Recreation Programs & Summer Camps
Great Big Messy Art Camp
Oh, go ahead and make a mess! Everything we do is messy; sticky spaghetti designs, paint that fizzes and POPS, messy portraits that match our own messy faces, squeeze art and African mud painting! Come get messy with us and spark your creative imagination!
Days: Monday-Friday
Location: FCCSA Aquatic Center Classroom
Session: June 3 – 7
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm or 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Ages: 5 – 12
Instructor: Abrakadoodle, Remarkable Art Education
Fee:
$175.00 half day (9:00 am – 12:00 pm or 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm)
Bring a snack and a drink.
$350.00 full day (9:00 am – 4:00 pm)
Bring lunch, snacks, and drinks.
Super-Tastic Cartoon Art Camp
From superheroes to super-pets, we will learn about the art of cartooning and its different expressions. Improve your skills and learn new ones while you create a comic strip, a graphic novel, or a single-panel comic! We will create cartoon vehicles, cartoon robots and an enchanted house and more while we discover that all characters have a unique way to tell a story!
Days: Monday-Friday
Location: FCCSA Aquatic Center Classroom
Session: June 24 – 28
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm or 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Ages: 5 – 12
Instructor: Abrakadoodle, Remarkable Art Education
Fee:
$175.00 half day (9:00 am – 12:00 pm or 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm)
Bring a snack and a drink.
$350.00 full day (9:00 am – 4:00 pm)
Bring lunch, snacks, and drinks.
Our Planet, Our World STEAM Art Camp
If you love our planet, this camp is for you! Our camp includes artwork projects, crafts, games, and books that inspire people to care for nature. Learn how artists are making a difference with their art. Create a wind sculpture, a sea globe, a trash can that smiles and art inspired by endangered animals! Explore exciting STEAM concepts and be part of caring for our planet!
Days: Monday-Friday
Location: FCCSA Aquatic Center Classroom
Session: July 22 – 26
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm or 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Ages: 5 – 12
Instructor: Abrakadoodle, Remarkable Art Education
Fee:
$175.00 half day (9:00 am – 12:00 pm or 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm)
Bring a snack and a drink.
$350.00 full day (9:00 am – 4:00 pm)
Bring lunch, snacks, and drinks.
Building Brains – Lego I Pre-K Engineering (Ages 3-5)
Trained instructors use LEGO Duplo and K’NEX educational kits to build math and science skills. Our specially designed building kits have gears, levers, and pulleys. Students build simple machines that really work, while building fine motor skills and confidence. Classes are designed to reinforce classroom curriculum. Students use colors, sizes and shapes to build simple machines and then perform scientific experiments to see how they work. Several new and exciting machines are built each day. Literacy skills are improved by memorizing poems with hand motions for gears, levers and pulleys that reinforce how they work and what they do.
Days: Monday – Friday
Location: FCCSA Aquatic Center Classroom
Session I: June 10 – 14
Session II: June 24 – 28
Session III: July 8 – 12
Session IV: July 29 – August 2
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm (half day)
Ages: 3-5
Instructor: Building Brains
Fee: $285.00 – Bring a snack and drink.
Building Brains – Lego II Elementary Engineering (Ages 6-12)
Students build simple machines using gears, levers and pulleys and then motorize them using LEGO and K’NEX educational kits and curriculum while building math and science skills. Using the newest LEGO educational kits, students challenge one another to create, build and test the best design. Students will learn why a machine works and how to manipulate a machine to go faster or slower. Fine motor skills, critical thinking skills, imagination and confidence will increase in this fun-filled class atmosphere. We teach division using gear ratios.
Days: Monday – Friday
Location: FCCSA Aquatic Center Classroom
Session I: June 10 – 14
Session II: June 24 – 28
Session III: July 8 – 12
Session IV: July 29 – August 2
Times: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm or 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Ages: 6-12
Instructor: Building Brains
Fee: $285.00 – (9:00 am – 12:00 pm or 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm) – Bring a snack and drink.
$400.00 – (9:00 am – 4:00 pm) – Bring a lunch, 2 snacks and drink
FASHION DESIGNER – TALENTED EXPRESSIONS
Design principles in the areas of sketching, color & pattern coordination, costume design and fashion history will be applied to their personal style and portfolio. Designs come to life with beautifully patterned papers, yards, and yards of ribbons, colorful sequins, glitzy jewels, glamorous feathers, and oodles of other embellishments. Students will be grouped into “Design Teams” for a variety of fun, engaging activities such as White Wedding and Fashion Show-down. Make new friends and build on your talented expression with personalized fashion.
