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Week 1: June 6-10 (Click here)
Morning Camps 9:00AM-12:00PM
Want to sound amazing on piano rapidly? There are a few KEY elements you must conquer: notes, rhythm, movement, and chords will get you far. Be amazed at how quickly you can unlock them in this camp with a surefire way to learn to play piano. Recommended for beginner-intermediate levels.
Cost: $300
Instructor: Sound Formation
Join the Forensics Team at Science Matters to solve a mystery, using DNA, fingerprinting, and chromatography analysis. Take your science skills to the next level. We explore “what if” science with crazy, wacky experiments that keep you talking forever. Build your own forensic science kit. This is unbelievable fun for all ages.
Cost: $290
Instructor: Science Matters
Kids learn to code by creating their own video games. Each camper works with a school laptop and with Scratch, an MIT-developed computer programming language for young people. Participants begin by learning the basic mechanics behind classic games such as Pac-Man and Super Mario Bros. They then spend the week inventing new games of their own. MindDance teachers provide inspiration and support as kids create and share their work. Participants experience a warm and social learning community that is hands-on, challenging, and fun. The Scratch programming language is free and web-based, allowing campers to work on their projects from home, long after camp is over, and to publish their work to the Scratch website. The camp is great for beginning and experienced coders.
Cost: $225
Instructors: Nick Wolf & MindDance Team
The ukulele has seen a surge in popularity recently due to its ease of play, portable size, and signature sound. Come learn a new instrument that has been featured recently in many popular songs. You’ll learn the notes and chords you need to play many of your favorite songs, old and new. Campers may use their own instrument, or borrow a ukulele from the instructor.
Cost: $240
Instructor: Phil Jones
The use of Virtual Reality is changing the face of computing and user applications before our very eyes! This camp teaches one of the most advanced VR design applications in the industry, Blocksmith, which allows students to easily make VR/AR experiences, games, and more, for both desktop and mobile. Students design their own 3D environments and then immerse themselves directly into it with Google Cardboard headsets. This is a one-of-a-kind course offered exclusively by Silicon STEM.
Cost: $355
Instructor: Silicon STEM Academy
Bring Lego worlds to life! We provide Legos. You provide your imagination. Work in groups to create a Lego set with Lego characters for a stop-motion movie you'll storyboard, shoot, and add voice-overs too. *Flix emailed within a month after camp ends.
Cost: $250
Instructor: IncrediFlix
Calling all curious math minds! Come explore the cool concepts and ideas in the world of math! We investigate large and small math concepts in the universe, play fun games, solve challenging math puzzles, and become better problem solvers all around. You grow as mathematicians and have fun in the process.
Cost: $220
Instructor: Mary Singer
Castles, Kingdoms, and Wizards: Who wouldn’t want to escape and play in the world of magic, fairy tales, and royalty? In Snapology’s Castles, Kingdoms, and Wizards program, students will have the opportunity to use LEGO® bricks to design their medieval fantasies while also bringing the real history to life! Yes, your student will do more than just build with LEGO® bricks, they will build their historical understanding of the unique elements that make the medieval time period such a fascinating point in human history.
Cost: $285
Instructor: Snapology
Budding artists will love a chance to paint a variety of subjects including animals, sports, Colorado pride, summer, beaches, and more at an off-campus art studio. During this creative camp, campers will explore a different medium, from small to large canvases, wood panels, and tote bags, and paint happy trees to their heart’s content. The best part? Your camper will go home with several creations that are uniquely theirs. Daily treats will be served as well!
Cost:$320
Instructor: Rachel Strauss with Canvas & Cocktails
This camp is perfect for beginner through intermediate level swimmers! A great option for kids who need to learn how to swim or who know the basics but are looking to improve their swimming technique. Swimmers will be split into small groups based on their current skill level. At SwimLabs Littleton, we provide a fun, innovative way for kids to learn how to swim correctly, safely, and efficiently. With mirrors on the bottom of the pool, swimmers can instantly see how they are moving through the water. This instant feedback is combined with the guidance of our highly trained instructors who provide personalized swimming lessons for children of all ages. When your kiddo enrolls in our swimming lessons, they benefit from innovative teaching technologies and a proven curriculum that prioritizes confidence and water safety. Our small, warm water pools help kids discover confidence while enjoying the water without the fear and distractions that can come with large, overcrowded swim classes.
Cost: $360
Instructor: Swim Labs
This camp provides campers the opportunity to learn soccer skills in an instructional environment that is challenging, fun, and safe! Skills and concepts that athletes will practice include passing, controlling, shooting, defending, attacking, and goalkeeping.
Cost: $260
Instructor: Justin Schrader
Afternoon Camps 12:30PM-3:30PM
Attention all young golfers! Join us on Foothills Golf Course, and receive instruction from certified teaching pros! You’ll get an opportunity to play some holes each day. Lessons cover etiquette, safety, putting, short game (chipping, pitching), full swing and strategies for getting around a golf course efficiently. Participants must provide a bag of junior golf clubs. Participants must wear collared shirts and tailored shorts.
Cost: $280
Instructor: Beth Folsum
Do your kids enjoy performances like Cirque Du Soleil and The Greatest Showman? Then our Hula Hooping and Carnival Arts Camp will be perfect for them. Each day, the kids will learn cool hoop tricks, play fun hula hoop inspired games and engage in partner moves. Afterwards, the kids will work on juggling and stilt walking with cups! Children will also learn how to make silly balloon animals with their instructor. On the last day, the kids will put on a class performance and get their face painted.
Cost: $280
Instructor: Mad About Hoops
Explore the sounds of beautiful hand-percussion instruments originating from around the world. Experience a rich and rewarding camp full of fun rhythms, games, and performance pieces. Awaken your inner drummer and find out how fun it can be to groove with others.
Cost: $300
Instructor: Sound Formation
Delve into flight engineering, drone building, and drone piloting. During the course of this weeklong class, you will learn basic soldering and drone-flying skills, while building your own drone! Explore the four forces of flight.
Cost: $360
Instructor: Science Matters
Kids learn to code by creating their own animated stories, music, and interactive art. Each participant works with a school laptop and with Scratch, an MIT-developed computer programming language for young people. Participants enjoy becoming creators rather than just consumers of digital content. MindDance teachers provide inspiration and support as kids create and share their work. Participants experience a warm and social learning community that is hands-on, challenging, and fun. The Scratch programming language is free and web-based, allowing campers to work on their projects from home, long after camp is over, and to publish their work to the Scratch website. The camp is great for beginning and experienced coders.
Cost: $225
Instructors: Nick Wolf & MindDance Team
Social media platforms are mere pastimes for a new generation of information consumers, but for the YouTube Star, communication platforms are powerful tools that can turn surfers into entrepreneurs and celebrities! In this exclusive one -week summer camp, students will create their own YouTube channel and use the latest in video edition tools (Adobe Premier) to learn the critical video editing skills necessary for uploading videos that get noticed. Don’t just be a social media user, become an online star, and show your ideas to the world.
Cost: $325
Instructor: Silicon STEM Academy
Bring Lego worlds to life! We provide Legos. You provide your imagination. Work in groups to create a Lego set with Lego characters for a stop-motion movie you'll storyboard, shoot, and add voice-overs too. In this advanced class, students are given more instruction on how to create compelling stories and more independence to try ideas that may be more difficult. *Flix emailed within a month after camp ends.
Cost: $250
Instructor: IncrediFlix
Calling all curious math minds! Come explore the cool concepts and ideas in the world of math! We investigate large and small math concepts in the universe, play fun games, solve challenging math puzzles, and become better problem solvers all around. You grow as mathematicians and have fun in the process.
Cost: $220
Instructor: Mary Singer
Accio! We’re so glad you’re able to join us for some spell-binding fun! In this program, your learner will explore the magical world that surrounds Harry Potter and creatively design ways to bring their imagination to life. Riddikulus, there’s nothing scary here, just creative fun that will open doors to new possibilities – Alohomora – and let your learner’s love of magical possibilities fly- Wingardium Leviosa!
Cost: $285
Instructor: Snapology
Budding artists will love a chance to paint a variety of subjects including animals, sports, Colorado pride, summer, beaches, and more at an off-campus art studio. During this creative camp, campers will explore a different medium, from small to large canvases, wood panels, and tote bags, and paint happy trees to their heart’s content. The best part? Your camper will go home with several creations that are uniquely theirs. Daily treats will be served as well!
Cost:$320
Instructor: Rachel Strauss with Canvas & Cocktails
Full Day Camps 9:00AM-3:30PM
Calling all four-year-old’s for summer camp! Our Sunshine program is designed for four-year-old’s. Located in a campus facility specifically designed for this age group, our youngest campers participate in activities tailored to their needs. Daily activities are designed around our weekly themes. We maximize the ‘funshine’ with daily projects, arts and crafts, splash activities and much, much more! The Sunshine Program maintains a camper-to-staff ratio of 6:1. Campers may attend a 5-day week program, registering for one week, or multiple weeks. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $460 for 5-day week. $280 for 3-day week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday.)
The Rainbow Program is designed for children who will turn five by June 7 and will be kindergartners in the fall of 2022. Located in a campus facility specifically designed for this age group, campers participate in activities tailored to their needs. Daily activities for 2022 include: adventure, arts and crafts, drama, swimming (lessons, & free swim) every day, campfire program (songs, stories, community building), group games, tennis fun, music, and more. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $395 per week.
Day Camp for 6-year-olds to 13-year-olds is the anchor of CA’s summer programs and is offered for eight weeks of the summer. The Day Camp program is based on good old-fashioned summertime fun! Daily activities for 2022 may include: adventure, archery, arts and crafts, swimming (lessons and free swim) every day, paddle boarding (entering grade 2+), campfire program (songs, stories, community building), group games, tennis fun, music, and more. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $395 per week.
Come learn the basics of the sport of fencing! This week-long summer camp introduces students to all three of the Olympic weapons. Students get the Olympic experience using our fully electric scoring equipment, as well as our regulation-sized fencing strips. Each day is dedicated to studying one of the three weapons, through drills, games, and challenges. Camp culminates with an in-house tournament.
Cost: $590
Instructor: Denver Fencing Center
Grab your clubs and let’s hit the links! This camp provides five hours of professional instruction by Foothills Golf Course PGA teachers, on a par-3 course. All participants must wear collared shirts and tailored shorts. Participants must provide golf clubs, balls and tees. Balls are provided for the driving ranges. Players may not bring their own pull carts. Pull carts may be rented at Foothills for $3-4 per day.
Cost: $460
Instructor: Bob Ulrich
During Reading Adventures, campers spend the week working on the five essential components of effective reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, based on the Orton Gillingham approach. Campers have large group lessons, as well as breaking into small groups to practice various skills. The reading instruction is tied together through the use of book adventures, activities, crafts, games, and fun projects.
Cost: $420
Instructor: Penny Best & Tiffany Fitzwater
Prepare your child for his/her upcoming year in kindergarten. We engage the students through shared reading, rhyming, alphabet, and word games, along with math activities that build number sense and pattern knowledge. The children learn the rituals and routines of kindergarten, while developing friendships and practicing their social skills. Campers will also enjoy outdoor activities and daily snacks. This course will help build your child’s confidence and prepare for the wonderful world of kindergarten!
Cost: $ 400
Instructors: Eliza Spear & Amy Domokos
Do you like movies? Do you have something to say? Maybe you just want to have fun creating your own story… Short Story Films is all about the process of writing, casting, filming and editing your well-thought-out short story. It can be one you have read, or one you have written yourself! This class teaches you about every stage of the filming process from storyboards to your final cut!
Cost: $420
Instructor: Anita Boland
Discover wildlife and nature through outdoor exploration, drawing, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts. Participate in wildlife watching, catch and observe critters on land and in the water, practice scientific journaling, and get inspired in this creative and artistic camp. We'll visit places like the Museum of Outdoor Arts, Botanic Gardens, and Audubon Center at Chatfield to explore arts, using nature as the inspiration and medium. Required equipment: daypack, snacks (lunch provided), walking shoes, filled water bottles, sunscreen, insect repellent, a hat, and sunglasses.
Cost: $460
Instructor: Megan Schulz with Denver Audubon
During this weeklong camp, girls discover local outdoor spaces and spend time getting to know women who work in outdoor professions. Each day includes an adventure in nature, an experience with a female professional, and reflection activities upon return to campus.
Cost: $460
Instructors: Christine West & Emily Hariton
Prepare for a full-day LEGO® camp packed with hands-on and minds-on STEM fun! Build projects inspired by cool machines, then join Ash and Pikachu as you explore the vast world of Pokémon. Engineering and Pokémon adventure are the focus of this new full-day themed camp for LEGO® fanatics!
Cost: $440
Instructor: Play-Well TEKnologies
Want to get your hands dirty and play with some clay? Claytime - Intro to Ceramics is the perfect summer camp class for anyone with a creative bug who wants to learn how to hand build pottery but also learn how to throw on the wheel! In this class you can expect to learn how to make coil pots, pinch pots, slab building, glazing, and an introduction to throwing on the pottery wheel! All of these techniques are used to make a variety of fun and interesting projects over the course of our time together! Come join us and play with some clay!
Cost: $480
Instructor: Becci Marzonie
Join us on a science discovery mission! We will explore the world of science through everyday objects, experiments, and encounters. This camp will enhance the STEM education philosophies with a big punch of fun. Physics, biology, chemistry, geology, astronomy, and zoology will all be covered in the camp.
Cost: $520
Instructor: Little Scholars
Escape rooms are growing in popularity across the country. We’ll visit some of Denver’s best escape rooms during this exciting week. We’ll use teamwork and clues embedded in the room to solve various puzzles and riddles to escape a series of rooms before our time runs out. Using inspiration from some of the great escapes in popular films, campers will create their very own escape rooms and cause-and-effect contraptions for others to try, if they dare. This camp is suitable for individuals who have completed one or two escape rooms. If you have completed more than two escape rooms, we recommend signing up for the Professional Escape camp!
Cost: $570
Instructor: Kathy Zolla
With limited budget and resources, campers take on mini individual design challenges. We will find inspiration from trips to fabric stores, home improvement and thrift stores, and other groovy places. Campers learn budgeting, use of basic tools, prototyping, patience, and much, much, more! Similar to our HGTV camp, this camp is designed to challenge the individual camper through daily challenges.
Cost: $420
Instructor: Erin Carlson
Week 2: June 13-17 (Click here)
Morning Camps 9:00AM-12:00PM
In this exciting camp, young chefs will work together in cooking challenges inspired by favorite cooking TV shows such as Master Chef Jr, Kids Baking Championship, Chopped Jr, and Cutthroat Kitchen! We will learn how to use different cooking equipment and techniques, explore flavor pairings, and create tasty mouthwatering recipes from scratch each day!
Cost: $375
Instructor: Sticky Fingers Cooking
Gymnastics helps build strength, flexibility, and coordination; it is also a confidence-builder and an excellent way to cross-train. In this concentrated week of athletic training, coaches will assess individual skill levels and tailor coaching to participants’ personal needs and goals. Campers learn how to safely use gymnastics equipment, improve existing strengths, and tackle new, challenging skills! You’ll flip for this exciting camp!
Cost: $280
Instructor: Golden Gymnastics
Step into the magical lands of the fairies, unicorns, and mermaids! Embark on a magical adventure…drawing, painting, sculpting, and crafting your way into imaginary worlds. Design fairy houses and mystical landscapes, create fairy crowns and magic wands.
Cost: $250
Instructor: Jessica Krueger
Let your imagination run wild with tens of thousands of LEGO® parts as we design and build leaping dolphins, buzzing beehives, and towering giraffes. Play, create, and learn in a world inspired by the animal kingdom. Design and build as never before and explore your craziest ideas.
Cost: $220
Instructor: Play-Well TEKnologies
Dear old dad needs some love this summer. Spend this week making crafts, gifts, and penning a special letter for your pops. These one-of-a-kind keepsake items are sure to lift your dad’s spirits this Father’s Day.
