Camps and Classes for Kids in Chicago, IL
Stars Camp introduces kids to a range of dance styles, including ballet, hip hop, jazz, swing dance, tap, and creative movement. The program takes place at Intrigue Dance and Performing Arts Center and is part of a studio that welcomes dancers of...
Dance Images Summer Camps offers themed sessions where campers spend time learning dances, working on dance technique, and creating Moana themed crafts. Preschool camps include Jungle Safari Camp, Wild West camp, and a magical Moana camp, and each...
Movement Revolution Youth and Teen Hip Hop Programs include hip hop dance, street dance, breakdance, popping, locking, grooves, freestyle, acro, yoga, and meditation. Participants learn choreography, take Hip Hop history lessons, do arts and crafts,...
Raven Theatre Summer Camp includes theater games, collaborative storytelling, building scenes, and exploring character movement. Campers invent new warriors, design clan challenges, craft their own magical wands, create Emerald City art, and work on...
Hyde Park School of Dance offers year-round and summer dance training that includes ballet, modern, tap, AcroDance, studio hip hop, and pre-professional studio companies. Students can take classes such as First Steps, Creative Movement, Pre-Ballet...
Chicago Park District Summer Day Camp includes six weeks of summer activities such as sports, arts, fitness, outdoor activities, field trips, Brain Play, and Reflection & Journaling. Six weeks of camp programming include civic engagement,...
CYC - Calumet Heights Early Learning, Out-of-School Time, and Summer Programming offers Early Learning Head Start programming for young children and Out-of-School-Time and summer programming for older children and teens. The program uses flexible...
First Tee – Greater Chicago offers junior golf programs that combine golf with a life skills curriculum. The program is part of a youth development organization that focuses on Five Key Commitments and runs multiple flagship facilities. First Tee –...
Bennett Day Camp includes activities such as field trips to Sloomoo, the Color Factory, Altitude Trampoline Park, and Navy Pier. Campers can join a basketball clinic called Bennett Ballers, learn circus skills like juggling, balance, and simple...
KEEN Chicago – Camp KEEN offers a wide range of activities, including Field Days, KEEN Sports, yoga, music, aquatics, art, dance, and jiu jitsu. Camp KEEN also includes off-site experiences such as kayaking, sailing, a boat tour, a Navy Pier...
Traditional Day Camps include weekly themes, dress-up days, crafts, games, sports, park adventures, playground time, music, yoga, and camp-wide special events. Campers take part in swimming, fun swim, swim assessments, and swim lessons, along with...
Youth Filmmaking Camps include hands-on activities such as a Teen Animation Class and a Filmmaking Summer Camp. Participants write, produce, and direct their own short films while creating shot-lists, scouting locations, setting up camera angles,...
Wonder Woods centers daily activities on child-led free play, with children engaging with playscapes set up by playworkers. Children may spend time drawing, painting, participating in process-based art projects, tree climbing, sculpting and...
Cirques Experience Youth Programs offers youth classes, afterschool care, and camps. The program also offers circus classes and workshops for adults, as well as performances, showcases, and community events. It additionally offers birthday parties,...
Bright Horizons Early Education & Preschool – Chicago offers early education and preschool programs that use a comprehensive early childhood curriculum. The program uses an integrated and emergent curriculum, including elements called Caring Matters...
Nature Museum Camps immerse children in the world of nature and science through interactive exploration that includes science and art projects, nature play, animal encounters, and outdoor and indoor fun. Campers observe the natural world around...
Summer Swim & Art Camp includes drawing, painting, crafts, and swim lessons as part of each camp day. Campers spend time learning drawing basics such as shapes, shading, and blending, using various mediums from charcoals to pastels, playing drawing...