Camps and Classes for Kids in Chicago, IL

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...

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...

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...

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...

Cirques Experience Youth Programs offers youth classes, afterschool care, and camps under the leadership of founder Wolfgang Bientzle. The program is part of a broader circus organization that also offers circus classes and workshops for adults, as...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Zoo Camps includes hands-on activities, visiting the animals, team-building, immersive learning, weekly field trips, and conversations with zoo experts. Campers explore the zoo, learn about animals, and learn about how the zoo cares for them. Zoo...

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...

YMCA Camp Programs include day camp, overnight camp, family camp, and specialty camp. Day camps are offered in rural, urban, and suburban settings, and overnight camps are located in picturesque settings across the country. Specialty camps focus on...

Lumity STEM Programs include activities such as STEMTalks, STEM Talks, career site visits, tutoring, one-day challenges, STEMWorks, the STEMWorks Training Program, and STEM Career Prep. STEM Career Prep is a four-year program, and STEMWorks includes...