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What to Do If Your Child Hates Camp: A Parent's Guide to Navigating a Tough Summer Situation
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June 30, 2026
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4-H
4-H camps offer a flexible, nationwide network of summer programs that combine traditional camp fun with hands-on learning and youth development. Available as both day and overnight camps, these programs are typically run through local county or university extension offices...
Full Day
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ActonArt
ActonArt offers structured, creativity-boosting visual arts classes and camps tailored for children and teens. The focus is on realistic drawing techniques and visual storytelling, designed to help students grow both artistically and confidently...
Acton
Full Day
Half Day
Few Hours
42.357469
-71.053061
Greater Boston
Anoka County Parks
Anoka County Parks offers a wide variety of nature-based summer day camps for kids ages 4 to 15, hosted across scenic locations like Wargo Nature Center, Coon Rapids Dam, and Bunker Hills Regional Park. Camps run June through August, and are led by trained naturalists and staff who prioritize outdoor exploration, hands-on learning, and fun...
Northern Suburbs
Full Day
Half Day
45.022695
-93.244028
Twin Cities
Applause
Applause is a long-running performing-arts training school in New York City (founded in 1995 by Audrey Kaplan) with a mission of building kids’ love for the performing arts and the confidence to find their place in the world. They teach students roughly ages 3–18 through an evolving curriculum in acting, musical theater, dance, and film acting...
Upper East Side
Full Day
Half Day
40.69034
-74.013088
NYC
Arrow Wood Elite
Arrow Wood Elite is a specialty sports camp in the Berkshires that takes a different approach from traditional sports camps. Rather than focusing on large enrollment numbers, the camp intentionally keeps groups small so athletes receive more individualized coaching and...
Pittsfield
Full Day
42.34797
-71.042768
Greater Boston
Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) Academy - Lexington
Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) Academy offers year-round enrichment in math and language arts for kids who enjoy being challenged and thinking deeply, generally from about grades 2–12. During the school year, AoPS Academy runs weekly...
Lexington, Acton
Few Hours
Half Day
42.37189
-71.093547
Greater Boston
Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) Academy - Nationwide
Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) Academy offers year-round enrichment in math and language arts for kids who enjoy being challenged and thinking deeply, generally from about grades 2–12. During the school year...
Few Hours
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Asphalt Green - Greater New York
Asphalt Green’s summer day camp is a full-day, multi-activity camp built around confidence, character, and community. Campers are grouped by division—Pee-Wee (entering K–1), Junior (entering Grades 2–3), Senior (entering Grades 4–8), and a Leadership-in-Training program...
Full Day
40.692286
-74.003634
NYC
Bay Farm Montessori
Bay Farm Montessori Academy’s Bay Farm Summer is a Montessori-inspired day camp program for toddlers through rising 4th graders, designed around “joyful discovery” with lots of outdoor play, nature exploration, art, themed projects, and friendship-building—all while supporting kids’ independence and confidence in a nurturing setting...
Duxbury
Full Day
Half Day
42.343623
-71.016955
Greater Boston
Beaver Summer Camp
Beaver Summer Camp (at Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, MA) offers a mix of general day camp and specialty programs for kids from PreK through rising 10th grade. The core General Camp is divided into Lower Camp (PreK–K), Middle Camp (grades 1–2), Upper Camp (grades 3–4), and Senior Camp (grades 5–8), giving kids a classic multi-activity camp day with age-appropriate groups. Days typically include...
Chestnut Hill
Full Day
42.380294
-71.035721
Greater Boston
Boston Area Youth Soccer (BAYS)
Accessible soccer programming for families looking for entry-level options.
Boston
Few Hours
Greater Boston
Boston Junior Terriers
One of the better-known youth hockey development programs.
Boston/Brighton
Few Hours
Half Day
Greater Boston
Boston Lacrosse Club
Boston Lacrosse Club is a girls’ lacrosse development and training organization geared toward players who want to build strong fundamentals and progress toward competitive high-school and college lacrosse. The club emphasizes...
