reDiscover Center
12958 W Washington Blvd, Venice
Tinkering Camp
One week sessions 6/20 - 8/25
reDiscover Mid-City
4510 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles
Tinkering Camp
One week sessions 6/20 - 8/25
CalCreative Academy
2709 Media Center Drive, Glassell Park
Tinkering Camp
One week sessions 6/26 - 7/21
New for Summer 2023: Discounts!
$50 sibling discount and $50 refer-a-friend discount! See below for details.
Tinkering Camp
Tinkering Camp is back! Learn tools, build big, and make friends. Tinkering Camp teaches children the skills they need to turn their wildest imaginings into robust items made from wood, plastic, metal, and fabric.
With a 5:1 camper to facilitator ratio, our workshop provides a supportive environment for personal growth through skills development and creative construction. Use hand and power tools. Turn scraps and recyclables into personalized artworks. Work together to create huge amazing projects like nothing else. Campers go to a nearby park for lunch and outdoor play.
Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM with breaks built-in
- Aftercare for $100/week from 3:00 PM through 5:00 PM – after registering for camp, contact mail@rediscovercenter.org to reserve aftercare.
- Ages 8-12
- contact mail@rediscovercenter.org to set up an in-person assessment for your 7-year-old to attend camp
- $550 per week
- If reDiscover is forced to cancel a camp session due to the pandemic, you will receive a full refund or credit.
- Apply for a needs-based scholarship / Llena su solicitud para una beca
- Add-on a Tinkering Tool Kit if you would like your very own set to take home when the week is over. Tinkering Toolkits distributed on the last day of the camp session.
- COVID vaccination or recent negative test results required for all campers and staff.
Discount Policy
$50 sibling discount applied at the time of check-out.
$50 refer-a-friend discount applied as a refund to the referrer after referrer and referred new camper family have completed their summer 2023 registrations. Only applies to families who have not previously enrolled in a camp or class through reDiscover Center. Referred new family must mention referrer when registering. For questions, please call 310-393-3636 or email mail@rediscovercenter.org.
- Información para los padres de familia sobre el Campamento
- Se aceptan fondos del sistema de enseñanza charter para el hogar para la mayoría de los programas
- Quiere que el Campamento de Exploración Creativa se haga en su escuela, organización o grupo? Llene su Solicitud de Reserva en línea o llame al 310-393-3636.
- Camp Information for Parents
- Home school charter funds accepted for most programs
- Want the Tinkering Camp experience for your school, organization, or group? Submit a Booking Request online or call 310-393-3636.
What do campers do during the day?
Most of the camp day is in the shop, learning new skills, brainstorming, making, and tinkering.
Camp scheduling can vary, but generally follows this model:
- Every day begins with a morning welcome activity while everyone is arriving
- Each day we take a snack break at 10:30, and we go outside for lunch (Note: Lunch and snack are not provided)
- Monday starts with introductions, rules, and tool training for those who need to go through it
- On Monday and Tuesday, we do smaller builds and challenges, individually and in groups to get our skills up
- From Wednesday to Friday, we do our Big Build. This revolves around a prompt that we reveal Wednesday morning, then brainstorm together, vote, and let each camper sign up for the portion of the build they want to work on.
- Past Big Builds include “Journey to the Bottom of the Sea” (for which campers made a submarine, deep sea rovers, scuba suits, volcanoes, etc), “Magic” (two story Hogwarts Castle and various shops in Hogsmeade), and “Superheroes” (invent their own superhero identities, made costumes, and then built a secret headquarters with firepole and getaway car)
- Themes are intentionally broad to include a large variety of interests so that everyone can find something that engages them. We work with campers to ensure they find something to do that they will enjoy
- Themes vary, are set by the Lead Facilitators based on campers' interests, and are kept secret until Wednesday morning so that we can all brainstorm together
How do I know my child will be safe? You’re giving them saws and power tools?!?
