Da Vinci Waldorf School Summer Camp
Da Vinci Waldorf School, 150 W Bonner Rd, Wauconda, IL 60084
About
Da Vinci Waldorf School Summer Camp offers weekly camps for early childhood, grade school, middle school, and creative arts, with summer days spent among butterflies and blossoms, trying something new, being part of a community, and unplugging. Early Childhood Camps run from 9am to 1pm, and Grade & Middle School & Creative Arts Camps also run from 9am to 1pm. Extended camp time is offered each week for older children who are eligible based on age.
• Ages: 4–14 years old
• Schedule: Weekly camp options, with core camp hours 9am–1pm and extended camp time offered each week for ages 6 and up
• Price: Enter SUMMER25 at checkout for 5% off before May 1st!
Da Vinci Waldorf School has been inspiring life-long learning for over 25 years and follows a holistic and experiential approach to education. Its mission states that it prepares children to think independently in their academic life and beyond. The school describes its curriculum as integrated and aligned with each stage of a child’s development, combining a play-based approach and a daily rhythm that includes art, storytelling, cooking, and outdoor exploration. First through eighth grade students at the school engage with classical academics and fine and applied arts, including subjects such as math, Mandarin, physics, and farming, along with music, dance, theater, art, writing, and literature that are experienced directly rather than only read about and tested.
The Association for Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA) serves as the guiding and accrediting organization for Waldorf schools connected with this program, and the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN) is the accrediting and supporting body for its early childhood programs. The school states that its teachers are dedicated to generating an inner enthusiasm for learning, cultivating initiative, and emphasizing exploration over competitive testing and rewards for performance, and that its students are described as self-motivated with a capacity for joyful, life-long learning. The school also states that it strives to create a curriculum that reflects its community, meets each child where they are, and approaches diversity, equity, and inclusion work with humility and an ongoing commitment to elevating diverse perspectives and broadening understanding and connection.
The program’s community involvement includes a land acknowledgment recognizing that the school is on the ancestral homelands of the Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk, and other Native Peoples, noting that these peoples were forced to move so others could benefit from the land. The school explains that only a few Native Americans still live in the area and describes ways to support Native and other groups by inviting them to share traditions, spreading awareness, learning from each other, and caring for the environment through recycling, composting, and removing litter.
Parents have shared testimonials describing the school as offering service learning opportunities, theater productions, academically engaging experiences, and a music program that has enlivened their children, and noting that their children love their peers and teachers. Other parents report that their children love going to school every day, feel they receive more than just an education, and are becoming the kind of young adults they had hoped for. One parent describes a graduate as a confident and mature student ready to enter high school, highlights the individual one-on-one attention received, and refers to the school as a “gem of an educational experience.”
Last updated January 10, 2026.
• Ages: 4–14 years old
• Schedule: Weekly camp options, with core camp hours 9am–1pm and extended camp time offered each week for ages 6 and up
• Price: Enter SUMMER25 at checkout for 5% off before May 1st!
Da Vinci Waldorf School has been inspiring life-long learning for over 25 years and follows a holistic and experiential approach to education. Its mission states that it prepares children to think independently in their academic life and beyond. The school describes its curriculum as integrated and aligned with each stage of a child’s development, combining a play-based approach and a daily rhythm that includes art, storytelling, cooking, and outdoor exploration. First through eighth grade students at the school engage with classical academics and fine and applied arts, including subjects such as math, Mandarin, physics, and farming, along with music, dance, theater, art, writing, and literature that are experienced directly rather than only read about and tested.
The Association for Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA) serves as the guiding and accrediting organization for Waldorf schools connected with this program, and the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN) is the accrediting and supporting body for its early childhood programs. The school states that its teachers are dedicated to generating an inner enthusiasm for learning, cultivating initiative, and emphasizing exploration over competitive testing and rewards for performance, and that its students are described as self-motivated with a capacity for joyful, life-long learning. The school also states that it strives to create a curriculum that reflects its community, meets each child where they are, and approaches diversity, equity, and inclusion work with humility and an ongoing commitment to elevating diverse perspectives and broadening understanding and connection.
The program’s community involvement includes a land acknowledgment recognizing that the school is on the ancestral homelands of the Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk, and other Native Peoples, noting that these peoples were forced to move so others could benefit from the land. The school explains that only a few Native Americans still live in the area and describes ways to support Native and other groups by inviting them to share traditions, spreading awareness, learning from each other, and caring for the environment through recycling, composting, and removing litter.
Parents have shared testimonials describing the school as offering service learning opportunities, theater productions, academically engaging experiences, and a music program that has enlivened their children, and noting that their children love their peers and teachers. Other parents report that their children love going to school every day, feel they receive more than just an education, and are becoming the kind of young adults they had hoped for. One parent describes a graduate as a confident and mature student ready to enter high school, highlights the individual one-on-one attention received, and refers to the school as a “gem of an educational experience.”
Last updated January 10, 2026.
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