Tenacre
Location: 17 Old County Road | Wellesley, MA | 01913
Dates: Sunday, June 28 – Thursday, August 20
Tenacre is proud to be the best first camp experience for your child! Voted #1 day camp in Wellesley, the foundation of the camp’s success is the quality of its experienced staff, nurturing environment, and excellent swim program; most 3- and 4-year-olds swim 1:1. Boys and girls ages 3-12 can enroll for up to nine weeks, June 27 through August 26. Daily full-day hours are 8:25 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. After-camp child care is offered daily as a convenience to camp families from 3:15 p.m. until 6 p.m. The staff encourage growth while also making every child feel safe in a fun-filled atmosphere. The facilities keep campers active and engaged with heated outdoor pools, air conditioned rooms, and beautiful playing fields. Activities include daily swim instruction, clay, crafts, music, sports, nature, science, archery, ropes course, and more. The camp is situated in a friendly, caring, elementary school. Have fun, make new friends, and learn to swim at Tenacre this summer!
Camp Wingate*Kirkland
Location: 79 White Rock Road | Yarmouth Port, MA | 02675
Dates: Overnight Camp, Full Season: 6/29-8/16
First Session: 6/29-7/23
Second Session: 7/24-8/16
Mini Camp 1: 6/29-7/13
Mini Camp 2: 7/24-8/7
Day Camp: 6/22-8/26
Camp Wingate*Kirkland is a co-ed program for overnight campers ages 7-15 and day campers ages 4-12. Located on beautiful Cape Cod, Camp W*K is a place where campers feel supported and empowered. They belong to a community that fosters respect for everyone, regardless of their differences. Campers design their own summer through a unique daily choice program that offers both traditional camp activities such as athletics, waterfront, arts and crafts, and performing arts, as well as zany stuff like zombie hunters, merry unbirthday, and balloon animal hospital. Camp W*K is peanut, tree nut, and sesame free.
Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston Camps and School Vacation Programs
When school’s out, the fun begins. JCC day, overnight, and specialty camps (arts, science, sports, and technology) and summer programs provide a fun, safe, and nurturing environment for campers looking to make new friends, learn new skills, and develop self-confidence. JCC camps and summer programs are located in Brookline, Hingham, Newton, Sharon, and Dover, MA, and in Bridgton, ME. Everyone is welcome!
JCC Grossman Camp – June 27-August 26
JCC Kaleidoscope Creative Arts & Science Camp – June 27-August 19
JCC Camp Kingswood – June 29-August 17
JCC Sports Camps – June 20-September 2
Empow Camp – August 22-September 2
JCC Early Learning Centers Summer Programs – June 20-August 26
Kids’ Choice End of Summer Vacation Program – August 22-September 2
Beaver Summer Camp
Location: Chestnut Hill, MA
Dates: June 27 – August 19
Give Beaver a summer, and they’ll give you a happy, confident child. For the past 80 years, Beaver Summer Camp at Beaver Country Day School has been a destination for campers looking to make friends, gain independence, build new skills, and have the time of their lives. Children ages 3-15 make unforgettable memories while participating in programs designed to grow as they grow. Beaver offers two-week general camp sessions for ages 3-15 that include swimming in three outdoor pools and participating in more than 35 different activities, ranging from woodworking and fine and performance arts to rock climbing and archery. Beaver also offers one- to two-week specialty camps for ages 6-15 that revolve around the arts, sports, or day trips. Activities include mastering the trapeze, camping under the stars, perfecting their penalty kicks, and more. Beaver’s experienced, nurturing staff lead all activities and help campers gain skills and foster friendships in a safe and fun environment.
LINX Camps
Location: 45 Dana Road | Wellesley, MA | 02482
Dates: Week of 6/20 – Week of 8/29
LINX Camps proudly serves Metrowest MA with more than 40 premier camps, including junior (half and full day), general, adventure, fine arts, leadership, performing arts, sports, and STEMM (science, technology, engineering, math, and movie making). LINX Camps is focused on building a community, one camper at a time. Their award-winning camps provide a traditional day camp experience (like a sleepaway camp) that builds community and character while allowing kids to explore their interests. LINX knows it’s important to offer a safe and comfortable camp environment in which all campers, no matter their age or chosen program, feel confident tackling new challenges, trying new activities, and building lasting friendships. Theme Fridays, opening and closing ceremonies, and camp-wide spirit cheers are just a few of the community-building aspects of LINX Camps that all of camp families have the chance to enjoy and share with each other for a lifetime.
