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Camp Invention Summer 2025
Camp Invention: National
Inspire your child’s creativity and watch their confidence soar with our all-new Camp Invention® program, Discover! Campers in grades K-6 will team up with friends for hands-on, open-ended STEM fun. They’ll create their own claw machine, uncover the science behind optical illusions, rev up for the ultimate road trip and embark on an eco-expedition to investigate penguins in Antarctica! Each experience is designed to spark curiosity, build persistence and create an unforgettable summer. Visit invent.org/local to secure your spot! Register using CIFUN25 by 3/20 to save $25 or CIFUN15 by 5/15 to save $15 off the registration fee. Payment plans available.
Zoo Camp - Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens
Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens
Zoo Camp is a nurturing, safe, outdoor day camp experience for Pre-K (age 4) to 4th grade children focused on nature, conservation, and animals!
Science of Harry Potter (K-8th)
ASTEME Academy
Step into a world where Harry Potter meets cutting-edge STEM! At our themed camp, campers will design flying devices using aerodynamics, explore “magical” plants with biology experiments, and create fantastical creatures through 3D printing.
Summer Camp - Monarch Camps
Monarch Camps
Our Classic Day Camp is our longest-running and most beloved camp option, offering a perfect balance of creativity, sports, and adventure—along with plenty of swimming fun! Campers dive into the day with a variety of activities, including theatre games, arts & crafts, and exciting sports like basketball, tennis, soccer, and more. Whether it’s perfecting their serve or scoring the game-winning goal, kids get to explore a range of sports while developing teamwork, coordination, and sportsmanship.
Auttie World Virtual Art Summer Camp
Auttie World, Inc.
Join us on Saturdays for a Virtual Art Summer Camp that provides students (6-15 yrs.) an opportunity to come online (ZOOM), to do activities that are centered around Visual Traditional Art, Holistic Art, and FUN! At Auttie World, children are viewed as unique and gifted individuals. We feel each child’s development is best supported through an emergent & creative Holistic curriculum.
Criminal & Forensic Science Camp at UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles - UCLA
Explore the world of criminal and forensic science through detailed crime scene investigations and deep dive intriguing case studies where you will have the opportunity to work in teams to solve crimes using cutting edge scientific tools.
Lego Engineering (K-8th)
ASTEME Academy
Get ready for an exciting summer camp where LEGO and STEM come together in innovative ways!
Adventures In Nature - Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM)
Adventure is out there! Get ready for an enjoyable summer of exploration with the Natural History Museum’s Adventures in Nature Day Camp 2025!
2-Week Camp Session at Falling Creek Camp
Falling Creek Camp
Falling Creek’s 2-Week session is a well-rounded camp experience for boys new to camp in 1st-5th grades. The activity schedule is similar to June and Main Camp, with six daily activity periods, but with fewer out-of-camp trips. Boys enjoy a wide variety of activities, and generally use 2-Week as the foundation for a longer session in the future.
Summer Art Camp at Viridian Art Academy - Tarzana, CA
Viridian Art Academy - Woodland Hills, CA
Join us for Summer Camp at Viridian Art Academy, June 15 - August 14, 2020. For ages 5 & up! Students will learn a range of skills in drawing, painting, and sculpting. Each day, they will bring home two artworks. Projects may include such materials as acrylic painting, watercolor, polymer clay, pastel, collage, etc. All materials & a small snack included.
iD Tech On Campus Camps- Multiple locations (2025)
ID Tech Camps- Multiple locations
Register today for camps held at 75+ inspiring universities! Your child will walk the halls of their dream campus, bond with friends and mentors over legendary iD traditions, and experience the magic that’s made us the world’s #1 tech camp for 23+ years! Summer Fun on Your Child’s Dream Campus This is more than a camp. It’s a chance for your child to come face-to-face with friends and mentors who share their interests, all in an inspiring setting that excites them for the future. Between sessions of hands-on STEM fun, they’ll get the ultimate taste of collegiate life, from campus exploration and iconic architecture to meals in the dining halls and sweet dreams in the dorms. You get more. A LOT more. iD Tech is the very best experience built around your child—their interests, their skill level, their goals for the future. Our on-campus programs include an exclusive package designed for maximum inspiration and long-term success.
Ages 4 to 16 will love these SUMMER THEATRE CAMPS FOR KIDS! “A priceless theatre experience”
Santa Monica Playhouse
“One of the best in the country!” Daily Variety. A spectacular theatre camp where kids make friends, build confidence, and have fun as they act, sing, dance, and work with costumes and make-up, to help create and perform an original musical production. 8 one-week sessions to choose from.
