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Ecole du Soleil
Additional Categories: Multi-Activity, Speech and Language
La Petite Ecole du Soleil is for campers in preschool (born in 2017) & pre-kindergarten (born in 2016). La Grande Ecole du Soleil is for entering kindergarten-5th graders. L’Ecole du Soleil offers a bustling daily schedule and a watchful counseling staff. Our objective is to introduce children to the French language and culture at an early age while they still have a linguistic openness to easily learn a second language. Their adaptability, their lack of inhibition, and, above all, their ability to reproduce any sound accurately will help them learn a second language with great ease. We provide a unique learning context in which your children will learn at their own pace in a fun, genuine, French summer camp environment.
Fitness by the Sea Beach Camp
Additional Categories: Academic & Education, Sports & Recreation
Fitness by the Sea Beach Camp is Los Angeles’ premiere and oldest beach camp (celebrating our 21st year) for children ages 4-14. With beachside locations in Santa Monica and Pacific Palisades, FBS has been recognized as the “safest beach camp” by the Chief of LA County Lifeguards for more than 20 years. FBS provides an experienced and spirited staff (average age 26), and over 200 dynamic and creative activities (surfing, soccer, gymnastics, arts and crafts, martial arts, boogie boarding, dance, baseball...) in an encouraging and nurturing environment. Sign up by the day - you can register your child for any days you wish, with no minimum days. Bus Transportation – convenient bus stops serving many communities in the Los Angeles area. 100% SAFETY RECORD: For more than 20 years, the chief of L.A. County Lifeguards has called Fitness by the...
Galileo Learning
Additional Categories: Multi-Activity, Science
SUMMER CAMPS KIDS LOVE Galileo Innovation Camps for pre-K – 8th graders. At Galileo, we mix day camp fun with hands-on projects in fields from science and engineering to the visual and culinary arts. Supported by the best staff around, kids grow from Camp Galileo (pre-K – 5th grades) through Galileo Summer Quest (entering 5th – 8th grades), emerging as confident creators ready to turn their ideas into reality. Sign up by March 2 to save $20 per week. 80+ locations. Optional extended care and healthy lunch. Learn more at: www.galileo-camps.com or 800-854-3684. Visit our website for a location near you.
Got Game Camp
Additional Categories: Academic & Education, Multi-Activity
Got Game is the premier LA day camp for kids ages 4-14! Sign up for one day, one week or multiple weeks! Got Game is unique in that each child has the opportunity to fully customize their day, each day, based on what interests them the most. Daily schedules are comprised of a wide variety of sports, games and projects! Campers are broken into groups based on age. Our staff is the most fun, inspiring, engaging, totally awesome and experienced coaching crew around! Got Game coaches are professional PE instructors and teachers who work with us all year at our school sites. Got Game is more than just a camp -- it's a culture! Come be a part of our greater Got Game family!
Institute for Educational Advancement: Yunasa and Summer Academy
Additional Categories: Health & Wellness, Sleep Away
The Institute for Educational Advancement (IEA) offers personalized programs that are child-centered and have been helping gifted children grow and live purposeful, meaningful lives. In the summer, we offer Academy classes at our Learning Center in Pasadena, CA. IEA Academy provides students in Kindergarten through 8th grade with advanced enrichment classes that promote exploration and application of knowledge. Courses provide compelling content and appropriate challenges taught at a flexible pace with small classes by highly qualified, dedicated professionals. Additionally, IEA's Yunasa Summer camps are offered for one week in Colorado and Michigan. Yunasa was designed and led by experts in the field of gifted youth. Yunasa supports the whole gifted child, encouraging growth and support of campers intellectually, socially, emotionally, spiritually, and physically.
Malibu Sports Camps
Additional Categories: Academic & Education, Health & Wellness
We have a passion for building kids of character. Operated by some of the best coaches and teachers in the United States. Our camps absolutely love watching the growth of our campers, not only as players but as people. We take character-building and athletic training to the next level- Come join us to see what we are all about at Malibu Sports Camps. Located on the beautiful Pepperdine University Malibu Campus. Check out our options: Baseball, Volleyball, Soccer, Running, Tennis, Water Polo, Beach Volleyball & Swimming. Both day camp and residential camp options, May- August.
PlanetBravo
Additional Categories: Academic & Education
Since 2003, PlanetBravo’s Techno-tainment camp has inspired tens of thousands of tech-hungry students in Grades 2-9 to develop their creative and curious minds through project-based learning. At a fraction of the cost of other technology camps, PlanetBravo offers a perfect balance of indoor and outdoor activities in addition to the tech course in which the child enrolls. Children choose from a wide variety of courses to explore including Coding 101, Esports, Minecraft Modding, YouTube Gamer & Vlogger, Roblox 3D Game Design, and more. Camp runs in one-week sessions Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm or 8:30am-3pm, depending on location. See why PlanetBravo has been the go-to tech summer camp for thousands of children each summer. Best prices, best hours, best overall experience for your child.
Project Scientist
Additional Categories: Academic & Education, Tech
Project Scientist has fun-filled STEM programming year-round for your daughter! Project Scientist's Summer STEM Academy immerses girls ages 4-12 in STEM through fun-filled experiments, weekly field trips to top science and technology companies, and daily interactions with STEM Superstars — women thriving in STEM. Project Scientist's credentialed teachers provide girls high-quality STEM education every day by delving into each subject with hands-on activities and experiments. View our fun weekly themes for 2020: https://projectscientist.org. On school holidays throughout the academic year, Project Scientist takes students on field trip expeditions to local STEM companies so they can experience a real-life STEM workplace through a facility tour, hands-on activities, and meet-and-greets with STEM professionals. View our open expeditions at https://projectscientist.org/year-round-expeditions.
