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SPANISH  CAMP
AT STEPPING STONES MONTESSORI   SCHOOL
August   1  to  5
8:30- 3:00
$150
If you like to learn or practice Spanish while you learn about Latin culture, dance, make a piñata, cook some Mexican food and more...this camp is for you!
Contact Senora Celina celylun1@icloud.com or 588-7175
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Download Summer Registration Form and write Art Around the World Camp on top to sign up.  Mail in with a deposit of $75 to reserve a slot in Spanish Camp.  Address:  
 SSMS
 195 Hallowell Rd.
 Chelsea, ME   04330
Contact Us  for more information on our summer programs.

Summer Tutoring
Summer Tutoring, for our own and outside students, is provided at the school for a fee of $30 an hour, with multiple hours discounted.

Full Time  Childcare
A Montessori learning environment for students whose families must work in the summer through a full-time childcare program.

Details about Quality Childcare 
There will be only one teacher at a time with a back-up person on call if needed, so we must limit the enrollment of the childcare to 7 students, ages 3-12.

Enrollment Priorities for Full Time Childcare Program
First Priority: currently enrolled students needing full day childcare for most weeks of the summer.
Second Priority:  currently enrolled students needing less than full day childcare, or needing only part of the summer.
Third Priority: new enrollees needing full time care for most weeks of the summer
Fourth Priority: currently enrolled students or new enrollees needing occasional care in the summer  
Due to staff limitations, we will not enroll children who need behavioral assistance.

Hours and Weeks
Childcare hours are from 8 am to 5pm. 
Childcare will start on Monday, June 20th and go through Friday, August 26th. 

Cost
The full-time cost for the ten weeks is listed below.  If you select full time childcare, you may choose not to utilize all the available hours and weeks, but we must charge for them.  For part time slots we will prorate the time depending on the amounts of time requested. Part time amounts are listed on the Summer Registration Form (linked below).
 Full Time Price   10 weeks   $2,000
Note price increase for 2016 due to an extra week of summer childcare.   Deposit of $500 due upon sign up.
Contact Us  for more information or to sign up for summer programs.
Download Summer Registration Form

Rationale for Enrichment and/or tutoring in the summer:
In 2010, Time magazine published a compelling piece about the value of utilizing summer time to extend children’s learning and avoid an achievement gap.  This achievement gap can happen when children have too much free time in the summer, especially unsupervised and/or filled with electronics.  Although many variables, such as family time, impacted the achievement of the students studied, it was clear that some children take a step back in the summer while others move ahead in their cognitive development.  Over many summers, this gap adds up to many years’ difference in achievement.  Especially when a child is behind in any area, even small amounts of learning time improve achievement.  Check out the article, “The Case Against Summer Vacation”.
www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2115863-5,00.html.  
(Not that we don’t love summer vacation! Hee hee hee.)

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"We must support as much as possible the child’s desires for activity; not wait on him, but educate him to be independent.”

                                 —Maria Montessori

Getting creative, and dirty!

Animal husbandry--a Summer Learning Adventures interest area!

Who will win the battle? Pippi or Junie?

Just a day old!

Being up close with nature helps scientists develop!