Cost: $250
Instructor: Isabella Ubertone
Have you ever wondered how the animators at Disney or Pixar do their job? During this class you will learn the art of animation by using your tablet. You will learn to make amazing animations that tell incredible stories using the same techniques that the pros use. This class covers both digital and stop motion animation. Students need to provide their own tablet – iPad or Android and a pair of earbuds. Software list required will be provided prior to class and may require a small additional fee.
Cost: $290
Instructor: Science Matters
Kids experience the fun of combining coding and engineering. Each participant works with a school laptop and with Scratch, an MIT-developed coding language for young people. Campers use Scratch to create their own video games, musical devices, and interactive art. Next, they begin to think about how to integrate their projects with the physical world using a MicroBit. The Microbit, created by the Educational Foundation, is a small piece of hardware that campers can use as a controller, light and sound sensor, and much more. Finally, they get friends and teachers to try out their games and devices. MindDance teachers provide inspiration and support as kids create and share their work. Participants experience a warm and social learning community that is hands-on, challenging, and fun. The camp is great for beginning and experienced coders.
Cost: $225
Instructors: Nick Wolf & MindDance Team
The ukulele has seen a surge in popularity recently due to its ease of play, portable size, and signature sound. Come learn a new instrument that has been featured recently in many popular songs. You’ll learn the notes and chords you need to play many of your favorite songs, old and new. Campers may use their own instrument, or borrow a ukulele from the instructor.
Cost: $240
Instructor: Phil Jones
The possibilities are endless as campers explore robotics and programming with Sphero® BOLT!
Packed with programmable sensors and a colorful LED light matrix, this popular robotic ball keeps campers engaged, as they learn to aim and drive their new robot, use the light matrix to display characters or play games, and even talk to other Sphero® BOLTs using infrared communication. Come develop a love of robotics, coding, and STEM fundamentals in this fun new camp.
Cost: $325
Instructor: Silicon STEM Academy
Calling all curious math minds! Come explore the cool concepts and ideas in the world of math! We investigate large and small math concepts in the universe, play fun games, solve challenging math puzzles, and become better problem solvers all around. You grow as mathematicians and have fun in the process.
Cost: $220
Instructor: Mary Singer
Children begin to explore the world of robotics as they build simple animal models that teach the fundamentals of robotic design. Whether learning about sensors while building a fish or alligator, or discovering ways that gears, wheels, and axles create movement while building robotic dogs or frogs, your child is sure to have a great time!
Cost: $285
Instructor: Snapology
Budding artists will love a chance to paint a variety of subjects including animals, sports, Colorado pride, summer, beaches, and more at an off-campus art studio. During this creative camp, campers will explore a different medium, from small to large canvases, wood panels, and tote bags, and paint happy trees to their heart’s content. The best part? Your camper will go home with several creations that are uniquely theirs. Daily treats will be served as well!
Cost:$320
Instructor: Rachel Strauss with Canvas & Cocktails
This camp is perfect for beginner through intermediate level swimmers! A great option for kids who need to learn how to swim or who know the basics but are looking to improve their swimming technique. Swimmers will be split into small groups based on their current skill level. At SwimLabs Littleton, we provide a fun, innovative way for kids to learn how to swim correctly, safely, and efficiently. With mirrors on the bottom of the pool, swimmers can instantly see how they are moving through the water. This instant feedback is combined with the guidance of our highly trained instructors who provide personalized swimming lessons for children of all ages. When your kiddo enrolls in our swimming lessons, they benefit from innovative teaching technologies and a proven curriculum that prioritizes confidence and water safety. Our small, warm water pools help kids discover confidence while enjoying the water without the fear and distractions that can come with large, overcrowded swim classes.
Cost: $360
Instructor: Swim Labs
In this jam-packed camp, each artist creates his/her own mural on muslin. We learn the process and steps to making a big painting, using techniques of scenic painting, faux finishing, and trompe l’oeil. Our murals can be applied to a wall at home, framed, or hung like a tapestry.
Cost: $250
Instructor: Lori Worthman
We'll start the week by hand-making our own book, and then we'll fill it with poems, both poems we write and poems we love by other poets. We'll also decorate our books with stickers, scrapbook paper, and other materials and spend time making bookmarks and other handmade items to share our words.
Cost: $285
Instructor: Kimberly O'Connor with Lighthouse Writers
Afternoon Camps 12:30PM-3:30PM
Let your favorite books come to life in our delicious and delectable recipes! Each day we will create two+ full recipes that are related to some of our favorite children’s books such as: Last Stop on Market Street, Green Eggs and Ham, and Dragons Love Tacos! This camp will bring your child’s imagination to life through a hands-on, magical, literary and culinary experience! What amazing creations can we make from some of the awesome books created for kids?
Cost: $375
Instructor: Sticky Fingers Cooking
Attention all young golfers! Join us on Foothills Golf Course, and receive instruction from certified teaching pros! You’ll get an opportunity to play some holes each day. Lessons cover etiquette, safety, putting, short game (chipping, pitching), full swing and strategies for getting around a golf course efficiently. Participants must provide a bag of junior golf clubs. Participants must wear collared shirts and tailored shorts.
Cost: $280
Instructor: Beth Folsum
Relive your favorite Minecraft® adventures in reality with our enthusiastic Play-Well instructors. In a Minecraft® world powered by LEGO® resources, we build shelters to keep out creepers, craft mystical items that only true masters can wield, and perfect our crossbow skills to stop the Wither from taking over! If you can imagine it, we can build it.
Cost: $220
Instructor: Play-Well TEKnologies
Come Take a Dive into the world of Marine Biology and Oceanography. Dissect a real shark, design our own fish and bring to life genuine Triassic Triops. Examine Sea Shells from the Sea Shore and make a cool design to take home. We'll continue the fun and examine the anatomy of a fish and make fish print t-shirts. We’ll finish the week and come face-to-face with some unique sea creatures such as squid. Jump right in for an Adventure Under the Sea.
Cost: $290
Instructor: Science Matters
Kids learn to code by creating their own video games. Each camper works with a school laptop and with Scratch, an MIT-developed computer programming language for young people. Participants begin by learning the basic mechanics behind classic games such as Pac-Man and Super Mario Bros. They then spend the week inventing new games of their own. MindDance teachers provide inspiration and support as kids create and share their work. Participants experience a warm and social learning community that is hands-on, challenging, and fun. The Scratch programming language is free and web-based, allowing campers to work on their projects from home, long after camp is over, and to publish their work to the Scratch website. The camp is great for beginning and experienced coders.
Cost: $225
Instructors: MindDance Team
One of the summer’s most popular camps! Learn the fundamentals of designing and coding your own games using the Roblox Studio Editor to design, code and create whatever you can imagine! Use Roblox Lua programming to develop new games or re-invent the classics! This camp is designed for kids who absolutely, positively love Roblox. Please make sure that your student sets up a Roblox account before the start of the first camp.
Cost: $345
Instructor: Silicon STEM Academy
Calling all curious math minds! Come explore the cool concepts and ideas in the world of math! We investigate large and small math concepts in the universe, play fun games, solve challenging math puzzles, and become better problem solvers all around. You grow as mathematicians and have fun in the process.
Cost: $220
Instructor: Mary Singer
This camp is a great way for students to enjoy learning about martial arts while getting some fun exercise. Martial Arts campers will enjoy a padded sword competition, learn techniques such as kicks and punches, learn the history of martial arts, and play fun games. Plus, campers will learn the basics of self-defense, break real boards, and watch excerpts from famous movies such as Kung Fu Panda, all in a safe, controlled environment.
Cost: $250
Instructor: Isabella Ubertone & United Martial Arts Center
We know that social skills are a strong determinant of success and it's never too soon to start developing young leaders through these skills. Leadership Camp helps your child become more confident by helping them be more comfortable in social situations. Topics include first impressions like shaking hands, introductions, eye contact and conversation success. Plus, instructors will explore table manners, party manners, gifts, thank you notes, minding your technology manners, making and keeping friends, and even a few ballroom dance steps. A final instructional meal puts new skills into action.
Cost: $305
Instructor: Christy Porter
In Snapology's Mega Machine Robotics class, your child creates some of their favorite motorized vehicles. Students learn about gear ratio, sensors, pulleys, cranks, and programming as they build trucks, space rovers, helicopters, and much more. Your child is sure to have fun as they build, learn, and play.
Cost: $285
Instructor: Snapology
Skiing and riding in the summer? No problem! Shredder’s professionally developed ski and board curriculum focuses on the technical aspects of skiing and riding. Campers will travel to Shredder’s indoor facility, located in Littleton, to strengthen their skills and sharpen their knowledge. This camp is open to beginning and intermediate levels and all equipment is provided.
Cost: $490
Instructor: Shredders
Budding artists will love the chance to create the morning away during our summer Kids Camp! Our instructor will guide campers through a fun, creative, and interactive project that differs from day to day! We will explore different artists, techniques, and mediums each day in a structured and FUN session. By the end of the class, your child will leave with a unique creation led by the guidance of our knowledgeable staff.
Cost:$320
Instructor: Rachel Strauss with Canvas & Cocktails
Learn about the fascinating history and process of lost wax casting. Students will practice their 3-D sculpture skills using a variety of media and create a final project, a 1-11⁄2 lb. sculpture to be cast in bronze (expect a 2-week turnaround time). Campers will take home a unique keepsake for their family to enjoy for years.
Cost: $380
Instructors: George Hernandez & Kit Hernandez
Full Day Camps 9:00AM-3:30PM
Calling all four-year-old’s for summer camp! Our Sunshine program is designed for four-year-old’s. Located in a campus facility specifically designed for this age group, our youngest campers participate in activities tailored to their needs. Daily activities are designed around our weekly themes. We maximize the ‘funshine’ with daily projects, arts and crafts, splash activities and much, much more! The Sunshine Program maintains a camper-to-staff ratio of 6:1. Campers may attend a 5-day week program, registering for one week, or multiple weeks. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $460 for 5-day week. $280 for 3-day week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday.)
The Rainbow Program is designed for children who will turn five by June 7 and will be kindergartners in the fall of 2022. Located in a campus facility specifically designed for this age group, campers participate in activities tailored to their needs. Daily activities for 2022 include: adventure, arts and crafts, drama, swimming (lessons, & free swim) every day, campfire program (songs, stories, community building), group games, tennis fun, music, and more. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $395 per week.
Day Camp for 6-year-olds to 13-year-olds is the anchor of CA’s summer programs and is offered for eight weeks of the summer. The Day Camp program is based on good old-fashioned summertime fun! Daily activities for 2022 may include: adventure, archery, arts and crafts, swimming (lessons and free swim) every day, paddle boarding (entering grade 2+), campfire program (songs, stories, community building), group games, tennis fun, music, and more. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $395 per week.
Grab your clubs and let’s hit the links! This camp provides five hours of professional instruction by Foothills Golf Course PGA teachers, three days on a par-3 course, and two days on a nine-hole course. All participants must wear collared shirts and tailored shorts. Participants must provide golf clubs, balls and tees. Balls are provided for the driving ranges. Players may not bring their own pull carts. Pull carts may be rented at Foothills for $3-4 per day.
Cost: $460
Instructor: Bob Ulrich
During Reading Adventures, campers spend the week working on the five essential components of effective reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, based on the Orton Gillingham approach. Campers have large group lessons, as well as breaking into small groups to practice various skills. The reading instruction is tied together through the use of book adventures, activities, crafts, games, and fun projects.
Cost: $420
Instructor: Penny Best & Tiffany Fitzwater
Get your child excited and ready for the big leap into first grade. Through activities, games, and crafts, we will brush up on skills learned in kindergarten and introduce new skills that children will learn their first few weeks in 1st grade. We will cover reading, writing, and math workshops to prepare your child for the rituals and routines they will encounter in their new school year. It is a wonderful week for children to build confidence, reconnect with old friends, and meet new classmates. This fun-filled week helps build the confidence of your first graders and prepares them for their year to come.
Cost: $400
Instructors: Eliza Spear & Amy Domokos
This is a wonderful opportunity for aspiring singers. You will learn about stage presence, microphone techniques, vocal qualities, vocal placement, and much more! Gain confidence as a performer and have lots of fun onstage. This intense summer camp will help you achieve a higher level of performance qualities and we will share our awesome singing abilities at the end of the week for family and friends.
Cost: $420
Instructor: Anita Boland
Have you ever wondered how the Denver Zoo designed Bear Mountain or the new African Penguin habitat? Are you curious how lions fare in Denver’s snowy winters, or how the zookeepers ensure the hooded Capuchins don’t escape from Monkey Island? If any of these questions keep you up at night, come find out! We visit the Denver Zoo, learning about different animal needs and how zookeepers take care of their animal population. Each student designs and builds their own zoo and becomes an expert on their chosen animal. The first session focuses on habitats, and the following week, we learn more about specific animals. Students can attend one or both weeks.
Cost: $460
Instructor: Ali Kittle
Coach Chris Sauthoff brings his kendo experience to this weeklong samurai camp for the third year. Join him for the beginning of your samurai journey. Make your own samurai sword, play games, learn the kendo tenets of discipline and respect, and learn how to apply a different form of swordplay to fencing!
Cost: $590
Instructor: Denver Fencing Center
Want to get your hands dirty and play with some clay? Claytime - Intro to Ceramics is the perfect summer camp class for anyone with a creative bug who wants to learn how to hand build pottery but also learn how to throw on the wheel! In this class you can expect to learn how to make coil pots, pinch pots, slab building, glazing, and an introduction to throwing on the pottery wheel! All of these techniques are used to make a variety of fun and interesting projects over the course of our time together! Come join us and play with some clay!
Cost: $480
Instructor: Becci Marzonie
Once upon a time, your favorite story book characters found themselves in sticky situations, and we can help! Using STEAM and engineering principles, we build a house to save the Three Little Pigs, design pulleys and levers to help Rapunzel, and much more! In this hands-on class, children discover how they save the world and create their very own enchanted ending.
Cost: $520
Instructor: Little Scholars
Escape rooms are growing in popularity across the country. We’ll visit some of Denver’s best escape rooms during this exciting week. We’ll use teamwork and clues embedded in the room to solve various puzzles and riddles to escape a series of rooms before our time runs out. Using inspiration from some of the great escapes in popular films, campers will create their very own escape rooms and cause-and-effect contraptions for others to try, if they dare. This camp is suitable for individuals who have completed one or two escape rooms. If you have completed more than two escape rooms, we recommend signing up for the Professional Escape camp!
Cost: $570
Instructor: Kathy Zolla
Do you love the idea of helping others? Do you like the idea of giving back to your community? We are looking for participants that are willing to think beyond their own needs and look to the needs of others. During this week, campers participate in various services in and around Denver. Activities may include, but are not restricted to: protecting and maintaining an open space park in the metro area, working with children, rescued animals, and helping out at the Ronald McDonald House. We work closely with the Volunteers of America. Our week ends with a trip to Elitch Gardens to celebrate our hard work.
*All participants must be fully vaccinated to participate in this program.
Cost: $430
Instructor: Kate MacKenzie
Forget the big box toy store. Put down the Legos. In this week-long camp, makers will explore a variety of building techniques to design and create the most awesome playthings. We will use tools, wood, and wheels to create rolling toys, stitch together dolls and stuffed animals, we’ll even use recycled materials to invent games and activities that will keep your child engaged long after camp is over. On the last day of camp we will collaborate to create a child run pop-up market for those who would like to sell their creations. Kids will learn about design, craftsmanship, safety, business, marketing, and more, all while having a blast.
Cost: $600
Instructor: Craftsman & Apprentice
Week 3: June 20-24 (Click here)
Morning Camps 9:00AM-12:00PM
This camp is open to beginner and intermediate players. Students learn chess strategy and tactics, as well as etiquette. Sign your budding chess player up for multiple sessions, because a new topic is taught during each session, and each week, throughout the summer. Depending on your child's ability and knowledge of the game, the instructor individualizes lessons so that all chess players are learning, being challenged, and playing at their level. The class is taught by National Master and five-time Denver Chess Champion Todd Bardwick.