Rosetta Institute of Biomedical Research Molecular Medicine Summer Camps
Additional Categories: Academic & Education, Tech
We offer winter and summer workshops for high-achieving high school students interested in pursuing a career in medicine or related fields, such as biomedical research, drug development, pharmacy or nursing. Our summer camps include Molecular Biology of Cancer, Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Immunology, Molecular Biology of Aging, Bioinformatics of Cancer and Biomedical Research. Through engaging lectures and hands-on laboratory classes, students learn normal molecular and cellular biology, and then learn how these normal processes are distorted during the development of disease. To conclude the workshop, students use what they have learned to create an original research project on a gene of their choice. More broadly, workshop attendees make friends from around the world, strengthen their academic skills, and experience college dorm life in a safe environment.
Summer at Viewpoint
Additional Categories: Leadership, Multi-Activity
We are proud to offer a wide variety of exciting and enriching day camps for kids from Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade designed to meet your family’s needs. Our goal is to provide each camper with a memorable summer filled with new adventures and lasting friendships. We offer academic summer camps, High School courses for credit, specialized sports camps, robotics, computer programming, musical theater, a service-learning camp, and fine arts. All of our programs are created and facilitated by caring, qualified, and committed educators who seek to provide a vibrant, safe, and stimulating environment for our campers and students. We invite you to explore our program offerings to learn more.
Summer@Stratford
Additional Categories: Science, Sports & Recreation
Summer@Stratford – Discover Where the Extraordinary Begins Stratford School infuses its STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) program into an innovative and enriching summer camp experience. A wide-variety of camp sessions are designed especially for children entering Preschool through 8th Grade (2.5–14 years old). Beginning in preschool, weekly themes come to life as young campers learn, explore, and engage in imaginative camp-style activities that promote STEAM learning. For elementary-age campers, we take our enriched academic preparation and themed project-based learning to a whole new level! Stratford’s robust camps for middle school camp students feature creative problem-solving, design-thinking, leadership development, hands-on collaboration, and communication skills building. Camp sessions start in June. Explore Summer@Stratford at www.stratfordschools.com/summer for more information about our four Southern California campuses. Summer@Stratford locations: Altadena: 2046 Allen Ave., Altadena (626) 794-1000 Los Angeles: 1200 N. Cahuenga Blvd., L.A....
Art
Camp Ed at The Ed Asner Family Center
Additional Categories: Art, Multi-Activity
Offering classes in a variety of Expressive arts, as well as lessons in surfing. At Camp Ed, these programs, along with a commitment to hire differently abled counselors and instructors, create a unique day camp experience that fosters community inclusion.
Dance
Shakespeare kids
Additional Categories: Dance, Outdoor Activity
All camps culminate in a free performance for friends and family. Shakespeare Camps (dates on our website) for ages 6-17 in Mammoth, Simi, LA, Ventura and La Crescenta. Each camper is given two Shakespeare parts (in two scenes or full play, depending on location) and learns acting, stage combat, elizabethan song and dance, improv, crafts, ensemble work and more! * Musical Theatre Camp in La Crescenta, July 13-17. * Playwriting and Improv Camp in Simi, July 6-10. Through improvisation, character development, theater games and more, students will have fun creating their own original play to be presented as a staged reading for the parents on the last day.
SOCAPA School of Creative & Performing Arts
Additional Categories: Dance, Sleep Away
Come join the next generation of visual and performing artists at SOCAPA - The School of Creative & Performing Arts! SOCAPA’s Los Angeles and New York campuses offer 1-3 week summer program intensives in Filmmaking, Acting, Music, Dance, Photography and Screenwriting. Campers of all experience levels are challenged to advance their craft through hands-on learning with teachers who are leaders in their fields. With all this hard work comes the best of summer – a time for friendship and fun with activities every night and weekend that take advantage of the wonderful locations where we host our programs. Please join us this summer!
Fashion
Modeling Camp
Additional Categories: Fashion
Modeling Camp invites girls ages 11-17 to come discover the model you this summer. This one-of-a-kind summer camp introduces girls to the exciting world of modeling and fashion. Have your own fashion photo shoot, participate in a live fashion show, learn the ins and outs of the industry and meet famous faces. Learn how the industry works from leading professionals in an age-appropriate, friendly and non-competitive environment. Featured on Good Morning America and NBC News, this is the ideal camp for all fashionistas!
Gymnastics
Leaps n Boundz
Additional Categories: Gymnastics, Sports & Recreation
Camp offers children, teens and young adults the opportunity to explore new places, make new friends, and try new things. At Camp Leaps n Boundz we make every camp day one to remember. Our day camp hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-2:00 PM. During each camp day, pro-social behaviors and socialization are encouraged to help make those lasting camp relationships! You do not need to be currently enrolled in Leaps n Boundz to attend camp days. An initial assessment is required to determine best placement/support.
Health & Wellness
Institute for Educational Advancement: Yunasa and Summer Academy
Additional Categories: Health & Wellness, Sleep Away
The Institute for Educational Advancement (IEA) offers personalized programs that are child-centered and have been helping gifted children grow and live purposeful, meaningful lives. In the summer, we offer Academy classes at our Learning Center in Pasadena, CA. IEA Academy provides students in Kindergarten through 8th grade with advanced enrichment classes that promote exploration and application of knowledge. Courses provide compelling content and appropriate challenges taught at a flexible pace with small classes by highly qualified, dedicated professionals. Additionally, IEA's Yunasa Summer camps are offered for one week in Colorado and Michigan. Yunasa was designed and led by experts in the field of gifted youth. Yunasa supports the whole gifted child, encouraging growth and support of campers intellectually, socially, emotionally, spiritually, and physically.
