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Colorado Summer Camp Guide 2016

Colorado Summer Camp Guide 2016

Summer camp season is upon us!  To help you navigate the many wonderful camps in Denver, we have compiled a Colorado Summer Camp Guide for 2016.  In addition to this directory, we will be featuring a variety of Denver camps over the next few months that give a more in-depth glimpse of camp life. Watch us on 9News this week as we talk about all-things camp and don’t procrastinate–many spots are filling up quickly!

Camp Categories

Arts Camps (music, dance, etc.)

Academic Camps

Outdoor Camps

General Camps

Sports Camps

Featured Camps:

Talk to the Camera

Lights, Camera, Action & FUN! Want to shine as you report a news story, star in a Talk Show or make your own movie? Use your natural talents and 21st century technology to flaunt on and off camera personalities as you reinforce a positive self image, poise and social skills. Get on Camera in …….3-2-1 ACTION! Our Summer Camps are five consecutive days and each daily session is three hours long. Camp options: News Broadcast, Talk Show or Mini Movie. Our camps are offered at various locations throughout the Denver-Metro area. All work created during the camp session will be edited and a class video will be shared with parents shortly after the session via a password protected site. Our instructors are trained professionals in the education, theatre, film/tv and media industries. Age range: 7-13. Cost: $240. For more information call 720-217-9551; email [email protected] or visit and register at www.talktothecamera.com.talk

PALS Summer Chess Camps

Are you looking for a fun, unique and highly educational summer camp for your children? PALS Chess Academy is proud to offer several Summer Chess Camps in the Greater Denver Area taught by current Colorado State Chess Champion and former two-time scholastic National Champion Lior Lapid! Whether your children are completely new to the game or intermediate/advanced players, we divide the campers into two or more groups in order to provide personalized instruction for all participants. Our campers have a lot of fun while learning valuable lessons that build character, problem-solving skills, teamwork, confidence and intelligence throughout life. Each MondayFriday camp is filled with creative lessons on chess strategy in all phases of the game. We follow our own step-by-step curriculum to ensure children learn according to a structured progression of ideas. For a list of locations, cost, discounts and registration, visit www.palschess.com/camps

 

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Jedi Camps

Does your child like Star Wars? Do they want to be a Jedi? Then we have the summer camp for you: Jedi Summer Camp! We will teach the kids how act like a Jedi (with Discipline, Focus, and Respect), how to use a light saber, how to duel, and more. There will be Jedi duels, Jedi obstacle courses where the kids have to block laser blasters (Nerf darts), and Jedi games to keep the kids working hard during the week. Jedi Summer Camps are being held in Evergreen, Lakewood, Broomfield, and Stapleton. Camp dates are: June 6-10; June 13-17; June 20-24; June 27-July 1; July 18-22; August 1-5; August 8-12. All camps run 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and cost $250 for the week, which includes a real training lightsaber the kids get to take home. All camps are filling up fast; Call today to reserve your spot! 303.968.5500 [email protected]envisionmartialarts.comjedicamp

Digistars Make-a-Movie Workshop Camp

Bring your stories to life with stop motion animation or live action filmmaking! Write, act, direct, film, and edit your own films in a fun and exciting week! Watch and analyze films to learn techniques, and take outside breaks in a nearby playground. Moviemaking integrates art with technology and demands storytelling skills that can feed into academic success. Centrally located just west of the Denver Zoo in Whittier, week-long camps run June-August for grades 1-8. Programs include Claymation and live action moviemaking using green screen technology. The production process is hands-on, kid-driven, and collaborative. Their enthusiastic and trained instructors are professional filmmakers or film students and class size is limited. DigistarsWorkshop.com.

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Results Learning’s C.E.O. Summer Camp

Results Learning’s C.E.O. (Concrete, Effective, Organization Strategies) Summer Camp will prepare your incoming 6th through 8th grade child for the upcoming school year by providing effective organization, planning and self-advocacy strategies which will make school and homework easier. Students spend time each day learning explicit academic executive functioning skills and then apply these skills to enjoyable and entertaining activities each day. Your child will come home and look forward to the next day with activities such as: a trip to a Rockies game, cooking, hiking, swimming and other fun traditional day camp activities designed to reinforce executive function skills. Students will: a) Identify a “planner” system. b) Set three goals and develop action plans for the first month of the school year.  c)  Apply executive functioning skills to real-life scenarios. d) Develop a homework routine and identify how to complete homework more efficiently. Contact Results Learning at 303-771-1160 or www.results-learning.com.