We take safety very, very seriously, it’s the first thing we talk about. On day one, we go over all of our tools and teach our specific safety protocols for each tool - which we have developed through years of experience and research. How to use them safely, identifying the dangerous parts, identifying ways that people may try to use them unsafely and what can happen. Additionally, certain tools such as power saws always require direct supervision to use. We have a low counselor to camper ratio, and ensure that energy remains at a safe level, monitoring camper behavior closely and ready to adjust activities or take a break as needed to keep the energy focused. We establish and support a Culture of Safety that helps campers to develop practices that can help them achieve situational awareness in any potentially dangerous environment.
My child knows how to use tools already, do they really have to do tool training on the first day?
If they have been to reDiscover Center and done our tool training or built something recently (in the last few months), they may be allowed to join in a separate activity that gets them using the tools right away. If it has been a year or more, we ask that they get a refresher on the tools to ensure everyone’s safety. If they use tools a lot at home, we may take it on a case by case basis, but generally it’s important to learn our specific safety protocols that we use here (hand placement, how our specific tools work, moving through the shared makerspace, etc). If they’re particularly advanced, we will recognize it, and may expedite them, or else have them help us teach the new tinkerers.
Note: Learning tools at a Tinkering birthday party at reDiscover Center isn’t the same as going through the full Tinkering Camp tool training; Tinkering birthday parties typically only cover a limited number of tools, and don’t get the reinforcement and assessment that the full training provides.
My child wants to make a go-cart/catapult/bookshelf/etc. Can they just build their own thing?
Our Big Build themes are very broad and can usually encompass most pre-existing ideas. In the rare case that they can’t find something related to the theme that interests them, they may work on an individual project, though this is something more suited to Tinkering Open Studio on the weekends.
Can they take home what they make?
Smaller projects that are made earlier in the week, or smaller portions of the Big Build may be taken home with permission from parents/guardians. Often our Big Builds are too large to take home and are created by several people anyway; those stay here and are taken apart to be made into future projects (go sustainability!). We encourage tinkerers who are working on small builds together to discuss what will happen to it when it’s finished as part of the project planning process.
Counselors in training work alongside staff facilitators to create a safe, fun, engaging Tinkering environment for campers ages 8-12. CITs receive training materials and mentoring on how to facilitate a tools-intensive Tinkering environment. CITs provide one-on-one support to tinkerers, assist Facilitators in group management, maintain the workshop, including repairing and building equipment as needed, and receive after-hours access to the reDiscover woodshop for personal projects.
CITs are expected to arrive at 8:30 and be available through the daily staff meeting that ends at 3:45. Two week minimum commitment. Prior experience with making, tinkering, and basic woodworking highly recommended. New CITs need to schedule an admissions interview before registering. Contact mail@rediscovercenter.org to apply. Cost is $250/week for summer 2023. Ask about discounts for returning CITs.
***If reDiscover is forced to cancel a camp session due to the pandemic, you will receive a full refund or credit.
Cancellation fee: Waived until four weeks before registered camp week, then 50% of tuition paid until two weeks before camp week, then 100% of tuition paid less than two weeks before camp week. Camp tuition is transferable to a substitute camper in full, at time of cancellation only. See our full Cancellation Policy for more details
** Si el reDiscover Center tiene que cancelar el campamento debido a la pandemia, se le reembolsará todo su dinero o crédito.
Cuota de cancelación: Tiene hasta 4 semanas antes de que el campamento empiece para cancelar sin cargos por cancelación, entre 2 y 4 semanas antes de que empiece el campamento se le regresará el 50% de la cuota pagada, si cancela con menos de dos semanas antes de que empiece el campamento no se le podrá regresar nada. El costo del campamento se puede transferir por completo a otro niño/a solo en el momento de cancelación. Lea por completo nuestro Reglamento de Cancelación para más detalles.
