Spring No-School Camps

Bot Basics is a new craft experience that teaches students the basics of robotics and electrical engineering while experiencing industry tools. Students will have an opportunity to operate real 650 degree soldering irons while learning about lab safety and the basics of electrical engineering. As they progress through the class, they'll have the opportunity to experience robotics basics and ICs (computer chips).

All prices include the price of toys that your child can take home after building, no additional charge! Students can also choose to donate their crafts to our Make the Power(tm) toy drive, in where we inspect and distribute students' crafts to kids in need during the holidays. Please note that the base price for 10 classes is $800 and after school program prices are adjusted to match the NYC DOE calendar. 

Unless they show aptitude for it, kids at this age will instead be building engineering puzzles that do not require any soldering of any kind. However, they will still get to make excellent craft toys like our Flashy Diwali Peacock, a Starry Nightlight, a blue tooth speaker of their own and (yes) an actual working RC race car! 

They will take home all these toys and the price of toys are included in the class.

Each class runs for two hours with a late pick-up or early drop-off fee of $15/half hour. Programs are priced with a snack and toys are included. Please inform us of any dietary restrictions or allergies so we may prepare a snack specific to your child's needs.  

Please see Bot Basics 102 for Full Policy List. Bot Basics 101 is slower paced for younger students and offers builds that don't require soldering. In addition to the builds available in Bot Basics 102, students can also choose: 

• Solar Powered Transformer Dinosaur/Beetle
• Mystic Movie Maker
• Not Quite Solar Flashlight
• 4 wheel drive Race Car 
• an RC dinosaur
  
  Kids are not committed to this track necessarily so long as they understand the skills required for the build (Party glasses for example are fairly basic but long). If a child has capability, we can give them more to do. Advanced builds (blue tooth speakers) may not always be available in multiples since it is a significant cost for those parts. Everyone will go home with at least 1 big toy (race car, blue tooth speaker, etc.) by end of semester. 
  
  Free pick-up is available at certain schools including, but not limited to, Arts & Leters. As we grow, we'll update the list. Please write to us and inquire about pick-up at your school. Likewise, please inform us if your child will be walking over. Upon Sign-up, please include the name of your child, their teacher's name and their school. We can take it from there.

For reference, please see below Bot Basics 102 Course Description:

Class 1: Mandatory Lab Safety - learn about safety in the lab and practice soldering (melting metal to create bonds)
Class 2: Night light beetle - learn the basics of PCBs & photo resistors
Class 3: Electric Lattu - learn about motion sensors 
Class 4: Buzz-Buzz Butterfly

Classes 5 & 6: Frantic Firefly - practice soldering electrical wire and build your first actual robot to take home!
Classes 7 & 8: Blazing Fidget Spinner - Work with micro components; a necessary skill for any advanced robotics work. 
Classes 9 & 10: Light-up Party Glasses to celebrate your final class of basics!

Students who continue with us will have the option of either repeating their favorite builds or working on new builds including bluetooth speakers, holiday displays, race cars, desk lamps and other exciting toys and every-day items the family will love. 
 

Make-up Classes are also available if you need to skip a week and want to catch up the following week. There may be a fee for Make-up Classes: please review policy for full details