Mass Audubon’s Wild at Art Summer Camp
Location: Mass Audubon’s Museum of American Bird Art | 963 Washington Street | Canton, MA
Dates: June 27 to August 19
Give your child the chance to experience the transformative power of art and nature. Mass Audobon’s unique camp setting — part wildlife sanctuary, part art museum — inspires creativity, promotes well-being and enhances connections to nature. They provide a safe, fun-filled camp experience specially designed to foster children’s creativity, sense of wonder, and bond with nature. Campers (ages 4-13) will create art in the mediums of printmaking, painting, ceramics, and much more, and programs intertwine art, science, engineering, and nature for stimulating camp weeks that support school curriculum. This year highlights include: 1) building a digital camera to create wild art, 2) “that’s wild” camp sessions, which are exciting nature explorations enhanced with creative art activities, 3) “full steam ahead” sessions, which are thoughtfully designed to be fun, engaging, and inspiring explorations of nature, science, and art, and 4) art immersion camp sessions that are focused on painting, pottery, ceramics, and printmaking.
Fessenden
Location: West Newton | MA
What sets the Fessenden day camp apart?
- Excellent aquatics program
- Dedicated, mature staff
- Traditional camp activities with new and exciting offerings
- Awesome state-of-the-art facilities
We welcome you to take a tour with one of our directors so you can see for yourself!
Dexter Southfield
Location: 20 Newton Street| Brookline
Dates: June 20 to August 12
Dexter Southfield Summer Camps offer a unique selection of programs for children ages 3.5-16 years old on a hilltop campus in Brookline, MA. If you are an athlete, a scientist, an artist, or enjoy a little of everything, Dexter Southfield has a camp for you! Buses provide transportation from 25 towns, including downtown Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, and Wellesley. Healthy snacks and lunch are also provided. Please join Dexter Southfield at a winter open house on February 27 from 2 to 4 p.m.
Camp Resolute
Location: Bolton, MA
Dates: July 10 to August 19
Camp Resolute invites you to join them this summer for an adventure of a lifetime. Camp Resolute has day camp and resident camp opportunities that offer something for everyone. The key to the success of Camp Resolute is dedication to each camper. Flexibility is their word to live by, and they deliver the finest program available for your youth. Join Camp Resolute this summer!
Steve and Kate’s Camp
Location: 102 Pilgrim Road | Boston
5 Cadbury Road | Cambridge
Dates: June 20 – August 19
At Steve & Kate’s, campers step into a world packed with possibilities — for experiencing new opportunities, for expressing themselves, for exploring their passions and infinite potential. The results are unexpected and surprisingly rich. One camper dives deep into the story of a stop-motion animation. Another discovers a passion for dance, or a craftiness for fashion. You can buy a membership for the whole summer or stock up on day passes and use them when you need them. Oh, and lunch is included. Ta-da! Camp simplified.
International School of Boston
Dates: 5 weeks, June 20 – July 22
This summer give your children a day camp experience they will never forget. The International School of Boston’s French Immersion Summer Camp engages children in a wide array of activities, all designed to enhance their skills in spoken and written French, as well as their comprehension of the language. Under the guidance of French-speaking teachers, campers participate in recreational, creative, and academic activities, all contributing to their education in French. The program welcomes campers who are new to the language as well as French speakers. Our campers go beyond immersion: They virtually “swim” in French!
Everwood Day Camp
Location: Sharon | MA
Dates: June 20th–August 26th
Camp Website
Voted #1 Day Camp in Massachusetts, Everwood Day Camp is situated along the glistening shores of Lake Massapoag in Sharon, Mass. Everwood Day Camp offers campers ages 4-15 a summer of adventure, sports, arts, and outdoor activities in a authentic New England summer camp environment that’s uniquely suited to encourage their growth. At Everwood, campers experience all the fun and friendship of camp life, plus the support of a community that’s committed to providing skills for life. We see the summer experience as an opportunity to learn modern skills, including communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking, all through the camp experience. Transportation to and from the Greater Boston and Providence areas is included in our tuition. Everwood Day Camp—this is the way summer is supposed to be.
The Coastal Ocean Science Academy
Location: Northeastern University Marine Science Center | 430 Nahant Road | Nahant MA
Dates: Littorina (Middle School): July 11-15th, Chondrus and Pagurus (High School): August 8th-19th
The Coastal Ocean Science Academy (COSA) is a marine science summer day program that aims to introduce and connect young people to local marine and coastal habitats and the factors that shape them, through field research and data collection at the Northeastern University Marine Science Center (NUMSC) in Nahant, as well as various offsite field trip locations. We are offer a 1-week middle school program and a 2-week high school program and both run from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day, and they begin/end each day at the NUMSC. Fees include all equipment, student materials, t-shirt, transportation to off-site field locations, entry for all fee-based field experiences, daily lunch, and snacks. Optional daily transportation to the Marine Science Center from Boston, Lynn and Revere MBTA stations is available for an additional fee.
Pompositticut Farm Day Camp
Location: 25 Lewis St | Hudson
Dates: Session 1 – June 27th – July 8th, Session 2 – July 11th – 22ed, Session 3 – July 25th – August 5th, Session 4 – August 8th – 19th
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