Kids Invention Camp: Biomimicry & Entrepreneurship with Nature (2-days for 7-12 year olds)
Special promotion: $50 return voucher for your next camp with us!
Looking for a fun and meaningful holiday programme for your child?
This March holidays, send your child to the Kids Invention Camp designed specially for kids (aged 7 to 12) who love hands-on activities, outdoor play, creativity, and learning through exploration.
Benefits for Your Child: Your child will grow in creativity, confidence, and curiosity as they explore nature, invent solutions, and build hands-on prototypes. They’ll strengthen important 21st Century Competency (21CC) skills such as critical thinking, DIY making, collaboration, communication, and global/environmental awareness, while learning to manage emotions, resolve conflicts, and work well with others. Through active play, reflection, and teamwork, the camp nurtures resilience, responsibility, and a love of learning, supporting your child’s overall wellbeing and readiness for the future.
Benefits for Parents: You can be assured that your child will not only be building future-ready skills but also experiencing the 5 Ways to Wellbeing, a global framework adopted by leading international schools around the world. Your child will grow more confident, creative, and resilient as they explore outdoors, invent solutions, and collaborate respectfully with peers. Your child will return home with stronger communication skills, emotional stability, appreciation for the environment, and a renewed sense of curiosity and joy. It’s a meaningful holiday experience that supports your child’s long-term wellbeing and development, giving you peace of mind and growth you can see.
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💫 What Your Child Will Do
Nature exploration at Thomson Nature Park with guided activities to ease your child into exploring the wonders of nature
Learn about biomimicry (nature-inspired invention) and apply it to creating innovative products
Build confidence in working with their hands and basic tools to create prototypes
Get started on entrepreneurship by learning how to identify their customer segments
Learn to present their ideas clearly and confidently
Work collaboratively with others and manage conflicts through respectful dialogue
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❤️ Why Parents and Kids Love Our Camps
We asked parents of our past camps what were their child's biggest highlights from the camp. Here's what they said:
"Interesting concept to do group activities and help kids to understand their feelings and issues with each other, and resolve them too."
"Discovery of his preference/interest to certain activity such as building and handwork."
"High teacher to student ratio."
"Searching for as many varieties of plants and making their creation together as a team at the end."
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🗓 Detailed schedule
Day 1
0900-1130: Nature exploration at Thomson Nature Park (activities include sketching, sound map, scavenger hunt, forest clean-up)
1130-1230: Lunch at Casuarina Curry
1230-1245: Post-lunch free play (playground, card games, rest)
1245-1445: [Indoors] Introduction to biomimicry, brainstorm nature-inspired ideas and sketching ideas
1445-1500: [Indoors] Reflections for the day
Day 2
0900-1000: Outdoor play at Teachers' Estate Park (Frisbee, ball games, playground, park clean-up)
1000-1045: [Indoors] Sandwich Talk: practice clear & effective communication
1045-1130: [Indoors] Make a prototype as a team (working with cardboard and other simple materials)
1130-1230: Lunch at Casuarina Curry (or other nearby outlet)
1230-1245: Post-lunch free play (playground, card games, rest)
1245-1330: [Indoors] Make it into a business! (Simple business modelling)
1330-1345: [Indoors] Snack break
1345-1445: [Indoors] Pitch like a pro! (Learn and practice persuasive and clear presentation skills)
1445-1500: [Indoors] Reflections for the camp
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🤝 Our Esteemed Coaches
Dr. Erika Lorenz-Calderon
Dr. Erika Lorenz-Calderon is a chemical engineer with a PhD in environmental electrochemistry from EPF Lausanne, Switzerland. She has a postdoc and conducted pioneering research in wastewater treatment and solar energy at renowned institutions such as University of Stuttgart, Fraunhofer Institute in Germany and University of Milan Bicocca, Italy. She also contributed as assessor to the University of Cambridge’s Business Sustainability Management course and to Singapore’s decarbonisation research efforts at CARES/NTU.
Guided by her passion for inspiring young learners, she complemented her scientific background with a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCEi) at the University of Nottingham and practical teaching experience at Tanglin Trust School in Singapore. She has also facilitated various workshops and mentored students through schools, NGOs, and educational consultancies on topics including design thinking, entrepreneurship, and climate change.
With a passion for sustainability, education, and creativity, Erika combines academic rigor, international experience, and an enthusiasm for engaging young minds in meaningful learning experiences.
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Tan Yi Han
Han is on a mission to plant the seeds of peace in the hearts of people, with over a decade of expertise in designing and facilitating impactful learning experiences focused on mental wellbeing, social and environmental causes. As Co-founder of People's Movement to Stop Haze (PM.Haze), Han successfully ran a mentorship program that empowered youth to address the haze issue and led service-learning trips to Malaysia and Indonesia.
Since joining GUILD in 2020, he has continued to excel in curriculum design and program management and is currently the Head of Education and Impact.
Han is an avid practitioner of Nonviolent Communication and can be relied on to give an emphatic listening ear and mediate conflicts.
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PayNow option is available in 2 ways. You can (1) click on 'Get Ticket' and select 'PayNow' under 'Payment' option or (2) follow the instructions below:
You may make your payment via PayNow to UEN 201605120G and include 'KIDS INVENTION [Your Name]' under remarks.
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PERKS: As a bonus, you also gain exclusive access into our Parents' Guild on WhatsApp & Facebook where you could gain tips and insights for your child's journey. You will also gain FREE entry to our Board Knight sessions for the next 6 months (worth at least $72) where you and your child could also play boardgames with others.
COMMUNITY: Your financial support means a lot to us in the Parents' Guild. At least 0.5% of our revenue goes into social, environmental and carbon removal projects. It also helps us continue growing the movement towards bringing purposeful play and creative wellbeing to all, one teacher, one professional, one parent, one child at a time. Each dollar goes a long way.