BOSTON AREA SUMMER CAMPS

 

Explore It! Summer Camp with Boston Children's Museum

Explore It Summer Camp will provide full-day, in-person, week-long summer camp experiences for curious learners entering grades K-2. Campers will enjoy Museum exhibits, play in the adjacent Martin’s Park, and engage in fun games, activities, and hands-on STEAM activities. The Camp is designed to highlight all the best parts of hands-on learning and exploration for which Boston Children’s Museum is known. Each day will include STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) activities, outdoor play, games, and collaborative projects. Experiences such as cycling through a human car wash, making mud sculptures, investigating the creatures that live in the channel in front of the Museum, and soldering your own keychain are all possible at Explore It Summer Camp.

Grades: K - 2

Week 1: July 5th - July 9th - 9:00am to 4:00pm
Week 2: July 12th - July 16th - 9:00am to 4:00pm
Week 3: July 19th - July 23rd - 9:00am to 4:00pm
Week 4: July 26th - July 30th - 9:00am to 4:00pm

$600/week - Full-Day, In-Person, Week-Long Experiences
$100/week & $25/day - Early Drop off and Extended Day options Available

308 Congress Street, Boston, MA, 02210

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i2 Learning at Shady Hill Day Camp

 

Shady Hill Day Camp is excited to be offering a series of innovative courses for rising 5th – 8th graders, developed by i2 Learning. i2 Learning partners with national leaders in STEAM Education including MIT, Stanford, NASA, the Museum of Science and BOSE, to provide engaging, project-based curriculum. Course offerings at Shady Hill include Engineering Prosthetic Devices, Chemical Engineering, Digital Game Design, Rocketry, Engineering Ice Cream, The Physics of Photography, and Surgical Techniques.

 

Grades: 5 - 8

Dates: TBD

$550 per week long class

178 Coolidge Hill, Cambridge, MA, 02138

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ImprovBoston Summer Camps & Programs

 

Through improv, kids learn every day tools for life: risk-taking, quick thinking, support, trust, confidence, teamwork, and acceptance. ImprovBoston teaches improv in its one-week ComedyClinics (Monday-Friday, 10am-3pm) for kids ages 8-17 during February vacation, April vacation, and summer vacation. ImprovBoston alumni are featured on The Daily Show, America's Got Talent, Funniest Wins, Real Time with Bill Maher, Last Comic Standing, and John Oliver's Last Week Tonight, to name a few. As a nonprofit arts organization, ImprovBoston serves the community through laughter with youth outreach programs, workshops for businesses, scholarships, a national touring company and, of course, performances at its theater complex in Central Square, Cambridge.

 

Ages: 8-18

Dates: TBD

Price TBD

40 Prospect Street, Boston, MA, 02139

Website (Sign-ups on a 4 week cycle)

 

Summer Science Weeks: Harvard Museum of Natural History

 

Explore the galleries, examine specimens, and participate in activities led by museum educators in drawing classes and school vacation programs. Discover some of the wonders of the natural world in out-of-school programs. The museum offers week-long half-day camp sessions on topics like animals, insects, prehistoric worlds -- for Pre-K through 6th grade.

 

Grades: Pre-K – 6th

Dates: TBD

$140 nonmembers; $126 members (10% discount)

26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

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MIT Day Summer Camp

 

Since 1960, MIT Summer Day Camp has strived to offer an inclusive environment where all children are encouraged to participate and learn new skills. Core camp activities include Water Polo, Track & Field, Basketball T-Ball ,Team Building, Diving, Badminton, Field Hockey,

Jr. Lifeguard Red Cross Swim Lessons, Skit Show, Water Polo, Pool Carnival Fun Swim, Soccer, Floor Hockey, Swimming Tennis Agility & Balance Training, & Wiffleball. Swimming activities take place in our professionally managed aquatics center and are supervised by American Red Cross Certified Lifeguards. Swimming lessons will be taught by Certified American Red Cross Swim Instructors.

 

Ages: 6 - 13

Dates and Price: On website

MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA

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Other Camp Options:

 

·         Boston Central 2023 Summer Camp List

·         Boston Moms Guide to Summer Camps in Boston

·         Boston Public Schools Summer Camp List