Camps and Classes for Kids in Chicago, IL

Filmmaking Summer Camps gives participants hands-on experience with creating shot-lists, scouting locations, setting up camera angles, and using green screen. Campers write, produce, and direct their own short films and work on post-production...

First Tee – Greater Chicago offers youth golf programs that combine golf with a life skills curriculum. The program uses golf as a platform to shape character, strengthen communities, and open doors to new opportunities for participants across...

Hyde Park School of Dance offers dance instruction under the program name Hyde Park School of Dance. The program is identified as Hyde Park School of Dance in all provided information. The description of activities at Hyde Park School of Dance is...

KEEN Chicago – Camp KEEN & Inclusive Recreation Programs offers a variety of activities, including Field Days, African Drumming Workshops, bowling, swim parties, trampoline sessions, a Navy Pier seek-and-find, a Seadog boat ride, a Bike Camp...

Morgan Park Sports Center Gymnastics offers gymnastics and tumbling classes, as well as open gym time. Classes begin with an explanation of gym rules on the first day of each gymnastics session, and all gymnastics classes except the Parent-tot class...

Raven Theatre Summer Camp includes theater games, collaborative storytelling, building scenes, exploring character movement, and creating new barnyard adventures. Campers invent new warriors and wild creatures, design clan challenges, invent animal...

Traditional Day Camps include weekly themes, dress-up days, “camptivities” that match each theme, and camp-wide special events. Campers take part in activities such as crafts, games, sports, park adventures, playground time, campfire opening...

Wonder Woods offers child-led free play with materials and playscapes set up by playworkers, along with activities like drawing, painting, and process-based art projects. Children may climb trees, sculpt and harvest clay, build stick houses, and dig...

After School Matters Teen Programs offers out-of-school opportunities for teens across Chicago to connect, create, and thrive. The program includes access to spaces such as welding workshops, culinary kitchens, vocal rehearsal rooms, dance studios,...

Bright Horizons Early Education & Preschool offers an integrated and emergent curriculum that builds foundations in reading, writing, and math and supports children in understanding how to learn. The program includes curriculum elements such as...

Chicago Children’s Theatre Education Programs include camps and classes where children create and perform their own stories. Many programs use devised theatre, where participants work together to create original plays and theatre pieces and then...

EXACT Sports Football Showcase Camps include training sessions run by college coaches that are similar to the sessions athletes would attend in a college program. During camp, college coaches evaluate each athlete’s ability as a player, provide 1:1...

Kids and Teen Cooking Classes and Camps offers hands-on cooking classes, kids cooking camps, teen cooking camps, baking camp, teen baking camp, and a Teen Boot Camp. The program also offers family cooking classes, including a family cooking...

Kids Cooking Classes gives kids the chance to do hands-on cooking and make cultural dishes. Classes teach students how to make cultural dishes that are fun and engaging, and class size is limited to a small group for the health and safety of those...

Nature Museum Camps offers science projects, art projects, nature play, animal encounters, and interactive exploration. Campers explore the exhibits, spend time in outdoor play, and create using tools selected or built by them. Daily Parent Pages...

Oui Chef offers culinary classes where kids take part in cooking and baking. Classes are based around a core theme to provide continuity, and a monthly class menu features recipes that celebrate special events and holidays. Most classes are 75...

Summer Swim & Art Camp includes morning art classes with activities such as Fun with Drawing, Happy Little Paintings, and Clay and Paper Mache. Campers take part in an art workshop that can include drawing basics like shapes, shading, and blending,...

Yes, Chef! Culinary Programs includes hands-on activities such as baking sweet and savory recipes, making fresh pasta with complementary sauces, and exploring the history of pasta and regional pasta traditions. Participants learn the difference...