Wellesley
Few Hours
Greater Boston
Boston School of Music Arts
Boston School of Music Arts (BSMA) is a year-round music school in Dorchester that serves kids and adults with private lessons across many instruments (voice, piano, guitar, drums, strings, woodwinds, brass, etc.), plus group classes, ensembles/bands, music theory, and performance workshops...
Boston
Full Day
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Few Hours
42.368406
-71.017526
Greater Boston
Boston United Volleyball Club
A well-established girls' club volleyball program with regional tournaments and college recruiting focus.
Wayland
Few Hours
Full Day
Half Day
Greater Boston
Brainiac Tennis
For New York parents looking for a flexible, low-pressure tennis option, Brainiac Tennis offers a unique, highly adaptable summer experience. Rather than a traditional fixed-location camp, Brainiac operates as a “portable” tennis program, bringing instructors and equipment directly to local schools, parks, and community spaces across NYC...
Few Hours
Full Day
40.698919
-73.969694
NYC
Brave Arts Theatre Workshop
Brave Arts is a musical theatre-focused summer program held at The Cambridge School of Weston, built for kids who want a week (or two) of singing, dancing, acting, and performance confidence, with plenty of theatre games, improv, and outdoor play mixed in...
Weston
Full Day
42.362889
-71.071802
Greater Boston
Brimmer and May School
Brimmer and May Summer Programs offer a blend of traditional day camp and specialty camps on the school's seven-acre campus in Chestnut Hill, making them a popular choice for Greater Boston families seeking a well-rounded summer experience...
Chestnut Hill
Full Day
Half Day
42.378609
-71.022044
Greater Boston
Brookline Youth Hockey
Brookline Youth Hockey is a community-based youth hockey organization serving families in Brookline and surrounding Boston communities, with programs designed to accommodate both beginners and more experienced players. For children new to hockey, the organization offers...
Brookline
Few Hours
Greater Boston
Brooklyn Acting Lab
Brooklyn Acting Lab (BAL) is a Brooklyn-based youth theatre organization offering acting and theatre training for Pre-K through 12th grade across multiple neighborhoods. In addition to camps, BAL runs after-school classes, drop-in classes for families who want to “test drive” without a full-session commitment, and private coaching/audition prep...
Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Ditmas Park
Full Day
Few Hours
40.691162
-74.049098
NYC
Brooklyn Robot Foundry - Brownstone Brooklyn
The Foundry’s summer circuits program is a full-week, hands-on robotics camp for rising Kindergarten through 5th grade students (in NYC locations). Each week features a distinct theme (e.g., woodland robots, space robotics, retro-inspired builds), and every day children engage in...
Park Slope, Greenwood, Dumbo
Full Day
Few Hours
40.702526
-73.972308
NYC
Brooklyn Robot Foundry - Northeast U.S.
The Foundry’s summer circuits program is a full-week, hands-on robotics camp for rising Kindergarten through 5th grade students (in NYC locations). Each week features a distinct theme...
Full Day
Few Hours
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School Camps
Summer @ BB&N (Buckingham Browne & Nichols) in Cambridge is set up as a flexible, mix-and-match day summer camp experience for kids from age 4 (PreK) through rising 12th grade. The program runs in weekly sessions over 8 weeks each summer, with regular camp hours from 8:15 a.m.–3:30 p.m. and optional...
Cambridge
Full Day
42.392328
-71.053707
Greater Boston
Bunker Park Stables
Bunker Park Stables offers immersive horseback riding summer camps designed for children ages 4–17. These camps provide a fun, structured introduction to horsemanship in a safe, supportive environment. They offer 1-day to 5-day options, along with full and half-day options for riders of all levels and abilities...
Northern Suburbs
Full Day
44.941247
-93.221281
Twin Cities
Cambridge Montessori School
The Passport Summer Camp runs June to August and welcomes children ages 18 months through rising 6th grade (11 yrs). The camp hosts learners from over 20 countries and offers themed weeks (e.g., Mad Scientist, Super Hero, Carnival Week) with activities like science & nature, arts & crafts, music/movement, water-sports, and more...
