Located on 200 acres in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, Lindenmere is a private, coed sleepaway camp with more than 50 activities for campers to choose from, including circus arts, extreme sports, and media studies.
ActivityHero is a marketplace for kids' classes, camps, events, and workshops. Find in-person, live online, or on-demand activities for toddlers to teens. Whether you are looking for homeschool support, after-school programs, or school holiday enrichment, there is something for every age and interest. Popular classes include coding, music, science, LEGO, yoga, cooking, sports, and more. Research, review, and register all in one convenient location on ActivityHero.
Adventuring Portal brings after-school online Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) experiences to tweens and teens. Sessions are focused on experiential learning, and players leave knowing all the basic game play as well as experiencing teamwork, bravery, compassion, generosity, negotiation, improvisation, gamer etiquette, strategy, critical thinking, problem solving, cartography, and probability—all through online D&D adventuring.
If your child loves dolls and crafting, let them explore their creativity at the AG Sisters virtual summer camp. Gather your doll and meet the AG Sisters on screen for a one-of-a-kind "Dollie + Me" summer camp. Enjoy 3 days full of doll-and-me fun and live crafting on Zoom. Campers will make a doll-size apron, sleepover accessories, and more doll goodies that they’ll be able to enjoy all summer long with their dolls.
Alliance Financial Ministries, Inc. is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization that promotes financial literacy. AFM provides financial educational programs for students and young adults who want to enjoy a more financially secure future. AFM offers fun and engaging virtual camps with games and prizes to encourage students to become financially independent and responsible. Lessons cover vital information such as budgeting, bank accounts, credit, and car and home buying.
Amphy is a marketplace for online live classes, offering anything you want to learn. With classes across 70+ categories with 200+ new classes added every month, your kids can learn cooking from a chef in Rome, learn chess from a grandmaster, or practice English with a teacher from London. Amphy uses the magic of live learning with real-time interaction that supports your kids to reach their goals.
If your kid can't let go of the screen for outdoor excitement, why fight it? This FREE camp is a two-hour session at your local Apple store where kids learn how to create a comic book on an iPad. This isn't a drop-off opportunity, however: Apple makes it very clear that all campers must have a parent or legal guardian on-site for the duration of Apple Camp. With free wifi and often a Starbucks within eyeshot, of course, that's not much of a sacrifice. Ages 8-12.
If your kid can't let go of the screen for outdoor excitement, why fight it? Apple hosts FREE camps and workshops at their stores. Sessions range from 1 to 2 hours. Some previous workshops and camps include drawing on iPad, photography with iPhone and making your own emoji. Apple makes it very clear that all campers must have a parent or legal guardian on-site for the duration of Apple Camp or workshop.
Artuta is an online art school for kids ages 4+ featuring classes taught by working, professional artists in NYC. The school's student-centered teaching methodology fosters creativity, concentration, and problem-solving.
Artuta’s classes build in time for discussion and reflection, so, in addition to an expanded skill set, even experienced students will come away with a deeper relationship with their artistic practice.
Solve sleep problems related to your loved one by learning about the secrets of baby sleep. Sleep-related issues can be dealt with with ease when we know the basics of toddler and infant sleep and how it differs from adult sleep.
Alongside their four-week, traditional overnight program, Camp Becket (for boys) and Chimney Corners Camp (for girls) both offer a starter program for kids finishing second or third grade. This two-week camp experience aims to help prepare kids for longer camp stays in the future. Young campers stay together in two cabins and are fully integrated into the traditional camp program.
Blushington Online Beauty Bootcamp invites teens and tweens (ages 11-19) for an interactive program of makeup learning, activities, camaraderie, and fun. Taught via Zoom by a senior Blushington makeup artist, participants will get hands-on experience and come away with a sense of accomplishment and the skills to execute age-appropriate makeup.
Sessions range from a 4-hour deep dive into makeup to 1-hour classes on topics such as advanced eye makeup, face shaping, and skincare. Or, teens and tweens can host their own virtual Camp Bunk Reunion.
Brandeis University’s Precollege Online Program offers courses designed for high school students ages 13 and up. Each course features engaging videos by renowned Brandeis faculty and access to mentors. The program is available year-round, and the online format lets students study from anywhere, anytime. A special and engaging final project paves the way to a Certificate of Completion, which students can add to their college applications.
