***Summer Camps at Scales & Tails Utah***

Summer Camp 2013

Dates: June 10^th – August 15th

Location: Scales & Tails Showroom – 3588 S. 1950 W., #13, WVC, UT 84119

Registration open now!!

Camp Theme: “Reptile Wrangling”

Your child will help our Scales & Tails guide learn how to properly handle snakes, lizards, and tortoises. Child will learn about proper handling techniques, correct habitats, and safe feeding procedures for each species of reptile. A simple snack of crackers, fruit and a juice box will be provided each day. Camp T-Shirt will also be included.

Youth Two Day Camps – Monday & Tuesday

9am – 12pm – Kindergarten – Third Grade – $100/child
1pm – 4pm – Fourth Grade – Sixth Grade – $100/child

Teen Two Day Camps – Wednesday & Thursday

9am – 12pm  – For 12 -15 years old – $100/teen

Schedule of Camps:

Week 1: Youth 6/10– 6/11  – No Teen Camp this week
Week 2: Youth 6/17 – 6/18 and Teen 6/19 – 6/20
Week 3: Youth 6/24 – 6/25 and Teen 6/26 – 6/27
Week 4: 7/1 – 7/4 – No classes due to Independence Celebrations

Week 5: Youth 7/8 – 7/9 and Teen 7/10 – 7/11

Week 6: Youth 7/15 – 7/16 and Teen 7/17 – 7/18

Week 7:  7/22 – 7/25 – No classes due to State Holiday

Week 8: Youth 7/29 – 7/30 and Teen 7/31 – 8/1

Week 9: Youth 8/5 – 8/6 – No Teen Camp this week

Week 10: Youth 8/12 – 8/13 and Teen 8/14 – 8/15

 

Details:

* Minimum of 4 participants needed to make the camp run.
* Maximum of 15 participants per camp session.
* $25 deposit required with application (refund available if camp does not run).
* Remainder of payment is due one week prior to camp start date. Check or Credit Card accepted.
* $20/hr child care fee for children not picked up with in 15 minutes of conclusion of camp each day.

 

To Register:

Please e-mail rindy@scalesandtailsutah.com to apply for session dates. Please notate how many children you wish to register, which camp dates you desire and which session: AM or PM. Once you are approved for a session, you will be sent a link to the registration paperwork.

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October Workshop – “Creepy Crawlers”

Reptiles Rookies!!  (The spooky edition…)

As fitting for Halloween, we are going to be talking about “Creepy Crawlers”!! That’s right we’ll be talking about spiders, scorpions, cockroaches and millepedes! Learn about different kinds of creepy crawlers, where they live, how they hide, how they protect themselves, and many other cool and interesting facts about those creatures that give some people the “heebeegeebees”! After the presentation we are going to do a glow in the dark scorpion hunt and a little bit of “trick or treating” as well. Come dressed in your Halloween Best to receive candy prizes!

DATE: Wednesday, Oct. 24th

TIME: 6:30pm

PLACE: Scales & Tails Showroom – 3584 S. 1950 W., WVC, UT

COST: $5/child (parents free with paid child admission)

REPTILE ROOKIES: FREE

PLEASE RSVP TO: rindy@scalesandtailsutah.com

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**Scales & Tails Utah Summer Camps**

Scales & Tails will be offering Summer Camps this year! Here are the details:

June 2012

REGISTRATION OPEN NOW TILL JUNE 15TH

Camp Themes:
“Mystery of the Missing Monitor” – Help Scales & Tails guide Drew Webb find the missing Monitor at the Mysterious Scales & Tails Headquarters. Child will have fun doing activities and projects that will help them search for and hopefully find the Missing Monitor!
A simple snack of crackers, fruit and a juice box will be provided each day. Camp T-shirt will also be included.

“Reptile Wrangling” - Help Scales & Tails guide Drew Webb learn about how to properly handle snakes, lizards, and tortoises. Child will learn about proper handling techniques, correct habitats, and safe feeding procedures for each species of reptile. A simple snack of crackers, fruit and a juice box will be provided each day. Camp T-Shirt will also be included.

Two Day Camps – Every Tuesday & Wednesday
Location: Scales & Tails Showroom – 3588 S. 1950 W., #13, WVC, UT 84119

8am – 12pm – Kindergarden – Third Grade – $150/child
1pm – 4pm – Fourth Grade – Sixth Grade – $150/child

Week 1 (6/5 – 6/6) – “Mystery of the Missing Monitor”
Week 2 (6/12 – 6/13) – “Reptile Wrangling”
Week 3 (6/19 – 6/20) – “Mystery of the Missing Monitor”
Week 4 (6/26 – 6/27) – “Reptile Wrangling”

* Minimum of 4 participants needed to make the camp run
* Maximum of 15 participants per camp session.
* $25 deposit required with application (refund available if camp does not run).
* Remainder of payment is due one week prior to camp start date.
* $20/hr child care fee for children not picked up with in 15 minutes of conclusion of camp each day.

TO REGISTER:Please e-mail rindy@scalesandtailsutah.com to apply for session dates. Please notate how many children you wish to register, which camp dates you desire and which session: AM or PM. Once you are approved for a session, you will be sent a link to the registration paperwork.

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Scorpions Glowing in the Light – Black Light that is…

Scales and Tails entertainer Jeremy Westerman presented a great workshop on Scorpions last month.  We learned about different types of Scorpions, their habitats, how to search for them in the wild, and that they glow under a black light.  We got an up close and personal….sometimes too personal (in the mouth!) look at some scorpions and then we went on a hunt all over the shop trying to find some painted scorpions!  It was really fun and we have the pictures to prove it.  Take a look!

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All about the Scorpions

Scorpions are so cool!  We were so excited for the large turnout we had for our scorpion night.  To all those that came, Thank You!!  For those of you who were not able to come, here is what you missed. 

We started out our night learning about different types of scorpions from S&T owner, Shane Richins.  We first learned about the least deadly of the scorpions, the African Emperor. Then we learned about the two most deadly scorpions, the Death Stalker and the Yellow Fat Tail.  And finally we learned about a few scoprions local to Utah like the Desert Hairy and the Bark Scorpions.

After the learning came the fun!  We turned off all the normal lights and turned on the black lights.  All true scorpions glow bright green or yellow under a black light.  Then we went on a scorpion hunt.  Little did we know that there were TONS of (fake) creepy crawlies hiding all around the shop!  The scopions glowed while the snakes and bugs didn’t and suprise!  Sometimes they jumped out at us!! 

We spent the rest of the night taking a closer look at all the scorpions and other critters in the Scales and Tails shop while we munched on Scorpion suckers, mmm, yum!

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