TCTC SmartFun for Kids Camps begin June 10

Tri-County Technical College’s Corporate and Community Education Division is offering camps for kids this summer. Camps will be available beginning the week of June 10 and will run through June 27.  All camps are for ages 7 – 12 and the cost is $99 each.  Young Chef Adventure Camp: Farm to Table will be held June 10 – 13, Monday – Thursday, 1 – 5 p.m., at the College’s Anderson Campus located at 511 Michelin Boulevard in Anderson.   Farm to table cooking lessons will instill creativity and confidence and teach them life long skills they’ll never forget.  Create Your Own Video Game will be held June 10 – 13, Monday – Thursday, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the Anderson Campus.  Another session will be held June 10 – 13, Monday – Thursday, 1:30 – 5:30 p.m. at the Anderson Campus. Learn how to make your own video games using Microsoft Kodu Game Lab, a visually based, 3D game design tool. The game design process will be broken into seven parts: Goals, Rules, Assets, Spaces, Play Mechanics, Scoring Systems and Narrative. By thinking of games in terms of these parts, you’ll learn more easily to think about how to design fun, engaging games.  You’ll do hands-on learning activities to Play-Fix-Create.  You’ll then be ready to create your own game using and building on the knowledge gained from each lesson activity. Cake Boss for Kids is set for June 17 – 20, Monday – Thursday, 1- 5pm at the Anderson Campus. Another session will be held June 24 – 27, Monday – Thursday, 8:30am to 12:30pm at the Watkins Center in Honea Path.  You’ll learn to design, create, and put your cakes together in this class.  You’ll learn all kinds of creative techniques that will make your cake great. Smart Fun for Kids:  Forays into Forensics will be held June 17 – 20,  Monday –  Thursday, 8:30am – 12:30pm at the Watkins Center in Honea Path. What is forensics?  You’ll make observations, remember and record events, and participate in simulated crime scene/role play activity, casting footprints lab, fingerprint lifting lab and chromatography lab.   Complete details on the camps can be found on the College’s website at www.tctc.edu/smartfun or call 864-646-1700.