Hands On. Brains On.
IN PERSON SUMMER CAMPS:
June 6 – August 12, 2022
At Neuron Garage, campers get hands-ons, repurposing their recycling to solve fun, weekly engineering challenges. Through the process, they have fun, make new friends, and develop a growth mindset.
Simple Tools + Guided Practice = GROWTH MINDSET
Dates & Hours
- Weekly Summer
- Camps (Mon -Fri)
- 8:00am to 3:00pm; Extended Hours until 5:00pm
- June 6th to August 12
NOTE: Dates Vary by Location
Ages
- Campers are divided into two age groups:
- Tinkers: 5 to 7 Year Olds
- Makers: 8 to 12 Year Olds
Risk Free Booking
Enroll today to secure a spot. Cancel anytime before camp starts for a full refund.
Building Challenges Kids Love!
Your child will have fun building with recycling to solve weekly challenges and will experience the joy of exploring what they can do with their own hands.
Friendship First
We take extra time on Monday mornings to play together in order to establish a sense of community and make sure that each camper feels connected.
Balanced Days
Days at Neuron Garage are a careful balance between individual and group activity, along with time for relaxation, reflection, and play.
Arrival / Indoor & Outdoor Play
Community Open
Build Time
Lunch
Indoor & Outdoor Play
Build Time
Indoor & Outdoor Play
Community Close
Pick-up Begins
Extended Hours Pickup
New Ways of Thinking.
- Your child will be taught our Think > Build > Learn framework. It is simple enough for children to learn and powerful enough to last a lifetime!
- The weekly building challenges give your child the opportunity to practice the framework and strategies.
- This way of thinking powers a growth mindset which can be applied to life’s future life challenges.
Our entire program is highly intentional and grounded in brain science.
Our Framework Is Simple to Learn and Powerful Enough to Last a Lifetime!
THINK
Make a plan. Tap your creativity.
Find inspiration.
BUILD
Get started. Keep going. Manage
your mental state.
LEARN
Get feedback. Find the lessons in
failure and success.
Camp Pricing
$340
/week
Sign up before Jan 31st
$370
/week
Sign up before Feb 28th
$390
/week
Sign up after Mar 1st
And Your Child Will Want to Come Back...We Guarantee It.
If your child doesn’t want to return for a second week, the first week is free. Seriously.
What Our Parents Are Saying
LOCATIONS
8 CONVENIENT AUSTIN LOCATIONS
LeafSpring School at Cedar Park
Magellan International
Ascent Acton
Headwaters - River Campus
Trinity
Acton West
Acton Southwest
Headwaters Creek Campus
Not finding a camp location near you?
Check out our online camp schedule or start a location!
Weekly Challenges
Join Us for One Week, an Entire Session, or the Whole Summer!
Each week presents a new challenge to keep the engagement and effort high, and another opportunity for your children to practice the tools that will help them build a Growth Mindset.
Amusement Parks
From roller coasters and Ferris wheels to carnival rides and games, this session is equal parts play and design. Campers will get hands on, turning trash into treasure, as they construct from cardboard and other materials that would normally end up in their recycling bins.
Secret Agents
Campers team up as Secret Agents this session with a new mission each week. Using cardboard, masking tape, and whatever else they can find in their recycling bins, along with plenty of creativity and perseverance, they will build ziplines, rockets and submarines to transport top-secret messages, facing exciting obstacles along the way.
Time Travel
With piles of recycling, plenty of tape and hot glue, and a healthy dose of imagination, campers will travel back in time and forward into the future to solve a new challenge each week.
July 18 - 22
Time Machines
July 25-29
Medieval Times
August 1-5
Future Dream Home
August 8-12
Ancient Egypt
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Age Groups
Campers are divided into two age groups
TINKERS
(5-7yo)
The early years at Neuron Garage are focused on nurturing campers’ innate curiosity and creativity, while introducing them to the Think > Build > Learn framework. Campers tinker and build with recycled materials as they engage in daily guided projects related to a weekly theme.
MAKERS
(8-12yo)
At Neuron Garage, our Makers engage deeply in a highly intentional process each week that cultivates a growth mindset. The focus is on learning and applying good strategies as they build each week towards solutions to an openended challenge.
FAQS
IN PERSON SUMMER CAMP FAQS
Some children come for just a week, though many stay for several, and some for the whole summer. We have found that while we can see growth in a child from just one week of Neuron Garage, we have seen much larger gains from children who come for multiple weeks. Last year we surveyed our staff and 95% of them “Agreed” or “Strongly Agreed” that campers who attend two or more weeks of Neuron Garage leave the experience better creative thinkers, collaborators and with more resilience.
Campers should bring a lunch and a water bottle with them each day. We provide simple snacks – Annie’s Cheddar Bunnies and Nature’s Bakery fruit bars (including gluten-free options). Campers are free to help themselves to one snack in the morning and one in the afternoon and are encouraged to hydrate throughout the day.
Campers should come in comfortable clothes that can get messy. They will be moving around and working with a variety of materials, some of which may end up on their clothing.
Campers will have time outside each day, so if you would like them to wear sunscreen, please apply it in the morning before they come. You are welcome to send them with additional sunscreen to reapply in the afternoon. We will remind campers of this option and do our best to facilitate.
Capacity varies by campus. Each classroom accommodates a maximum of 25 campers.
There will be 1 adult counselor for every 10-15 campers.
If your child does not want to return for a second week, your first week is free. Seriously. Each week at Neuron Garage is another opportunity to practice and apply the tools and strategies that build a Growth Mindset. One week is great, but practice is essential, so multiple weeks are better. We want to make sure that our Campers come back summer after summer and work hard to create a positive experience. The Garage Guarantee is our way of making sure we are delivering on that promise.
Each of our locations is open for campers from 8am-6pm. The core camp hours are 9:30am-3pm, with Extended Hours until 6pm. <br>We have a flexible drop off from 8-9:30 each morning because we know mornings with children don’t always go according to plan, and it can be difficult to get everyone up, fed, dressed and out of the house at a precise time. And it’s summer, so sometimes a slow morning is just what you need. However, this time at camp is put to great use. If you are able to get here before 9:30, children have the opportunity to connect with each other and the staff on a personal level and enjoy time together. This seemingly casual part of the day is actually a very purposeful way to create community and forge relationships that become important during the challenging, and sometimes frustrating, building times when campers often need to collaborate in order to succeed. <br> The regular camp day ends at 3pm. Between 1/3 and 1/2 of campers are picked up at 3pm, while the rest stay for what campers have dubbed “The After Party”. Our goal for this time is that when parents arrive, campers beg for just five more minutes. We believe that campers need some down time in the later afternoon, so this time is a bit different from the rest of the day. During Extended Hours, we take a break from the weekly Building Challenges and offer crafts and other fun activities that involve building with recycled and other simple materials. These activities reinforce creativity and fine motor skills, which leads to more successful building. There is also plenty of time for campers to play games inside and run around outside (weather permitting).