Cambridge
Full Day
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Few Hours
42.362995
-71.068822
Greater Boston
Camp Broadway
Camp Broadway is a NYC-based musical theater day camp that’s been around since 1995 and is often described as Broadway’s “original” summer camp. It’s operated by Broadway Education Alliance, which runs year-round youth enrichment and theater education programming...
Lower East Side
Full Day
40.735822
-74.034084
NYC
Camp Fire
Camp Fire is a national youth development nonprofit that runs programs through local Camp Fire councils/affiliates, with about 1,300 program sites reported nationwide. For families, the two biggest buckets are school-year programs and summer camp/outdoor education...
Full Day
Camp Foley
Camp Foley is a long-running overnight summer camp located on Whitefish Chain, offering traditional camp experiences for kids entering grades 2–11. Known for its classic “up north” camp atmosphere, Foley combines outdoor adventure, waterfront activities, and strong community-building traditions...
Northern MN
Full Day
44.951176
-93.229647
Twin Cities
Camp Gordon Clark
Camp Gordon Clark is a traditional YMCA summer day camp run by the South Shore YMCA, based at the Emilson Y campus in Hanover. It serves ages 3–15 on 46 wooded acres, and it’s designed for classic “move-all-day” camp energy: big outdoor play, friendships, and confidence-building...
Hanover
Full Day
Half Day
42.334071
-71.020749
Greater Boston
Camp Harborview
Camp Harbor View is a free summer camp for Boston youth that runs on its own island in Boston Harbor—literally transforming Long Island into a camp just for city kids each summer. The camp serves about 900 young people each year from Boston’s underserved neighborhoods through two four-week sessions in July and August, giving middle-school–aged campers a chance to get out of the city...
Boston
Full Day
42.363585
-71.082362
Greater Boston
Camp Invention
Camp Invention is a national, weeklong STEM day camp created by the National Inventors Hall of Fame, designed for curious kids entering grades K–6. Kids rotate through a set of hands-on “experiences” (think open-ended building, experimenting, and problem-solving) that are meant to spark creativity, persistence, and confidence...
Full Day
Camp Lakota
Camp Lakota is a classic co-ed sleepaway camp in the Catskill Mountains, set right on Masten Lake, a big draw for kids who want a true “lake camp” summer with tons of water time. The camp serves campers ages 6–16...
The Catskills
Full Day
40.669193
-74.028453
NYC
Camp Léman
Léman Manhattan Preparatory School is a private, co-educational independent school in New York City, serving students from 12 months through Grade 12. It’s an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, emphasizing academic rigor, global education, personalized learning, and community partnerships. In association, Camp Léman is a full-feature summer day camp built on the foundation of Léman Preparatory Manhattan’s mission...
Financial District
Full Day
Half Day
40.690313
-74.028199
NYC
Camp Marshall
Camp Marshall offers weekly summer camp sessions with both day and overnight options across 7 weeks. Their Traditional Camp serves ages 6–16, and overnight campers stay in rustic cabins (no electricity) with meals in their Andrews Hall—very classic “real camp” vibes...
Spencer
Full Day
42.392123
-71.064379
Greater Boston
Camp Odayin
Camp Odayin is a unique nonprofit camp designed specifically for children and teens living with congenital or acquired heart disease. Serving families throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and beyond, the organization's mission is simple but powerful: to give young people with heart conditions a place where they can just be kids...
Northern MN
Full Day
44.975499
-93.25314
Twin Cities
Camp Pillsbury
Camp Pillsbury is a co-ed overnight (and some day) summer camp in Owatonna. It serves kids and teens ages 6–17 and is known for its unusually flexible program structure: campers essentially build their own daily schedule based on the activities they want to explore...
Southern Suburbs
Full Day
Half Day
45.014872
-93.242783
Twin Cities
Camp Scatico
Camp Scatico is a traditional co-ed sleepaway camp located on two campuses in New York's Hudson Valley, serving children ages 7–16. Family-owned and operated since 1919, Scatico has built a reputation...
The Hudson Valley
Full Day
40.683244
-74.027051
NYC
Camp Six Acres
Camp Six Acres is a traditional day camp located in Medford, Massachusetts, serving children entering kindergarten through seventh grade, with a Counselor-in-Training (CIT) program for returning campers entering eighth and ninth grades...