LMU Athletics Sports Camps
Additional Categories: Health & Wellness
Learn to play the Lion Way with LMU Athletics Summer Camps. Featuring camps in a variety of sports across skill levels, LMU Athletics Summer Camps provide a little of everything in terms of opportunities to compete, learn and grow. All of our camps provide the best training and instruction around as they are run by our Division 1 coaches and student-athletes, while giving kids a chance to have a whole lot of fun. And this is all happening on one of the most beautiful college campuses in Southern California! Each camp is five days and all campers receive an exclusive LMU summer camp t-shirt, water bottle, lunch every day, swim time each day and discounted tickets during the school year.
Malibu Sports Camps
Additional Categories: Academic & Education, Health & Wellness
We have a passion for building kids of character. Operated by some of the best coaches and teachers in the United States. Our camps absolutely love watching the growth of our campers, not only as players but as people. We take character-building and athletic training to the next level- Come join us to see what we are all about at Malibu Sports Camps. Located on the beautiful Pepperdine University Malibu Campus. Check out our options: Baseball, Volleyball, Soccer, Running, Tennis, Water Polo, Beach Volleyball & Swimming. Both day camp and residential camp options, May- August.
Leadership
Summer at Viewpoint
Additional Categories: Leadership, Multi-Activity
We are proud to offer a wide variety of exciting and enriching day camps for kids from Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade designed to meet your family’s needs. Our goal is to provide each camper with a memorable summer filled with new adventures and lasting friendships. We offer academic summer camps, High School courses for credit, specialized sports camps, robotics, computer programming, musical theater, a service-learning camp, and fine arts. All of our programs are created and facilitated by caring, qualified, and committed educators who seek to provide a vibrant, safe, and stimulating environment for our campers and students. We invite you to explore our program offerings to learn more.
Modeling
Modeling Camp
Additional Categories: Fashion
Modeling Camp invites girls ages 11-17 to come discover the model you this summer. This one-of-a-kind summer camp introduces girls to the exciting world of modeling and fashion. Have your own fashion photo shoot, participate in a live fashion show, learn the ins and outs of the industry and meet famous faces. Learn how the industry works from leading professionals in an age-appropriate, friendly and non-competitive environment. Featured on Good Morning America and NBC News, this is the ideal camp for all fashionistas!
Multi-Activity
Cali Camp
Additional Categories: Multi-Activity
Cali Camp is a summer day camp for children ages 3- 15. We provide transportation in the cost of camp tuition, and offer many stops throughout the valley and city. Cali Campers will enjoy daily swimming and a variety of classic camp activities. We have everything from horseback riding to go-carts, rock climbing and zip lining. We also balance out the adventure with dance, arts and crafts, and drama. If sports are more your thing, you’ll love our beach volleyball court, backyard games, ping pong, foosball, and even some Harry Potter Quidditch! We pride ourselves on our amazing staff who have a combined hundreds of years of camp experience working with children. Cali Camp will quickly become your home away from home.
Camp Ed at The Ed Asner Family Center
Additional Categories: Art, Multi-Activity
Offering classes in a variety of Expressive arts, as well as lessons in surfing. At Camp Ed, these programs, along with a commitment to hire differently abled counselors and instructors, create a unique day camp experience that fosters community inclusion.
Camp Hess Kramer and Gindling Hilltop Camp
Additional Categories: Outdoor Activity, Sleep Away
Camp at CSU Channel Islands brings the magic of camp to a new yet similarly coastal home. For more than 65 years, Wilshire Boulevard Temple Camps have been providing an inclusive and fun environment where campers and staff become part of a supportive community. Our camps provide a variety of athletic, artistic, and recreational activities. Campers experience everything camp has to offer through a combination of elective and age-specific programming.
Camp Los Encinos
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Camp Los Encinos is the day camp where the campers get to choose! Campers entering grades 1-6 and CITs entering grades 7-9 are welcome to join us daily or weekly (with free extended care 8:00am-4:00pm). Kids build each day around a variety of cool activities, such as sports, arts & crafts, technology, photography, drone-flying, iMovie-making, comic book creation, cooking, yoga, as well as enrichment classes like math and reading if you want to stay sharp, just to name a few. The choice is yours! Water slides and awesome field trips round out each week. Located in the heart of Encino on the beautiful Los Encinos School campus, Camp Los Encinos is a super summer day camp!
Ecole du Soleil
Additional Categories: Multi-Activity, Speech and Language
La Petite Ecole du Soleil is for campers in preschool (born in 2017) & pre-kindergarten (born in 2016). La Grande Ecole du Soleil is for entering kindergarten-5th graders. L’Ecole du Soleil offers a bustling daily schedule and a watchful counseling staff. Our objective is to introduce children to the French language and culture at an early age while they still have a linguistic openness to easily learn a second language. Their adaptability, their lack of inhibition, and, above all, their ability to reproduce any sound accurately will help them learn a second language with great ease. We provide a unique learning context in which your children will learn at their own pace in a fun, genuine, French summer camp environment.
Fitness by the Sea Beach Camp
Additional Categories: Academic & Education, Sports & Recreation
Fitness by the Sea Beach Camp is Los Angeles’ premiere and oldest beach camp (celebrating our 21st year) for children ages 4-14. With beachside locations in Santa Monica and Pacific Palisades, FBS has been recognized as the “safest beach camp” by the Chief of LA County Lifeguards for more than 20 years. FBS provides an experienced and spirited staff (average age 26), and over 200 dynamic and creative activities (surfing, soccer, gymnastics, arts and crafts, martial arts, boogie boarding, dance, baseball...) in an encouraging and nurturing environment. Sign up by the day - you can register your child for any days you wish, with no minimum days. Bus Transportation – convenient bus stops serving many communities in the Los Angeles area. 100% SAFETY RECORD: For more than 20 years, the chief of L.A. County Lifeguards has called Fitness by the...