Cost: $310
Instructor: Todd Bardwick
Athletes will learn the fundamentals of volleyball using proper techniques, including passing, serving, overhead hitting, and defensive skills.
Cost: $260
Instructor: Bob Ulrich
Step into the magical lands of the fairies, unicorns, and mermaids! Embark on a magical adventure…drawing, painting, sculpting, and crafting your way into imaginary worlds. Design fairy houses and mystical landscapes, create fairy crowns and magic wands.
Cost: $250
Instructor: Jessica Krueger
Come join our fun and knowledgeable Play-Well instructors as we use LEGO® to build and interact with our favorite fairy tales! Help Cinderella make it back before midnight, fly with Peter Pan and the Lost Boys, and ensure Alice outwits the Queen of Hearts. All we need is your creativity and a little magic to bring it all to life!
Cost: $220
Instructor: Play-Well TEKnologies
Kids learn to code by creating their own video games. Each camper works with a school laptop and with Scratch, an MIT-developed computer programming language for young people. Participants begin by learning the basic mechanics behind classic games such as Pac-Man and Super Mario Bros. They then spend the week inventing new games of their own. MindDance teachers provide inspiration and support as kids create and share their work. Participants experience a warm and social learning community that is hands-on, challenging, and fun. The Scratch programming language is free and web-based, allowing campers to work on their projects from home, long after camp is over, and to publish their work to the Scratch website. The camp is great for beginning and experienced coders.
Cost: $225
Instructors: Nick Wolf & MindDance Team
The ukulele has seen a surge in popularity recently due to its ease of play, portable size, and signature sound. Come learn a new instrument that has been featured recently in many popular songs. You’ll learn the notes and chords you need to play many of your favorite songs, old and new. Campers may use their own instrument, or borrow a ukulele from the instructor.
Cost: $240
Instructor: Phil Jones
Let’s make a wonderful mess of paper, fabric, cardboard, glue, glitter, and paint, then toss in some feathers or seashells—maybe even sand! There is no telling what will emerge! Each artist will sculpt their own beautiful beast to love.
Cost: $250
Instructor: Lori Worthman
Discover the art of movement. Learn a variety of group dances, improvisation, move, and have fun!
Cost: $250
Instructor: Isabella Ubertone
In Snapology's Science of Superpowers program, students explore the world of their favorite superheroes. Students learn about forces, energy, and problem solving as they build models inspired by Superman, Batman, and all their favorite heroes. Experimentation and fun are crucial components of this ‘super’ educational program!
Cost: $285
Instructor: Snapology
This camp is perfect for beginner through intermediate level swimmers! A great option for kids who need to learn how to swim or who know the basics but are looking to improve their swimming technique. Swimmers will be split into small groups based on their current skill level. At SwimLabs Littleton, we provide a fun, innovative way for kids to learn how to swim correctly, safely, and efficiently. With mirrors on the bottom of the pool, swimmers can instantly see how they are moving through the water. This instant feedback is combined with the guidance of our highly trained instructors who provide personalized swimming lessons for children of all ages.
When your kiddo enrolls in our swimming lessons, they benefit from innovative teaching technologies and a proven curriculum that prioritizes confidence and water safety. Our small, warm water pools help kids discover confidence while enjoying the water without the fear and distractions that can come with large, overcrowded swim classes.
Cost: $360
Instructor: Swim Labs
Is your child struggling to learn how to ride a bike? Through step-by-step engaging activities instructors will help them with their cycling. Our kid-friendly instructors provide a combination of personalized and group instruction to help overcome fears, teach important skills such as starting and stopping, and help them understand how to maneuver their bikes around obstacles. This may be the only lesson they will need! The fun, unique and proven instruction methods have helped hundreds of kids experience the joy of riding a bike.
*The vendor of this program requires all participants to be fully vaccinated.
Cost: $630
Instructors: REI Outdoor School
Let's go on an adventure in our reading camp. We will learn different syllable types and different sounds to help read and sound out words. We will also use our imagination as we read to make the stories come to life. We’ll read a different short story every day to end our day and enjoy a few arts and crafts. Join me on an adventure of fun and learning. We’ll use the OG reading system.
Cost: $240
Instructor: Lesa Deland
Racquetball is a fast, fun, lifetime sport that’s easy to learn and even more exciting to play. Join a club pro to learn fundamental racquetball skills and rules, and of course play lots of games. Players are grouped by ability and play in a variety of tournament formats. All participants will get gifts and prizes on tournament day A CA van takes players to a local club site each day.
Cost: $260
Instructor: Marcia Richards
Afternoon Camps 12:30PM-3:30PM
This camp is open to beginner and intermediate players. Students learn chess strategy and tactics, as well as etiquette. Sign your budding chess player up for multiple sessions, because a new topic is taught during each session, and each week, throughout the summer. Depending on your child's ability and knowledge of the game, the instructor individualizes lessons so that all chess players are learning, being challenged, and playing at their level. The class is taught by National Master and five-time Denver Chess Champion Todd Bardwick.
Cost: $310
Instructor: Todd Bardwick
Play your favorite PE games at camp. Join Coach Bob in the gym for floor hockey, badminton, speed soccer, dodgeball, scooter races and more! Let’s Play!
Cost: $260
Instructor: Bob Ulrich
In this exciting camp, young chefs will work together in cooking challenges inspired by favorite cooking TV shows such as Master Chef Jr, Kids Baking Championship, Chopped Jr, and Cutthroat Kitchen! We will learn how to use different cooking equipment and techniques, explore flavor pairings, and create tasty mouthwatering recipes from scratch each day!
Cost: $375
Instructor: Sticky Fingers Cooking
This camp is designed to allow students to study the art of Taekwondo in a positive learning environment that focuses on life skills such as respect and self-control. Each student will receive special instruction that will be appropriate to their skill/knowledge level. New students will begin by learning various techniques essential to the art of taekwondo. Ongoing students will continue to work towards new goals and expand on their leadership experience. During the week we will be working on many different Taekwondo drills and activities, as well as learning about respect for self and others, teamwork, self-defense, and fitness! At the beginning of the week, all students will earn a belt. Throughout the week, students will receive "stripes" on that belt, signifying the completion of certain activities, providing a fun goal for kids to work on during camp. This camp will be active fun for kids of all ages and experience levels with Martial Arts!
Cost: $250
Instructors: Nick Wolf
LEGO® Builders Assemble! We need you to come join our experienced Play-Well Instructors to save the world. We will use LEGO® to build our strongest Avengers to defeat Thanos, help Thor retrieve Mjolnir, swing through the city with Spider-Man, and tell Hulk to....Smash! Our journey will take us to battles on this world and beyond; are you up to the challenge?
Cost: $220
Instructor: Play-Well TEKnologies
There’s not a better place to camp than at camp! Learn to set up a tent, roll up a sleeping bag, and sing some camp songs. We’ll take hikes around campus, and learn survival techniques if you see a bear or wolf. A camping trip is never complete without a s’more, so we’ll finish each daily “campout” with a sweet camp treat!
Cost: $250
Instructor: Isabella Ubertone
To the Batcave LEGO® fans! Design your own superhero, create your own adventure, and build the cool new superhero sets. Have a blast as you create your own fantasy world of superheroes. What kind of superpowers do you have?
Cost: $285
Instructor: Snapology
Skiing and riding in the summer? No problem! Shredder’s professionally developed ski and board curriculum focuses on the technical aspects of skiing and riding. Campers will travel to Shredder’s indoor facility, located in Littleton, to strengthen their skills and sharpen their knowledge. This camp is open to beginning and intermediate levels and all equipment is provided.
Cost: $490
Instructor: Shredders
Spare, Strike, Turkey or Gutter Ball? Whether you are a seasoned bowler or a novice, spend an afternoon with us at a local bowling alley, playing a game that can be traced back to the Stone Age. This is an opportunity to improve your game or learn proper technique right from the beginning. Tuition includes transportation to and from the lanes, unlimited bowling and shoe rental.
Cost: $260
Instructor: TBD
Join Mad About Hoops for a week of circus skills, hula hoop tricks & choreography. Each day the kids will learn a new set of hoop tricks and put them into a dance. During the second half of class, kids will learn how to spin poi & juggle. On the last day, the middle schoolers will perform their new hula hoop dance routine.
Cost: $280
Instructor: Mad About Hoops
Let's go on an adventure in our reading camp. We will learn different syllable types and different sounds to help read and sound out words. We will also use our imagination as we read to make the stories come to life. We’ll read a different short story every day to end our day and enjoy a few arts and crafts. Join me on an adventure of fun and learning. We’ll use the OG reading system.
Cost: $240
Instructor: Lesa Deland
Full Day Camps 9:00AM-3:30PM
Calling all four-year-old’s for summer camp! Our Sunshine program is designed for four-year-old’s. Located in a campus facility specifically designed for this age group, our youngest campers participate in activities tailored to their needs. Daily activities are designed around our weekly themes. We maximize the ‘funshine’ with daily projects, arts and crafts, splash activities and much, much more! The Sunshine Program maintains a camper-to-staff ratio of 6:1. Campers may attend a 5-day week program, registering for one week, or multiple weeks. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $460 for 5-day week. $280 for 3-day week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday.)
The Rainbow Program is designed for children who will turn five by June 7 and will be kindergartners in the fall of 2022. Located in a campus facility specifically designed for this age group, campers participate in activities tailored to their needs. Daily activities for 2022 include: adventure, arts and crafts, drama, swimming (lessons, & free swim) every day, campfire program (songs, stories, community building), group games, tennis fun, music, and more. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $395 per week.
Day Camp for 6-year-olds to 13-year-olds is the anchor of CA’s summer programs and is offered for eight weeks of the summer. The Day Camp program is based on good old-fashioned summertime fun! Daily activities for 2022 may include: adventure, archery, arts and crafts, swimming (lessons and free swim) every day, paddle boarding (entering grade 2+), campfire program (songs, stories, community building), group games, tennis fun, music, and more. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $395 per week.
During Reading Adventures, campers spend the week working on the five essential components of effective reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, based on the Orton Gillingham approach. Campers have large group lessons, as well as breaking into small groups to practice various skills. The reading instruction is tied together through the use of book adventures, activities, crafts, games, and fun projects.
Cost: $420
Instructor: Penny Best & Tiffany Fitzwater
Have you ever wondered how the Denver Zoo designed Bear Mountain or the new African Penguin habitat? Are you curious how lions fare in Denver’s snowy winters or how the zookeepers ensure the hooded Capuchins don’t climb out of Monkey Island? If any of these questions keep you up at night, come find out! We’ll be visiting the Denver zoo, learning about different animal needs, and how Denver takes care of their animal population. Each student will be able to design and build their own zoos and become experts on their chosen animal. The first session we’ll focus on habitats and the following week we’ll learn more about specific animals. Students can come to one or the other, or both weeks.
Cost: $460
Instructor: Ali Kittle
Want to get your hands dirty and play with some clay? Claytime - Intro to Ceramics is the perfect summer camp class for anyone with a creative bug who wants to learn how to hand build pottery but also learn how to throw on the wheel! In this class you can expect to learn how to make coil pots, pinch pots, slab building, glazing, and an introduction to throwing on the pottery wheel! All of these techniques are used to make a variety of fun and interesting projects over the course of our time together! Come join us and play with some clay!
Cost: $480
Instructor: Becci Marzonie
Calling all wizard fans! This is like no other camp you have experienced. We will take a magical journey into the world of wizards. We will design wands, make magic potions, go on a magical creature hunt, play Quidditch, and participate in activities that will astound all Muggles.
Cost: $515
Instructor: Little Scholars
Do you love the idea of helping others? Do you like the idea of giving back to your community? We are looking for participants that are willing to think beyond their own needs and look to the needs of others. During this week, campers participate in various services in and around Denver. Activities may include, but are not restricted to: protecting and maintaining an open space park in the metro area, working with children, rescued animals, and helping out at the Ronald McDonald House. We work closely with the Volunteers of America. Our week ends with a trip to Elitch Gardens to celebrate our hard work.
*All participants must be fully vaccinated to participate in this program.
Cost: $430
Instructor: Kate MacKenzie
With limited budget and resources, campers take on mini individual design challenges. We will find inspiration from trips to fabric stores, home improvement and thrift stores, and other groovy places. Campers learn budgeting, use of basic tools, prototyping, patience, and much, much, more! Similar to our HGTV camp, this camp is designed to challenge the individual camper through daily challenges.
Cost: $420
Instructor: Erin Carlson
Learn how to tell incredible stories on stage with dance, pantomime, improvisation and teamwork with award-winning theater teacher Jason Lemire. In this full day, one-week class for Grades 3 - 9, students will spend the week learning to work together to tell dynamic stories with movement and imagination. Often funny, always fun, using movement to tell stories helps kids build confidence, teamwork and creativity. The session will culminate with a series of final performances, some rehearsed and others totally improvised. From young thespians looking to strengthen their onstage presence, to "non-theater" kids just looking to have fun and improve their ability to collaborate with others, this class is built for everyone!
Cost: $425
Instructor: Jason Lemire
Developed by a crew of crafty kids at Park Hill Elementary, our Space Craft Camp is out of this world! We'll explore all things outer space real and imagined as we use a variety of craft materials and techniques to create everything from space ships, planets, aliens and more. Think cardboard rockets, papier-mache planets, even astronaut and alien costumes. It's going to be a blast!
Cost: $600
Instructor: Craftsman & Apprentice
In this awesome camp, budding stars will invent, write, and perform an entire musical! We decide what the show will be about. Think superheroes, rock stars, or spies. Perhaps we will do a little time traveling? The sky's the limit in this camp! We'll also write our own songs and of course, perform our masterpiece on Friday.
Cost: $420
Instructor: Anita Boland
Week 4: June 27 - July 1 (Click here)
Morning Camps 9:00AM-12:00PM
This camp is open to beginner and intermediate players. Students learn chess strategy and tactics, as well as etiquette. Sign your budding chess player up for multiple sessions, because a new topic is taught during each session, and each week, throughout the summer. Depending on your child's ability and knowledge of the game, the instructor individualizes lessons so that all chess players are learning, being challenged, and playing at their level. The class is taught by National Master and five-time Denver Chess Champion Todd Bardwick.
Cost: $310
Instructor: Todd Bardwick
Want to sound amazing on piano rapidly? There are a few KEY elements you must conquer: notes, rhythm, movement, and chords will get you far. Be amazed at how quickly you can unlock them in this camp with a surefire way to learn to play piano. Recommended for beginner-intermediate levels.
Cost: $300
Instructor: Sound Formation
We invite you to join us for a week of princess fun. Celebrate your favorite Prince & Princesses with-themed crafts, games, and more.
Cost: $230
Instructor: Jessica Krueger
Kids learn to code by creating their own animated stories, music, and interactive art. Each participant works with a school laptop and with Scratch, an MIT-developed computer programming language for young people. Participants enjoy becoming creators rather than just consumers of digital content. MindDance teachers provide inspiration and support as kids create and share their work. Participants experience a warm and social learning community that is hands-on, challenging, and fun. The Scratch programming language is free and web-based, allowing campers to work on their projects from home, long after camp is over, and to publish their work to the Scratch website. The camp is great for beginning and experienced coders.
Cost: $225
Instructors: MindDance Team
In this fast paced class, you’ll be creating up to 4 stop motion movies. These will include dinosaurs, white board and toy car animations. And then you’ll get to make your own cartoon animation starring you and your voice! *Flix emailed within a month after camp ends.
Cost: $250
Instructor: Incrediflix
This class focuses on art that is ‘Melted’ and a return to an old favorite: Shrinky Dinks! Students design and shrink their drawings into jewelry or mini-masterpieces. Learn about encaustic printmaking, the exciting art form of glass fusing. Students create two fused projects to take home!