Medford
Full Day
42.331149
-71.084176
Greater Boston
Camps 'R' Us
Camps 'R' Us is a well-established, family-owned day camp serving children ages 3 and up across multiple Long Island locations, making it a practical option for many NYC families—particularly those in Queens or eastern Brooklyn who are looking for a traditional day camp experience outside the city. Accredited by the American Camp Association...
Long Island
Full Day
Half Day
40.722581
-74.019149
NYC
Camp Thunderbird
Camp Thunderbird for Boys and Camp Thunderbird for Girls are sibling sleepaway camps located on separate campuses in Bemidji, Minnesota, offering a traditional overnight camp experience for children and teens. Established in 1946, the camps sit on more than 600 acres with three miles of shoreline and maintain a strong focus on...
Northern MN
Full Day
44.961907
-93.224313
Twin Cities
Chanhassen Dinner Theater
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres’ Musical Theatre Camp is a long-running Twin Cities favorite (it’s been running since 1994, with 13,000+ kids/teens participating) and gives campers a behind-the-scenes taste of what it takes to put on a show—voice, movement, costumes/scenery, stage combat, and more—taught by working CDT theatre professionals...
Southern Suburbs
Full Day
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Few Hours
45.003408
-93.231606
Twin Cities
Chelsea Piers
Chelsea Piers offers weekly-enrollment summer camps from June through August for children ages 3-17. Program themes include gymnastics, soccer, ninja/parkour, baseball/hockey, multi-sport, tennis, and general sports-and-fitness through their “Sports Academy”. Younger campers (ages 3-5) have preschool-style options with movement, games, and swim, while older kids (5-13 or up to 17) join more intensive full-day tracks...
Upper West Side
Full Day
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Few Hours
40.709116
-73.966147
NYC
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
The Curiosity Camps (or early out) at the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota (Mankato) are half-day, school-year camps designed specifically for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade on local early-release days. Instead of scrambling for last-minute childcare when school lets out early, families can register their child...
Southern Suburbs
Half Day
44.98613
-93.230515
Twin Cities
Children's Theater Company
Children’s Theatre Company (CTC) is the nation’s largest theatre for young people, serving 200,000+ people each year, and it’s the only youth-focused theatre to receive the Special Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Their summer camp lineup is designed...
Minneapolis, St. Paul
Full Day
44.984849
-93.255563
Twin Cities
Child's Play
Child’s Play NY is an award-winning dramatic arts program (founded 2009) that uses theatre, storytelling, music, and creative movement to build kids’ confidence, compassion, and creativity—with programs across the NY metro area...
Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, Fort Greene
Full Day
40.715239
-73.972992
NYC
Church Street School for Music & Art
Church Street School for Music & Art’s summer programs include a mix of arts classes, music instruction, and full-day camp options in Tribeca. Families can choose toddler-and-caregiver Summer Arts Medley, Summer Arts for Children, weeklong Summer Band Factory, and private instrumental lessons...
Tribeca
Full Day
40.706672
-74.025648
NYC
Circle R Ranch
Circle R Ranch offers a traditional overnight horseback riding camp designed for kids and teens ages roughly 7–17 who love horses or want a deeper introduction to riding and ranch life...
Northern MN
Full Day
44.96899
-93.302237
Twin Cities
City Island Stables
City Island Stables’ summer riding program is a horse camp experience in the Bronx (City Island) for kids ages 5–16, designed to blend hands-on horsemanship with time in the saddle. The program focuses on core barn skills like...
Northeast Bronx
Full Day
40.749221
-74.047673
NYC
Code Wiz
Code Wiz offers coding and robotics summer camps for kids and teens ages 7–17, with both in-person and online options depending on the location. Rather than running one generic camp all summer, they structure the program so that each week is a different theme, which means your child can try something new every session. Code Wiz’s camps range from...
Full Day
Half Day
Community Rowing, Inc.
Largest public rowing organization in the U.S.!
