Summer Links to Learning Day Camp
*The event has already taken place on this date: Fri, 07/29/2022
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All programs run for 1-week, Monday through Friday 9:30am-12:30pm.
Location: Villa Maria College, 240 Pine Ridge Rd, Buffalo, NY 14225.
We would like to give a big “thank you!” to our community partners at Villa Maria College for allowing us to host our summer programs at their beautiful indoor/outdoor facility this year.
Week 1: Bike riding 101 (July 11-15)
Week 2: Fit4Fun Health & Wellness (July 18-22)
Week 3: Mindful Movers (July 25-29)
Summer is the time of exploration, play, & building friendships that children wait for all year. Our Occupational & Physical Therapists are fortunate enough to spend time with children in school from September to June, and we are always looking for ways to continue that learning over the summer months.
Our programs are here to present children of all ages with new & challenging opportunities in a fun, small group atmosphere.
APOT’s Summer Links to Learning Summer Bridge Program is intended to help kids enhance their physical, cognitive, and social skills.
This year has been a challenge for many kids and Summer Links to Learning is here to help them catch-up and practice skills that they will need to get back into the classroom in September.
Summer Links to Learning programs are specially designed & led by pediatric occupational & physical therapists (OTs & PTs).
Each week has a new & exciting theme!
BIKE RIDING: 101
No matter where children are in their journey to mastering riding a bike, we would love to help! In a low-pressure, small group setting, we will provide a fun and encouraging environment to learn this life-long skill. Activities will be centered upon improving independence with the skills necessary for riding a bike including use of a balance bike.
Kids are welcome & encouraged to bring their own bike and helmet and a Physical or Occupational Therapist will help make sure everything is properly adjusted to fit!
This week focuses on practicing:
-confidence and trust in a child’s own body
-balance
-coordination
-gross motor skills
-visual motor skills
-sensory motor skills
-endurance
-strength
- and so much more!
Fit 4 Fun Health & Wellness
Fitness and wellness can be FUN! Physical activity is a cornerstone in helping your child maintain a strong, healthy body and can even improve overall physical and emotional well-being. This week will provide your child fun and interesting activities centered around physical fitness, challenging the cardiovascular and muscular systems. We can help your child express their energy and experience the ‘feel good’ chemicals that comes along with exercise.
This week focuses on practicing:
-gross motor skills
-coordination
-balance
-endurance
-strength
-flexibility
-team work
- and so much more!
Mindful Movers
This week is for kids who seem to be traveling at light speed! Our learners this week will learn about their own sensory systems to better understand how their brains control their bodies and what they can do to help slow their engines down.
There are decades worth of research promoting the use of mindfulness-centered activities in improving cognitive function and decreasing stress & anxiety. These skills are necessary, not only for success in the classroom, but also to help enjoy learning and manage unpredictable changes in routines.
This week focuses on practicing:
- focus & attention
- turn taking
- impulse control
- frustration tolerance
- memory
- fine and gross motor skills
- self-regulation
- social emotion regulation
- sensory modulation
- social skills
- and so much more!
*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.