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Does Your Summer Feel Unstructured or Unproductive?

It can be hard to know how to handle your children during the summer. Parents don’t want their children to waste the whole summer, but it can feel impossible to find time for activities outside of busy work schedules. Families look to summer camps and find too many are unstructured or lack meaningful engagement. 

For children with special care needs, the problems are even worse. Daycares are exceedingly expensive or might not even be an option for your child. Standard summer camps, if they’ll even take your child, move too quickly and overwhelm or underserve.

Finding a Knoxville summer camp that balances fun, structure, and support can seem impossible.

The TEACH Group is here to help.

Our Summer Camps Are Designed With Purpose

The TEACH Group summer camps offer a balanced approach.

Each camp blends playful activities with intentional skill development, led by licensed therapists and trained education professionals. Children visit our ABA clinic to explore interests, build confidence, and practice important skills through hands on learning, movement, and peer interaction.

Our Knoxville summer camps provide a supportive environment where children of all abilities can enjoy summer while continuing to grow socially, emotionally, and academically.

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Our Knoxville Summer Camp Programs

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Handwriting

Rising Kindergarteners come join the fun as we explore how to write our letters while learning about zoo animals. The focus of this camp is to learn about formation of capital letters, focusing on grasp, letter directionality, and visual motor skills.  The camp takes place June 22nd – 26th, 9:00am – 11:00am. The camp is $350 (cost includes book and all materials).

Rising First and Second Graders come join the fun as we explore how to write our letters while learning about zoo animals. The focus of this camp is to learn about formation of lower case letters, sentence structure, refining grasp, letter directionality, and visual motor skills. the camp takes place July 6th – 10th, 9:00 am – 11:00 am. The camp is $350 (cost includes book and all materials).

Reading and Pre Literacy

Rising Kindergarten to Second Grade Level Readers come join the fun as we go on a road trip to our favorite destinations while building pre-literacy skills. The focus of this camp is to build phonological awareness skills including rhyming, blending, and letter-sound identification. Our time together will consist of hands-on activities, individual and group practice of skills, and daily group story time. The camp takes place June 15th -19th , 9:00am – 11:00am. The camp is $350 (cost includes all materials)

Rising Second to Fifth Grade Level Readers come join the fun as we go on a road trip to build higher level reading skills. The focus of this camp is to increase reading fluency, build story sequencing skills, story retell skills, identifying main ideas, and details while creating a story about their favorite summer trip. At the end of our time together they will have the opportunity to showcase their skills. The camp takes place July 13th – 17th, 9:00am – 11:00am. The camp is $350 (cost includes all materials).

Social Skills

Social Starters: Connecting with Peers for 5-7 year old children. Join us as we learn and practice fundamental skills needed to make friends, including introducing yourself, joining activities, sharing, turn taking, and responding appropriately to others. We will teach and practice these skills in free play and structured activities. At the end of our time together, we will showcase our skills by sharing what we learned about our friends! The camp takes place June 8th – 12th 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm. The camp is $350 (cost includes all materials)

Conversation & Connection: Navigating Friendships for 8-10 year old children. Join us as we learn and practice the skills of friendship, including initiating and holding a conversation, taking others’ perspectives, asking questions to get to know others, and sharing interests. We will practice connecting through icebreakers, teamwork focused games and activities, and in natural conversation! At the end of our time together we will pair up and share about one of our friends as well as an activity that we would like to do together! The camp takes place July 13th -17th , 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm. The camp is $350 (cost includes all materials).

Movement & Adventure

Dinosaur Adventure Camp for 5-8 years olds. Travel back to prehistoric times for a camp dedicated to all things adventure and movement. Campers will have the opportunity to run, jump, and discover by participating in a variety of outdoor activities and crafts. Sign up for a dinosaur themed camp to inspire your child to get moving this summer. The camp takes place June 15th – 19th, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm. The camp is $350 (cost includes all materials).

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Executive Functioning

The Executive Functioning camp for raising third, fourth and fifth graders are bite-sized versions of our executive functioning program. We help children practice organization, planning, problem solving, emotional regulation, and task completion through creative space theme and structured activities that prepare them for the upcoming school year. Led by our ABA specialists, occupational therapists, and behavioral therapists. The camp takes place July 6th – 10th, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm.  The camp is $350 (cost includes all materials except the following: backpack/binder/old shirt/socks). 

Sportsmanship and Movement Skills

Our sports MVP camp for 6 years and older focus on teamwork, coordination, attention, and social skills through age appropriate sports and movement activities. Children learn to collaborate, follow directions, and channel energy in positive ways. The camp takes place June 22nd – 26th, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. The camp is $350 (cost includes all materials)

Dance and Cheer

Dance and cheer camp for ages 5-8  support rhythm, coordination, memory, motor skills, and self expression. Children learn routines, play games, and build confidence through movement and teamwork. The camp takes place July 20th – 24th, 2:00 – 4:00 pm. The camp is $350 (cost includes all materials). 

Tactile Sensory 

Bloom and Grow Sensory Camp for 3 years and older. Dive into a world of touch and discovery! Does your child need help to navigate and build comfort with a variety of textures? Through fun, engaging, and hands-on tactile activities, we’ll turn “messy” into “magic” and empower your little one to confidently explore their sensory world. The camp takes place June 8th – 12th, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. The camp is $350 (cost includes all materials). 

Arts and Crafts

Get Crafty! A Speech and OT Skills Camp for ages 5-8. Join us for a creative week where we use exciting arts and crafts projects to work on essential skills! This camp will target both speech and occupational therapy skills, focusing on areas like fine motor development, following directions, using expressive language, and practicing bilateral coordination. The specific craft activities will be outlined in a parent handout to ensure they are engaging and skill-appropriate for all participants. The camp takes place July 20th – 24th, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.  The camp is $350 (cost includes all materials).

You Do Not Have to Navigate This Alone

If you are concerned about your child’s development, help is available. With the right pediatric therapy services, children can grow, learn, and thrive. Don’t continue to struggle alone and without support.
Schedule your child’s evaluation today to see how The TEACH Group can help with behavioral, cognitive, and social development.

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