Cost: $250
Instructors: Jen Werner
These camps offer a solid foundation in skill development, and focus on the fundamentals of shooting and dribbling. Primarily stationary ball handling, dribbling off the move, form shooting, shooting off the catch and the dribble, live ball moves. Steve Hyatt, Colorado Academy's Boys Basketball head Coach, and current CA Varsity Players will teach fundamental basketball skills.
Cost: $260
Instructor: Steve Hyatt
Robotics inspired by Star Wars® and space travel! Come on an adventure, building and programming functional robots using LEGO® bricks in this super-fun program. Learn about space, space travel, and, of course, Star Wars®! Build different robots each day!
Cost: $285
Instructor: Snapology
This camp is perfect for beginner through intermediate level swimmers! A great option for kids who need to learn how to swim or who know the basics but are looking to improve their swimming technique. Swimmers will be split into small groups based on their current skill level. At SwimLabs Littleton, we provide a fun, innovative way for kids to learn how to swim correctly, safely, and efficiently. With mirrors on the bottom of the pool, swimmers can instantly see how they are moving through the water. This instant feedback is combined with the guidance of our highly trained instructors who provide personalized swimming lessons for children of all ages.
When your kiddo enrolls in our swimming lessons, they benefit from innovative teaching technologies and a proven curriculum that prioritizes confidence and water safety. Our small, warm water pools help kids discover confidence while enjoying the water without the fear and distractions that can come with large, overcrowded swim classes.
Cost: $360
Instructor: Swim Labs
Is your child struggling to learn how to ride a bike? Through step-by-step engaging activities instructors will help them with their cycling. Our kid-friendly instructors provide a combination of personalized and group instruction to help overcome fears, teach important skills such as starting and stopping, and help them understand how to maneuver their bikes around obstacles. This may be the only lesson they will need! The fun, unique and proven instruction methods have helped hundreds of kids experience the joy of riding a bike.
*The vendor of this program requires all participants to be fully vaccinated.
Cost: $630
Instructors: REI Outdoor School
In China there is a legend of a great soldier who saved the emperor and who saved all of China from the monstrous Hun army. This soldier was a girl named Mulan. She was never very good at her traditional “girl” responsibilities, and no matter what she tried she always ended up dishonoring her family. Until one day the army came for her aging father and Mulan took his place, breaking the law and pretending to be a boy so she could serve instead of him to protect his life. With the help of a lucky cricket, a wise-cracking dragon and a rag-tag group of soldiers, Mulan defies tradition, brings honor to her family and becomes the hero of China! This hilarious adaptation has fantastic roles for boys and girls!
Cost: $315
Instructor: KidStage
One of the summer’s most popular camps! Learn the fundamentals of designing and coding your own games using the Roblox Studio Editor to design, code, and create whatever you can imagine! Use Roblox Lua programming to develop new games or re-invent the classics! This camp is designed for kids who absolutely, positively love Roblox. Please make sure that your student sets up a Roblox account before the start of camp.
Cost: $345
Instructor: Silicon STEM Academy
Turn your kitchen into a lab with these experiments that you can do at home. See our Cool Blue Light and explore luminescence, make your own gooey worms, and make an Invisible Friend using chemistry. Of course, play with polymers. We’ll also make some kitchen chemistry that you can eat. Please note: this camp will include dairy and gluten and chocolate. It’s home science that teaches.
Cost: $310
Instructor: Science Matters
Let's go on an adventure in our reading camp. We will learn different syllable types and different sounds to help read and sound out words. We will also use our imagination as we read to make the stories come to life. We’ll read a different short story every day to end our day and enjoy a few arts and crafts. Join me on an adventure of fun and learning. We’ll use the OG reading system.
Cost: $240
Instructor: Lesa Deland
Afternoon Camps 12:30PM-3:30PM
This camp is open to beginner and intermediate players. Students learn chess strategy and tactics, as well as etiquette. Sign your budding chess player up for multiple sessions, because a new topic is taught during each session, and each week, throughout the summer. Depending on your child's ability and knowledge of the game, the instructor individualizes lessons so that all chess players are learning, being challenged, and playing at their level. The class is taught by National Master and five-time Denver Chess Champion Todd Bardwick.
Cost: $310
Instructor: Todd Bardwick
Explore the sounds of beautiful hand-percussion instruments originating from around the world. Experience a rich and rewarding camp full of fun rhythms, games, and performance pieces. Awaken your inner drummer and find out how fun it can be to groove with others.
Cost: $300
Instructor: Sound Formation
Kids experience the fun of combining coding and engineering. Each participant works with a school laptop and with Scratch, an MIT-developed coding language for young people. Campers use Scratch to create their own video games, musical devices, and interactive art. Next, they begin to think about how to integrate their projects with the physical world using a MicroBit. The Microbit, created by the Educational Foundation, is a small piece of hardware that campers can use as a controller, light and sound sensor, and much more. Finally, they get friends and teachers to try out their games and devices. MindDance teachers provide inspiration and support as kids create and share their work. Participants experience a warm and social learning community that is hands-on, challenging, and fun. The camp is great for beginning and experienced coders.
Cost: $225
Instructors: MindDance Team
In this fast paced class, you’ll be creating up to 4 stop motion movies. These will include dinosaurs, white board and toy car animations. And then you’ll get to make your own cartoon animation starring you and your voice! In this advanced class, students are given more instruction on how to create compelling stories and more independence to try ideas that may be more difficult. *Flix emailed within a month after camp ends.
Cost: $250
Instructor: Incrediflix
Each class will have a theme that weaves in a creative activity, along with poses, breathing, and games. We will make mandalas, express ourselves in a handmade sketchbook, and use our imaginations to inspire our art and yoga practice.
Cost: $250
Instructor: Jen Werner
If you love Star Wars®, this is the camp for you! Come participate in Star Wars®-themed activities, build scenes from the movie, build spaceships, lightsabers, you name it. May the Force be with you….
Cost: $285
Instructor: Snapology
In China there is a legend of a great soldier who saved the emperor and who saved all of China from the monstrous Hun army. This soldier was a girl named Mulan. She was never very good at her traditional “girl” responsibilities, and no matter what she tried she always ended up dishonoring her family. Until one day the army came for her aging father and Mulan took his place, breaking the law and pretending to be a boy so she could serve instead of him to protect his life. With the help of a lucky cricket, a wise-cracking dragon and a rag-tag group of soldiers, Mulan defies tradition, brings honor to her family and becomes the hero of China! This hilarious adaptation has fantastic roles for boys and girls!
Cost: $315
Instructor: KidStage
Calling all Minecrafters! If your camper loves Minecraft, then this camp is the one! Students learn how to create their own “mods” (short for modifying) to use in their Minecraft worlds. Using Java programming, campers create and design their own ores, tools, game weapons, and armor with Adobe Photoshop. This camp provides a stepping-stone to the World Creations Modding Camp.
Cost: $285
Instructor: Silicon STEM Academy
Send things flying through the air - spinning, floating, and flying. We will make a mini hovercraft and learn about color and frisbees. Fly the Big Mouth. And don’t forget about the catapults. Experiment with levers and make the best catapult. The Viking and the Mini Office Catapult. Note: Some projects may take two classes. We’ll also bring our Bristle Bots and create a racetrack/obstacle course for them to race down.
Cost: $310
Instructor: Science Matters
Let's go on an adventure in our reading camp. We will learn different syllable types and different sounds to help read and sound out words. We will also use our imagination as we read to make the stories come to life. We’ll read a different short story every day to end our day and enjoy a few arts and crafts. Join me on an adventure of fun and learning. We’ll use the OG reading system.
Cost: $240
Instructor: Lesa Deland
Full Day Camps 9:00AM-3:30PM
Calling all four-year-old’s for summer camp! Our Sunshine program is designed for four-year-old’s. Located in a campus facility specifically designed for this age group, our youngest campers participate in activities tailored to their needs. Daily activities are designed around our weekly themes. We maximize the ‘funshine’ with daily projects, arts and crafts, splash activities and much, much more! The Sunshine Program maintains a camper-to-staff ratio of 6:1. Campers may attend a 5-day week program, registering for one week, or multiple weeks. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $460 for 5-day week. $280 for 3-day week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday.)
The Rainbow Program is designed for children who will turn five by June 7 and will be kindergartners in the fall of 2022. Located in a campus facility specifically designed for this age group, campers participate in activities tailored to their needs. Daily activities for 2022 include: adventure, arts and crafts, drama, swimming (lessons, & free swim) every day, campfire program (songs, stories, community building), group games, tennis fun, music, and more. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $395 per week.
Day Camp for 6-year-olds to 13-year-olds is the anchor of CA’s summer programs and is offered for eight weeks of the summer. The Day Camp program is based on good old-fashioned summertime fun! Daily activities for 2022 may include: adventure, archery, arts and crafts, swimming (lessons and free swim) every day, paddle boarding (entering grade 2+), campfire program (songs, stories, community building), group games, tennis fun, music, and more. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $395 per week.
Curious how to make your own baked goods, crackers, and pastries from scratch? Aspiring bakers and chefs who love to get their hands dirty in the kitchen will love our Culinary Team Challenge Camp! Campers will learn the basics of baking breads, fresh pastas, muffins, cookies and more from scratch each day. Young chefs-in-training will also take on cooking challenges inspired from favorite cooking TV shows such as Master Chef Jr, Cupcake Wars, Chopped Jr, and Cutthroat Kitchen. We will learn how to use different cooking equipment and techniques, explore flavor pairing, and create tasty mouthwatering recipes throughout the week.
Cost: $700
Instructor: Sticky Fingers
During Reading Adventures, campers spend the week working on the five essential components of effective reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, based on the Orton Gillingham approach. Campers have large group lessons, as well as breaking into small groups to practice various skills. The reading instruction is tied together through the use of book adventures, activities, crafts, games, and fun projects.
Cost: $420
Instructor: Penny Best & Tiffany Fitzwater
Want to get your hands dirty and play with some clay? Claytime - Intro to Ceramics is the perfect summer camp class for anyone with a creative bug who wants to learn how to hand build pottery but also learn how to throw on the wheel! In this class you can expect to learn how to make coil pots, pinch pots, slab building, glazing, and an introduction to throwing on the pottery wheel! All of these techniques are used to make a variety of fun and interesting projects over the course of our time together! Come join us and play with some clay!
Cost: $480
Instructor: Becci Marzonie
Ahoy, Mates…let’s set sail on an adventure into the world of mermaids and pirates. Treasure hunts, sandcastle building, and mystical ocean discoveries await our pirates and mermaids. This adventure will dive deep into the music, arts, language development, and social skills- just don’t tell the real pirates!
Cost: $540
Instructor: Little Scholars
Learn to Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) with the ACA certified instructors from SurfSUP Colorado. This course has been developed by the American Canoe Association. Students will learn the basic paddling skills necessary to safely participate in this water sport, including paddle strokes, turning, bracing, and a thorough introduction to the safety issues involved, including self and group rescue. Free time is built into the schedule for self-directed SUP activities. All SUP equipment is provided. Swimming ability is required.
Cost: $550
Instructor: SurfSUP Colorado
Escape rooms are growing in popularity across the country. We’ll visit some of Denver’s best escape rooms during this exciting week. We’ll use teamwork and clues embedded in the room to solve various puzzles and riddles to escape a series of rooms before our time runs out. Using inspiration from some of the great escapes in popular films, campers will create their very own escape rooms and cause-and-effect contraptions for others to try, if they dare. This camp is suitable for individuals who have completed one or two escape rooms. If you have completed more than two escape rooms, we recommend signing up for the Professional Escape camp!
Cost: $570
Instructor: Kathy Zolla
Carnivals are all about having fun and what’s more fun than making your own DIY carnival?! In this week-long camp, makers will use cardboard, wood scraps and up-cycled materials to create all sorts of carnival-inspired crafts. In this super fun DIY camp, makers will flex their creative muscles while learning all about engineering, simple machines, design, and collaboration. Projects include:
-Cardboard mini-games (plinko, ball toss, etc, )
-Mini-carnival swing ride,
-Moving character puppets like trapeze artists and the strong man.
Cost: $600
Instructor: Craftsman & Apprentice
Spend the week searching for adventure in some of the more rustic parts of Colorado. Participate in a variety of outdoor activities, such as caving/spelunking, white water rafting, SUP/kayaking, and zip lining. Participants are challenged individually, but also learn how to trust and depend on other members of their group. Under the guidance and experience of trained leaders, the Adventure Seekers will have stories to tell about their exhilarating journeys into the wild. Activities are subject to change.
Cost: $625
Instructor: Mark Garcia
Week 5: July 5-8 (Click here) (4 Day Week: Tuesday-Friday)
Morning Camps 9:00AM-12:00PM
Welcome to the Sticky Fingers STEAM Creation Lab! Cooking and science are a match made in...the kitchen! Come join our STEAM camp to explore the many connections between cooking and Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math — with delectable dishes to create an amazing experience for all young chefs in training! We’ll be adding spice, subtracting boredom, and multiplying the fun to create culinary masterpieces. Young chefs will not only create delectable dishes but also conduct experiments with edible ingredients in this fascinating and delicious camp.
Cost: $300
Instructor: Sticky Fingers Cooking
In this class students learn basic wheel skills: centering, opening, pulling, shaping, trimming, finishing, and glazing. As a beginner, students make variations on the basic cylinder, such as mugs, vases, and bowls. Experienced artists will be challenged to hone their skills with more challenging projects. This is a great chance to learn the basics of the potter’s wheel in a relaxed, creative atmosphere. Artists also have a chance to explore the fundamentals of hand building with clay.
Cost: $210
Instructor: Sarah Vaeth
Get messy investigating the science of our world. We learn about colloids, polymers, solvents, solutions, and chemical reactions, by making ice cream, slime, crystals, lava, and the ultimate bubble recipe. Students have the opportunity to explore the science of color, pigments, and chromatography. Using kaleidoscopes and microscopes we explore the science of light and later delve into the physics of flight. There are also many opportunities to venture outdoors and enjoy nature.
Cost: $210
Instructor: Megan Zitron
Develop your core guitar skills or take your playing to the next level. Our approach makes sounding great on the guitar fun and easy. Learn chords, melodies, grooves, and riffs so you can make music with your friends. Guitars are provided.
Cost: $240
Instructor: Sound Formation
This camp is designed to allow students to study the art of Taekwondo in a positive learning environment that focuses on life skills such as respect and self-control. Each student will receive special instruction that will be appropriate to their skill/knowledge level. New students will begin by learning various techniques essential to the art of taekwondo. Ongoing students will continue to work towards new goals and expand on their leadership experience. During the week we will be working on many different Taekwondo drills and activities, as well as learning about respect for self and others, teamwork, self-defense, and fitness! At the beginning of the week, all students will earn a belt. Throughout the week, students will receive "stripes" on that belt, signifying the completion of certain activities, providing a fun goal for kids to work on during camp. This camp will be active fun for kids of all ages and experience levels with Martial Arts!
Cost: $200
Instructors: Nick Wolf
Calling all Minecrafters! If your camper loves Minecraft, then this camp is the one! Students learn how to create their own “mods” (short for modifying) to use in their Minecraft worlds. Using Java programming, campers create and design their own ores, tools, game weapons, and armor with Adobe Photoshop. This camp provides a stepping-stone to the World Creations Modding Camp.
Cost: $285
Instructor: Silicon STEM Academy
First half of the week is Animal Explorers and the second half is Discovering Dinosaurs! Animal Explorers: The animals living in our backyards or in our towns are very different from the animals in other parts of the world. While some animals have adapted to live in freezing temperatures, others have adapted to live in extremely hot and dry environments. In Snapology’s Animal Explorers class, students will learn where animals live and why an animal’s habitat is important for survival. Through stories, games, and building animals with DUPLO blocks, your little learner will be too busy exploring biomes of the world while gaining critical social and developmental skills without even realizing it! Discovering Dinosaurs: How is a Tyrannosaurus Rex different from a Triceratops? Is it just in their physical characteristics or is it also what they ate and when they lived? In Discovering Dinosaurs, your little paleontologists will explore what dinosaurs ate and when they lived while constructing their very own dinosaur model out of DUPLO blocks. Through stories, building, and games, your little learners will be busy exploring the prehistoric world while gaining critical social and developmental skills without even realizing it!
