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I teach 11/12 year olds down at the local LL fields. I've got about two dozen in a program right now, and we've been doing this for six years. If you've got a local LL program with a Junior umpire program, I HIGHLY recommend going this route.
If you're on the west coast, LL offers a Junior umpire camp at it's HQ in San Bernadino this June. It mirrors the adult school, lasts one week, and is very well run. It's $275, and I'm sending four kids there through our league. There's nothing like this anywhere.
I've found that kids these age have a pretty short attention span. An hour of classroom is the limit. In the winter (San Diego winter), I'll teach for an hour, and then we hit the field and work games. Each week we build on rules and mechanics, and after 10 weeks these kids are ready to go for the regular season.
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