Galileo Learning
Additional Categories: Multi-Activity, Science
SUMMER CAMPS KIDS LOVE Galileo Innovation Camps for pre-K – 8th graders. At Galileo, we mix day camp fun with hands-on projects in fields from science and engineering to the visual and culinary arts. Supported by the best staff around, kids grow from Camp Galileo (pre-K – 5th grades) through Galileo Summer Quest (entering 5th – 8th grades), emerging as confident creators ready to turn their ideas into reality. Sign up by March 2 to save $20 per week. 80+ locations. Optional extended care and healthy lunch. Learn more at: www.galileo-camps.com or 800-854-3684. Visit our website for a location near you.
Got Game Camp
Additional Categories: Academic & Education, Multi-Activity
Got Game is the premier LA day camp for kids ages 4-14! Sign up for one day, one week or multiple weeks! Got Game is unique in that each child has the opportunity to fully customize their day, each day, based on what interests them the most. Daily schedules are comprised of a wide variety of sports, games and projects! Campers are broken into groups based on age. Our staff is the most fun, inspiring, engaging, totally awesome and experienced coaching crew around! Got Game coaches are professional PE instructors and teachers who work with us all year at our school sites. Got Game is more than just a camp -- it's a culture! Come be a part of our greater Got Game family!
River Way Ranch Camp
Additional Categories: Multi-Activity, Sports & Recreation
Memories and friendships await at River Way Ranch Camp! Nestled in the scenic foothills of Sequoia National Park, River Way offers children, ages 7-16, an unparalleled environment to learn, thrive and grow. Extraordinary, highly trained staff encourage and guide campers to try a wide array of activities. Through 75+ activities, campers will improve their confidence and enjoy activities such as waterskiing, horseback riding, ropes course, theater, culinary arts, mini-bikes, go-karts, waverunners, gymnastics, overnights and much more. With an emphasis on first time campers, River Way provides exciting experiences, proving to strengthen core values while increasing independence and social skills. Campers, ages 7-9, remain with their counselors throughout the day participating in a variety of activities, while 10-16-year-olds customize their schedules. For more information, contact Inquiry@riverwayranchcamp.com.
Summer at Viewpoint
Additional Categories: Leadership, Multi-Activity
We are proud to offer a wide variety of exciting and enriching day camps for kids from Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade designed to meet your family’s needs. Our goal is to provide each camper with a memorable summer filled with new adventures and lasting friendships. We offer academic summer camps, High School courses for credit, specialized sports camps, robotics, computer programming, musical theater, a service-learning camp, and fine arts. All of our programs are created and facilitated by caring, qualified, and committed educators who seek to provide a vibrant, safe, and stimulating environment for our campers and students. We invite you to explore our program offerings to learn more.
The Help Group’s Kids Like Me Summer Camps
Additional Categories: Multi-Activity
The Help Group's Kids Like Me camps provide a safe and enriching atmosphere for children, teens and young adults with autism spectrum disorder and other special needs. Our unique day camps, located in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas, create opportunities to engage, experience and explore. Each camp strives to developmentally and chronologically match each camper across the spectrum to ensure an appropriate peer group for learning and fun. Campers will participate in a wide variety of fun activities, such as art, STEM-related projects, sensory play, special events, animal-assisted activities, field trips and much more!
Tumbleweed Day Camp
Additional Categories: Multi-Activity
Tumbleweed has everything you want for your child -- and everything your child wants this summer. We are 100% unplugged -- no screens, no apps, no social media stress. Instead of wasting time on technology, we make friends, share ideas and laugh together as we explore all day long! With 100 private acres in sunny Los Angeles, the opportunities for fun are endless. Most importantly, we play! Children learn how to be their best selves through play, and our highly trained staff create caring, safe and supporting environments for this learning to happen. Oh, and did we mention transportation is included for all camp programs? We have after-camp horseback riding lessons, there is extended afternoon care, and we have popsicles every Thursday and Friday. Yep! Best. Summer. Ever!
UCLA Lab School Summer School
Additional Categories: Multi-Activity, Outdoor Activity
Your child can perform in a musical, explore architecture, cook a story or grow a garden of friends. These are just some of the fun and exciting experiences our program offers. Taught by UCLA Lab School faculty, our classes are designed to actively involve children in the learning process. They provide a boost in science, math, reading, writing, social studies and art, all in the context of a nurturing, caring and fun environment. Our campus adds to the enjoyment by offering a relaxing, natural setting, with play yards and even a Redwood Forest. Sports Camp and Extended Day continue the fun with plenty of time to play, learn new skills and enjoy friends. Many of our families return year after year!
Outdoor Activity
Cali Camp
Additional Categories: Multi-Activity
Cali Camp is a summer day camp for children ages 3- 15. We provide transportation in the cost of camp tuition, and offer many stops throughout the valley and city. Cali Campers will enjoy daily swimming and a variety of classic camp activities. We have everything from horseback riding to go-carts, rock climbing and zip lining. We also balance out the adventure with dance, arts and crafts, and drama. If sports are more your thing, you’ll love our beach volleyball court, backyard games, ping pong, foosball, and even some Harry Potter Quidditch! We pride ourselves on our amazing staff who have a combined hundreds of years of camp experience working with children. Cali Camp will quickly become your home away from home.
