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Foreign language camps for kids in the Rochester, NY area

(If you belong to a camp organization and wish to submit a camp listing, please see the examples below and email your entry to suggestions@kidsoutandabout.com.)

The New Conservatory of Music & Languages
Language camps for ages 5-18
3300 Monroe Ave, Rochester (Pittsford) NY 14618
Phone: (585) 264-1120
Hola Amigo! Spanish Camp, Mandarin Chinese Camp: Students will be immersed, with the help of a professional native instructor, in Spanish or Chinese through a comprehensive curriculum which includes conversation, vocabulary, games, grammar activities, and craftwork.
For more information, visit http://thenewconservatory.com.

 

Casa Italiana of Nazareth College
4245 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14518-3790 585-389-2468F map
Italian Language and Arts Day Camp for Children
This is a week-long cultural experience to introduce children to the Italian language and culture, using teaching methods of the Montessori classroom. Activities include language games, age-appropriate audio tapes, videos, voxcom cards, Italian history and family traditions, geography, puppets theater, folk dancing, story telling, art, and music.
The program is coed, for ages 5-7 and ages 7-10. The day camp is one five-day session, held in July and August. Need-based scholarships are available.

 

Language Camps
Writers & Books
740 University Avenue, Rochester NY 14607
(585) 473-2590, x107.
August 7 through August 11, 2006. Week-long intensive morning classes in American Sign Language (July 17 to 21) and Spanish (August 21 to 25, 2006). Languages taught through the arts.

Cobblestone School
contact Barb King
10 Prince St, Rochester, NY 14607
585-271-4548
Weekly Summer Camp for Ages 4 1/2 to 13. Early July to Mid August Located on a 3 acre campus in the heart of the Cultural District. Swimming, Taekwondo, Art, Music, Foreign Language. Field trips to RMSC/Planetarium, Roseland Water Park, Strong Museum, Rock Ventures, and much more.

 

KidSpanish
Contact: Donna Antario
520 Helendale Rd., Rochester NY 585-288-7587F map
kdspanish@aol.com
Spanish classes for children. Please email or call for more information.