Campamentos de Carpintería Creativa en el reDiscover Center (edades de 8-12)
¡Ven a crear cosas con nosotros usando materiales favorables al medio ambiente! El campamento de carpintería creativa les enseña a los niños/as las habilidades que necesitan para transformar su imaginación en cosas fuertes/robustas hechas de madera, plástico, metal y tela. Usamos herramientas de mano como taladros, sierras y herramientas eléctricas para construir las cosas más creativas posibles. El campamento de carpintera creative se da los niños/as la oportunidad de participar en actividades que fomentan la cooperación y socialización al construir su propio proyecto utilizando un tema de grupo. Tenemos una proporción de 5 niños/as por facilitador y así se crea un ambiente de apoyo y de crecimiento personal a través del desarrollo de las habilidades y construcción creativa. Para facilitar la construcción creativa en su hogar, puedes añadir un kit de herramientas nuevo al terminar el campamento para llevar a casa. Los participantes van a un parque cercano para comer el almuerzo y jugar afuera.
- Campamentos de una semana, lunes a viernes 9am - 3pm con descansos
- 13 de junio al 26 de agosto
- 8-12 años
- Contáctanos al mail@rediscovecenter.org para programar una evaluación en persona para ver si su hijo de 7 años puede atender al campamento
- Cuidado después de clase para $30 al día de 3:00 PM a 5:00 PM – después de registrar para el campamento, contactenos al mail@rediscovercenter.org para recibir el cuidado después de clase.
- reDiscover Center, 12958 W Washington Blvd, LA
- $525 por semana
- Llena una solicitud para una beca
- Agregue un kit de herramientas si desea llevar su propio kit a casa cuando termine la semana.
- Debido al pandemia, se requiere una vacuna o una prueba de COVID-19 negativa (reciente) para todos los participantes tanto igual como el equipo de ReDiscover Center.
Reglamento de Cancelación
** Si el reDiscover Center tiene que cancelar el campamento debido a la pandemia, se le reembolsará todo su dinero o crédito.
Cuota de cancelación: Tiene hasta 4 semanas antes de que el campamento empiece para cancelar sin cargos por cancelación, entre 2 y 4 semanas antes de que empiece el campamento se le regresará el 50% de la cuota pagada, si cancela con menos de dos semanas antes de que empiece el campamento no se le podrá regresar nada. El costo del campamento se puede transferir por completo a otro niño/a solo en el momento de cancelación. Lea por completo nuestro Reglamento de Cancelación para más detalles.
What do campers do during the day?
Most of the camp day is in the shop, learning new skills, brainstorming, making, and tinkering.
Camp scheduling can vary, but generally follows this model:
- Every day begins with a morning welcome activity while everyone is arriving
- Each day we take a snack break at 10:30, and we go outside for lunch (Note: Lunch and snack are not provided)
- Monday starts with introductions, rules, and tool training for those who need to go through it
- On Monday and Tuesday, we do smaller builds and challenges, individually and in groups to get our skills up
- From Wednesday to Friday, we do our Big Build. This revolves around a prompt that we reveal Wednesday morning, then brainstorm together, vote, and let each camper sign up for the portion of the build they want to work on.
- Past Big Builds include “Journey to the Bottom of the Sea” (for which campers made a submarine, deep sea rovers, scuba suits, volcanoes, etc), “Magic” (two story Hogwarts Castle and various shops in Hogsmeade), and “Superheroes” (invent their own superhero identities, made costumes, and then built a secret headquarters with firepole and getaway car)
- Themes are intentionally broad to include a large variety of interests so that everyone can find something that engages them. We work with campers to ensure they find something to do that they will enjoy
- Themes vary, are set by the Lead Facilitators based on campers' interests, and are kept secret until Wednesday morning so that we can all brainstorm together
How do I know my child will be safe? You’re giving them saws and power tools?!?
We take safety very, very seriously, it’s the first thing we talk about. On day one, we go over all of our tools and teach our specific safety protocols for each tool - which we have developed through years of experience and research. How to use them safely, identifying the dangerous parts, identifying ways that people may try to use them unsafely and what can happen. Additionally, certain tools such as power saws always require direct supervision to use. We have a low counselor to camper ratio, and ensure that energy remains at a safe level, monitoring camper behavior closely and ready to adjust activities or take a break as needed to keep the energy focused. We establish and support a Culture of Safety that helps campers to develop practices that can help them achieve situational awareness in any potentially dangerous environment.
My child knows how to use tools already, do they really have to do tool training on the first day?