Camp Hess Kramer and Gindling Hilltop Camp
Additional Categories: Outdoor Activity, Sleep Away
Camp at CSU Channel Islands brings the magic of camp to a new yet similarly coastal home. For more than 65 years, Wilshire Boulevard Temple Camps have been providing an inclusive and fun environment where campers and staff become part of a supportive community. Our camps provide a variety of athletic, artistic, and recreational activities. Campers experience everything camp has to offer through a combination of elective and age-specific programming.
Pedalheads Bike Camps
Additional Categories: Outdoor Activity
The Pedalheads learn-to-ride bike program for kids ages 2 through 12 is best known for helping children get off training wheels. Kids can then progress to higher levels to learn how to ride safely on the road. Register for Spring Break bike camps in West Hollywood at https://www.pedalheads.com/camp Why Pedalheads Bike? -Taught over 250,000 kids how to ride a bike confidently for over 30 years -Proven track record: Most kids learn to ride within 1 week -Engaging instructors for beginner and advanced levels Pedalheads Bike has summer camp locations in Santa Monica, Manhattan Beach, Central LA, Sherman Oaks, Pasadena, Irvine, Huntington Beach, Lake Forest and Laguna Niguel.
Shakespeare kids
Additional Categories: Dance, Outdoor Activity
All camps culminate in a free performance for friends and family. Shakespeare Camps (dates on our website) for ages 6-17 in Mammoth, Simi, LA, Ventura and La Crescenta. Each camper is given two Shakespeare parts (in two scenes or full play, depending on location) and learns acting, stage combat, elizabethan song and dance, improv, crafts, ensemble work and more! * Musical Theatre Camp in La Crescenta, July 13-17. * Playwriting and Improv Camp in Simi, July 6-10. Through improvisation, character development, theater games and more, students will have fun creating their own original play to be presented as a staged reading for the parents on the last day.
Tumbleweed Day Camp
Additional Categories: Multi-Activity
Tumbleweed has everything you want for your child -- and everything your child wants this summer. We are 100% unplugged -- no screens, no apps, no social media stress. Instead of wasting time on technology, we make friends, share ideas and laugh together as we explore all day long! With 100 private acres in sunny Los Angeles, the opportunities for fun are endless. Most importantly, we play! Children learn how to be their best selves through play, and our highly trained staff create caring, safe and supporting environments for this learning to happen. Oh, and did we mention transportation is included for all camp programs? We have after-camp horseback riding lessons, there is extended afternoon care, and we have popsicles every Thursday and Friday. Yep! Best. Summer. Ever!
UCLA Lab School Summer School
Additional Categories: Multi-Activity, Outdoor Activity
Your child can perform in a musical, explore architecture, cook a story or grow a garden of friends. These are just some of the fun and exciting experiences our program offers. Taught by UCLA Lab School faculty, our classes are designed to actively involve children in the learning process. They provide a boost in science, math, reading, writing, social studies and art, all in the context of a nurturing, caring and fun environment. Our campus adds to the enjoyment by offering a relaxing, natural setting, with play yards and even a Redwood Forest. Sports Camp and Extended Day continue the fun with plenty of time to play, learn new skills and enjoy friends. Many of our families return year after year!
Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum Summer Camps
Additional Categories: Outdoor Activity, Speech and Language
Theatricum’s Youth and Teen Classes seek to empower students with confidence; provide them opportunities to practice collaboration, creative and critical thinking in a positive, nurturing environment; and to introduce them to Shakespeare, theatre, and poetry, with the goal of inspiring a lifelong relationship with language, history, and art. Our programs include: Young People's Camp (ages 3-7): Nine sessions specially designed to introduce young children to the imaginative world of Shakespeare and classical theatre! Youth Drama Camp Shakespeare (ages 8-14): Children collaborate, create, and build confidence in a nurturing, child-centered environment, culminating in a performance of a Shakespeare play. Theatricum Teen Reperetory (ages 15-18): Work with leading professional artists on classical theatre techniques and apply them to your own production of a Shakespeare play.
Performing Arts/Theater & Music
Shakespeare kids
Additional Categories: Dance, Outdoor Activity
All camps culminate in a free performance for friends and family. Shakespeare Camps (dates on our website) for ages 6-17 in Mammoth, Simi, LA, Ventura and La Crescenta. Each camper is given two Shakespeare parts (in two scenes or full play, depending on location) and learns acting, stage combat, elizabethan song and dance, improv, crafts, ensemble work and more! * Musical Theatre Camp in La Crescenta, July 13-17. * Playwriting and Improv Camp in Simi, July 6-10. Through improvisation, character development, theater games and more, students will have fun creating their own original play to be presented as a staged reading for the parents on the last day.
SOCAPA School of Creative & Performing Arts
Additional Categories: Dance, Sleep Away
Come join the next generation of visual and performing artists at SOCAPA - The School of Creative & Performing Arts! SOCAPA’s Los Angeles and New York campuses offer 1-3 week summer program intensives in Filmmaking, Acting, Music, Dance, Photography and Screenwriting. Campers of all experience levels are challenged to advance their craft through hands-on learning with teachers who are leaders in their fields. With all this hard work comes the best of summer – a time for friendship and fun with activities every night and weekend that take advantage of the wonderful locations where we host our programs. Please join us this summer!
Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum Summer Camps
Additional Categories: Outdoor Activity, Speech and Language
Theatricum’s Youth and Teen Classes seek to empower students with confidence; provide them opportunities to practice collaboration, creative and critical thinking in a positive, nurturing environment; and to introduce them to Shakespeare, theatre, and poetry, with the goal of inspiring a lifelong relationship with language, history, and art. Our programs include: Young People's Camp (ages 3-7): Nine sessions specially designed to introduce young children to the imaginative world of Shakespeare and classical theatre! Youth Drama Camp Shakespeare (ages 8-14): Children collaborate, create, and build confidence in a nurturing, child-centered environment, culminating in a performance of a Shakespeare play. Theatricum Teen Reperetory (ages 15-18): Work with leading professional artists on classical theatre techniques and apply them to your own production of a Shakespeare play.
