-literacy skills, listening and following directions, sequencing, basic language concepts, answering wh- questions, expanding vocabulary, increasing sentence length, and social skills.
Ages 3-6 years old: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3 – 4 pm
$20 per day = $120 per 3 week session
This camp is being offered to help children in grades 1-4 to increase the neatness of their handwriting. Many children have messy handwriting where they over or undershoot the lines, do not form letters correctly and have improper spacing between words. This clinic will show children and parents ways to increase skills in these areas. Home activities and recommendations will be given to help the children practice skills at home.
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays with various time slots
$15 per day = $135 per 3 week session
This class is geared towards teaching simple microwave meals. Many people do not have the skills to safely cook on a stove or in an oven. This camp will give participants and caregivers simple strategies on how to make microwave cooking safe for their loved ones. Available to individuals ages 7 and above. Participants will be expected to have the skills to sit in a chair, listen and follow instructions. Caregivers are welcome to stay with participants who need extra assistance and/or who want to learn strategies on how to teach their participants these skills at home.
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 4 – 5 pm
$20 per day = $180 per 3 week session
Session dates:
Stay & Play, Mommy & Me, and Make & Takes
Session 1: May 26th – June 12th
Session 2: June 22nd – July 10th
Session 3: July 20th – August 7th
Handwriting Camps and Microwave Cooking Classes
Session 1: June 1st – June 19th
Session 2: June 22nd – July 10th
Session 3: July 20th – August 7th