BYJU’S Summer Camp is an all-new virtual camp featuring masterclasses where kids ages 6-18 can learn from experts in the fields of STEM, arts, gaming, cuisine, and more. Learn from astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, cook with MasterChef Junior champion Logan Guleff, or get gaming tips from top five Minecraft players JeromeASF In dynamic live workshops and unique events.
Camp Ballibay offers deep, engaging programs for young artists at all levels in a traditional summer arts camp setting. The 174-acre campus boasts outstanding facilities for theater, fine art, dance, and rock music.
Though run by the Girl Scouts, campers need not be Scouts to apply to this girls-only camp. Situated on 179 acres on Gardiners Bay in East Hampton, campers can stay in tent houses or dorms. Mini-sessions are available. Activities include swimming, boating, crafts, and more.
With 13 miles of private trails, waterfalls, and private Lake Lenape, Camp Canadensis is an idyllic summer getaway for boys and girls, with all of the summer activities and facilities a kid could ask for.
Head to the heart of the Pocono Mountains for this camp, which is surrounded by wooded trails and a stream-fed lake. There are more than 60 activities for kids to enjoy, including tennis, paintball, horseback riding, trapeze, ziplines, and water sports.
Nicknamed "Chenny," Camp Chen-A-Wanda has served thousands of campers for over 80 years in the Pocono mountains. This camp is for girls and boys ages 7 through 16 and includes Color War, Olympics, and a camp carnival each summer.
Situated on 26 acres of mixed woodland and beachfront property in Suffolk County, this camp is run by the Episcopal Diocese and does have a general Christian theme. Activities include sailing, swimming, canoeing, archery, arts and crafts, sports, hiking and campfires.
Located in southeastern PA, Green Lane is just an hour from Philly. This camp's close-knit community "between the arches" as the campers say, offers sessions ranging from four to seven weeks.
This coed, progressive, secular Jewish camp was established by union workers in 1923 to offer a refuge for urban, working-class kids. The Berkshire Mountain setting is picturesque, as is the nearby lake. The camp takes social justice seriously, incorporating tolerance and liberal politics into its program alongside summer sports and visual and performing arts. First-timers turning 9 or 10 this calendar year can attend a two-week starter session.
Located on 200 acres in Pennsylvania’s picturesque Perkiomen Valley, this small-scale camp has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 45 years. Highlights include its twin lakes, performing arts programs, and a diverse sports curriculum.
This seven-week overnight camp designed for campers with special needs intersperses the traditional camp experience with academic, speech, and life skills. The program is individualized for each child, with highly trained staff including speech and occupational therapists and educators.
Situated in beautiful Lake Como, this camp offers more than 65 activities, including paintball, sailing, circus arts, scuba, and spy camp. Kids appreciate the warm community and supportive counselors who encourage campers to try new things and challenge their comfort zone. One-week rookie sessions are offered during the first and last weeks of the regular eight-week summer camp season. Boys and girls of all ages are welcome. Rookie Week is limited to first-time Lohikan campers.
Swim, sail, or waterski on Fairview Lake, Camp Oneka's beautiful waterfront. After 110 years in operation, this small girls camp of only 125 campers, has that idyllic cozy, woodsy feel.
Spiritual education meets the traditional summer camp experience at Ramah, a Jewish overnight camp for both boys and girls. With locations around the country, the Poconos camp is one of the most popular.
Campers enjoy a traditional summer camp experience at Camp Saginaw. Campers are grouped into grade-level divisions and given a wide variety of activities to choose from, including traditional and action sports, plus arts programming and more.
Camp Speers offers one- or two-week sleepaway summer camp programs with lots of options to choose from. In addition to the traditional overnight camp experience, Camp Speers offers specialty sleepaway summer camps including Farm Camp, Rock and Roll Camp, LGBTQIA+ programs, and leadership programs.
In this virtual program, kids ages 5-10 learn important social and emotional skills through immersive adventures that impart important character-building lessons. Music, dance, virutal field trips, at-home activities, and regular workshops for parents round out the experience.
