Summer camp provides learning opportunity for Las Vegas kids

13 Action News anchor Tricia Kean reports, there's a valley summer camp promising to stimulate your child's minds.

-3- MONTHS OF SCHOOL...AND...THERE'S AT LEAST.....TWO MORE MONTHS.....BEFORE THEY'RE BACK....IN THE CLASSROOM!!!9 THAT'STHE REASON WHY...WE HERE AT 13 ACTION NEWS..ARE COMMITTED...TO OUR.....13 CONNECTS COMMUNITYINITIATIVE...CALLED......"SUPER SUMMER RISE".TONIGHT......WE SHOW YOU...A VALLEY SUMMER CAMP.....PROMISING TO STIMULATE....A CHILD'S MIND.RYAN: ON MY OWN TIME, I LIKETO PLAY MINECRAFT AND APEXLEGENDS.12-YEAR-OLD RYAN LOVES TO PLAYVIDEO GAMES AS MUCH AS THE NEXTKID.BUT THIS SUMMER, HIS MOM ISMAKING SURE HIS SCREEN TIME ISMORE PRODUCTIVE.ROCHELLE RANKIN/RYAN'S MOM:WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON MAKINGTHE VIDEO GAMES, RATHER THANJUST PLAYING THE VIDEO GAMES.SHE'S ENROLLING RYAN INTOSUMMER CAMP AT CODE NINJAS.THEIR CENTENNIAL HILLS ANDSUMMERLIN LOCATIONS TEACH KIDS7 TO 14, THE ROAD BLOCKS TOCOMPUTER PROGRAMMING.BLOCKS TO COMPUTER PROGRAMMING.CRAIG BARISHMAN: ALL OF OURPROGRAMMING IS INTEGRATED WITHMATH AND READING.SO THEY'RE GONNA KEEP UP ONTHOSE SKILLS THROUGHOUT THESUMMER.BUT THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVEA TON OF FUN.CODE NINJAS OWNER AND DIRECTORCRAIG BARISHMAN SAYS THEIR WEEKLONG CAMPS ARE LED BY CODESENSEIS, WHO HELP GUIDE KIDSTHROUGH A VARIETY OF CHALLENGESAND ACTIVITIES.CRAIG BARISHMAN: WE HAVEEVERYTHING FROM PHYSICALFITNESS TO ART.WE HAVE ART AT LEAST THREETIMES A WEEK.WE HAVE PHYSICAL FITNESS ATLEAST TWICE A WEEK.TO KEEP KIDS SAFE, CODE NINJASIS REDUCING ROOM CAPACITY,SANITIZING THE EQUIPMENT ANDREQUIRING FACE COVERINGS FOREMPLOYEES AND VISITORS.BUT OF COURSE THAT'S NOT SOIMPORTANT FOR RYAN.HE JUST ENJOYS THE CHANCE TOLEARN HOW TO CREATE HIS OWNGAME.RYAN: YOU CAN MAKE WHATEVERYOU WANT AND THERE'S A BUNCH OFPROBLEMS IN IT AND I LIKEPROBLEM-SOLVING...THIS IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKETO DO FOR A LIVING.AS FOR MOM, SHE'S HAPPY TO SEERYAN IS LEARNING SO MUCH WHILEHAVING SO MUCH FUN.ROCHELLE RANKIN: IT'S NOT JUSTAIMLESS GAME PLAYING.IT'S THE THINKING ABOUT HOWTHESE THINGS WORK...IT IS WELL WORTH THE TIME ANDTHE EFFORT.RYAN LOVES IT.IT GIVES HIM A SENSE OFACCOMPLISHMENT.WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION....ABOUT "CODE NINJAS"....ON OUR WEBSITE.JUST GO TO....K-T-N-V -DOT- COM SLASH "SUMMERRISE".OUR 13 CONNECTS.....SUPER SUMMER RISE CAMPAIGN...IS SPONSORED BY...."AMERICA FIRST CREDIT UNION"..."SUBARU OF LAS VEGAS".IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR MOST