PlayWorks Beacon

Notice for Summer Camp 2021:

Unfortunately, due to the unusually stressful nature of the past year (for all of us!) I am unable to take on the additional stresses of managing the summer camp this year. I will not be offering camp for the summer of 2021. I appreciate everyone who has supported my camp over the last few years, and who have expressed interest in returning. I hope you all have a wonderful summer and I will miss seeing your happy faces this year!

Dear PlayWorks Community,

With a very heavy heart, I am sorry to announce that PlayWorks will officially be cancelling all weeks for Summer Camp 2020. All deposits will be refunded via the method they were received.

This decision does not come lightly. After carefully considering CDC recommendations and the approaches taken by other summer programs, it is clear to me that PlayWorks simply could not be PlayWorks without being high risk. Social distancing, masks, individual supplies/materials...a quick glance at the photos of PlayWorks over the last few years is enough to make it clear that none of those precautions could work without taking away everything that makes this program special.

We wish you all the best as you and your families head into a very different sort of summer. We will miss you all very much.

Renae Essinger (And Amanda, Ally and Eddie too!)

Lava lamps, ooblek, giant bubbles, pendulum painting, puzzles, legos and more fun!!!

Registration is Open for PlayWorks Summer Camps 2020!!

New STEM camps this year for ages 8-12. We can't wait to see you all this summer!

https://playworksbeacon.wixsite.com/playworks/summer-camps-2020

A lot of creating and destroying this week! Strawberry DNA extraction, take-apart electronics, lots of cardboard creations, plenty of magnatile, block and lego building (and smashing!), and intense logic game playing!

Spin art, rising heat spinners, Benham's Disks, watercolor fireworks, tornado bottles, rocket balloon pinwheels, water balloon marble painting, lots of popsicle stick creations and k'nex--and of course more caterpillars at the park!!