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Summer camp at The Yard – NYC’s only adventure playground!

June 20, 2018 by Denise Courter

 

Welcome to play:groundNYC’s third year of summer camp!

 

Summer camp at The Yard - NYC's only adventure playground!
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Our Governors Island play lot is a blank slate, ready to be transformed into a land of your own imagining. Work with new friends to bring big ideas to life using a wide array of materials, craft supplies, and basic hand tools. Never used a hammer before? No problem! Our playworkers are here to help you learn the skills you need.  Join us for a summer of unforgettable outdoor fun!

Each day at camp will be filled with plenty of opportunities for campers to plan their own adventures. Materials will be provided and supervised by trained playworkers in different areas of the playground.

Due to the self-directed nature of our camp, much of your child’s day will be (wonderfully) up to them! They will have opportunities to play with others, spend time alone, build, take apart, imagine, play in and with water, just relax, or anything else they can come up with! Your child will get dirty and may get small bumps, bruises, or scratches, as that is the nature of play.

They will also have the daily option to take a walk around Governors Island to explore other programs and parts of the island with our staff. We will take a lunch break and two snack breaks outside of the gates of the playground under the shade of trees across a small (car-less) road. This will help provide a chance for them to have a rest and re-energize. The playground itself provides partial shade under canopies and plenty of materials that they are free to use under the supervision of our staff who have been specially trained to work in this environment.

Drop off is at 8:30 am and pick up at 3:00 pm at the Battery Maritime Building (at 10 South Street on the corner of South and Whitehall Streets in Lower Manhattan, next to the Staten Island ferry terminal.)

Weekly sessions are $625 for an 8:30 am to 3 pm camp day.

Available Weeks 

(Enrollment is now open for eight 1 week sessions from July 9th through August 31st)

July 9 – 13 – SOLD OUT

July 16 – 20 – SOLD OUT

July 23 – 27 – GIRLS WEEK! – SOLD OUT

July 30 – August 3 – available

August 6 – 10 – available

August 13 – 17 – available

August 20 – 24 – available

August 27 – 31 – available

Please Note: We also offer an early bird discount and can provide two financial aid scholarships per week. There is a 10% discount for siblings and for campers registering for multiple weeks. **To receive the multiple week discount you must register for the multiple weeks within the same registration.**

Register for Summer camp HERE

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Last Weekend at Governors Island!

September 22, 2016 by Rachel Witzel

 

Last Weekend at Governor's Island

 

The last weekend of public access to Governor’s Island is this weekend. Jump on the ferry and check out Play:groundNYC!

Summer is officially over and that means Governor’s Island is closing for the season as well. Go visit Governor’s Island for their last weekend for the season. Make sure to stop by Play:groundNYC, the first wild playscape in the NYC area. The 5,000 square foot space follows other Adventure Playground formats—designed as a junkyard of sorts and filled with “trash”—which means kids are free to build, wreck, move, dig, create and take chances at their own pace and level. There’s an area just for the tiniest adventurers (a mud kitchen that requires parental supervision) and there’s a junk play area for kids ages six and up (supervised by play-workers) and the only “rule” is to wear sturdy, closed-toe shoes.

FiDi Families Insiders: Ferries run from the Battery Maritime Terminal in Lower Manhattan seven days a week. On weekends, visitors can board at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6. Children under 12 are FREE. $2 round trip for adults and kids over 12. Weekend morning ferries are free, before 11:30am. 
 
For more information on Play:groundNYC check out their website. 
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