Brighton
Few Hours
Half Day
Greater Boston
Como Park Zoo & Conservatory
Camp Como at Como Park Zoo & Conservatory is a themed summer camp that lets kids spend a full week exploring animals, plants, and behind-the-scenes zoo life. The 2026 season offers half-day morning camps for preschoolers and rising kindergarteners and full-day camps for kids entering grades 1–6...
St. Paul
Full Day
Half Day
44.966113
-93.223659
Twin Cities
Court16 - FiDi
Court 16’s summer tennis camp is a Monday-through-Friday program (June 30 – August 29 in NYC) for kids ages roughly 4–12. Choices include half-day or full-day options. They organize groups by ball color/skill...
Financial District
Full Day
Half Day
40.715109
-73.990715
NYC
Court16 - Greater New York
Court 16’s summer tennis camp is a Monday-through-Friday program (June 30 – August 29 in NYC) for kids ages roughly 4–12. Choices include half-day or full-day options across locations in Brooklyn, Long Island City, FiDi (Manhattan), and Philly...
Full Day
Half Day
40.746042
-74.016258
NYC
Crossroads
Crossroads offers a variety of summer programming to keep kids of all ages engaged: Camp Wing Day Camp (Duxbury, MA) — grades K–9, Camp Wing Overnight Camp (Duxbury, MA) — grades 2–8 (eligibility-based), and C5 Leaders Summer (Camp Mitton, Brewster, MA) — entering grades 8–9 (leadership track)...
Duxbury
Full Day
42.384425
-71.074779
Greater Boston
DEA Music & Art - Greater New York
DEA Music & Arts’ Staten Island Summer Camp is a creative, performing-arts-forward day camp that blends music, visual art, drama, and character/story play for kids ages 2–12, with multiple schedule formats depending on age and stamina. Camps are grouped into four core “levels”...
Full Day
Half Day
Derby Academy Summer Programs
Derby Academy Summer Programs, located on a 27-acre campus in Hingham, just outside Boston, offer a well-rounded, structured summer experience for kids ages 4–16 that blends traditional camp fun with skill-building across multiple disciplines...
Hingham
Full Day
42.338948
-71.06402
Greater Boston
Downtown Dance Factory
The Downtown Dance Factory offers a summer camp that runs for 8 weeks and offers sessions for kids in preschool through middle school (K–8 grades). Campers receive instruction in a wide variety of dance styles...
Tribeca
Full Day
Half Day
40.693265
-73.991121
NYC
Dribbl
Dribbl’s camps are centered on instructional basketball in a positive, supportive environment, with a big emphasis on fundamentals (shooting, passing, footwork, ball-handling) and a reputation for experienced staff...
Upper West Side
Full Day
Half Day
40.720508
-73.998108
NYC
Driftwood Day Camp
Driftwood Day Camp is a large, traditional day camp in Melville, Long Island, serving children from preschool through ninth grade. For more than 60 years, the camp has provided a classic summer camp experience with an extensive range of activities designed...
Long Island
Full Day
Half Day
40.718333
-74.027349
NYC
Duxbury Bay Maritime School
Duxbury Bay Maritime School’s summer lineup is basically a pick-your-own waterfront adventure, with options that range from “try everything” days to skill-based tracks in sailing, paddling, rowing, marine science, and powerboating...
Duxbury
Full Day
42.383817
-71.019922
Greater Boston
Einstein's Workshop
Einstein’s Workshop in Burlington is a STEAM-focused camp and learning center that offers a variety of summer and school vacation programs for kids in roughly grades K–8. Their summer camp runs as week-long sessions during summer vacation, with half-day (9 a.m.–12 p.m. or 1–4 p.m.) and full-day options, and themed camps that cover everything from...
Burlington
Full Day
Half Day
42.403099
-71.051042
Greater Boston
Elite Gymnastics - Greater New York
NYC Elite provides classes, camps, birthday parties, and private lessons in gymnastics. Their goal is to provide a safe, top-quality learning environment that supports both physical and emotional well-being...