Science
Galileo Learning
Additional Categories: Multi-Activity, Science
SUMMER CAMPS KIDS LOVE Galileo Innovation Camps for pre-K – 8th graders. At Galileo, we mix day camp fun with hands-on projects in fields from science and engineering to the visual and culinary arts. Supported by the best staff around, kids grow from Camp Galileo (pre-K – 5th grades) through Galileo Summer Quest (entering 5th – 8th grades), emerging as confident creators ready to turn their ideas into reality. Sign up by March 2 to save $20 per week. 80+ locations. Optional extended care and healthy lunch. Learn more at: www.galileo-camps.com or 800-854-3684. Visit our website for a location near you.
Project Scientist
Additional Categories: Academic & Education, Tech
Project Scientist has fun-filled STEM programming year-round for your daughter! Project Scientist's Summer STEM Academy immerses girls ages 4-12 in STEM through fun-filled experiments, weekly field trips to top science and technology companies, and daily interactions with STEM Superstars — women thriving in STEM. Project Scientist's credentialed teachers provide girls high-quality STEM education every day by delving into each subject with hands-on activities and experiments. View our fun weekly themes for 2020: https://projectscientist.org. On school holidays throughout the academic year, Project Scientist takes students on field trip expeditions to local STEM companies so they can experience a real-life STEM workplace through a facility tour, hands-on activities, and meet-and-greets with STEM professionals. View our open expeditions at https://projectscientist.org/year-round-expeditions.
Rosetta Institute of Biomedical Research Molecular Medicine Summer Camps
Additional Categories: Academic & Education, Tech
We offer winter and summer workshops for high-achieving high school students interested in pursuing a career in medicine or related fields, such as biomedical research, drug development, pharmacy or nursing. Our summer camps include Molecular Biology of Cancer, Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Immunology, Molecular Biology of Aging, Bioinformatics of Cancer and Biomedical Research. Through engaging lectures and hands-on laboratory classes, students learn normal molecular and cellular biology, and then learn how these normal processes are distorted during the development of disease. To conclude the workshop, students use what they have learned to create an original research project on a gene of their choice. More broadly, workshop attendees make friends from around the world, strengthen their academic skills, and experience college dorm life in a safe environment.
Summer@Stratford
Additional Categories: Science, Sports & Recreation
Summer@Stratford – Discover Where the Extraordinary Begins Stratford School infuses its STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) program into an innovative and enriching summer camp experience. A wide-variety of camp sessions are designed especially for children entering Preschool through 8th Grade (2.5–14 years old). Beginning in preschool, weekly themes come to life as young campers learn, explore, and engage in imaginative camp-style activities that promote STEAM learning. For elementary-age campers, we take our enriched academic preparation and themed project-based learning to a whole new level! Stratford’s robust camps for middle school camp students feature creative problem-solving, design-thinking, leadership development, hands-on collaboration, and communication skills building. Camp sessions start in June. Explore Summer@Stratford at www.stratfordschools.com/summer for more information about our four Southern California campuses. Summer@Stratford locations: Altadena: 2046 Allen Ave., Altadena (626) 794-1000 Los Angeles: 1200 N. Cahuenga Blvd., L.A....
Sleep Away
Camp Hess Kramer and Gindling Hilltop Camp
Additional Categories: Outdoor Activity, Sleep Away
Camp at CSU Channel Islands brings the magic of camp to a new yet similarly coastal home. For more than 65 years, Wilshire Boulevard Temple Camps have been providing an inclusive and fun environment where campers and staff become part of a supportive community. Our camps provide a variety of athletic, artistic, and recreational activities. Campers experience everything camp has to offer through a combination of elective and age-specific programming.
Institute for Educational Advancement: Yunasa and Summer Academy
Additional Categories: Health & Wellness, Sleep Away
The Institute for Educational Advancement (IEA) offers personalized programs that are child-centered and have been helping gifted children grow and live purposeful, meaningful lives. In the summer, we offer Academy classes at our Learning Center in Pasadena, CA. IEA Academy provides students in Kindergarten through 8th grade with advanced enrichment classes that promote exploration and application of knowledge. Courses provide compelling content and appropriate challenges taught at a flexible pace with small classes by highly qualified, dedicated professionals. Additionally, IEA's Yunasa Summer camps are offered for one week in Colorado and Michigan. Yunasa was designed and led by experts in the field of gifted youth. Yunasa supports the whole gifted child, encouraging growth and support of campers intellectually, socially, emotionally, spiritually, and physically.
River Way Ranch Camp
Additional Categories: Multi-Activity, Sports & Recreation
Memories and friendships await at River Way Ranch Camp! Nestled in the scenic foothills of Sequoia National Park, River Way offers children, ages 7-16, an unparalleled environment to learn, thrive and grow. Extraordinary, highly trained staff encourage and guide campers to try a wide array of activities. Through 75+ activities, campers will improve their confidence and enjoy activities such as waterskiing, horseback riding, ropes course, theater, culinary arts, mini-bikes, go-karts, waverunners, gymnastics, overnights and much more. With an emphasis on first time campers, River Way provides exciting experiences, proving to strengthen core values while increasing independence and social skills. Campers, ages 7-9, remain with their counselors throughout the day participating in a variety of activities, while 10-16-year-olds customize their schedules. For more information, contact Inquiry@riverwayranchcamp.com.