If they have been to reDiscover Center and done our tool training or built something recently (in the last few months), they may be allowed to join in a separate activity that gets them using the tools right away. If it has been a year or more, we ask that they get a refresher on the tools to ensure everyone’s safety. If they use tools a lot at home, we may take it on a case by case basis, but generally it’s important to learn our specific safety protocols that we use here (hand placement, how our specific tools work, moving through the shared makerspace, etc). If they’re particularly advanced, we will recognize it, and may expedite them, or else have them help us teach the new tinkerers.
Note: Learning tools at a Tinkering birthday party at reDiscover Center isn’t the same as going through the full Tinkering Camp tool training; Tinkering birthday parties typically only cover a limited number of tools, and don’t get the reinforcement and assessment that the full training provides.
My child wants to make a go-cart/catapult/bookshelf/etc. Can they just build their own thing?
Our Big Build themes are very broad and can usually encompass most pre-existing ideas. In the rare case that they can’t find something related to the theme that interests them, they may work on an individual project, though this is something more suited to Tinkering Open Studio on the weekends.
Can they take home what they make?
Smaller projects that are made earlier in the week, or smaller portions of the Big Build may be taken home with permission from parents/guardians. Often our Big Builds are too large to take home and are created by several people anyway; those stay here and are taken apart to be made into future projects (go sustainability!). We encourage tinkerers who are working on small builds together to discuss what will happen to it when it’s finished as part of the project planning process.
Counselors in training work alongside staff facilitators to create a safe, fun, engaging Tinkering environment for campers ages 8-12. CITs receive training materials and mentoring on how to facilitate a tools-intensive Tinkering environment. CITs provide one-on-one support to tinkerers, assist Facilitators in group management, maintain the workshop, including repairing and building equipment as needed, and receive after-hours access to the reDiscover woodshop for personal projects.
CITs are expected to arrive at 8:30 and be available through the daily staff meeting that ends at 3:45. Two week minimum commitment. Prior experience with making, tinkering, and basic woodworking highly recommended. New CITs need to schedule an admissions interview before registering. Contact mail@rediscovercenter.org to apply. Cost is $250/week for summer 2023. Ask about discounts for returning CITs.
***If reDiscover is forced to cancel a camp session due to the pandemic, you will receive a full refund or credit.
Cancellation fee: Waived until four weeks before registered camp week, then 50% of tuition paid until two weeks before camp week, then 100% of tuition paid less than two weeks before camp week. Camp tuition is transferable to a substitute camper in full, at time of cancellation only. See our full Cancellation Policy for more details
** Si el reDiscover Center tiene que cancelar el campamento debido a la pandemia, se le reembolsará todo su dinero o crédito.
Cuota de cancelación: Tiene hasta 4 semanas antes de que el campamento empiece para cancelar sin cargos por cancelación, entre 2 y 4 semanas antes de que empiece el campamento se le regresará el 50% de la cuota pagada, si cancela con menos de dos semanas antes de que empiece el campamento no se le podrá regresar nada. El costo del campamento se puede transferir por completo a otro niño/a solo en el momento de cancelación. Lea por completo nuestro Reglamento de Cancelación para más detalles.
Make amazing things at Cardboard Camp! Learn how to use Tinkering Tools and build projects big and small out of cardboard and extension materials like skewers, mylar, and Makedo. Each day includes skills-building activities, project prompts like costuming, vehicles, models, and mechanisms, and open build time to make projects as wild as your imagination. Facilitated by artists and makers, Cardboard Camp develops kids' creativity and pushes them to build big incredible projects that they own from conception to completion. Campers go to a nearby park for lunch and outdoor play.
Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM with breaks built-in
- Aftercare for $100/week from 3:00 PM through 5:00 PM – after registering for camp, contact mail@rediscovercenter.org to reserve aftercare. Limited capacity.
- Ages 6 - 10
- $425 per week
- If reDiscover is forced to cancel a camp session due to the pandemic, you will receive a full refund or credit.
- Apply for a needs-based scholarship / Llena su solicitud para una beca
- Add-on a Tinkering Toolkit if you would like your very own set to take home when the week is over. Tinkering Toolkits distributed on the last day of the camp session.