Location: FCCSA Aquatic Center Classroom
Session: July 15-19
Time: 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Ages: 7 – 12
Price: $98
CAMP BARBIE LIFE PREPARATION – Barbies, barbies, everywhere!!
Did you see the movie? This is for you. Did you miss the movie? This is for you. At Camp Barbie you will have loads of fun helping Barbie learn the many things she needs to know to become a great girl. You and Barbie will have a great time learning to dress for the occasion, practicing good manners, making new friends, importance of schoolwork, how to use money, dreaming of careers, attending social functions, hearing great stories, practicing talents, cooking tips, art, and much more! Non-stop activities and fun learning adventures are all geared toward self-esteem development. Your certified teacher has developed a rich and meaningful curriculum full of objectives and supporting activities. Wonderful new ideas for creative learning are waiting for you!
Location: FCCSA Aquatic Center Classroom
Session: July 15-19
Time: 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Ages: 4 – 8
Price: $98
SURVIVAL TACTICS
Wrapped in games and adventure, unique challenges await you. During survival situations, the four basic needs become shelter, water, fire, and food. By introducing basic techniques, your child will learn how to purify water, signal for help, leave no trace camping, signal for help, first aid, search for edible food, set up shelter, learn Army chants, and more! Team Survival games will keep the training lighthearted and fun! Essential skills for all- designed for kids who like to work and play outside! Enlist now before it’s too late!
Location: FCCSA Aquatic Center Classroom
Session: July 15-19
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Ages: 7 – 12
Price: $98
NEW JUMPSTART & KETCHUP READING!
Brush-up — catch up or get ahead of the pack! This is for you!
Offers fast passed, fun filled activities directly related to the act of reading. Provides successes designed to develop self-esteem, confidence, and motivation to move forward in the reading experience. The literature of “Story Time” enhances auditory and comprehension skills. The emergent literacy books of “Interactive Reading Time” address visual discrimination through the introduction of small, controlled vocabulary. “Games Time” provides kinesthetic activity while enhancing visual and auditory skills as related to sound/symbol association, as well as the daily construction of manipulative take-home games. Participant happiness built on daily measurable success is a priority. Read about The Farm! The Circus! The Zoo! The Jungle! READ NOW! Class size is limited.
Location: FCCSA Aquatic Center Classroom
Session: June 3 -7
Time: 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Ages: 4 – 7
Price: $98
NEW LEARNING STEM SCIENCE WITH PLAY DOH
Look no further for a world of excitement, creativity, and science exploration. This class is designed to inspire creations of things past, present, and future. Your child will explore dinosaur adventures, prehistoric volcanoes, animals, food, transportation, and our solar system. Add numerous Play-Doh sets to this exciting equation and your child will find STEM science fun like never before. Artistic and social development will engage daily creations in a very moldable way! Dive into a world of discovery! This class fills up early.
Location: FCCSA Aquatic Center Classroom
Session: June 3 -7
Time: 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Ages: 4 – 6
Price: $98
Pool party requests are done through Greater Houston Pool Management. All pools except Austin Park, The Lakes and the Aquatic Center Fitness Pool are available to reserve for private pool parties. There is a 14-day (2 week) advance requirement for booking, reserving and payment for all pool parties. Visit www.greaterhoustonpool.com, click on Pool Services, select Pool Parties. You can reach them by phone at 713-771-7665.
Parents can submit their interest form at: https://forms.gle/XiPzCzGFfK2ZqjQy6
Yoga / Meditation: Designed for Stress Relief
Begin with gentle flow of movements, focusing on developing deep and correct breathing skills. Enhancing lung capacity and then progress into few postures with mental strength and mindfulness. Practice different Pranayama, ending with soothing meditation. Ultimately you will notice an improvement in flexibility, mental peace, and clarity. Please email Maya at yogabymaya@yahoo.com for the link to join her yoga classes on Zoom. You must enter the meeting 5 minutes before the start.
Days: Monday & Wednesday Evening 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Zoom or in person at the Heritage Colony Clubhouse
Session I: April 1 – 24
Session II: May 1 – 29
Session III: June 3 – 26
Instructor: Maya Mehta
Fee: $40.00 Zoom
$50.00 In Person
Options to register for classes/programs:
- Call (281) 634-9555
- Email parksandrec@firstcolony.org
- Walk In: 4350 Austin Parkway, Sugar Land, TX 77479
All participants may request a refund before the start of the second class period. No refunds will be granted after this time. Refund requests may be made in person, by phone or mail. All refunds will be processed with a check and will take approximately four (4) weeks to process.