SOCAPA School of Creative & Performing Arts
Additional Categories: Dance, Sleep Away
Come join the next generation of visual and performing artists at SOCAPA - The School of Creative & Performing Arts! SOCAPA’s Los Angeles and New York campuses offer 1-3 week summer program intensives in Filmmaking, Acting, Music, Dance, Photography and Screenwriting. Campers of all experience levels are challenged to advance their craft through hands-on learning with teachers who are leaders in their fields. With all this hard work comes the best of summer – a time for friendship and fun with activities every night and weekend that take advantage of the wonderful locations where we host our programs. Please join us this summer!
Special Needs
Camp Ed at The Ed Asner Family Center
Additional Categories: Art, Multi-Activity
Offering classes in a variety of Expressive arts, as well as lessons in surfing. At Camp Ed, these programs, along with a commitment to hire differently abled counselors and instructors, create a unique day camp experience that fosters community inclusion.
Leaps n Boundz
Additional Categories: Gymnastics, Sports & Recreation
Camp offers children, teens and young adults the opportunity to explore new places, make new friends, and try new things. At Camp Leaps n Boundz we make every camp day one to remember. Our day camp hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-2:00 PM. During each camp day, pro-social behaviors and socialization are encouraged to help make those lasting camp relationships! You do not need to be currently enrolled in Leaps n Boundz to attend camp days. An initial assessment is required to determine best placement/support.
The Help Group’s Kids Like Me Summer Camps
Additional Categories: Multi-Activity
The Help Group's Kids Like Me camps provide a safe and enriching atmosphere for children, teens and young adults with autism spectrum disorder and other special needs. Our unique day camps, located in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas, create opportunities to engage, experience and explore. Each camp strives to developmentally and chronologically match each camper across the spectrum to ensure an appropriate peer group for learning and fun. Campers will participate in a wide variety of fun activities, such as art, STEM-related projects, sensory play, special events, animal-assisted activities, field trips and much more!
Speech and Language
Ecole du Soleil
Additional Categories: Multi-Activity, Speech and Language
La Petite Ecole du Soleil is for campers in preschool (born in 2017) & pre-kindergarten (born in 2016). La Grande Ecole du Soleil is for entering kindergarten-5th graders. L’Ecole du Soleil offers a bustling daily schedule and a watchful counseling staff. Our objective is to introduce children to the French language and culture at an early age while they still have a linguistic openness to easily learn a second language. Their adaptability, their lack of inhibition, and, above all, their ability to reproduce any sound accurately will help them learn a second language with great ease. We provide a unique learning context in which your children will learn at their own pace in a fun, genuine, French summer camp environment.
Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum Summer Camps
Additional Categories: Outdoor Activity, Speech and Language
Theatricum’s Youth and Teen Classes seek to empower students with confidence; provide them opportunities to practice collaboration, creative and critical thinking in a positive, nurturing environment; and to introduce them to Shakespeare, theatre, and poetry, with the goal of inspiring a lifelong relationship with language, history, and art. Our programs include: Young People's Camp (ages 3-7): Nine sessions specially designed to introduce young children to the imaginative world of Shakespeare and classical theatre! Youth Drama Camp Shakespeare (ages 8-14): Children collaborate, create, and build confidence in a nurturing, child-centered environment, culminating in a performance of a Shakespeare play. Theatricum Teen Reperetory (ages 15-18): Work with leading professional artists on classical theatre techniques and apply them to your own production of a Shakespeare play.
Sports & Recreation
Fitness by the Sea Beach Camp
Additional Categories: Academic & Education, Sports & Recreation
Fitness by the Sea Beach Camp is Los Angeles’ premiere and oldest beach camp (celebrating our 21st year) for children ages 4-14. With beachside locations in Santa Monica and Pacific Palisades, FBS has been recognized as the “safest beach camp” by the Chief of LA County Lifeguards for more than 20 years. FBS provides an experienced and spirited staff (average age 26), and over 200 dynamic and creative activities (surfing, soccer, gymnastics, arts and crafts, martial arts, boogie boarding, dance, baseball...) in an encouraging and nurturing environment. Sign up by the day - you can register your child for any days you wish, with no minimum days. Bus Transportation – convenient bus stops serving many communities in the Los Angeles area. 100% SAFETY RECORD: For more than 20 years, the chief of L.A. County Lifeguards has called Fitness by the...
Got Game Camp
Additional Categories: Academic & Education, Multi-Activity
Got Game is the premier LA day camp for kids ages 4-14! Sign up for one day, one week or multiple weeks! Got Game is unique in that each child has the opportunity to fully customize their day, each day, based on what interests them the most. Daily schedules are comprised of a wide variety of sports, games and projects! Campers are broken into groups based on age. Our staff is the most fun, inspiring, engaging, totally awesome and experienced coaching crew around! Got Game coaches are professional PE instructors and teachers who work with us all year at our school sites. Got Game is more than just a camp -- it's a culture! Come be a part of our greater Got Game family!
Leaps n Boundz
Additional Categories: Gymnastics, Sports & Recreation
Camp offers children, teens and young adults the opportunity to explore new places, make new friends, and try new things. At Camp Leaps n Boundz we make every camp day one to remember. Our day camp hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-2:00 PM. During each camp day, pro-social behaviors and socialization are encouraged to help make those lasting camp relationships! You do not need to be currently enrolled in Leaps n Boundz to attend camp days. An initial assessment is required to determine best placement/support.
LMU Athletics Sports Camps
Additional Categories: Health & Wellness
Learn to play the Lion Way with LMU Athletics Summer Camps. Featuring camps in a variety of sports across skill levels, LMU Athletics Summer Camps provide a little of everything in terms of opportunities to compete, learn and grow. All of our camps provide the best training and instruction around as they are run by our Division 1 coaches and student-athletes, while giving kids a chance to have a whole lot of fun. And this is all happening on one of the most beautiful college campuses in Southern California! Each camp is five days and all campers receive an exclusive LMU summer camp t-shirt, water bottle, lunch every day, swim time each day and discounted tickets during the school year.