Cost: $230
Instructor: Snapology
You make ’em! You play ’em! Puzzles, races, treasure hunts, illusions, games—we can create whatever tickles our fancy!
Cost: $200
Instructor: Lori Worthman
Come experiment with cold water dyes! Learn how to create traditional tie-dye spirals as well as a variety of shibori folding, tying and clamping techniques. We’ll also have the chance to make silk batik pieces of art! CA provides the t-shirts and muslin for wall hangings. Campers are encouraged to bring specialty items provided they are 100% cotton, for example: sheets, pillow cases, special sized tee shirts and socks.
Cost: $210
Instructor: Becci Marzonie
Make Olaf's dream come true and help him discover all the fun you can have in the summer! Join us for crafts, activities, and games that are all inspired by the hit movie and the characters it introduced us to. We learn about snow to create our own snowmen, play games to celebrate Elsa's coronation, and explore the kingdom of Arendelle. (Note: Watching Frozen movies and short films will be part of our immersion into the wonderful world of Frozen.)
Cost: $200
Instructor: Shelly Arnold
This camp is perfect for beginner through intermediate level swimmers! A great option for kids who need to learn how to swim or who know the basics but are looking to improve their swimming technique. Swimmers will be split into small groups based on their current skill level. At SwimLabs Littleton, we provide a fun, innovative way for kids to learn how to swim correctly, safely, and efficiently. With mirrors on the bottom of the pool, swimmers can instantly see how they are moving through the water. This instant feedback is combined with the guidance of our highly trained instructors who provide personalized swimming lessons for children of all ages.
When your kiddo enrolls in our swimming lessons, they benefit from innovative teaching technologies and a proven curriculum that prioritizes confidence and water safety. Our small, warm water pools help kids discover confidence while enjoying the water without the fear and distractions that can come with large, overcrowded swim classes.
Cost: $288
Instructor: Swim Labs
Afternoon Camps 12:30PM-3:30PM
In this class students learn basic wheel skills: centering, opening, pulling, shaping, trimming, finishing, and glazing. As a beginner, students make variations on the basic cylinder, such as mugs, vases, and bowls. Experienced artists will be challenged to hone their skills with more challenging projects. This is a great chance to learn the basics of the potter’s wheel in a relaxed, creative atmosphere. Artists also have a chance to explore the fundamentals of hand building with clay.
Cost: $210
Instructor: Sarah Vaeth
Get messy investigating the science of our world. We learn about colloids, polymers, solvents, solutions, and chemical reactions, by making ice cream, slime, crystals, lava, and the ultimate bubble recipe. Students have the opportunity to explore the science of color, pigments, and chromatography. Using kaleidoscopes and microscopes we explore the science of light and later delve into the physics of flight. There are also many opportunities to venture outdoors and enjoy nature.
Cost: $210
Instructor: Megan Zitron
Do your kids enjoy performances like Cirque Du Soleil and The Greatest Showman? Then our Hula Hooping and Carnival Arts Camp will be perfect for them. Each day, the kids will learn cool hoop tricks, play fun hula hoop inspired games and engage in partner moves. Afterwards, the kids will work on juggling and stilt walking with cups! Children will also learn how to make silly balloon animals with their instructor. On the last day, the kids will put on a class performance and get their face painted.
Cost: $225
Instructor: Mad About Hoops
Develop your core guitar skills or take your playing to the next level. Our approach makes sounding great on the guitar fun and easy. Learn chords, melodies, grooves, and riffs so you can make music with your friends. Guitars are provided.
Cost: $240
Instructor: Sound Formation
For budding or experienced artists alike, this camp takes them to beautiful locations in the Denver area to tap into our inner Monet! We will experience plein-air and nature drawing, landscapes, architectural drawings, and portraits. Students can try materials and techniques like charcoal, pencil, ink, pastels, watercolor, zentangle, and perspective, as well as experimenting with nontraditional materials.
Cost: $230
Instructor: Sara Monterroso
Kids learn to code by creating their own animated stories, music, and interactive art. Each participant works with a school laptop and with Scratch, an MIT-developed computer programming language for young people. Participants enjoy becoming creators rather than just consumers of digital content. MindDance teachers provide inspiration and support as kids create and share their work. Participants experience a warm and social learning community that is hands-on, challenging, and fun. The Scratch programming language is free and web-based, allowing campers to work on their projects from home, long after camp is over, and to publish their work to the Scratch website. The camp is great for beginning and experienced coders.
Cost: $200
Instructors: Nick Wolf & MindDance Team
The possibilities are endless as campers explore robotics and programming with Sphero BOLT! Packed with programmable sensors and a colorful LED light matrix, this popular robotic ball will keep campers engaged as they learn to aim and drive their new robot, use the light matrix to display characters or play games, and even talk to other Sphero BOLTs using infrared communication. Come develop a love of robotics, coding, and STEM fundamentals in this fun new camp.
Cost: $325
Instructor: Silicon STEM Academy
In Snapology’s Pokémania program, students explore the Pokémon world and practice their Pokémon training skills! They create their own training gyms, unique battles, and even their very own generation of Pokémon. Your student also explores some real-world science as they examine the habitats, characteristics, and needs of different Pokémon. They do more than catch ‘em all, they build and examine them all very closely and have a blast doing so!
Cost: $230
Instructor: Snapology
Spare, Strike, Turkey or Gutter Ball? Whether you are a seasoned bowler or a novice, spend an afternoon with us at a local bowling alley, playing a game that can be traced back to the Stone Age. This is an opportunity to improve your game or learn proper technique right from the beginning. Tuition includes transportation to and from the lanes, unlimited bowling and shoe rental.
Cost: $220
Instructor: TBD
Make Olaf's dream come true and help him discover all the fun you can have in the summer! Join us for crafts, activities, and games that are all inspired by the hit movie and the characters it introduced us to. We learn about snow to create our own snowmen, play games to celebrate Elsa's coronation, and explore the kingdom of Arendelle. (Note: Watching Frozen movies and short films will be part of our immersion into the wonderful world of Frozen.)
Cost: $200
Instructor: Shelly Arnold
Full Day Camps 9:00AM-3:30PM
Calling all four-year-old’s for summer camp! Our Sunshine program is designed for four-year-old’s. Located in a campus facility specifically designed for this age group, our youngest campers participate in activities tailored to their needs. Daily activities are designed around our weekly themes. We maximize the ‘funshine’ with daily projects, arts and crafts, splash activities and much, much more! The Sunshine Program maintains a camper-to-staff ratio of 6:1. Campers may attend a 5-day week program, registering for one week, or multiple weeks. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $460 for 5-day week. $280 for 3-day week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday.)
The Rainbow Program is designed for children who will turn five by June 7 and will be kindergartners in the fall of 2022. Located in a campus facility specifically designed for this age group, campers participate in activities tailored to their needs. Daily activities for 2022 include: adventure, arts and crafts, drama, swimming (lessons, & free swim) every day, campfire program (songs, stories, community building), group games, tennis fun, music, and more. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $395 per week.
Day Camp for 6-year-olds to 13-year-olds is the anchor of CA’s summer programs and is offered for eight weeks of the summer. The Day Camp program is based on good old-fashioned summertime fun! Daily activities for 2022 may include: adventure, archery, arts and crafts, swimming (lessons and free swim) every day, paddle boarding (entering grade 2+), campfire program (songs, stories, community building), group games, tennis fun, music, and more. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $395 per week.
Experience a week that offers the chance to immerse yourself in nature! Observe live animals, explore hands-on displays and a Touch Table, enjoy animal and bird exhibits, and hike trails searching for hundreds of species of wildlife with outdoor scavenger hunts, games, and activities. Get wild and fill out your Passport to Nature while you explore area parks and nature centers. Required equipment: daypack, walking shoes, filled water bottles, sunscreen, insect repellant, a hat, and sunglasses.
Cost: $370
Instructor: Kate Hogan with Denver Audubon
Prepare for a full-day LEGO® camp packed with hands-on and minds-on STEM fun! First, build projects inspired by cool machines while applying real-world concepts in physics, engineering, and architecture. Then, journey into the Minecraft universe to Engineer and Craft innovative solutions in this full-day themed engineering camp for LEGO® fanatics!
Cost: $355
Instructor: Play-Well TEKnologies
In this camp, kids will learn the basics of architecture including drawing, designing, and creating structures and buildings. Design the home of your dreams, discover the inspiration for famous buildings and bridges, or plan a new roller coaster for your favorite theme park. Unleash your inner ART-chitect with us this summer.
Cost: $460
Instructor: Little Scholars
With limited budget and resources, campers take on mini individual design challenges. We will find inspiration from trips to fabric stores, home improvement and thrift stores, and other groovy places. Campers learn budgeting, use of basic tools, prototyping, patience, and much, much, more! Similar to our HGTV camp, this camp is designed to challenge the individual camper through daily challenges.
Cost: $340
Instructor: Erin Carlson
Bike where no car has been. Explore pristine paths. Push your personal limits. REI Guides teach basic mountain biking techniques, including shifting, braking, ascending, descending, and maneuvering around obstacles. Guides have current PMBIA training, Wilderness First Aid, and CPR certifications. All gear, including mountain bikes, is provided. Join us to ride some of the fantastic trails in the foothills, including Village Greens Park, Bear Creek Lake Park, and Flatirons Vista.
Cost: $800
Instructor: REI
This complete introduction to rock climbing, five day camp, takes first timers or those new to rock climbing and introduces them to the wonderful sport of rock climbing. Learn to climb like a rock star by building a solid foundation of the knowledge, skills, and movement required to get into the sport. We will cover gear, belaying, rappelling, various types of movement and following lead climbers. Potential climbing areas over the five days include Clear Creek Canyon, Table Mountain, Boulder Canyon, and The Flatirons. This week is perfect for those who have enjoyed climbing indoors and want to learn how to enjoy the outdoors on rock. Cost includes all climbing gear.
Cost: $720
Instructor: Colorado Mountain School
Make the most of your summer by exploring the diverse ecosystems that Colorado has to offer! Each day, you explore a new area in Colorado’s Front Range, where you get the chance to experience indoor and outdoor rock climbing, go “sledding” on a glacier, and get your feet wet paddling at a local reservoir. As a part of our Mountain Explorers Camp, you get the chance to explore the varied activities and types of terrain that make Colorado so unique and special. You make a field journal, learn about the '10 Essentials' and Leave No Trace wilderness ethics, build “survival” shelters, and gain some of the necessary skills to safely play in the mountains for years to come!
Cost: $740
Instructor: Colorado Mountain Club
Spend the week searching for adventure in some of the more rustic parts of Colorado. Participate in a variety of outdoor activities, such as caving/spelunking, white water rafting, SUP/kayaking, and zip lining. Participants are challenged individually, but also learn how to trust and depend on other members of their group. Under the guidance and experience of trained leaders, the Adventure Seekers will have stories to tell about their exhilarating journeys into the wild. Activities are subject to change.
Cost: $500
Instructor: TBD
Week 6: July 11-15 (Click here)
Morning Camps 9:00AM-12:00PM
This camp is open to beginner and intermediate players. Students learn chess strategy and tactics, as well as etiquette. Sign your budding chess player up for multiple sessions, because a new topic is taught during each session, and each week, throughout the summer. Depending on your child's ability and knowledge of the game, the instructor individualizes lessons so that all chess players are learning, being challenged, and playing at their level. The class is taught by National Master and five-time Denver Chess Champion Todd Bardwick.
Cost: $310
Instructor: Todd Bardwick
In China there is a legend of a great soldier who saved the emperor and who saved all of China from the monstrous Hun army. This soldier was a girl named Mulan. She was never very good at her traditional “girl” responsibilities, and no matter what she tried she always ended up dishonoring her family. Until one day the army came for her aging father and Mulan took his place, breaking the law and pretending to be a boy so she could serve instead of him to protect his life. With the help of a lucky cricket, a wise-cracking dragon and a rag-tag group of soldiers, Mulan defies tradition, brings honor to her family and becomes the hero of China! This hilarious adaptation has fantastic roles for boys and girls!
Cost: $315
Instructor: KidStage
Aspiring bakers who love to get their hands sticky in the kitchen will love this camp! Young chefs will learn the basics of scratch-baking and how to make everything from bread to fresh pastas, muffins to cookies, and more! In class, we use all portable baking equipment and tools, and each recipe can be recreated at home in your oven for more baking fun! Young chefs will love creating sweet AND savory baked goods in this tasty, engaging, and imaginative camp! Come and cook up some awesomely tasty morning recipes with us this summer!
Cost: $375
Instructor: Sticky Fingers Cooking
In this class students learn basic wheel skills: centering, opening, pulling, shaping, trimming, finishing, and glazing. As a beginner, students make variations on the basic cylinder, such as mugs, vases, and bowls. Experienced artists will be challenged to hone their skills with more challenging projects. This is a great chance to learn the basics of the potter’s wheel in a relaxed, creative atmosphere. Artists also have a chance to explore the fundamentals of hand building with clay.
Cost: $260
Instructor: Sarah Vaeth
Yes, we still make slime and get messy. But there’s more! Let’s explore the connection between magnetism and electricity, learn about potential and kinetic energy using roller coaster tracks, and investigate forces and motion. We also go back in time and explore the Geologic Time Scale, create fossils, identify rocks in the rock cycle, and crack open a few geodes. There are also many opportunities to enjoy the outdoors and explore the campus.
Cost: $260
Instructor: Megan Zitron
Math: Achievement oriented, this program provides an opportunity for younger students to improve their academic skills in math. Instruction is tailored to the needs of each student and offers pre-testing and development of an individualized academic plan, with a final report of goals achieved and areas needing further attention.
Reading: Achievement oriented, this program provides an opportunity for younger students to improve their academic skills in reading. Instruction is tailored to the needs of each student and offers pre-testing and the development of an individualized academic plan with a final report of goals achieved and areas needing further attention.
Cost: $520 (Two weeks)
Instructor: Eliza Spear
We invite you to join us for a week of princess fun. Celebrate your favorite Prince & Princesses with-themed crafts, games, and more.
Cost: $250
Instructor: Jessica Krueger
Denver Fencing Center is excited to offer a half-day camp for our littlest fencers! Little Fencers Camp introduces students to the sport of fencing in a safe and fun environment. This camp focuses on basic fencing knowledge and encourages students to try a new sport without the pressure of competition. Fencers use lightweight, plastic equipment that is specifically designed for kids.
Cost: $330
Instructor: Denver Fencing Center
Have you ever wanted to develop your own video game? Then 2D Arcade Game Design using FlowLab Game Creator is the camp for you! This is where 2D game creation gets real. Learn how to make arcade-style games of your own creation similar to Mario Bros, Space Invaders, Frogger and much more. Learn logical skills used in the tech industry including variables, controls, and functions. Students will be able to share their games to iOS, Android, and Windows platforms for friends to play.
Cost: $345
Instructor: Silicon STEM Academy
These camps offer a solid foundation in skill development, and focus on the fundamentals of shooting and dribbling. Primarily stationary ball handling, dribbling off the move, form shooting, shooting off the catch and the dribble, live ball moves. Steve Hyatt, Colorado Academy's Boys Basketball head Coach, and current CA Varsity Players will teach fundamental basketball skills.
Cost: $260
Instructor: Steve Hyatt
Are you ready for a challenge? Snapology’s S.T.E.A.M. Survivor program puts your student’s design, building, and critical-thinking skills to the test! They are given daily challenges for which they must design functional solutions with their teammates! They earn survivor bucks when they perform well, and they can use those survivor bucks to purchase supplies or prizes throughout the camp. The goal of this program is to encourage our students to carefully work through the engineering design process to see how they can design with a purpose.
