Camps

Sport, activity, and specialty day and overnight camps (5+). Camps are listed throughout Kidsguide; check your area of interest for additional listings.

49er Camp at CSULB

Celebrating their 46th year! All-sports camp for boys and girls ages 5-12, includes instruction in gymnastics, rhythms, archery, tennis, track and field, bowling, soccer, volleyball, softball, basketball, kickball, racquetball, elementary games and daily swim lessons.


Academic Enrichment Camp

Various academic subjects covered. Kindergarten Preparedness Program and 1st through 4th grade-level academic curriculum as well as art and computers.


Alley Kat Music Center Summer Camps

Two, one-week sessions for piano students, plus Kids Can Sing.


Alpert JCC in Long Beach

JCC Camp Komaroff – Summer fun for kids entering grades 1-6 in fall of 2010. Daily swimming, field trips, overnights, sports, cooking, team building, Judaic/Israeli experiences, science and more. ACA Accredited for over 20 years!


Anaheim Community Services

CampVenture Day Camps for spring and summer (6-13) includes daily activites such as crafts, games, movies, nature, science, cooking, sports, special events, song and skits and a weekly excursion.


Aquarium of the Pacific Summer Day Camp Adventures

Make and prepare food for the animals, explore a wetland , go on a bird watch, or dissect a squid.


Aquatics and Specialty Camps

Spring and Summer Camps Available!


Art at the Beach

Art at the Beach is a fun and educational arts-based day camp program for ages 6-12 during spring and summer breaks.


Art Smart Studio for Kids

Join Art Smart Studio for Kids for 11 weeks of Summer Art Camps and All Day Camps.


Billie Jean King and El Dorado Park Tennis Center’s Summer Camps

Youth Tennis Camps (4-17) are offered in 1-week sessions, June 21 – September 3, 9 a.m. – noon; daily drop-in rates are available. Instruction is provided by USPTA certified teaching professionals in a small group setting.


Board Member Surf School

Formerly Corky Carroll’s Surf School. Summer weekly camps, June 7 – August 27, offer an assortment of programs including full and half-day sessions. Sign up early as several weeks sold out last summer. Surfboards and wetsuits provided.


BounceU Orange

Art and Bounce Camp offered during spring breaks. Camps also offered during the summer.


Bowers Kidseum

Summer Art Camp Adventures 2010


Cabrillo Marine Aquarium

Kids (grades K-6) explore the seashore.


California Heights United Methodist Children’s Center

The center offers carefully planned preschool and pre-kindergarten curriculum that helps to develop your child’s social, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual awareness.


Camp Pegasus at The Pegasus School

Camp Pegasus begins June 29 at The Pegasus School in Huntington Beach.


Catalina Tallship Adventure Summer Camp Children’s Maritime Foundation

Tallship adventure camp for children (10-18) offers a unique sailing adventure and educational experience.


City of Norwalk Recreation

Summer Day Camp for kids (6-11) and Special Needs Camp (6-16) offered.


ClimbX Indoor Rock Climbing Camps

Rock climbing is an an exciting way for children to develop problem solving skills while building confidence and self-esteem.


Complete Player Basketball Camp

The Complete Player Basketball Academy takes great pride in being Southern California’s premier skills training camp.


CSULB Young Writers Camp

The Young Writers’ Camp teaches and supports writing in a fun, relaxed, non-threatening environment. With the slogan “Everyone Writes With Smiles,” the Writing Camp welcomes young writers (entering grades 1-12) to the college campus to shape their ideas and experiences into meaningful written communication.


Cypress College – Kids’ College – Camps

Themed day camps (5+): one-week sessions from June 6 – August 14.


Discovery Science Center

Day camp (5-13): multiple one-week sessions, June – August; subjects are divided by age group.


Diving Camps at McCormick Divers

Day camps are offered in two-week sessions, June 21 – August 27.


GO-FAME

GO-FAME offers full day (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.), two-week summer programs where participants work on all aspects of a theatrical production, from making costumes to building sets to performing in the show.


iD Tech Camps – Summer Tech Fun!

Experience North America’s most reputable summer technology program.


Jammin’ Music

Long Beach’s coolest music center is now offering summer camps.


KHS Ice Arena

Camp for ages 4-12 includes a half-hour group ice skating instruction, one-hour free skate, and half-hour of fun games on ice.


Kick It Up

Dance camps at Kick It Up are a blast and are a wonderful and magical way to spend your child’s summer!


Kidnastics

Are you looking for a fun-filled exciting program for your children to get into this summer? Well look no further.


KinderGolf PreSchool

KinderGolf PreSchool golf camps are designed specifically for children (2-7).


Long Beach Marine Institute

Oceanography and marine biology camps offer exciting programs aimed at various age groups. Day camps run from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Monday – Friday, beginning June 21 and ending August 20, 2010. Extended care is available.


Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine

General day camp (5-12) includes arts and crafts, sports, recreational activities and field trips.


Long Beach Shakespeare Co. Summer Drama Camps

Spend the summer with Shakespeare!