Timber Tops, or CTT as campers call it, is (full disclosure) this writer's alma mater, and the perfect place for a sleepover with your best friends all summer long. CTT is an all-girls camp, with brother camp, Lake Owego, just down the winding road.
Towanda's not only where (fun fact!) the movie Wet Hot American Summer filmed, it's also been a highly sought-after traditional co-ed sleepaway camp for over a century.
New Hampshire's gorgeous White Mountains are the setting for this camp, which is situated on a lovely lake. This traditional, coed program offers a week-long Pioneer Camp for kids who've completed first or second grade.
Camp Wayne has a girls camp and a boys camp situated on opposite sides of a scenic 3/4 mile private lake. Both camps offer a fun, nurturing enviornment for campers to explore, take risks, and be themselves.
Case Western Reserve University offers a pre-college program featuring online courses ranging from computer science and engineering to neuroscience, astrophysics, and social entrepreneurship. Courses are developed for students ages 13 and older, designed by CWRU instructors, and available year-round. A final project yields a Certificate of Completion, which can be added to college applications.
Children's Art Studio's spring break camp is virtual this year. Kids get one-on-one instruction and have a blast making art in a structured virtual environment.
Choirs4Kids specializes in online singing classes for your superstar, providing a place for kids ages 4 to 15 to connect with others through song—in a safe environment with guided instruction videos each week and an online virtual choir. It's a place where children feel connected with others; where their families feel part of a beautiful, growing community; where they all get to be free to be themselves and enjoy every opportunity that comes along, which helps them to grow in confidence.
Circle of Friends is an interactive online toddler and parent circle time program. Come Zoom, laugh, and learn with them.
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Clubba's small-group camps are led by enthusiastic college student counselors. Creative and unique camp options include jewelry making, YouTuber, Photoshop editing, iPhone photography, art, and more. Check out the website for more information.
Code Galaxy offers online coding classes, summer camps, private tutoring, and bootcamps for kids ages 7-18. With its staff of expert instructors, Code Galaxy guides kids through web development, game development, design, Python programming, and other STEM-related programs, using live virtual instruction. New students can start with a free trial.
Code Super Powers (CodeSP) empowers children ages 6-16 to be creators of technology, not just consumers. Expert instructors provide the hottest curriculum in Arcade Game Design, Minecraft Modding, Roblox, Python, Java, HTML, App Development, Drone Flight Coding, and more. Sessions are 100% virtual and safe for all ages and skill levels.
This Silicon Valley-based ED-Tech organization offers online coding camps designed for students ages 5 to 18. Learn various programming languages, robotics, VR, 3-D printing, and creative game design with personalized attention from experienced instructors from top universities.
With CodeSpark Academy, kids learn how to code and develop valuable life skills while playing and having fun. While children see CodeSpark Academy as a game, the wide-ranging interactive learning activities are designed to deliver education and coding instruction in a fun and accessible way. A codeSpark membership includes unlimited access to hundreds of activities and weekly challenges for up to three children.
Codeverse is the world’s first fully interactive coding program and real developer environment for kids ages 6-13, offering 1:1 virtual classes. Kids build unique mobile games, projects, and apps using KidScript, Codeverse's proprietary language—a set of real programming tools built for kids. Classes are 50 minutes long with a dedicated Guide who will provide curriculum updates and progress reports every step of the way!
Choose from fun and effective one-week coding camps and three-week accelerated classes focused on Mincraft, Roblox, Scratch, Python, Java, and more. Virtual interactive learning in small groups, customizable projects, and highly-rated instructors make CodeWizardsHQ an engaging, memorable experience for kids and teens ages 8-18.
Codingal offers an interactive platform for students in kindergarten and up to learn coding through one-on-one online classes, as well as exciting coding competitions and hackathons. Utilizing a unique, research-based curriculum, these courses teach key skills, including problem solving and analytical and critical-thinking skills.
In partnership with the University of Southern California, CogniCoder's excellent, virtual, live instructor coding classes shape young minds for rational reasoning, problem-solving, and critical thinking. CogniCoder considers cognitive development the most vital element in building young brains. The program has classes for everyone at every level: Python, Java, Web Development, Scratch, Scratch Jr., Cyber Security, etc. These coding languages are used by top companies worldwide like Google, Facebook, and Apple.
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