- COVID vaccination or recent negative test results required for all campers and staff.
Campamentos de Carpintería Creativa en el reDiscover Center (edades de 8-12)
¡Ven a crear cosas con nosotros usando materiales favorables al medio ambiente! El campamento de carpintería creativa les enseña a los niños/as las habilidades que necesitan para transformar su imaginación en cosas fuertes/robustas hechas de madera, plástico, metal y tela. Usamos herramientas de mano como taladros, sierras y herramientas eléctricas para construir las cosas más creativas posibles. El campamento de carpintera creative se da los niños/as la oportunidad de participar en actividades que fomentan la cooperación y socialización al construir su propio proyecto utilizando un tema de grupo. Tenemos una proporción de 5 niños/as por facilitador y así se crea un ambiente de apoyo y de crecimiento personal a través del desarrollo de las habilidades y construcción creativa. Para facilitar la construcción creativa en su hogar, puedes añadir un kit de herramientas nuevo al terminar el campamento para llevar a casa. Los participantes van a un parque cercano para comer el almuerzo y jugar afuera.
- Campamentos de una semana, lunes a viernes 9am - 3pm con descansos
- 13 de junio al 26 de agosto
- 8-12 años
- Contáctanos al mail@rediscovecenter.org para programar una evaluación en persona para ver si su hijo de 7 años puede atender al campamento
- Cuidado después de clase para $30 al día de 3:00 PM a 5:00 PM – después de registrar para el campamento, contactenos al mail@rediscovercenter.org para recibir el cuidado después de clase.
- reDiscover Center, 12958 W Washington Blvd, LA
- $525 por semana
- Llena una solicitud para una beca
- Agregue un kit de herramientas si desea llevar su propio kit a casa cuando termine la semana.
- Debido al pandemia, se requiere una vacuna o una prueba de COVID-19 negativa (reciente) para todos los participantes tanto igual como el equipo de ReDiscover Center.
Reglamento de Cancelación
** Si el reDiscover Center tiene que cancelar el campamento debido a la pandemia, se le reembolsará todo su dinero o crédito.
Cuota de cancelación: Tiene hasta 4 semanas antes de que el campamento empiece para cancelar sin cargos por cancelación, entre 2 y 4 semanas antes de que empiece el campamento se le regresará el 50% de la cuota pagada, si cancela con menos de dos semanas antes de que empiece el campamento no se le podrá regresar nada. El costo del campamento se puede transferir por completo a otro niño/a solo en el momento de cancelación. Lea por completo nuestro Reglamento de Cancelación para más detalles.
Campamento Creativo de Cartón (6- 10 años)
¡Haz cosas increíbles en nuestro Campamento de Cartón! Aprende cómo usar herramientas y construir proyectos grandes y pequeños de cartón y otros materiales como palitas de madera, plástico y Makedo. Cada día incluye actividades para el fortalecimiento de capacidades y proyectos como disfraces, vehículos, modelos, mecanismos y damos tiempo para hacer cualquier proyecto que puedes imaginar. Los participantes van a un parque cercano para comer el almuerzo y jugar afuera. Debido al pandemia, se requiere una vacuna o una prueba de COVID-19 negativa (reciente) para todos los participantes tanto igual como el equipo de ReDiscover Center.
Duracion del Programa y Ubicacion:
- 20 de Junio - 26 de Agosto en 4510 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles
- 27 de Junio - 29 de Julio en CalCreative Academy Eagle Rock Campus
Horario de Campamento Creativo de Cartón: Lunes- Viernes de 9:00am a 3:00pm con descensos
- Cuidado después de la clase para $30 al día de 3:00 PM a 5:00 PM – después de registrar para el campamento, contáctenos al mail@rediscovercenter.org para recibir el cuidado después de la clase.
- 6 - 10 años
- $400 por semana
- *Si reDiscover se ve obligado a cancelar una sesión de campamento debido a la pandemia, recibirá un reembolso completo o crédito.
- Llena una solicitud para una beca
- Agregue un kit de herramientas si desea llevar su propio kit a casa cuando termine la semana.
