Keep your child's skills sharp this summer, and let them have fun, too, with classes in Northampton Community College's popular Horizons for Youth summer programs.

Registration is now open, and classes will fill quickly. Catalogs are being mailed to homes, but you can register online at any time.

Children entering kindergarten through ninth grades have choices of hundreds of classes. From robots to rainforests, from pets to pirates, participants will learn and have fun. They can make mosaics or movies, puppets or pottery and do so much more.

In addition to classes, Horizons for Youth includes sports, special summer workshops, academic support for students at all levels, Last Blast trips for children entering second through ninth grades, Camp Invention for grades 1 through 6, Camp Northampton on the Road and Camps Northampton, Southside and Monroe Child Care.

Classes may be scheduled before and after day camp, offering busy parents wraparound child care.

Activities take place at the Bethlehem, Monroe and Fowler Family Southside Center campuses.

For more information, visit www.northampton. edu/Horizons-For-Youth. To register for classes only, visit northampton.edu/lifelearn. If you don't have access to a computer, you can register by phone at 1-877-543-0998 or in person at the Bethlehem or Monroe Campus records office.