Full Day
Half Day
40.709769
-74.018214
NYC
Elite Gymnastics - Tribeca
NYC Elite provides classes, camps, birthday parties, and private lessons in gymnastics. Their goal is to provide a safe, top-quality learning environment that supports both physical and emotional well-being. NYC Elite's summer camp runs June through August for children aged 3 and up. The program includes both half-day and full-day options, offering gymnastics events (including trampoline & foam pit play), arts & crafts, and bounce house fun!...
Tribeca
Full Day
Half Day
40.73139
-74.011968
NYC
Everwood
Everwood Day Camp offers a traditional, full-day summer camp experience for kids ages 4–15, with programming that evolves as children grow. Campers are grouped by grade into “Lower,” “Middle,” and “Upper” campuses...
Sharon
Full Day
42.383567
-71.092808
Greater Boston
Fessenden Summer Camps
Fessenden Summer Camps in West Newton offer a mix of day, sports, and specialty camps for girls and boys from age 3.5 through entering grade 10, designed so families can build a summer that fits both their child’s interests and their schedule. The Day Camp is divided into Lower Camp (age 3.5–entering K), Middle Camp (grades 1–3), Upper Camp (grades 4–7), and Teen Trippers (grade 8)...
Newton
Full Day
Half Day
42.367462
-71.01558
Greater Boston
French Woods
French Woods (French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts) is a co-ed overnight summer camp for ages 7–17 in Hancock, New York (Catskills), built around an “individual choice” model: instead of one fixed track, campers design their own schedule and can go deep in one area or mix multiple interests...
Hancock (Catskills)
Full Day
40.732526
-74.049028
NYC
Future Stars Summer Camps
Future Stars Summer Camps is a network of summer day camps across Westchester and Long Island. For parents, the big idea is “build your own summer”: kids can pick a camp track based on interest (or switch week to week), with options spanning Sports, STEAM & Enrichment, Visual & Performing Arts, Adventure, and Early Childhood programs...
Full Day
Goldfish Swim School - Nationwide
Goldfish Swim School is a nationwide swim center that offers swim lessons designed for children as young as 4 months up to 12 years. Their programs are grouped by age and skill level, with a focus on safety, confidence, and...
Few Hours
Goldfish Swim School - Westford
Goldfish Swim School in Westford provides year-round, indoor swim lessons for children ages 4 months to 12 years, with an emphasis on safety, confidence, and skill development—all in a warm 90° pool that helps little ones feel comfortable and confident...
Westford
Few Hours
42.347767
-71.030052
Greater Boston
Good Pickin' Farm
Good Pickin’ Farm offers hands-on, outdoor-focused camps that give kids a taste of farm life while encouraging creativity, responsibility, and curiosity. Good Pickin’ Farm’s summer programs cater to children ages 5–12 and run in weekly sessions. Kids experience...
Westford
Full Day
Half Day
42.371507
-71.0842
Greater Boston
Gotham Gymnastics
Gotham Gymnastics’ camp programming is centered on School’s Out sessions, offered year-round for kids ages 3+ whenever school isn’t in session. Campers of all genders get a high-energy gymnastics day built around...
Gowanus
Full Day
Half Day
40.729386
-74.04095
NYC
Greenwood Trails
Greenwood Trails is a coed sleepaway summer camp in Winsted, Connecticut (foothills of the Berkshires) for kids ~7–16. Families can choose 2- or 3-week sessions, or combine them for 5 weeks or a full 7-week summer for the ultimate camper!...
Full Day
Guggenheim Art Camps
The Guggenheim offers week‐long art camps for children (typically ages 5-7 and 8-11) where participants explore visual arts in a museum setting. Campers engage in hands-on workshops inspired by the museum’s exhibitions and architecture—doing projects in drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, and sculptural media. The sessions are structured but flexible...
Upper East Side
Full Day
40.719739
-74.027866
NYC
iD Tech
iD Tech offers weeklong summer tech camps for kids and teens ages 7–17, held at 75+ prestigious universities across the U.S. (think Stanford, NYU, UC Berkeley, MIT partners, etc.). Their flagship “Tech Camps” are either day or overnight programs, where campers spend the week on a real college campus getting hands-on with technology...
