Camps and Classes for Kids in Santa Barbara, CA

Summer’s Cool @ The REEF is a summer camp for children ages 9 to 12 years old. It includes a T-Shirt, Diploma, Bumper Sticker, and "Best Summer Ever!" The camp runs Monday through Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm and costs a flat $425. Programs Summer’s...

Poppins Family Services After-School Support offers after-school support for school-age children. Most time together happens outside, with use of a wooden playground in the front yard, a carport for games and art, a backyard flower and vegetable...

Sunrise Montessori School offers STARS Group for ages 2 to 3 1/2 with Indoor Classroom Time and Outdoor Time. It also offers SUNS Group for ages 3 to 5 1/2 with a Montessori curriculum that includes Practical Life, Sensorial, Language, Math,...

Dream Chaser Elite, also listed as Dream Chaser Skills Academy, offers year-round basketball training for ages 8 and up. The program includes skill development, conditioning, competitive drills, live play, and shooting work. The summer camps add...

The Catalina Environmental Leadership Program (CELP) is a residential environmental and outdoor education program for student groups. It offers 3-day or 5-day programs in fall and spring, summer camp for kids of all ages, and a one-week Family Camp...

Elemental Arts offers Aerial Arts with silk, lyra, hammock, straps, and more, along with weekly group classes and jams. It also offers acrobatics, dance classes in ballet, jazz, belly, contemporary, heels, and house, flexibility and strength...

Zoo Camp includes hands-on science activities, games, crafts, up-close animal encounters, and a guided Zoo tour. It is offered for ages 3-12, with spring, summer, fall, and winter sessions. Specialty camps are offered in the summer session. At a...

Santa Barbara Youth Sailing Summer Camp offers Kids Summer Sailing Camp for ages 7 to 15. Campers use Capri 22-foot keelboats, and each group has no more than 5 campers per instructor with a qualified instructor on board at all times. The camp meets...

Santa Barbara Youth Sailing Summer Camp offers Kids Sailing Camp, also listed as Kids Summer Sailing Camp. Campers sail on Capri 22 keelboats with a qualified instructor on board at all times, and campers are placed into groups of no more than 5 per...

Ocean Explorers Camp offers a 5-day summer camp for ages 5-7 with ocean play, sports, art, and fun. It also offers a 5-day Humpback Summer Sessions camp for ages 8-14. Programs Summer Camp Ages 5-7 — 5-7 · 5 day summer camp designed for younger...

Nature Rangers offers Homeschool activities, After School enrichment programs, ASE Camps, and Little Rangers. The program serves ages 3 through 18. Programs Homeschool — Enjoy weekly activities in Santa Barbara, Carp & Ojai. After School — After...

Fun in the Sun is a national award-winning summer learning and enrichment program for TK-6th grade. The program includes academics, field trips, enrichment activities, and social-emotional learning opportunities. Programs Fun in the Sun — TK-6th...

Explore Ecology offers Environmental Education, School Gardens, EE Makerspace, and the Watershed Resource Center. It also includes the Art From Scrap Creative Reuse Store, which is open Tuesday to Friday from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm and Saturday from...

Channel Islands YMCA Youth Programs and Camps offers youth programs, summer camps, and sports. The program serves ages 0 to 19. Programs Youth Programs — Through the Y’s activities for kids, we develop better health, and educational achievement....

DIMITAR Tennis & Pickleball Academy offers private lessons for adults and juniors, one- to two-week intensive training programs for serious athletes, clinics and group lessons, junior development, and performance training. Private lessons are...

Westmont College Volleyball Summer Elite Prospect Camp is a girls-only volleyball camp for students entering grades 10 through 12 and junior college transfers. The camp is scheduled for July 10, 2026 through July 12, 2026. Programs Westmont College...

Elings Science & Math Camp offers a menu of over 20 S.T.E.A.M. modules. The camp can be broken into a series of one-day programs or run as a four-day camp. Programs Elings Science & Math Camp — Youth ages 5 to 18 · Four-day camp; can be broken into...

Santa Barbara Festival Ballet offers Creative Movement, Primary Ballet, Ballet Level 1/2, Ballet Level 2, Ballet Level 3B, Ballet Level 4/4B, Ballet Level 5/5B, Ballet Level 5B/6, Ballet / Beg Pointe Level 5B/6, Ballet Level 6/7/8, Ballet Level 7/8,...