Digital Media Academy's Summer STEM Camps are Filling Fast - Save $75 with Code!

Here at ChiIL Mama, we're huge advocates for STEM and STEAM classes and camps. So we're pleased to partner up with Digital Media Academy on this sponsored post. We don't have first hand experience with these camps but we have a sweet discount for our readers. Stave off the summer slump with Digital Media Academy's fun project-based approach to summer camps spark curiosity, build confidence, and foster teamwork as students seek creative solutions to real-world problems through technology.

Don't miss your chance to find your child's passion for coding, 3D modeling, robotics, filmmaking, game design, and more at DMA! Find a camp today and save BIG with code SPRINGUSFG17.

At the end of each course, students go home with a completed project in addition to their new skills and experience in technology and personal development. DMA's immersive courses bring like-minded students together to inspire one another, and explore their passion through creating.

$75 off discount code: SPRINGUSFG17 - Ends March 31, 2017!




Learn the Skills of Tomorrow, Today!

Get ready to learn from the best instructors. Digital Media Academy's project-based camps put the students in control as they complete hands-on projects designed to ensure growth and understanding. Plus, students use the best hardware and software on the market today!



Students Love Summer at DMA

At Digital Media Academy, student satisfaction is our number one priority. We make it our mission to provide a memorable and rewarding summer camp experience for all students.

Thanks to our amazing instructors, technology partners, and dedicated staff, 92% of our students give us a 4.5/5 or above in overall student satisfaction. That's what the students are saying - what will you create this summer?





Safety Matters

At DMA, your child's safety is the top priority, which is why all staff pass complete Federal background checks in addition to First-Aid and CPR training so you feel confident in your child's experience.

Everyone Deserves Summer Camp

Digital Media Academy is dedicated to making world-class digital media education accessible to everyone. Their needs-based financial assistance program makes camp possible for those who may not otherwise be able to attend. Apply today!


Disclosure: I'm pleased to partner up on this sponsored post via US Family Bloggers. I have been compensated for sharing this information with my readers. As always, all opinions are my own.

Chicago Robot Camp and Dynamic Art Camp 55% Discounts at ROBOTS-4-U Summer Camps

Disclosure: I am pleased to partner up with ROBOTS-4-U Summer Camps through the US Family Blogger network. I have been compensated for sharing this information and discount with my readers. As always, all opinions are my own.

**ChiIL Mama's READERS RECEIVE 55% Off Robotics Science Summer Camps! Code: USF1550r www.ROBOTS-4-U.com @usfg #robots4u**

Looking for a camp that embraces 

S.T.E.A.M. education: 

Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math?

Summer learning can be fun. At ROBOTS-4-U, campers have a BLAST, while learning and playing in a dynamic environment. Want to see your kids learning about Robotics and Science, in an independent and exciting way? Check out this cool summer day camp.

ROBOTS-4-U is for Girls and Boys - Aged 7 to 14. Robot Camps and Dynamic Art Camps are offered during June, July and August. Camps run Monday to Friday from 9:00-11:30a.m. and 12:30-3:00 p.m. 

LOW CAMPERS RATIO-- 1 Instructor to 16 participants

Register early as camps do fill up quickly!

Hands on Learning, Self-Paced. Beginners to Expert!

Each Camper Individually uses a ROBOTICS or DYNAMIC ART Kit. Robot kits do not go home with campers but are available for purchase!

Visit www.ROBOTS-4-U.com to see dates and locations for these day camps.

Disclosure: I am pleased to partner up with ROBOTS-4-U Summer Camps through the US Family Blogger network. I have been compensated for sharing this information and discount with my readers. As always, all opinions are my own.

At Netflix Girls Rule and Smart is Cool on Project Mc2 #StreamTeam

All-new Netflix 
original series Project Mc² 

Here at ChiIL Mama, we're all about smart girls, STEM and STEAM. I have a 12 year old daughter entering an IB (International Baccalaureate) Academic Center honors program for junior high this fall, so we know smart girls rock. We're so excited that Netflix has a new mystery series where smart IS the new cool. My daughter and I have watched all the episodes out so far and it's a hit!

Disclosure: ChiIL Mama is a proud member of the Netflix Stream Team. We've been compensated for sharing monthly posts with our readers.  As always, all opinions are our own. ChiIL out with ChiIL Mama next month, for more Netflix fun in Chi, IL and beyond!

This month our Netflix Stream Team Theme is: The Final Countdown/ Back to School

Many of our friends and readers have already send their kids back to school, with fresh supplies and Pinterest worthy, clever grade signage for those BTS photos. Here, we are truly in the final count down. My kids start a week from today, the Tuesday after Labor Day. In the meantime, we're still enjoying the final days of summer by playing outdoors, relaxing with our new 2 month old Husky/Malamute puppy, Howl (named for the Miyazaki anime movie, Howl's Moving Castle), and watching Netflix. 

We quite excited about the brand new Project Mc² Netflix Original Series, that premiered on Aug. 7, for older tweens. 

It's girl powered mystery solving like Nancy Drew and her friends from waaay back in the day, plus modern gadgets, STEM skills, fashion, a multi culti cast, and a ton of brainy fun. It proves smart is the hottest BTS trend. The show features four supercool teen spies who show how girls can use their science smarts and math problem-solving skills to save the world. 

Check back with ChiIL Mama early and often. We'll have lots more photo filled Project Mc² features in the coming month. Thanks to Netflix for sending us a fabulously fun Stream Team box of Project Mc² goodies, experiments and more, including a Project Mc2 McKeyla McAlister Doll & DIY Lava Lamp kit ($25.00 value) we'll be giving away shortly to one lucky reader!

Sure, summer's been fun, but the summer slump is real. Netflix is ready to help. We've got some awesome educational Netflix TV shows and movies for a variety of ages listed below to get you started. Whether your kids are going back after Labor Day, like mine, or they're already into the first days of a new school year, families can get kids back to firing up those brain cells, while having so much fun they won't realize they're learning. We got sucked in to Project Mc2 and binge watched the first season. These girls are brainy and beautiful. And they're poised to make science and math skills super cool.

The days of smart girls dumbing it down to fit in are over. Bullies beware. SMART is the new COOL.

Check out Project Mc2, only on Netflix.

Need Some Smart Flix Inspiration? Check out this brilliant list of kids movies and TV shows to stream, from our friends at Netflix. Got younger kids? The offspring of favorite fairytale characters in Ever After High's new Way Too Wonderland adventure (debuted Aug. 14) empower kids to write their own life stories. Whether Royal or Rebel, your actions, behaviors and choices are your own to make. Get the little ones ready for new experiences with shows like the Netflix original Dinotrux from DreamWorks, (premiered Aug. 14). Prehistoric hybrid dinosaur-construction vehicles team-up to use their different skills to solve problems and show that even the most uncommon of duos, like Ty-Rux and Revvit, can form friendships of a lifetime. Early learners can also go anywhere and be anything by letting their imaginations soar on a Reading Rainbow journey, now available to stream.

ChiIL Mama will be back in September with more Netflix fun. Have a great back to school season and check back with ChiIL Mama soon.




And remember... smart is the new cool, for boys and girls!

Disclosure: Once again, ChiIL Mama is a proud member of the Netflix Stream Team. We've been compensated for sharing monthly posts with our readers.  As always, all opinions are our own. ChiIL out with ChiIL Mama next month, for more Netflix fun in Chi, IL and beyond!