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Overview
Where East Meets West to Explore a World of Shared Cultural Heritage...
The end of each journey has a bitter-sweet flavor, as we treasure all that's been explored and discovered, while perhaps regretting a return to the familiar and routine. Yet, no journey needs to end if it's kept alive in our imagination... While the history of the Silk Road came to an end in the 16th century, its impact and influence has endured as its mysteries enrich our lives even today.
Camp Marco Polo is a unique, hands-on, role playing camp experience for kids interested in art, culture, languages and history.
The program immerses kids into a different place and time each day of the camp as kids are asked to bring word of Marco Polo back to Venice from China.
Kids experience travel along the Silk Road in their imagination, accompanied by expert leaders who guide them in age appropriate Caravans, discovering many cultural wonders in a playful setting along the way.
The end of each journey has a bitter-sweet flavor, as we treasure all that's been explored and discovered, while perhaps regretting a return to the familiar and routine. Yet, no journey needs to end if it's kept alive in our imagination... While the history of the Silk Road came to an end in the 16th century, its impact and influence has endured as its mysteries enrich our lives even today.
Camp Marco Polo is a unique, hands-on, role playing camp experience for kids interested in art, culture, languages and history.
The program immerses kids into a different place and time each day of the camp as kids are asked to bring word of Marco Polo back to Venice from China.
Kids experience travel along the Silk Road in their imagination, accompanied by expert leaders who guide them in age appropriate Caravans, discovering many cultural wonders in a playful setting along the way.
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(Camp Marco Polo Online w/ Home Kit)
August 8, 2020
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Michelle Madriaga
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The most important aspect of Camp Marco Polo was that it kept my son's (an only child with 2 working parents) interest and met his needs for connection and socialization since he has been at home for 4 homes. After a summer of STEM/coding camps, we found Camp Marco Polo focusing on the Silk Road from Venice to China - perfect since we visited both places in the last two years. Sheila did an amazing job of keeping the class personal, engaging and informative. My 8 year old son said this was his favorite camp because of the combination of stories, activities and music. Every night at dinner he would share what he learned such or experienced as Venice masks were used during the bubonic plague as a form of protection (I fact checked him on google!) or show me a historical map or ask me to make a mask with him. There is also a 1 hour music portion mostly fun and expressive rather than overly rigorous.
July 3, 2020
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Satomi O
My son (rising 7th grader) thoroughly enjoyed this camp. He baked, he made masks, he learned to play pieces on the recorder, he learned about Venice... he was completely engaged for the entire camp! Sheila kept things interesting for the kids and was very kind. The music teacher Kelly was also excellent, giving the kids a taste of the music of the period.
(Marco's Unforgettable Journey)
August 4, 2019
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Binzhen Wu
Verified Purchase
My son’s favorite this summer. He loves the teacher!
Questions & Answers
Hi, How much parent involvement is needed for this class? The class is listed for Kindergarten to 12th grade, and at the same time, I saw a review that said a 7th grader "baked." As working parents we can set up all the supplies before class but we cannot take time off to help our son with baking or other hands on experiments that might need adult supervision. Also, what is the student to teaher ratio? Thanks
asked on Jul 19, 2020
Jul 20, 2020 - Sheila Pfeiffer
Thank you for your interest in Camp Marco Polo's Virtual program. The activities such as baking are optional supplemental activities beyond the core program. There are 3 1-hr online sessions that are supervised with a student-teacher ratio of 6-8 max. The first hour involves storytelling/history of Silk Road, Marco Polo's life, etc. Then there is a 1-hour offline break with suggested optional activities related to the theme of the week - sometimes outdoors in the back yard, if available/accessible to families. The next hour online is a guided arts/crafts project. Children 8+ should be able to do these independently. However, younger children between the ages of 5-7 may need help, depending on their abilities. Activities may involve cutting, gluing, tracing, drawing, coloring, etc. The second offline hour is a lunch break. This is the time when food/cooking projects would be suggested as an option, though not all involve cooking. The final online hour is a guided music lesson, including singing, introduction of recorder as well as some music history related to the theme of the week. The next available week is that of July 27, with the theme of China. However, if interested, we need you to register today so that we may be able to mail supplies to you in time. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Hope your child will be able to join our next Caravan of Learning on an Unforgettable Journey of the Imagination! -
About Camp Marco Polo
Discover age old secrets of paper, silk, ceramics with creative hands-on clay, paper textile art and food projects, as well as enjoying live performances of…
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