Long Beach State Girls’ Volleyball Camps

Head Coach, Brian Gimmillaro, conducts a variety of volleyball camps for girls ages 7 and up.


Long Beach State Junior Tennis Camp

Drills, games, and match play are included in this instructional camp, conducted by Long Beach State Head Coach Jennifer Hilt, for ages 5-15.


Long Beach State Soccer Academy

Long Beach State Soccer Academy is held during the summer months.


Los Alamitos Youth Water Polo

n their school-break camps, serving all communities, focus is on getting kids (3+) used to the water in a non-competitive environment.


Los Caballeros Racquet & Sports Club

Los Cab Summer Camp is held on 17 acres of beautifully gated property in Fountain Valley.


M and M Surfing School and Marine Biology Camps

Two camps to choose from or experience both!


Movies By Kids Summer Camps Movies By Kids Summer Camps

Movies by Kids brings Hollywood to you! They offer children, ages 7-16, a unique hands-on experience.


My Gym

My Gym Children’s Fitness Center offers one of the best camp programs in town.


Orange County Song and Dance Co. Camp ‘10

An opportunity for students of the performing arts to have ten full days of instruction with professionals from Hollywood and New York.


Pacific Conservatory

Formerly Pacific School of Music and the Arts. Your child (ages 3-12) will experience music, art and drama each fun-filled day at DiscoveryARTS Camps available during summer, spring and winter vacations.


Power Pong Table Tennis Academy

Located inside of Los Caballeros Racquet & Sports Club in Fountain Valley, California, a large and beautiful sports facility. They offer sports camps as well as beginner, intermediate and advance level table tennis camps.


Prentice School Summer Program

The Prentice School offers a four-week Slingerland Summer School program.


Prep Kitchen Essentials

www.prepkitchenessentials.com


Rancho Rio Verde Horsemanship Camp

Small group instruction in riding and vaulting (gymnastics on horseback).


Rawhide Ranch

Rawhide Ranch, a private, independent co-ed camp near San Diego, has been welcoming campers since 1963. Co-ed, overnight program for ages 7-15.


Rock Hero Camps

Offered year round. Beginner Guitar Boot Camp, Girls Only Guitar Camp and Rock Camp for kids (9-15) and private music instruction (ages 3+ to adult).


Rock Your Summer at Girlfriends Camp

It’s great to be a girl. It’s even better to be a girl with skills!


Sailing Camps for Kids

Huntington Beach Sailing Foundation Sailing camps for kids (6-16) are offered June, July and August.


Seal Beach Swim Club

Swimmers (5-18) learn technique, discipline and endurance from professional swimming coaches.


Sewing with Jane Summer Camp

Weekly summer camps are held Monday – Friday.


Signal Hill Community Services

(562) 989-7325, (562) 989-7334
www.cityofsignalhill.org


Silver Gan Israel Day Camp

Silver Gan Israel Day Camp offers everything to provide your child a rich and wonderful Jewish summer experience.


Skateboarding Camps with Skatedogs

Kids will make new friends, advance their skateboarding skills, and most importantly, have fun, at Skatedogs school-break skateboarding camps offered through city parks and recreation departments.


South Coast Fencing Center Fencing Camps

Learn to Fence! Intro Camp, July 12-16, 2010.


Southern California Dance Academy Camps

Sleeping Beauty Spring Dance Camp – Beginner to Intermediate dancers are welcome to participate in Princess Aurora’s fun-filled spring dance camp for just one day or the entire week. Each day presents a different dance style such as ballet, hip-hop and belly dancing. The camp begins Monday, April 5 and ends on Friday, April 9. Variety Summer Dance Camp


Summer Theatre Workshop for Youth and Teens at South Coast Repertory

Newcomers (grades 3-12) get their first taste of acting in SCR’s Summer Theatre Program (two camp sessions: July 26 – August 7 and August 9 – 21; 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. or 1-4 p.m.). Graduates may enter the year-round program.


Team OC Gymnastics, Cheer and Dance

Summer, spring and winter camps for kids (3-14) in full or half day sessions.


The Kids Theater Company

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In “On the Spot Improv/Sketch Comedy Camp,” kids learn how to build scenes, colorful characters, and short improvisational plays, all from just a few audience suggestions. The session culminates in a Competitive Team Improv Showcase, similar to “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”


The Power of One Self-Defense Institute

Fun and exciting spring and summer break sports camps include excursions, leadership training, character development, and martial arts fitness, focus and discipline classes.


Tom Hicks Baseball Camps, LLC

The 21st annual THBC prides itself on being the area’s best fundamental baseball camp. Camps, offered during spring, summer and winter vacations, focus on individual instruction and improvement. Camps are available in Long Beach and the South Bay.


Town and Country Day Camp

Town and Country Day Camp, celebrating over 60 years of summer fun!


UCI Sports Camps

UCI’s Anteater All-Star Sports Camps: Boys and girls (7-13) focus on the fundamentals of various sports, with an emphasis on sportsmanship: basketball, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis and more.


Windsong Farm Summer Camp

Windsong Farm offers English riding camps in June, July, and August.


Young Scientists Camp

Two exciting weeks of science investigations.