Summer Camp 2025 - Gilchrist Farm
Gilchrist Farm
Gilchrist Farm Summer Farm Camp is the perfect way to celebrate summer! Get off technology and get outside on the farm! Learn to ride horses or advance your current riding skills. Get to know the cows, horses, pigs, sheep, goats and bunnies! Learn traditional crafts (soap and candle making), play in the mud! Run. Adventure. Explore! Our entire camp is OUTSIDE! We have SHADE, misters, and so much to do. Milk a goat, pet a cow, gather eggs, run with the piglets!
Young Writers Summer Camps
Lighthouse Writers Workshop
Lighthouse offers a wide array of full and half-day summer camps from June through August for young writers ages eight to 18. Whether they've got a few novels under their belt, are new but curious about poems, or are a reluctant writer, our camps offer a fun, creative, and challenging way for young people to explore and express who they are, build new friendships, and create truly beautiful works of art.
VEXcode Robotics Camp at Cal Poly
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona)
The Cal Poly Pomona Robotics camp has evolved its curriculum to use the most popular robotics learning system in the world, VEX Robotics. Along with its advanced, but learning-friendly programming software, VEXcode, our robotics camp teaches campers how to program using logic and object-oriented programming to control robot behavior. VEXcode gives the campers the flexibility to program using Block coding (Object Oriented programming) or actual C++ and Python programming languages. Beginners become comfortable using Block code while more advanced camp participants can opt for text coding, pushing campers at any level to learn programming. VEXcode requires a stronger understanding of math and logic than the traditional Lego education software used in the past. With VEX robotics, students will learn to command robot behavior, advanced programming and subroutine capabilities.
Sports, Farm, Art & Games Camp
Highland Hall Waldorf School
Summer days on our 11-acre campus are filled with plenty of outdoors sports and games, gardening, watercolor painting, crafts, cooking, and water play, in a relaxed and natural environment. This Camp is open to children finishing Grade 1 through Grades 8
Science Camp at Cal Poly
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona)
Welcome to the Science Camps at Cal Poly Pomona!!! The science camps have undergone an upgrade, infusing camp exercises with activities used in the college curriculum. Guided by the Next Generation Science Standards, campers will take on Cal Poly Pomona's motto of "Learn by Doing" Science Camp is designed to provide a wealth of fun and to engage campers in learning & science at an early age. Science Camp activities are based on exercises and projects that include team challenges, general arts & crafts, as well as captivating activities in the sciences. Areas that we cover in our camp activities include biology, food science, chemistry, astronomy, forensics, physics and engineering. Campers will build projects, learn teamwork, learn from worksheets & handouts, and discover how science works.
Farm Camp - Underwood Family Farms
Underwood Family Farms
Farm camp returns for the 2025 season! If you have a youngster with a budding interest in animals or farming this is for them! This exciting summer camp offers your Little Farmer the opportunity to interact with a wide variety of farm animals and bring home their very own fruits and vegetables picked straight from our fields! Your child will also participate in numerous fun and educational craft projects and farm games, with the highlight of the week being an Open Barn for your farmer to show their family and friends all they have learned and created that week.
Math Guild
ASTEME Academy
Our Math Guild camps build confidence and proficiency in core math concepts while developing a deeper understanding of how math is used everywhere. Each week, students will study real-world applications for what they’ve learned and deepen their understanding through dynamic STEM activities and projects, including 3D design, engineering, science, math in nature, and much more! Campers are grouped by their upcoming grade level, or by the degree of challenge they're seeking.
Imagination Camp at Cal Poly
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona)
In response to parental demand, we are now offering our live animals, crafts & projects camp for campers 5-7 years old. Otherwise known as our Imagination Camps, our activities allow campers to explore their creativity, while developing their social skills. Imagination camps provide campers with an inclusive environment where they can foster positive relationships, increase camper self-esteem in social settings, and promote inventiveness by stimulating their imagination. Campers are also challenged with some academic advancement exercises targeted to K-2 grades.
Got Game Summer Camps 2025
Got Game Sports Summer Camp
Got Game Summer Camp operates at multiple locations throughout LA! From 6/12-8/22, campers ages 4-14 can join! Camp hours are 9am-3:30pm M-F, and extended care from 8am-5:30pm! Got Game is NOT your normal summer camp! Campers are placed in different age divisions and choose between active and creative options every day! Camp days are made up of different rotations where campers pick between ACTIVE and CREATIVE options!
CURSIVE HANDWRITING + DRAWING AMERICAN HISTORY
Foundations Classical Academy
In this live online course, we improve our print and cursive handwriting through reading and writing about people and events from American history as well as drawing them. Why drawing? Drawing develops some of the same muscle groups used for handwriting. It's also lots of fun! Recommended for ages 11-18. An ADULT SECTION is also available (meeting time is different. It will start at 9:30 AM PST and end at 10:30 AM PST).