Full Day
Inly
Inly is a Montessori-school serving the South Shore area. Summer at Inly is a 10-week lineup of on-campus summer programs designed for a wide age range (ages 3+ through older elementary/middle grades, depending on the program). Families can choose Preschool Camp for the youngest campers...
Scituate
Full Day
Half Day
42.356131
-71.072515
Greater Boston
Kids in the Game - Northeast
Kids in the Game runs two main camp formats: summer camps (their big, multi-week day camp program across NYC + nearby) and school break camps (shorter camps during school vacations). Both are built around their mission of “positive experiences through sports & creative play,” and both layer...
Full Day
Kids' League of Westford
The Kids’ League of Westford offers flexible, play-based childcare programs tailored to working families, with a strong emphasis on safety, enrichment, and social development. Programs serve children in preschool through 5th grade and are built around after-school care, school vacations, and summer camp in early education...
Westford
Full Day
Half Day
Few Hours
42.386321
-71.087291
Greater Boston
Kids 'N Comedy
Kids ’N Comedy is a NYC comedy program where “funny kids” can learn to write and perform stand-up comedy—with programming primarily for ages 10–18. Their summer camp is the main camp offering: it runs in 2-week sessions and each session culminates in a graduation show live at a real theater....
Chelsea
Few Hours
40.697223
-73.968179
NYC
Kumon - Acton
Kumon is an after-school program that focuses on math and reading for kids from roughly pre-K through high school. Instead of traditional “tutoring,” it uses a structured, worksheet-based system where each child starts at a personalized level (often below grade level at first), then works through...
Acton
Few Hours
42.39894
-71.061276
Greater Boston
Kumon - Nationwide
Kumon is a nationwide after-school program that focuses on math and reading for kids from roughly pre-K through high school. Instead of traditional “tutoring,” it uses a structured, worksheet-based system where each child starts at a personalized level...
Few Hours
Lakeshore Players Theatre
Lakeshore Players Theatre’s summer camps (hosted through their Theatre Education program in White Bear Lake) are designed as week-by-week, age-banded theatre experiences—from playful “storybook” camps for little kids to production, acting, and tech intensives for older students...
Western Suburbs
Full Day
Half Day
44.96258
-93.264099
Twin Cities
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Levitate Camps
Levitate Camps (Marshfield, MA) are built for kids who love an outdoor, creative, board-sports lifestyle—think surfing, skateboarding, art, and beach days—with a mission centered on confidence, creativity, and connection to nature. Their core summer camp offerings include...
Marshfield
Half Day
Few Hours
42.346581
-71.064916
Greater Boston
Life Time - Burlington
At the Burlington Life Time location, members can enroll their children in thoughtfully structured summer camps and school break camps that combine fitness, fun, and enrichment in a safe and engaging environment...
Burlington
Full Day
Half Day
42.347941
-71.070104
Greater Boston
Life Time - Nationwide
Life Time offers a variety of kids camps across its nationwide network of athletic country clubs, designed exclusively for Life Time members. These programs blend fitness, enrichment, and fun, and are held during summer months as well as select school holidays and breaks...
Full Day
Half Day
Linx Camps
LINX Camps is a large summer day camp program based in Wellesley (on the Dana Hall School campus) built around one big idea: families can mix-and-match weeks by interest area while still getting the “classic camp” experience. The campus setup is a major draw for parents...
Wellesley
Full Day
42.320533
-71.100946
Greater Boston
MacPhail Center for Music
MacPhail’s summer camps are a music-filled menu of weeklong (and some multi-day) camps designed for a wide range of ages and experience levels—everything from early learners to teens (and even some adult offerings). In general, their camps emphasize high-quality instruction, lots of playing with other students, and a balance of skill-building + creative expression...
Minneapolis, Southern Suburbs
Full Day
44.965794
-93.289748
Twin Cities
Manhattan Youth
Manhattan Youth runs a variety of youth programs, including a full-day summer camp program known as Downtown Day Camp for children from elementary through early middle school ages (typically K-8th grade). It combines a wide mix of activities including daily swim lessons in their private pool, organized field sports on Battery Park City’s ball fields, access to the beach volleyball and mini-golf at Pier 25, arts and crafts, “ooey-gooey” science projects, music and drumming, LEGO/robotics builds, movement & dance, and weekly trips/special events...
