Summer 2026 themes
A taste of last summer’s adventures
During camp, our Preschool/Pre-K curriculum shifts from monthly to biweekly themes, while every area of development remains the foundation. Cornerstone’s hours and observed holidays stay the same all summer. Summer 2027 themes are announced each spring.
Jun 22 – 26
🦕 Jurassic Adventures!
- Read Can You Roar Like a Dinosaur? & turn the sandbox into a prehistoric land
- Archaeological dig — unearth dinosaurs & add swamps
- Shadow casting: when is a dinosaur its tallest?
- Make, take & break a dino egg
- Erupting volcanoes & a prehistoric snack attack
Jun 29 – Jul 3
🐛 Connect to Nature!
- Sticky nature wristlets & nature journals
- Insects, arachnids and worms — oh my! Plus “worm art”
- Identify local wildlife & build a life-size nest
- Splatter-paint fireworks & picnic-day tablecloths
- Closed Friday in honor of Independence Day
Jul 6 – 10
🏕️ Connect to Nature!
- Pitch a tent, build a pond & go fishing
- Hammered leaf & flower prints
- Mud paints & mud-station creations
- Create & name your own constellation; barefoot nature walk
- Wacky Water Day & Picnic Day
Jul 13 – 17
🎨 Young Artists: Outside the Lines!
- Begin a mural inspired by Alma Thomas
- Clay sculpting tools & techniques
- Color mixing with palettes, water and droppers
- Paper collage in the style of Eric Carle
- Environmental “wrapped” art à la Christo & Jeanne-Claude
Jul 20 – 24
🖌️ Young Artists: Outside the Lines!
- Henri Matisse — painting with scissors
- Watercolor resist painting
- Monoprinting & stamping
- Pendulum painting like Jackson Pollock
- Annual Family Picnic & Art Show (5–7 p.m.)
Jul 27 – 31
🌺 Lei’d Back Island Fun!
- Build an airplane and “fly” to a tropical island
- Lei making & hula dancing
- What is an island? Create islands underwater
- Squirt tie-dye T-shirts to island music
- Water-drip sandcastle casting
Aug 3 – 7
🥥 Lei’d Back Island Fun!
- Island transport — can it float?
- Shell collages at the glue table
- Coconut bowling & sea-creature monoprints
- Design, whip up and eat an edible ocean
- Volcano science, waterways & waterfalls
Aug 10 – 14
🔬 Cool Science!
- Rain clouds & bubble explosions
- The science of sound — volume, pitch & dancing salt
- Propulsion & pulley systems
- Light, prisms & sketching images
- Ice-cube building & marble runs
Aug 17 – 21
🧲 Cool Science!
- Attract & repel with magnetic forces
- Magnetic paint creations — no brushes!
- States of water: solid, liquid, gas
- Make ice cream; build bridges & towers
- Slime Day — how many variations can we make?
Aug 24 – 28
⏱️ Minute to Win It Clean Sweep!
- Shake Your Tail Feather & Hilarious Hopscotch
- Hungry Human Hippos & Scrub-a-Dub-Dub
- One-minute group collage & Defying Gravity
- Marching band & I Spy speed rounds
- Tick Tock book sort & Crepe-Paper the Teacher
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