Malibu Sports Camps
Additional Categories: Academic & Education, Health & Wellness
We have a passion for building kids of character. Operated by some of the best coaches and teachers in the United States. Our camps absolutely love watching the growth of our campers, not only as players but as people. We take character-building and athletic training to the next level- Come join us to see what we are all about at Malibu Sports Camps. Located on the beautiful Pepperdine University Malibu Campus. Check out our options: Baseball, Volleyball, Soccer, Running, Tennis, Water Polo, Beach Volleyball & Swimming. Both day camp and residential camp options, May- August.
Pedalheads Bike Camps
Additional Categories: Outdoor Activity
The Pedalheads learn-to-ride bike program for kids ages 2 through 12 is best known for helping children get off training wheels. Kids can then progress to higher levels to learn how to ride safely on the road. Register for Spring Break bike camps in West Hollywood at https://www.pedalheads.com/camp Why Pedalheads Bike? -Taught over 250,000 kids how to ride a bike confidently for over 30 years -Proven track record: Most kids learn to ride within 1 week -Engaging instructors for beginner and advanced levels Pedalheads Bike has summer camp locations in Santa Monica, Manhattan Beach, Central LA, Sherman Oaks, Pasadena, Irvine, Huntington Beach, Lake Forest and Laguna Niguel.
River Way Ranch Camp
Additional Categories: Multi-Activity, Sports & Recreation
Memories and friendships await at River Way Ranch Camp! Nestled in the scenic foothills of Sequoia National Park, River Way offers children, ages 7-16, an unparalleled environment to learn, thrive and grow. Extraordinary, highly trained staff encourage and guide campers to try a wide array of activities. Through 75+ activities, campers will improve their confidence and enjoy activities such as waterskiing, horseback riding, ropes course, theater, culinary arts, mini-bikes, go-karts, waverunners, gymnastics, overnights and much more. With an emphasis on first time campers, River Way provides exciting experiences, proving to strengthen core values while increasing independence and social skills. Campers, ages 7-9, remain with their counselors throughout the day participating in a variety of activities, while 10-16-year-olds customize their schedules. For more information, contact Inquiry@riverwayranchcamp.com.
Summer@Stratford
Additional Categories: Science, Sports & Recreation
Summer@Stratford – Discover Where the Extraordinary Begins Stratford School infuses its STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) program into an innovative and enriching summer camp experience. A wide-variety of camp sessions are designed especially for children entering Preschool through 8th Grade (2.5–14 years old). Beginning in preschool, weekly themes come to life as young campers learn, explore, and engage in imaginative camp-style activities that promote STEAM learning. For elementary-age campers, we take our enriched academic preparation and themed project-based learning to a whole new level! Stratford’s robust camps for middle school camp students feature creative problem-solving, design-thinking, leadership development, hands-on collaboration, and communication skills building. Camp sessions start in June. Explore Summer@Stratford at www.stratfordschools.com/summer for more information about our four Southern California campuses. Summer@Stratford locations: Altadena: 2046 Allen Ave., Altadena (626) 794-1000 Los Angeles: 1200 N. Cahuenga Blvd., L.A....
Tech
PlanetBravo
Additional Categories: Academic & Education
Since 2003, PlanetBravo’s Techno-tainment camp has inspired tens of thousands of tech-hungry students in Grades 2-9 to develop their creative and curious minds through project-based learning. At a fraction of the cost of other technology camps, PlanetBravo offers a perfect balance of indoor and outdoor activities in addition to the tech course in which the child enrolls. Children choose from a wide variety of courses to explore including Coding 101, Esports, Minecraft Modding, YouTube Gamer & Vlogger, Roblox 3D Game Design, and more. Camp runs in one-week sessions Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm or 8:30am-3pm, depending on location. See why PlanetBravo has been the go-to tech summer camp for thousands of children each summer. Best prices, best hours, best overall experience for your child.
Project Scientist
Additional Categories: Academic & Education, Tech
Project Scientist has fun-filled STEM programming year-round for your daughter! Project Scientist's Summer STEM Academy immerses girls ages 4-12 in STEM through fun-filled experiments, weekly field trips to top science and technology companies, and daily interactions with STEM Superstars — women thriving in STEM. Project Scientist's credentialed teachers provide girls high-quality STEM education every day by delving into each subject with hands-on activities and experiments. View our fun weekly themes for 2020: https://projectscientist.org. On school holidays throughout the academic year, Project Scientist takes students on field trip expeditions to local STEM companies so they can experience a real-life STEM workplace through a facility tour, hands-on activities, and meet-and-greets with STEM professionals. View our open expeditions at https://projectscientist.org/year-round-expeditions.
Rosetta Institute of Biomedical Research Molecular Medicine Summer Camps
Additional Categories: Academic & Education, Tech
We offer winter and summer workshops for high-achieving high school students interested in pursuing a career in medicine or related fields, such as biomedical research, drug development, pharmacy or nursing. Our summer camps include Molecular Biology of Cancer, Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Immunology, Molecular Biology of Aging, Bioinformatics of Cancer and Biomedical Research. Through engaging lectures and hands-on laboratory classes, students learn normal molecular and cellular biology, and then learn how these normal processes are distorted during the development of disease. To conclude the workshop, students use what they have learned to create an original research project on a gene of their choice. More broadly, workshop attendees make friends from around the world, strengthen their academic skills, and experience college dorm life in a safe environment.