ABOUT OUR CAMP
Clubhouse Kids is a community program of Thriving Kids Care Society. We provide a highly relational program where children can develop their five dimensions of wellness (physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual) while instilling positive Christian values.
We are always evaluating our program and curriculum to ensure we remain relevant and practical to today's children!
Our programming is based on Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences. We believe that each student learns differently. Thus we ensure our camps touch on each “intelligence” at some point during the week.
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Some example activities include:
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Music-related activities led by qualified instructors
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Traditional and digital arts and crafts activities
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Worksheets and logic-based games
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Outdoor activities include free play and organized games
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Small group-based activities
We also place emphasis on strong and healthy social interactions by having a mixture of free play and structured activities. We impress on our caring leaders to intentionally develop a mentoring relationship with the children. We have first-hand seen the transformation of what mentorship can do to young children.
While all of our programs are developed internally, they are also influenced by High Five's five Principles of Healthy Child Development. Our senior staff are High Five-certified.
The five principles are practiced through:
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A Caring Adult: Effective interactions between staff and children within the environment that staff creates.
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Friends: Positive environments foster inclusion, acceptance, the opportunity for fun in constructive play, and the opportunity to develop and practice pro-social skills.
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Participation: Children need to make choices, have a voice, and do things by and for themselves, which supports positive self-expression, physical activity, and interaction with others.
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Play: Stressing fun, creativity, and co-operation, play lets children shape their environment using their imaginations. In addition, play is integral to the acquisition and development of motor and social skills, cognitive function, and creativity.
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Mastery: Providing children with activities and tasks that enable them to feel special, important, and successful.
Clubhouse Kids operates according to our child protection policy, derived from Winning Kids' Plan to Protect. Every worker and volunteer go through training before they start and familiarizes themselves with our injury and suspected abuse procedures. Aside from being an official member of Plan to Protect, we also have a certified Plan to Protect trainer on the team. Other safety steps include:
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We maintain the provincial standard ratio of 1 paid staff to 12 children. However, we typically operate around 1:8. Volunteers are not included in this ratio.
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There is always at least one staff member with first-aid certification
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We provide t-shirts for field trips to quickly identify the children under our care
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We utilize an electronic check-in system and a secret code identification system to ensure children pick-ups are safe and accurate