Cost: $285
Instructor: Snapology
Daily superhero costumes are encouraged at this camp where caped crusaders will build a spider web and learn to climb through it, melt ice with laser vision, and strength train. That’s not all! Campers will shoot a rocket through a hoop, run at lightning speed, solve puzzles like Super Girl, karate chop a bad guy, and climb through a tunnel. By the end of camp you’ll be prepared to be a light in the universe.
Cost: $250
Instructor: Isabella Ubertone
Come experiment with cold water dyes! Learn how to create traditional tie-dye spirals as well as a variety of shibori folding, tying and clamping techniques. We’ll also have the chance to make silk batik pieces of art! CA provides the t-shirts and muslin for wall hangings. Campers are encouraged to bring specialty items provided they are 100% cotton, for example: sheets, pillow cases, special sized tee shirts and socks.
Cost: $260
Instructor: Becci Marzonie
Let's go on an adventure in our reading camp. We will learn different syllable types and different sounds to help read and sound out words. We will also use our imagination as we read to make the stories come to life. We’ll read a different short story every day to end our day and enjoy a few arts and crafts. Join me on an adventure of fun and learning. We’ll use the OG reading system.
Cost: $240
Instructor: Lesa Deland
Each class is filled with self-defense techniques, wrapped around fun games and skills. Campers build leadership skills and confidence. Daily classes focus on cooperation, planning, goal setting and respect while learning real and actionable self-defense skills.
Cost: $400 (2 Week Camp, AM) (Weeks 6&7)
Instructor: Colorado Krav Maga
Afternoon Camps 12:30PM-3:30PM
This camp is open to beginner and intermediate players. Students learn chess strategy and tactics, as well as etiquette. Sign your budding chess player up for multiple sessions, because a new topic is taught during each session, and each week, throughout the summer. Depending on your child's ability and knowledge of the game, the instructor individualizes lessons so that all chess players are learning, being challenged, and playing at their level. The class is taught by National Master and five-time Denver Chess Champion Todd Bardwick.
Cost: $310
Instructor: Todd Bardwick
In China there is a legend of a great soldier who saved the emperor and who saved all of China from the monstrous Hun army. This soldier was a girl named Mulan. She was never very good at her traditional “girl” responsibilities, and no matter what she tried she always ended up dishonoring her family. Until one day the army came for her aging father and Mulan took his place, breaking the law and pretending to be a boy so she could serve instead of him to protect his life. With the help of a lucky cricket, a wise-cracking dragon and a rag-tag group of soldiers, Mulan defies tradition, brings honor to her family and becomes the hero of China! This hilarious adaptation has fantastic roles for boys and girls!
Cost: $315
Instructor: KidStage
In this class students learn basic wheel skills: centering, opening, pulling, shaping, trimming, finishing, and glazing. As a beginner, students make variations on the basic cylinder, such as mugs, vases, and bowls. Experienced artists will be challenged to hone their skills with more challenging projects. This is a great chance to learn the basics of the potter’s wheel in a relaxed, creative atmosphere. Artists also have a chance to explore the fundamentals of hand building with clay.
Cost: $260
Instructor: Sarah Vaeth
Yes, we still make slime and get messy. But there’s more! Let’s explore the connection between magnetism and electricity, learn about potential and kinetic energy using roller coaster tracks, and investigate forces and motion. We also go back in time and explore the Geologic Time Scale, create fossils, identify rocks in the rock cycle, and crack open a few geodes. There are also many opportunities to enjoy the outdoors and explore the campus.
Cost: $260
Instructor: Megan Zitron
Do your kids enjoy performances like Cirque Du Soleil and The Greatest Showman? Then our Hula Hooping and Carnival Arts Camp will be perfect for them. Each day, the kids will learn cool hoop tricks, play fun hula hoop inspired games and engage in partner moves. Afterwards, the kids will work on juggling and stilt walking with cups! Children will also learn how to make silly balloon animals with their instructor. On the last day, the kids will put on a class performance and get their face painted.
Cost: $280
Instructor: Mad About Hoops
Math: Developing computation skills and understanding basic math processes are the major components of the math program. At the first class meeting, students are tested and a personalized plan is developed for each student. Upon completion, a final report is prepared that includes goals achieved and areas needing further attention.
Reading: Students learn to be active participants in the reading process while focusing on comprehension and decoding skills. The program includes: vocabulary development; book analysis and discussion; summary writing and main idea identification; conclusion, and inference skills.
Cost: $520 (Two weeks)
Instructor: Eliza Spear
Minecrafters Unite! If your camper loves Minecraft, then this camp will take their skills to the next level by teaching them how to create and design their own “mods” (short for modifying) to use in their Minecraft worlds. Using Java programming, campers learn how to customize their Minecraft games by designing their new foods, blocks, and biomes with Adobe Photoshop. This camp meshes perfectly with the Character Customizations Modding Camp.
Cost: $345
Instructor: Silicon STEM Academy
Get your craft on! Join the fun in this magical mix of making things from a random bunch of found stuff! We make magic tricks, puzzles, games, illusions, creatures, treasures, and art. Using everything from tin foil to dough, socks to cereal boxes, we conjure up things that spin, things that fly, things that rhyme, or trick the eye!
Cost: $250
Instructor: Lori Worthman
All About Animals: What makes a bird a bird? How does a caterpillar become a butterfly? Did you know that reptiles are the oldest creatures on the planet? Jr. Scientists: All About Animals invites your little zoologists to analyze birds, construct their way through the butterfly life cycle, build reptiles, and examine insects with the K'NEX® Organisms and Life Cycles™ Kit. Your child will be too busy exploring the animal world to realize that they are gaining critical social and developmental skills. Creature Creator Robotics: In Snapology's Creature Creator Robotics class, your animal lover will create their own animal-inspired robotic models. Students will learn about gear ratio, sensors, simple machines, and programming as they build insects, dolphins, gorillas, and much more. Your child is sure to have a wild time as they build, learn, and play!
Cost: $285
Instructor: Snapology
A star is born! Join us for a special beginner’s introduction to music notation and song writing. Budding Mozarts will learn to read and write basic musical notation by hand. Plus explore melodious musical instruments such as the piano, recorder, ukulele, and pennywhistles, as well as voice and percussion instruments. No musical background needed.
Cost: $250
Instructor: Isabella Ubertone
Parkour is an art of movement in which you train the body and mind to overcome obstacles. Come learn to jump, run, climb, and play at one of the largest parkour gyms in America. Students learn the basics of parkour, including landing, rolling, jumping, precision, balance, vaulting, climbing, and swinging. Parkour challenges students both physically and mentally. Students stay highly active during class, engaging in creative drills and games in a fun and safe environment.
Cost: $480
Instructors: Apex Movement
Join Mad About Hoops for a week of circus skills, hula hoop tricks & choreography. Each day the kids will learn a new set of hoop tricks and put them into a dance. During the second half of class, kids will learn how to spin poi & juggle. On the last day, the middle schoolers will perform their new hula hoop dance routine.
Cost: $280
Instructor: Mad About Hoops
Let's go on an adventure in our reading camp. We will learn different syllable types and different sounds to help read and sound out words. We will also use our imagination as we read to make the stories come to life. We’ll read a different short story every day to end our day and enjoy a few arts and crafts. Join me on an adventure of fun and learning. We’ll use the OG reading system.
Cost: $240
Instructor: Lesa Deland
This camp is perfect for beginner through intermediate level swimmers! A great option for kids who need to learn how to swim or who know the basics but are looking to improve their swimming technique. Swimmers will be split into small groups based on their current skill level. At SwimLabs Littleton, we provide a fun, innovative way for kids to learn how to swim correctly, safely, and efficiently. With mirrors on the bottom of the pool, swimmers can instantly see how they are moving through the water. This instant feedback is combined with the guidance of our highly trained instructors who provide personalized swimming lessons for children of all ages.
When your kiddo enrolls in our swimming lessons, they benefit from innovative teaching technologies and a proven curriculum that prioritizes confidence and water safety. Our small, warm water pools help kids discover confidence while enjoying the water without the fear and distractions that can come with large, overcrowded swim classes.
Cost: $360
Instructor: Swim Labs
Full Day Camps 9:00AM-3:30PM
Calling all four-year-old’s for summer camp! Our Sunshine program is designed for four-year-old’s. Located in a campus facility specifically designed for this age group, our youngest campers participate in activities tailored to their needs. Daily activities are designed around our weekly themes. We maximize the ‘funshine’ with daily projects, arts and crafts, splash activities and much, much more! The Sunshine Program maintains a camper-to-staff ratio of 6:1. Campers may attend a 5-day week program, registering for one week, or multiple weeks. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $460 for 5-day week. $280 for 3-day week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday.)
The Rainbow Program is designed for children who will turn five by June 7 and will be kindergartners in the fall of 2022. Located in a campus facility specifically designed for this age group, campers participate in activities tailored to their needs. Daily activities for 2022 include: adventure, arts and crafts, drama, swimming (lessons, & free swim) every day, campfire program (songs, stories, community building), group games, tennis fun, music, and more. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $395 per week.
Day Camp for 6-year-olds to 13-year-olds is the anchor of CA’s summer programs and is offered for eight weeks of the summer. The Day Camp program is based on good old-fashioned summertime fun! Daily activities for 2022 may include: adventure, archery, arts and crafts, swimming (lessons and free swim) every day, paddle boarding (entering grade 2+), campfire program (songs, stories, community building), group games, tennis fun, music, and more. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $395 per week.
Denver Chamber Music Camp is open to strings playing students of all ages who are at the following playing levels:
Violin: Suzuki Book 4 or Equivalent
Viola: Suzuki Book 2 or Equivalent
Cello: Suzuki Book 3 or Equivalent
Students also need to have basic music-reading skills. A day at chamber camp includes a coaching session with your assigned chamber ensemble; an enrichment class, including theory, ear training, music history, and more; and orchestra. The orchestra plays everything from Bach to Rock and will perform all these different genres at the final concert on Friday, July 12 at noon. All parents and friends are invited. All classes are taught by Denver professional musicians.
Cost: $445
During Reading Adventures, campers spend the week working on the five essential components of effective reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, based on the Orton Gillingham approach. Campers have large group lessons, as well as breaking into small groups to practice various skills. The reading instruction is tied together through the use of book adventures, activities, crafts, games, and fun projects.
Cost: $420
Instructor: Penny Best & Tiffany Fitzwater
Immerse yourself in an itty-bitty world with stories of our tiny giants, the invertebrates. Experience bugs like you never have before, with field trips to a local bee farm, the Butterfly Pavilion, and Chatfield Farms. Even get an up-close look from special guests, like the CSU Bug Zoo and the Colorado Beekeepers Association. Learning activities include art projects, bug catching, and even getting to take home your own bug pet. BEE-there or BEE square! Required equipment: daypack, snacks (lunch provided), walking shoes, filled water bottles, sunscreen, insect repellant, hat, and sunglasses.
Cost: $440
Instructor: Megan Schulz/Denver Audubon
Did you know six percent of the Earth is covered by rainforest? Slither with us through this diverse ecosystem as we explore the animals, creatures, and unique environment of the rainforest! Conduct experiments and create crafts focused on life in and below the canopy.
Cost: $520
Instructor: Little Scholars
Bike where no car has been. Explore pristine paths. Push your personal limits. REI Guides teach basic mountain biking techniques, including shifting, braking, ascending, descending, and maneuvering around obstacles. Guides have current PMBIA training, Wilderness First Aid, and CPR certifications. All gear, including mountain bikes, is provided. Join us to ride some of the fantastic trails in the foothills, including Village Greens Park, Bear Creek Lake Park, and Flatirons Vista.
*The vendor of this program requires all participants to be fully vaccinated.
Cost: $950
Instructor: REI
Crack! Welcome to the wonder-filled world of Harry Potter, where you can become the wizard you have always known you are. Discover which house you belong to, find the wand that chooses you, and become a master potion maker—all while competing for the house cup. (Note: Watching the Harry Potter movies will be part of our immersion into the magical world of Harry Potter.)
Cost: $410
Instructor: Shelly Arnold
This complete introduction to rock climbing, five day camp, takes first timers or those new to rock climbing and introduces them to the wonderful sport of rock climbing. Learn to climb like a rock star by building a solid foundation of the knowledge, skills, and movement required to get into the sport. We will cover gear, belaying, rappelling, various types of movement and following lead climbers. Potential climbing areas over the five days include Clear Creek Canyon, Table Mountain, Boulder Canyon, and The Flatirons. This week is perfect for those who have enjoyed climbing indoors and want to learn how to enjoy the outdoors on rock. Cost includes all climbing gear.
Cost: $900
Instructor: Colorado Mountain School
Learn to Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) with the ACA certified instructors from SurfSUP Colorado. This course has been developed by the American Canoe Association. Students will learn the basic paddling skills necessary to safely participate in this water sport, including paddle strokes, turning, bracing, and a thorough introduction to the safety issues involved, including self and group rescue. Free time is built into the schedule for self-directed SUP activities. All SUP equipment is provided. Swimming ability is required.
Cost: $550
Instructor: SurfSUP Colorado
*Camper must be at least 5 years of age
Our Summer Horse Camp program offers in-depth education for kids and teens. Campers join us for horseback riding lessons each day, unmounted education in safety and animal husbandry, horse and pony care, equine anatomy, equestrian sports, horsemanship and horse related art projects. Campers are divided by age and ability (beginner, intermediate, advanced riders).
Cost: $950
Instructor: Colorado Equestrian Center
Week 7: July 18-22 (Click here)
Morning Camps 9:00AM-12:00PM
This camp is open to beginner and intermediate players. Students learn chess strategy and tactics, as well as etiquette. Sign your budding chess player up for multiple sessions, because a new topic is taught during each session, and each week, throughout the summer. Depending on your child's ability and knowledge of the game, the instructor individualizes lessons so that all chess players are learning, being challenged, and playing at their level. The class is taught by National Master and five-time Denver Chess Champion Todd Bardwick.
Cost: $310
Instructor: Todd Bardwick
Get messy investigating the science of our world. We learn about colloids, polymers, solvents, solutions, and chemical reactions, by making ice cream, slime, crystals, lava, and the ultimate bubble recipe. Students have the opportunity to explore the science of color, pigments, and chromatography. Using kaleidoscopes and microscopes we explore the science of light and later delve into the physics of flight. There are also many opportunities to venture outdoors and enjoy nature.
Cost: $260
Instructor: Megan Zitron
Math: Achievement oriented, this program provides an opportunity for younger students to improve their academic skills in math. Instruction is tailored to the needs of each student and offers pre-testing and development of an individualized academic plan, with a final report of goals achieved and areas needing further attention.
Reading: Achievement oriented, this program provides an opportunity for younger students to improve their academic skills in reading. Instruction is tailored to the needs of each student and offers pre-testing and the development of an individualized academic plan with a final report of goals achieved and areas needing further attention.
Cost: $520 (Two weeks)
Instructor: Eliza Spear
Gymnastics helps build strength, flexibility, and coordination; it is also a confidence-builder and an excellent way to cross-train. In this concentrated week of athletic training, coaches will assess individual skill levels and tailor coaching to participants’ personal needs and goals. Campers learn how to safely use gymnastics equipment, improve existing strengths, and tackle new, challenging skills! You’ll flip for this exciting camp!
Cost: $280
Instructor: Golden Gymnastics
Practice letter identification, name writing, number recognition, and basic math skills. Develop social skills through play, practice gross motor development and refine fine motor skills using various tools such as pencils, markers, paintbrushes, scissors and MORE! They’ll have so much they won’t even realize they’re learning!
