Mary Sears Summer Camp
Mary Sears Children's Academy – Joliet, 300 Caterpillar Dr., Joliet, IL 60435
About
Mary Sears Summer Camp includes a wide range of activities such as basketball tournaments, field hockey, softball, soccer, track and field, t-ball, potato-sack races, water balloon contests, arts and crafts, and swimming. Camp days feature water slides, sprinklers, Friday Bar-B-Q’s, ice cream socials, playground time with slides, jungle gyms, swings, and games like ball toss and tag, as well as indoor options such as computers, video games, board games, foosball, table tennis, Bingo, ring toss, “Bozo” buckets, and bean bag toss. Additional activities listed for the program include pony rides, time with baby farm animals, seasonal swimming, apple picking, and snowmobiling.
• Ages: 5–12 years old
• Schedule: Typical camp day runs from 8:30am to home time, with organized activities from 9:00am–2:45pm and field trips on Wednesdays and Bar-B-Que days on Fridays; 2026 Summer Camps start in early June.
• Price: Registration and tuition depends on location.
The daily schedule includes time from 8:30–9:00am for changing into swimsuits and applying lotion and bug spray, alternating sport and water activities every half hour from 9:00–11:30am, lunch from 11:30am–12:00pm, playground time from 12:00–12:30pm, more alternating sport and water activities from 12:30–2:00pm, clean up from 2:00–2:30pm, snack time from 2:30–2:45pm, and activity recaps and discussion of the next day’s events before going home. On Wednesdays, field trip days require campers to be at Mary Sears no later than 8:30am, and on Fridays, Bar-B-Que Day requires arrival no later than 9:00am.
Mary Sears Summer Camp is part of Mary Sears Children’s Academy, which describes its playground space as three acres in a quiet, clean country atmosphere called “a Child’s Paradise,” where children can run, laugh, and have fun. The program notes that children use lotion and bug spray during the day, change into swimsuits for water activities, and change back into play clothes during clean up, and that a signed permission slip form must be on file for field trips.
The camp lists loving, dedicated teachers, state accreditation, and a nurse on staff. Mary Sears, founder of Mary Sears Children’s Academy, is described as a mother of seven children with a Doctorate’s Degree in Early Childhood Development, and the academy states it has been dedicated to early childhood development and quality service since 1964. The mission statement includes the phrase “Love through Respect is our first concern for our precious children!” and explains that the goal is to meet the total needs of young children with high quality child care, education, and guidance in a warm, loving environment, addressing emotional, physical, social, and intellectual needs through love and understanding.
The program lists several additional features, including daily water activities such as swimming, water slides, and sprinklers; Friday Bar-B-Q’s with hot dogs, corn-on-the-cob, watermelon, and ice cream in the afternoon; a variety of events with prizes on Fridays; and Rainy Days designated as Carnival Days with prizes for everyone. It also notes that prizes will be awarded in all categories, that it offers summer camp for all ages, and that it provides heated floors, daily progress reports, visual and auditory stimulation, parent-teacher conferences, a private infant-toddler playground, rhythm time with musical instruments, creative playfulness, daily exercise to the sound of music, hot nutritious meals, a wholesome environment to motivate a child’s natural curiosity for learning, creative learning, reading and math readiness, computer readiness, and before and after school tutoring. The academy states that it is state accredited and that, in accordance with Federal law and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) policy, it is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.
Last updated May 24, 2026.
• Ages: 5–12 years old
• Schedule: Typical camp day runs from 8:30am to home time, with organized activities from 9:00am–2:45pm and field trips on Wednesdays and Bar-B-Que days on Fridays; 2026 Summer Camps start in early June.
• Price: Registration and tuition depends on location.
The daily schedule includes time from 8:30–9:00am for changing into swimsuits and applying lotion and bug spray, alternating sport and water activities every half hour from 9:00–11:30am, lunch from 11:30am–12:00pm, playground time from 12:00–12:30pm, more alternating sport and water activities from 12:30–2:00pm, clean up from 2:00–2:30pm, snack time from 2:30–2:45pm, and activity recaps and discussion of the next day’s events before going home. On Wednesdays, field trip days require campers to be at Mary Sears no later than 8:30am, and on Fridays, Bar-B-Que Day requires arrival no later than 9:00am.
Mary Sears Summer Camp is part of Mary Sears Children’s Academy, which describes its playground space as three acres in a quiet, clean country atmosphere called “a Child’s Paradise,” where children can run, laugh, and have fun. The program notes that children use lotion and bug spray during the day, change into swimsuits for water activities, and change back into play clothes during clean up, and that a signed permission slip form must be on file for field trips.
The camp lists loving, dedicated teachers, state accreditation, and a nurse on staff. Mary Sears, founder of Mary Sears Children’s Academy, is described as a mother of seven children with a Doctorate’s Degree in Early Childhood Development, and the academy states it has been dedicated to early childhood development and quality service since 1964. The mission statement includes the phrase “Love through Respect is our first concern for our precious children!” and explains that the goal is to meet the total needs of young children with high quality child care, education, and guidance in a warm, loving environment, addressing emotional, physical, social, and intellectual needs through love and understanding.
The program lists several additional features, including daily water activities such as swimming, water slides, and sprinklers; Friday Bar-B-Q’s with hot dogs, corn-on-the-cob, watermelon, and ice cream in the afternoon; a variety of events with prizes on Fridays; and Rainy Days designated as Carnival Days with prizes for everyone. It also notes that prizes will be awarded in all categories, that it offers summer camp for all ages, and that it provides heated floors, daily progress reports, visual and auditory stimulation, parent-teacher conferences, a private infant-toddler playground, rhythm time with musical instruments, creative playfulness, daily exercise to the sound of music, hot nutritious meals, a wholesome environment to motivate a child’s natural curiosity for learning, creative learning, reading and math readiness, computer readiness, and before and after school tutoring. The academy states that it is state accredited and that, in accordance with Federal law and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) policy, it is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.
Last updated May 24, 2026.
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