The Utah Museum of Natural History has quickly become a favorite for the Sassies and their families. We have featured the museum, their birthday parties  and now we are featuring their Spring & Summer Camps!

Can you tell these two little gals were beyond excited they got to try out the spring camp at the Utah Museum of Natural History?

Well, we were excited as well! We couldn’t wait to tell you all about how our kids enjoyed the spring camps at UMNH and let you know all about the upcoming summer camps.

Their Summer Camps begin TODAY Monday, June 7th, and run all the way until the week of August 9th. They have options for ages from Kintergarden up to 9th grade and you can chose to have them enrolled in half day or full day options. Every single detail you want to know is on this page of their website: http://www.umnh.utah.edu/summer

Here are just SOME of the Summer Camp Options that stood out to us and we thought out readers would enjoy as well:

• In the spirit of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, we are offering three “food and kitchen science” camps this summer
  • Countertop Chemistry for 2nd & 3rd Grade (June 28 – July 2)
  • Know Your Food for 2nd & 3rd Grade (July 6 – 9)—this course is taught by Slow Food Utah director Christi Paulson, recently nationally recognized as an educator who is using food (where it comes from, how to grow it, organic and local food production) as a way to engage kids not only in better health, but in science in general!
  • Science Chef for 4th & 5th Grade (July 12 – 16)

• Summer is also a great time get outdoors! One of the benefits of camps at UMNH is the field trips, especially for the older kids. Some camps that provide unique outdoor exploration and field trips are:
  • Great Salt Lake Field Camp for 4th & 5th Grade (June 28 – July 2)—this camp is taught in partnership with the FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake and the kids are near the lake all five days of camp. I actually have photos of past campers at the lake if you want to see them!
  • Kids in Nature with Christy Bills for 4th & 5th Grade (July 6 – 9)—Christy is the entomologist here at the Museum and loves bugs, nature, climbing around, being outdoors! She’s a mom with two girls and my kids love her. This camp is focused on letting the kids be the guides, with emphasis of helping them build their confidence and observation skills when out in nature. And with Christy, kids hike and don’t complain! Go figure!
  • Campus Explorations for 2nd & 3rd Grade (July 6 – 9 )—in this camp, kids are all over the campus and go indoors a lot but they see incredible things that most people don’t get to see. It was through this camp that my kids have been to the campus observatory, seen the amazing pipe organ at Libby Gardner Hall, and even felt the sound vibrations in the ceiling ABOVE Gardner Hall! I can find out exactly what’s planned for this year if you want to know more.

• Science Workshops for 6th – 9th grade — Face it, at this point older kids don’t want a traditional camp, but these new programs enable kids to go way beyond the science that they traditionally get in school.

Camps at UMNH provide kids with a hands-on experience in the natural world. Kids who spend multiple weeks at the museum end up with this incredible knowledge base about natural science. They also pick up some great scientific skills like observation, hypothesis and simply paying attention to what is happening around them! Spending time at UMNH can really make summer count for kids; they are having fun while learning about things like botany, water, sound and electricity, weather, motion, earth, space…you name it!

The UMNH Summer Camp Sassy Scoops Promotion: Get $25 off your first two UMNH Summer Camps this summer! When registering for camp at www.umnh.utah.edu/summer enter “SASSY” in the promotional code box.

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We can’t wait to tell you on Wednesday what our kiddos thought of their UMNH Spring Camps. As you well know, sometimes kids are the hardest ones to win over!