Cost: $250
Instructor: Jessica Krueger
This is the way! Get ready to embark on your LEGO® Mandalorian Training Journey as we defend the Wookies on Kashyyyk, repair the Rebel shield generator on Hoth, and rescue Baby Yoda from Moff Gideon. Come explore a galaxy far, far away with the help of an experienced Play-Well instructor and learn which "Force" is actually with us!
Cost: $220
Instructor: Play-Well TEKnologies
Kids experience the fun of combining coding and engineering. Each participant works with a school laptop and with Scratch, an MIT-developed coding language for young people. Campers use Scratch to create their own video games, musical devices, and interactive art. Next, they begin to think about how to integrate their projects with the physical world using a MicroBit. The Microbit, created by the Educational Foundation, is a small piece of hardware that campers can use as a controller, light and sound sensor, and much more. Finally, they get friends and teachers to try out their games and devices. MindDance teachers provide inspiration and support as kids create and share their work. Participants experience a warm and social learning community that is hands-on, challenging, and fun. The camp is great for beginning and experienced coders.
Cost: $225
Instructors: Nick Wolf & MindDance Team
Make a Minecraft or Roblox movie, or make a mashup movie! Choose Minecraft or Roblox figures to create a movie full of games or challenges for your character to overcome. New for 2022, more set design effects like flowing lava! In this stop-motion movie making class, you'll work in small groups to create and voice-over your movies. In this advanced class, students are given more instruction on how to create compelling stories and more independence to try ideas that may be more difficult. *Flix emailed within a month after camp ends.
Cost: $250
Instructor: IncrediFlix
In this jam-packed camp, each artist creates his/her own mural on muslin. We learn the process and steps to making a big painting, using techniques of scenic painting, faux finishing, and trompe l’oeil. Our murals can be applied to a wall at home, framed, or hung like a tapestry.
Cost: $250
Instructor: Lori Worthman
Travel to the Nether with Snapology—but watch out for those creepers! Come join us as we bring Minecraft® to life using LEGO® bricks. Create your own world, including animals, creepers and your very own LEGO® Minecraft® character!
Cost: $285
Instructor: Snapology
Budding artists will love the chance to create the morning away during our summer Kids Camp! Our instructor will guide campers through a fun, creative, and interactive project that differs from day to day! We will explore different artists, techniques, and mediums each day in a structured and FUN session. By the end of the class, your child will leave with a unique creation led by the guidance of our knowledgeable staff.
Cost:$320
Instructor: Rachel Strauss with Canvas & Cocktails
Through games, activities and journaling, students will understand what mindfulness is, and how to incorporate this evidence based practice into their toolbox to help calm their bodies and brains, recover from setbacks and improve emotional regulation and focus. This secular program will be taught using the Mindful Schools Curriculum integrated with various breathing techniques and yoga postures.
Cost: $250
Instructor: Shelly Arnold
Let's go on an adventure in our reading camp. We will learn different syllable types and different sounds to help read and sound out words. We will also use our imagination as we read to make the stories come to life. We’ll read a different short story every day to end our day and enjoy a few arts and crafts. Join me on an adventure of fun and learning. We’ll use the OG reading system.
Cost: $240
Instructor: Lesa Deland
Each class is filled with self-defense techniques, wrapped around fun games and skills. Campers build leadership skills and confidence. Daily classes focus on cooperation, planning, goal setting and respect while learning real and actionable self-defense skills.
Cost: $400 (2 Week Camp, AM) (Weeks 6&7)
Instructor: Colorado Krav Maga
Groovy Glass Class allows students to learn the basics of the glass arts, including the tools and techniques in making stained glass, fused glass, and glass mosaics. They are presented each day with a new glass art and project to complete. During the last two days of camp, artists work on individual projects in their favorite groovy glass medium. Safety in this class is an important focus throughout the week.
Cost: $275
Instructors: Jen Werner
Do you love baking? Do you love art? Do you appreciate a beautifully decorated cake or cupcake? Sign up for Cake Decorating and you’ll learn how to make delicious buttercream frosting and how to decorate pastries with it! From borders to flowers to writing—you will become a cake decorator by the end of the week. You will never have to buy a store-bought birthday cake again!
Cost: $275
Instructor: Jane Kelly
Afternoon Camps 12:30PM-3:30PM
This camp is open to beginner and intermediate players. Students learn chess strategy and tactics, as well as etiquette. Sign your budding chess player up for multiple sessions, because a new topic is taught during each session, and each week, throughout the summer. Depending on your child's ability and knowledge of the game, the instructor individualizes lessons so that all chess players are learning, being challenged, and playing at their level. The class is taught by National Master and five-time Denver Chess Champion Todd Bardwick.
Cost: $310
Instructor: Todd Bardwick
Get messy investigating the science of our world. We learn about colloids, polymers, solvents, solutions, and chemical reactions, by making ice cream, slime, crystals, lava, and the ultimate bubble recipe. Students have the opportunity to explore the science of color, pigments, and chromatography. Using kaleidoscopes and microscopes we explore the science of light and later delve into the physics of flight. There are also many opportunities to venture outdoors and enjoy nature.
Cost: $260
Instructor: Megan Zitron
Math: Developing computation skills and understanding basic math processes are the major components of the math program. At the first class meeting, students are tested and a personalized plan is developed for each student. Upon completion, a final report is prepared that includes goals achieved and areas needing further attention.
Reading: Students learn to be active participants in the reading process while focusing on comprehension and decoding skills. The program includes: vocabulary development; book analysis and discussion; summary writing and main idea identification; conclusion, and inference skills.
Cost: $520 (Two weeks)
Instructor: Eliza Spear
Ready to take your LEGO® Engineering skills to the next Level? Give the controller a rest and put your skills to the test with projects like, Barrel Blasting with Donkey Kong, Flinging Fireballs with Mario, and blow away the competition with Kirby. With the guidance of an experienced Play-Well instructor, you will gear up to take down the final boss. Are you game?
Cost: $220
Instructor: Play-Well TEKnologies
Kids learn to code by creating their own video games. Each camper works with a school laptop and with Scratch, an MIT-developed computer programming language for young people. Participants begin by learning the basic mechanics behind classic games such as Pac-Man and Super Mario Bros. They then spend the week inventing new games of their own. MindDance teachers provide inspiration and support as kids create and share their work. Participants experience a warm and social learning community that is hands-on, challenging, and fun. The Scratch programming language is free and web-based, allowing campers to work on their projects from home, long after camp is over, and to publish their work to the Scratch website. The camp is great for beginning and experienced coders.
Cost: $225
Instructors: Nick Wolf & MindDance Team
Make a Minecraft® or Roblox movie, or make a mashup movie! Choose Minecraft® or Roblox figures to create a movie full of games or challenges for your character to overcome. New for 2022, more set design effects like flowing lava! In this stop-motion movie making class, you'll work in small groups to create and voice-over your movies. *Flix emailed within a month after camp ends.
Cost: $250
Instructor: IncrediFlix
This class focuses on art that is ‘Melted’ and a return to an old favorite: Shrinky Dinks! Students design and shrink their drawings into jewelry or mini-masterpieces. Learn about encaustic printmaking, the exciting art form of glass fusing. Students create two fused projects to take home!
Cost: $250
Instructors: Jen Werner
Do you love baking? Do you love art? Do you appreciate a beautifully decorated cake or cupcake? Sign up for Cake Decorating and you’ll learn how to make delicious buttercream frosting and how to decorate pastries with it! From borders to flowers to writing—you will become a cake decorator by the end of the week. You will never have to buy a store-bought birthday cake again!
Cost: $275
Instructor: Jane Kelly
It’s the end of the summer. It’s hot. Camp has been a blast, but everybody is feeling a little tired as the summer comes to a close. If your camper is needing some R&R to recharge for the rest of the camp day, this is the place! Campers will have the opportunity to decompress, watch an age-appropriate movie, eat, color, and just chill.
Cost: $250
Instructor: TBD
In Snapology's Creature Creator Robotics class, your animal lover creates their own animal-inspired robotic models. Students learn about gear ratio, sensors, simple machines, and programming, as they build insects, dolphins, gorillas, and much more! Your child is sure to have a wild time as they build, learn, and play!
Cost: $285
Instructor: Snapology
Skiing and riding in the summer? No problem! Shredder’s professionally developed ski and board curriculum focuses on the technical aspects of skiing and riding. Campers will travel to Shredder’s indoor facility, located in Littleton, to strengthen their skills and sharpen their knowledge. This camp is open to beginning and intermediate levels and all equipment is provided.
Cost: $490
Instructor: Shredders
Budding artists will love the chance to create the morning away during our summer Kids Camp! Our instructor will guide campers through a fun, creative, and interactive project that differs from day to day! We will explore different artists, techniques, and mediums each day in a structured and FUN session. By the end of the class, your child will leave with a unique creation led by the guidance of our knowledgeable staff.
Cost: $320
Instructor: Rachel Strauss with Canvas & Cocktails
Math Bunch is for all budding mathematicians! We immerse the children in rich and multi-sensory activities using manipulatives and hands on activities to build your child’s math skill set. Through our activities students will learn about basic addition and subtraction, graphing, telling time, fractions, word problems and money.
Cost: $250
Instructor: Shelly Arnold
Let's go on an adventure in our reading camp. We will learn different syllable types and different sounds to help read and sound out words. We will also use our imagination as we read to make the stories come to life. We’ll read a different short story every day to end our day and enjoy a few arts and crafts. Join me on an adventure of fun and learning. We’ll use the OG reading system.
Cost: $240
Instructor: Lesa Deland
Do you love to write, and also love to craft? In this camp, we'll spend half our time writing and the other half crafting our words into pieces of art. We'll write a series of poems, and then compile them into zines or chapbooks using beautiful papers. We'll write short stories, then publish them by cutting out the sentences and forming them into a sculpture. We'll make snow globes, design our own puzzles, send messages in bottles, and more, all as a means of self-publishing our words--craftily!
Cost: $285
Instructor: Kimberly O'Connor with Lighthouse Writers
Full Day Camps 9:00AM-3:30PM
Calling all four-year-old’s for summer camp! Our Sunshine program is designed for four-year-old’s. Located in a campus facility specifically designed for this age group, our youngest campers participate in activities tailored to their needs. Daily activities are designed around our weekly themes. We maximize the ‘funshine’ with daily projects, arts and crafts, splash activities and much, much more! The Sunshine Program maintains a camper-to-staff ratio of 6:1. Campers may attend a 5-day week program, registering for one week, or multiple weeks. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $460 for 5-day week. $280 for 3-day week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday.)
The Rainbow Program is designed for children who will turn five by June 7 and will be kindergartners in the fall of 2022. Located in a campus facility specifically designed for this age group, campers participate in activities tailored to their needs. Daily activities for 2022 include: adventure, arts and crafts, drama, swimming (lessons, & free swim) every day, campfire program (songs, stories, community building), group games, tennis fun, music, and more. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $395 per week.
Day Camp for 6-year-olds to 13-year-olds is the anchor of CA’s summer programs and is offered for eight weeks of the summer. The Day Camp program is based on good old-fashioned summertime fun! Daily activities for 2022 may include: adventure, archery, arts and crafts, swimming (lessons and free swim) every day, paddle boarding (entering grade 2+), campfire program (songs, stories, community building), group games, tennis fun, music, and more. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $395 per week.
Curious how to make your own baked goods, crackers, and pastries from scratch? Aspiring bakers and chefs who love to get their hands dirty in the kitchen will love our Culinary Team Challenge Camp! Campers will learn the basics of baking breads, fresh pastas, muffins, cookies and more from scratch each day. Young chefs-in-training will also take on cooking challenges inspired from favorite cooking TV shows such as Master Chef Jr, Cupcake Wars, Chopped Jr, and Cutthroat Kitchen. We will learn how to use different cooking equipment and techniques, explore flavor pairing, and create tasty mouthwatering recipes throughout the week.
Cost: $700
Instructor: Sticky Fingers
During Reading Adventures, campers spend the week working on the five essential components of effective reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, based on the Orton Gillingham approach. Campers have large group lessons, as well as breaking into small groups to practice various skills. The reading instruction is tied together through the use of book adventures, activities, crafts, games, and fun projects.
Cost: $420
Instructor: Penny Best & Tiffany Fitzwater
Want to get your hands dirty and play with some clay? Claytime - Intro to Ceramics is the perfect summer camp class for anyone with a creative bug who wants to learn how to hand build pottery but also learn how to throw on the wheel! In this class you can expect to learn how to make coil pots, pinch pots, slab building, glazing, and an introduction to throwing on the pottery wheel! All of these techniques are used to make a variety of fun and interesting projects over the course of our time together! Come join us and play with some clay!
Cost: $480
Instructor: Becci Marzonie
What is the most dangerous animal on Earth? What is the weirdest animal adaptation? What creature is resistant to venom? We find out all of this and more as we learn about the world’s most extreme animals. Students build their science and language skills, and they debate and conduct experiments regarding these crazy creatures.
Cost: $520
Instructor: Little Scholars
"Calling all animal lovers! Spend a week visiting animals in different habitats, including the Denver Zoo, Wild Animal Sanctuary, Audubon Nature Center, Colorado Wolf & Wildlife Center, Butterfly Pavilion, and Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Afternoons may also include film screenings of fun and classic animal movies (think Homeward Bound and Free Willy)."
Cost: $460
Instructor: Kate MacKenzie
Square State Skate provides skateboard instruction and guidance for children of all ages and skill abilities allowing your youngsters’ skills, passion and personality to grow in a safe, fun environment. Our skilled instructors work in small group settings to help teach everything from basic fundamentals to more advanced skills, we also can provide all the equipment needed for any program. We focus on participants' growth both on and off a skateboard by fostering self-confidence, persistence, and determination and building community through skateboarding.
Cost: $720
Instructor: Square State Skate
Make the most of your summer by exploring the diverse ecosystems that Colorado has to offer! Each day, you explore a new area in Colorado’s Front Range, where you get the chance to experience indoor and outdoor rock climbing, go “sledding” on a glacier, and get your feet wet paddling at a local reservoir. As a part of our Mountain Explorers Camp, you get the chance to explore the varied activities and types of terrain that make Colorado so unique and special. You make a field journal, learn about the '10 Essentials' and Leave No Trace wilderness ethics, build “survival” shelters, and gain some of the necessary skills to safely play in the mountains for years to come!
Cost: $920
Instructor: Colorado Mountain Club
*Camper must be at least 5 years of age
Our Summer Horse Camp program offers in-depth education for kids and teens. Campers join us for horseback riding lessons each day, unmounted education in safety and animal husbandry, horse and pony care, equine anatomy, equestrian sports, horsemanship and horse related art projects. Campers are divided by age and ability (beginner, intermediate, advanced riders).
Cost: $950
Instructor: Colorado Equestrian Center
Week 8: July 25-29 (Click here)
Morning Camps 9:00AM-12:00PM
Cook your way around the world in our globally-inspired cooking camp! What better way to explore another culture than through its food? In this delicious camp, young chefs will cook recipes from countries all around the world and explore food history, explore customs, songs, geography, and languages associated with each recipe.
Cost: $375
Instructor: Sticky Fingers Cooking
Yes, we still make slime and get messy. But there’s more! Let’s explore the connection between magnetism and electricity, learn about potential and kinetic energy using roller coaster tracks, and investigate forces and motion. We also go back in time and explore the Geologic Time Scale, create fossils, identify rocks in the rock cycle, and crack open a few geodes. There are also many opportunities to enjoy the outdoors and explore the campus.
Cost: $$260
Instructor: Megan Zitron
Develop your core guitar skills or take your playing to the next level. Our approach makes sounding great on the guitar fun and easy. Learn chords, melodies, grooves, and riffs so you can make music with your friends. Guitars are provided.
Cost: $300
Instructor: Sound Formation
Gymnastics helps build strength, flexibility, and coordination; it is also a confidence-builder and an excellent way to cross-train. In this concentrated week of athletic training, coaches will assess individual skill levels and tailor coaching to participants’ personal needs and goals. Campers learn how to safely use gymnastics equipment, improve existing strengths, and tackle new, challenging skills! You’ll flip for this exciting camp!