Tinkering Camp - reDiscover Center
reDiscover Center
At Tinkering Camp, kids bring their wildest ideas to life using wood, plastic, metal, and fabric. With a 5:1 camper-to-facilitator ratio, we provide hands-on learning in a creative and supportive environment. Closed-toe shoes required. Hair & loose clothing must be secured.
Casa Kids Creative Camp
Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens
Unlock your child’s creativity this summer at our fun-filled camp, offering dancing, singing, and painting for kids ages 7-10. Led by experienced professionals, your child will enjoy 3 hours of hands-on instruction every Monday for 4 weeks in a supportive and engaging environment.
ADAPTED CLASSICS: The Iliad, The Odyssey, and Greek History (online camp in the liberal arts)
Foundations Classical Academy
The purpose of this live ONLINE course is to spark pre-teen/early teenage students' interest in reading classic books and to teach them to engage in Socratic discussion about themes, characters, plot, etc. We will also focus on history related to the stories. Our summer 2025 readings are selections from Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey. The cost is $150 for 22.5 hours of instruction June 16-Aug. 13, 2025.
OC Summer Camp - Discovery Cube Los Angeles
Discovery Cube Orange County
Registration is NOW OPEN for Camp Discovery at Discovery Cube Orange County. When school ends, the science adventure begins! Join us for Camp Discovery as we travel beyond the classroom to explore and engage in fun, hands-on science. Each themed camp is one week-long, Monday-Friday, from 9:00am – 4:00pm, with an early pick-up option for K-2 camps at 2:00 pm. On select weeks from June through August.
Scratch Ninja - Scratch Coding (Beginner to Advanced)
Create & Learn
Learn Scratch - the most popular kids coding platform, in small groups of 3-5 students. Create games, stories, animations and have fun!
Club SciKidz Forensic Detective Summer Camp
Club SciKidz Los Angeles
Campers will learn to become Crime Scene Investigators during actual crime scene setups! Campers will learn how law enforcement professionals solve crimes and meet real professional Crime Scene Investigators, K-9 Handlers, and Forensic Pathologists.
Camp Integem: AI, AR, Coding, Robots, Drones, 3D, Game, Art & Animation
Camp Integem: AI, AR, Coding, Robots, Drones, 3D, Game, Art & Animation- Los Angeles
Kids and teens (ages 5-18) will ride a spaceship to the stars, meet dinosaurs, create magical game worlds, and bring your art to life. Build AI robots, design and fly space drones, and launch your creations to the stratosphere—up to 100,000 feet! Explore Holographic AR, AI, robotics, drones, coding, animation, 3D design, and more in a fun, hands-on journey of creativity. No experience? No problem. All levels learn and have fun!
Discovery Computer Camp at Cal Poly
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona)
The computer world continues to evolve and as school districts elevate their computer curriculum, Cal Poly Pomona responds with a redeveloped camp designed to push campers even further. We now implement Alice as our primary programming software, in order for campers to develop more complicated apps, worlds and animations. Campers will also utilize Autodesk software to produce 3D printable objects. Campers can look forward to scanning objects and meshing them into different forms or using Computer Assisted Design (CAD) software to build objects from scratch. Campers will be able to take home a fabrication of their own design and production.
Scratch Junior
Create & Learn
A fun ScratchJr coding class for kindergarteners and 1st graders.
Art & Storytime for Elementary Kids
Art Play Learn - Bowie, MD
Even older kids love stories- just not baby stories! Popular stories, fun facts, making art, show and tell and more fun and interactive activities will keep your child engaged, and creating!
Camp Paivika 2025
Ability First
Camp Paivika offers children, teens and adults with disabilities a traditional camp experience delivered with nurturing support and, above all, an emphasis on fun!
Coding Camp: Python Intermediate
ASTEME Academy
Designed for those with some Python programming experience, this camp focuses on advancing your Python skills while exploring the creation of apps and games.
Minecraft Modding Quest
Create & Learn
Solve puzzles, build, and create games with fun coding in Minecraft
ASL Club for Families
Art Play Learn - Bowie, MD
This “ASL Club for Families” focuses on developing American Sign Language skills using a combination of games, storytelling, and art, so that the entire family can connect and improve communication with their Deaf or pre-verbal child. *Families comprised solely of hearing individuals are also welcome.*
Tuolumne Family Camp
City of Berkeley, CA
Tuolumne Family Camp offers an unforgettable adventure nestled in the stunning Sierra Nevada mountains, where families can connect with nature and each other. With activities like hiking, campfire stories, and swimming in Tuolumne Meadows, it's a perfect escape for outdoor lovers of all ages. Experience the magic of the high country in a cozy, community-oriented setting that makes every moment feel special.