Downtown
Full Day
Few Hours
40.690588
-74.024878
NYC
Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan
The Day Camp programs at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan offer NYC families a structured, highly enriched summer experience on the Upper West Side for children ages 3–10, with programming designed to grow with kids across three divisions...
Upper West Side
Full Day
Half Day
40.690965
-74.036095
NYC
Mass Audubon
Mass Audubon runs a network of nature-based summer day camps across many of its wildlife sanctuaries statewide, plus an overnight camp for older kids and teens. While details vary by location, the core idea is the same...
Full Day
42.32047
-71.100866
Greater Boston
Mass Premier Courts
Large youth basketball facility/community hub hosting basketball & volleyball training, leagues, and events.
Foxborough
Few Hours
Full Day
Half Day
Greater Boston
Mathnasium - Acton Concord
Mathnasium of Acton/Concord runs a summer math program for grades K–12 that’s all about preventing the “summer slide” and giving kids a boost going into fall. They lean heavily on the idea that kids can lose about 2.6 months of math learning over summer if they don’t use it, and position their center as the antidote to that...
Acton
Few Hours
Half Day
42.347937
-71.043727
Greater Boston
Mathnasium - Nationwide
Mathnasium’s summer programs are designed to keep math skills from slipping over the summer (“summer slide”) and help kids get ahead for the coming school year. Their big promise: your child won’t just review worksheets...
Few Hours
Half Day
Merrill Arts Center
Merrill Arts Center (MAC) is a community-focused arts hub in Woodbury with a mission “to champion the arts,” created out of the former Woodbury Arts Council and built to be a regional cornerstone for arts access and education...
Eastern Suburbs
Half Day
Few Hours
44.981024
-93.248412
Twin Cities
MetroRock - Everett
MetroRock offers action-packed climbing camps designed to help kids build confidence, physical strength, and teamwork skills—all while having fun on the wall. Their summer camps are best suited for kids...
Everett
Full Day
Half Day
42.362768
-71.0531
Greater Boston
MetroRock - Northeast U.S.
MetroRock offers action-packed climbing camps designed to help kids build confidence, physical strength, and teamwork skills—all while having fun on the wall...
Full Day
Half Day
Minnesota Ballet School
Minnesota Ballet School is a community ballet school that teaches classical ballet using the Vaganova (Russian) method, with year-round options that include youth classes, adult classes, drop-in/open classes (ages 3+), and private lessons—so many families use it as both a “camp week” spot and an ongoing training home base...
Southern Suburbs
Few Hours
45.003644
-93.293241
Twin Cities
Minnesota Dance Theater
Minnesota Dance Theatre (MDT) is an acclaimed Minneapolis-based dance company and school (founded in 1962) that offers year-round training plus seasonal intensives for young dancers...
Minneapolis
Full Day
Half Day
44.984647
-93.294441
Twin Cities
Minnesota Zoo
The Minnesota Zoo’s Summer Zoo Camps are classic “zoo kid” weeklong experiences built around animal encounters, special zoo experiences, tours, and games, with campers grouped by grade/age and taught by professional naturalists. Offerings span a wide range...
Southern Suburbs
Full Day
Half Day
44.96316
-93.278514
Twin Cities
Neponset Rowing Club
Neponset Rowing Club (NRC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering competitive and recreational rowing for middle schoolers, high school athletes, and adults across Milton, Dorchester, Mattapan, Quincy, and Greater Boston...
Milton
Half Day
Few Hours
42.358479
-71.047134
Greater Boston
New Country Day Camps (14th St Y)
The 14th Street Y offers a mix of summer camp options designed for downtown NYC families who want a blend of community, creativity, and (as much as possible) time outside without leaving the city completely behind. The Y’s camp “ecosystem” includes a classic outdoor day camp, a more urban/indoor-based option, and programming for younger children and tweens...
East Village
Full Day
Half Day
40.722676
-74.037352
NYC
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