Cost: $280
Instructor: Golden Gymnastics
Blast off and reach beyond the sky to explore the Final Frontier on an AMAZING ADVENTURE through SPACE! Build and launch a solid fuel rocket that goes over 100 feet into the stratosphere. (Local restrictions may apply) We will be visiting Planets in our Solar System as well. Visit the 4th Rock from the Sun, Mars, and design a rover capable of exploring the Martian surface. See the Rings of Saturn. To join us in our travels, design your own alien as a traveling companion. Make a comet and play Comet Golf. We’ll build a telescope that helps us bring the stars closer to us. Join us and blast off on a fun journey among the stars!
Cost: $290
Instructor: Science Matters
This camp is designed to allow students to study the art of Taekwondo in a positive learning environment that focuses on life skills such as respect and self-control. Each student will receive special instruction that will be appropriate to their skill/knowledge level. New students will begin by learning various techniques essential to the art of taekwondo. Ongoing students will continue to work towards new goals and expand on their leadership experience. During the week we will be working on many different Taekwondo drills and activities, as well as learning about respect for self and others, teamwork, self-defense, and fitness! At the beginning of the week, all students will earn a belt. Throughout the week, students will receive "stripes" on that belt, signifying the completion of certain activities, providing a fun goal for kids to work on during camp. This camp will be active fun for kids of all ages and experience levels with Martial Arts!
Cost: $250
Instructors: Nick Wolf
Social media platforms are mere pastimes for a new generation of information consumers, but for the YouTube Star, communication platforms are powerful tools that can turn surfers into entrepreneurs and celebrities! In this exclusive one -week summer camp, students will create their own YouTube channel and use the latest in video edition tools (Adobe Premier) to learn the critical video editing skills necessary for uploading videos that get noticed. Don’t just be a social media user, become an online star, and show your ideas to the world.
Cost: $325
Instructor: Silicon STEM Academy
Work to solve the mystery of the stolen funds and determine the guilty party. Students collect evidence from the “crime scene” and examine it using real forensic techniques, such as forensic fiber analysis, lifting lip prints, and exploring genetic markers.
Cost: $250
Instructor: Shelley DeRock
These camps offer a solid foundation in skill development, and focus on the fundamentals of shooting and dribbling. Primarily stationary ball handling, dribbling off the move, form shooting, shooting off the catch and the dribble, live ball moves. Steve Hyatt, Colorado Academy's Boys Basketball head Coach, and current CA Varsity Players will teach fundamental basketball skills.
Cost: $260
Instructor: Steve Hyatt
Children will begin to explore the world of robotics as they build simple models that teach the fundamentals of robotic design. Whether learning about sensors while building drills and magic wands, or discovering ways that gears and pulleys create movement while building helicopters and robotic dogs, your child is sure to have a great time.
Cost: $285
Instructor: Snapology
Is your child struggling to learn how to ride a bike? Through step-by-step engaging activities instructors will help them with their cycling. Our kid-friendly instructors provide a combination of personalized and group instruction to help overcome fears, teach important skills such as starting and stopping, and help them understand how to maneuver their bikes around obstacles. This may be the only lesson they will need! The fun, unique and proven instruction methods have helped hundreds of kids experience the joy of riding a bike.
*The vendor of this program requires all participants to be fully vaccinated.
Cost: $630
Instructors: REI Outdoor School
To the bus! Just like in Ms. Frizzle's class, we spend each day immersing ourselves in our topics. We learn about everything from the ocean to space, dinosaurs to humans, and so much more! Join us as we craft, learn, and explore our way through subjects we all find fascinating. (Note: Watching episodes of the Magic School Bus will be part of our daily routine.)
Cost: $250
Instructors: Shelly Arnold
Groovy Glass Class allows students to learn the basics of the glass arts, including the tools and techniques in making stained glass, fused glass, and glass mosaics. They are presented each day with a new glass art and project to complete. During the last two days of camp, artists work on individual projects in their favorite groovy glass medium. Safety in this class is an important focus throughout the week.
Cost: $275
Instructors: Jen Werner
Do you love baking? Do you love art? Do you appreciate a beautifully decorated cake or cupcake? Sign up for Cake Decorating and you’ll learn how to make delicious buttercream frosting and how to decorate pastries with it! From borders to flowers to writing—you will become a cake decorator by the end of the week. You will never have to buy a store-bought birthday cake again!
Cost: $275
Instructor: Jane Kelly
Afternoon Camps 12:30PM-3:30PM
Yes, we still make slime and get messy. But there’s more! Let’s explore the connection between magnetism and electricity, learn about potential and kinetic energy using roller coaster tracks, and investigate forces and motion. We also go back in time and explore the Geologic Time Scale, create fossils, identify rocks in the rock cycle, and crack open a few geodes. There are also many opportunities to enjoy the outdoors and explore the campus.
Cost: $260
Instructor: Megan Zitron
Develop your core guitar skills or take your playing to the next level. Our approach makes sounding great on the guitar fun and easy. Learn chords, melodies, grooves, and riffs so you can make music with your friends. Guitars are provided.
Cost: $300
Instructor: Sound Formation
Our Junior Boom Institute of Higher Reactions will make your Summer a Blast! Can you solve the Mystery of the Growing Glove using the scientific method? The Gator in the Bottle visits the camp through-out the whole week to help build science skills. Go Hunting for Science - Catch a Rainbow in a Test Tube. Trap the Foaming Monster. Use the chemistry of yeast to make a tasty Root Beer treat. Don your Lab Goggles for tons of fun in this Exciting Chemistry Camp.
Cost: $290
Instructor: Science Matters
Kids learn to code by creating their own video games. Each camper works with a school laptop and with Scratch, an MIT-developed computer programming language for young people. Participants begin by learning the basic mechanics behind classic games such as Pac-Man and Super Mario Bros. They then spend the week inventing new games of their own. MindDance teachers provide inspiration and support as kids create and share their work. Participants experience a warm and social learning community that is hands-on, challenging, and fun. The Scratch programming language is free and web-based, allowing campers to work on their projects from home, long after camp is over, and to publish their work to the Scratch website. The camp is great for beginning and experienced coders.
Cost: $225
Instructors: Nick Wolf & MindDance Team
Come join us for a weeklong mystery extravaganza, in which student detectives conduct hands-on forensic science tests on evidence found at the “crime scene.” Students perform tests on clues in the forensic laboratory, including thread comparison tests, chromatography, pH tests, and powder tests. Through observation, experimentation, and discussion, we attempt to solve the mystery of the Case of Felix.
Cost: $250
Instructor: Shelley DeRock
The use of Virtual Reality is changing the face of computing and user applications before our very eyes! This camp teaches one of the most advanced VR design applications in the industry, Blocksmith, which allows students to easily make VR/AR experiences, games, and more, for both desktop and mobile. Students design their own 3D environments and then immerse themselves directly into it with Google Cardboard headsets. This is a one-of-a-kind course offered exclusively by Silicon STEM.
Cost: $355
Instructor: Silicon STEM Academy
Groovy Glass Class allows students to learn the basics of the glass arts, including the tools and techniques in making stained glass, fused glass, and glass mosaics. They are presented each day with a new glass art and project to complete. During the last two days of camp, artists work on individual projects in their favorite groovy glass medium. Safety in this class is an important focus throughout the week.
Cost: $275
Instructors: Jen Werner
Shh—don’t tell your children this is a manners camp! Camp Polite uses fun, hands-on, age appropriate activities to teach campers important skills like making and keeping friends, getting along at home, meeting and greeting adults and friends. Other basic etiquette such as conversation skills and mealtime manners are part of this interactive camp. You might not recognize your children at the end of the week.
Cost: $305
Instructor: Christy Porter
Do you love baking? Do you love art? Do you appreciate a beautifully decorated cake or cupcake? Sign up for Cake Decorating and you’ll learn how to make delicious buttercream frosting and how to decorate pastries with it! From borders to flowers to writing—you will become a cake decorator by the end of the week. You will never have to buy a store-bought birthday cake again!
Cost: $275
Instructor: Jane Kelly
It’s the end of the summer. It’s hot. Camp has been a blast, but everybody is feeling a little tired as the summer comes to a close. If your camper is needing some R&R to recharge for the rest of the camp day, this is the place! Campers will have the opportunity to decompress, watch an age-appropriate movie, eat, color, and just chill.
Cost: $250
Instructor: TBD
In Snapology’s Minifigure Mania class, we let your little builder play with our secret stash of minifigures! Not only that, but we really put our minifigures to the test by creating special playgrounds for them, designing unique flying tests, and seeing how well they do on our carefully engineered structures! Join us as we shrink ourselves to minifigure size and explore the world of minifigures!
Cost: $285
Instructor: Snapology
Skiing and riding in the summer? No problem! Shredder’s professionally developed ski and board curriculum focuses on the technical aspects of skiing and riding. Campers will travel to Shredder’s indoor facility, located in Littleton, to strengthen their skills and sharpen their knowledge. This camp is open to beginning and intermediate levels and all equipment is provided.
Cost: $490
Instructor: Shredders
To the bus! Just like in Ms. Frizzle's class, we spend each day immersing ourselves in our topics. We learn about everything from the ocean to space, dinosaurs to humans, and so much more! Join us as we craft, learn, and explore our way through subjects we all find fascinating. (Note: Watching episodes of the Magic School Bus will be part of our daily routine.)
Cost: $250
Instructors: Shelly Arnold
This camp is perfect for beginner through intermediate level swimmers! A great option for kids who need to learn how to swim or who know the basics but are looking to improve their swimming technique. Swimmers will be split into small groups based on their current skill level. At SwimLabs Littleton, we provide a fun, innovative way for kids to learn how to swim correctly, safely, and efficiently. With mirrors on the bottom of the pool, swimmers can instantly see how they are moving through the water. This instant feedback is combined with the guidance of our highly trained instructors who provide personalized swimming lessons for children of all ages.
When your kiddo enrolls in our swimming lessons, they benefit from innovative teaching technologies and a proven curriculum that prioritizes confidence and water safety. Our small, warm water pools help kids discover confidence while enjoying the water without the fear and distractions that can come with large, overcrowded swim classes.
Cost: $360
Instructor: Swim Labs
Full Day Camps 9:00AM-3:30PM
Calling all four-year-old’s for summer camp! Our Sunshine program is designed for four-year-old’s. Located in a campus facility specifically designed for this age group, our youngest campers participate in activities tailored to their needs. Daily activities are designed around our weekly themes. We maximize the ‘funshine’ with daily projects, arts and crafts, splash activities and much, much more! The Sunshine Program maintains a camper-to-staff ratio of 6:1. Campers may attend a 5-day week program, registering for one week, or multiple weeks. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $460 for 5-day week. $280 for 3-day week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday.)
The Rainbow Program is designed for children who will turn five by June 7 and will be kindergartners in the fall of 2022. Located in a campus facility specifically designed for this age group, campers participate in activities tailored to their needs. Daily activities for 2022 include: adventure, arts and crafts, drama, swimming (lessons, & free swim) every day, campfire program (songs, stories, community building), group games, tennis fun, music, and more. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $395 per week.
Day Camp for 6-year-olds to 13-year-olds is the anchor of CA’s summer programs and is offered for eight weeks of the summer. The Day Camp program is based on good old-fashioned summertime fun! Daily activities for 2022 may include: adventure, archery, arts and crafts, swimming (lessons and free swim) every day, paddle boarding (entering grade 2+), campfire program (songs, stories, community building), group games, tennis fun, music, and more. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $395 per week.
During Reading Adventures, campers spend the week working on the five essential components of effective reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, based on the Orton Gillingham approach. Campers have large group lessons, as well as breaking into small groups to practice various skills. The reading instruction is tied together through the use of book adventures, activities, crafts, games, and fun projects.
Cost: $420
Instructor: Penny Best & Tiffany Fitzwater
Do you have what it takes to survive in the wild? Test your nature survival skills as you learn to build shelters, climb trees with experts from Tree Climbing Colorado, start a fire without matches, cook using the sun, and find your way using GPS units. Practice skills you need to have safe adventures away from home while you hike trails, navigate rivers, and explore wildlife in and around Chatfield’s South Platte River. See live raptors up close with Wild Wings to find out how these amazing birds survive in the wild. Required equipment: daypack, walking shoes, change of clothes that includes long pants and water shoes with a heel or heel strap (no flip-flops), filled water bottles, sunscreen, insect spray, a hat, sunglasses, and the will to survive!
Cost: $460
Instructor: Megan Schulz with Denver Audubon
Come lads and ladies to Medieval Camp! Over the course of the week, the Knights of DFC guide you on your quest to learn the art of the sword. Knights-in-training learn to battle both in the medieval style and the modern Olympic style. Knights make their own foam swords and design their personal crests, which they paint on their shields. On our last day, our knights battle for the castle built upon the great Ruby Hill!
Cost: $590
Instructor: Denver Fencing Center
Calling all inventors, creators, builders, and designers! Come build some awesome creations with us! You create your own designs and make structures using recyclable materials, building blocks, and many other interesting items. Skills necessary… none! Skills gained: communication, problem solving, reasoning, developing creativity, and teamwork.
Cost: $520
Instructor: Little Scholars
Learn to Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) with the ACA certified instructors from SurfSUP Colorado. This course has been developed by the American Canoe Association. Students will learn the basic paddling skills necessary to safely participate in this water sport, including paddle strokes, turning, bracing, and a thorough introduction to the safety issues involved, including self and group rescue. Free time is built into the schedule for self-directed SUP activities. All SUP equipment is provided. Swimming ability is required.
Cost: $550
Instructor: SurfSUP Colorado
"Calling all animal lovers! Spend a week visiting animals in different habitats, including the Denver Zoo, Wild Animal Sanctuary, Audubon Nature Center, Colorado Wolf & Wildlife Center, Butterfly Pavilion, and Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Afternoons may also include film screenings of fun and classic animal movies (think Homeward Bound and Free Willy)."
Cost: $460
Instructor: Kate MacKenzie
Square State Skate provides skateboard instruction and guidance for children of all ages and skill abilities allowing your youngsters’ skills, passion and personality to grow in a safe, fun environment. Our skilled instructors work in small group settings to help teach everything from basic fundamentals to more advanced skills, we also can provide all the equipment needed for any program. We focus on participants' growth both on and off a skateboard by fostering self-confidence, persistence, and determination and building community through skateboarding.
Cost: $720
Instructor: Square State Skate
*Camper must be at least 5 years of age
Our Summer Horse Camp program offers in-depth education for kids and teens. Campers join us for horseback riding lessons each day, unmounted education in safety and animal husbandry, horse and pony care, equine anatomy, equestrian sports, horsemanship and horse related art projects. Campers are divided by age and ability (beginner, intermediate, advanced riders).
Cost: $950
Instructor: Colorado Equestrian Center
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About Us
Colorado Academy Summer Programs encourage Self Discovery. Campers identify passions, nurture talents, and increase skills. In our Traditional Camp, campers sample athletic, creative, and waterfront activities that are engaging and fun. And our Specialty Camps allow individuals to customize their own schedules with intriguing and challenging options.
CA’s 94-acre campus in southwest Denver is the perfect stage for kids from as far as Castle Rock, Evergreen and Parker to come together to learn, laugh, and increase self-confidence. With experienced educators and caring counselors, campers receive the individual attention they need to succeed.
Optional daily transportation is available, and off-site field trips punctuate the curriculum.
Our Purpose: Building Self Confidence is our focus. We want every camper to leave our Summer Programs more aware of who they are and what they can become. We encourage individuals to step out of their comfort zones, challenge themselves, take healthy risks, revel in the experiences, and then acknowledge their accomplishments.
Our Services
We offer eight weeks of Day Camp programming, ages 4 and up, from June 6 through July 29, 2022.
Here’s to the summer of 2022! We hope your family will be with us.