Colorado Adventure Point

Colorado Adventure Point is your destination for summer fun! Three exciting day camps provide something for everyone: STEM, Climbing, and Marksmanship. Experienced and certified instructors provide high quality activities for all ability levels. Climb outdoors every day at amazing locations near Denver while learning the skills and knowledge of the sport of rock climbing in the Climbing Adventure Academy (age 11-14). Practice the ancient discipline of archery and target shooting in the Marksmanship Adventure Academy (age 11-14). Junior scientists in the STEM Adventure Academy (grade 1-5) will learn to solve challenging STEM experiments designed to teach scientific thinking, critical thinking, and leadership skills. Standard camp times 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Before/After care available. Cost: $300/week. Tuition covers all materials and equipment. Age range: 6-14;  Colorado Adventure Point located at Hamilton Scout Headquarters, 10455 W. Sixth Avenue, Suite 150, Denver CO 80215; For more information contact Austin, 720.266.2167; e-mail: [email protected]; www.coloradoadventurepoint.org/register

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Swallow Hill Music

Camps Rock this summer at Swallow Hill Music!  Campers ages 6-18 explore music in a variety of settings including performance and hands-on learning.  Tuition Assistance available for qualifying families. Campers at Explore! Music Camp will discover the joy of music through their natural curiosity. This year they are offering Explore! Music camps at both their Yale (71 E Yale Ave, Denver, CO 80210) and Lowry (7653 East 1st Place, Denver, CO 80230) locations. Belt It Out! is for campers looking to explore music and theater in a fun, supportive environment. (Offered at their Lowry location.) At their House of Rock Summer Camp students will get hands-on experience necessary to play in a band with other musicians. Kids Camp in Crested Butte is a fun, 5-day music camp in that provides kids an amazing experience in bluegrass music education. Get details on location, dates, ages and more at swallowhillmusic.org.swallow3

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Girls’ Wilderness Adventures

Want your daughter to have a fun, empowering, awesome self-esteem boosting experience this summer?  Join Girls’ Wilderness Adventures!  Women’s Wilderness is the ONLY non-profit in the nation that specializes in helping both girls and women develop courage, confidence, and leadership skills through outdoor adventures.  Their girls’ courses focus on providing girls ages 8-18 with the vital life skills that transfer to school, peer relationships, and future careers.  Hiking, backpacking, canoeing and rock climbing all provide the ideal environment for participants to practice taking on challenges with the support of awesome professional female outdoor leaders.  Courses are 4 to 8 days, both overnight and day camps available, start and end at their office in Boulder.  We provide all the gear needed!  Financial aid available. womenswilderness.org

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Camp Gratitude a Kids Yoga Camp

Camp Gratitude a Kids Yoga Camp is a great way to bring peace, calm, fun and health to your kids this summer. Kids keep returning because they experience happiness and life long skills. They are offering 8 weeks of camp for kids 5-8 year olds and 9- 13 year olds. Dates are June 20th to Aug 19th. Your kids will: Build Confidence & Creativity through Games and Music ~ Peace through Yoga, Meditation and Calming Breath ~ Self-Expression through Dance, Creative Arts & Crafts ~ World Awareness through Stories, Mandalas and Play ~ Growing an Attitude of Gratitude! Each camp is Monday to Friday 9 .m.-4 p.m. Early Bird Registration by March 31st is $349 Locations: Mudra Yoga Studio 560 S Holly St #15, Denver CO 80246. Mudra Yoga Studio 1550 S Pearl St #202, Denver CO 80210 General questions Contact Kids Yoga Guide at [email protected] 415-475-YOGA Register by clicking here   KidsYogaGuide.com Namaste and Play!campgratitude

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Colorado Academy Summer Programs

Find a unique camp for your unique kid! Colorado Academy (CA) Summer Programs has something for everyone. With a wide variety of offerings from Stained-Glass to Circus, Day Camp to Soccer, Rock Climbing to Intensive Reading, Culinary Camps to Mountain Biking, Star Wars School to Coding, Drawing to Guitar Camp, Rafting to Math Camps, there truly is something at CA in the summer for every school-age individual. With more than twenty different camp offerings each week, you can customize the perfect day for your child. Join them on their beautiful 94-acre campus for an unforgettable summer. They offer optional bus transportation from most Denver Metro neighborhoods, a before- and after-camp program, an outdoor pool with swimming lessons, hot lunches, and much, much, more! coloradoacademysummer.org

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JCC of Denver

The JCC of Denver and the MACC offer a vast array of choices from day camp to overnight camp as well as their art and theatre academies.  With a nurturing, friendly, safe and creative environment, your children will grow in their programs, which are developed by caring camp professionals. They teach important skills and inspire new journeys while having fun every day. Over the course if the summer, your children can expect swimming, Judaic programming, sports, professional arts classes, professional theatre classes, Friday FUNday, Shabbat celebrations and tons of fun. Their programs are open to members and non-members. To learn more please visit their website www.jccdenver.org/camps , give them a call at (303) 316-6307 or email at [email protected].  

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The Art Garage

Discover a world of inspiration and creativity at The Art Garage. Week-long, age-appropriate classes for children ages 3-18 include ceramics, drawing, painting, mixed-media, poetry, illustration. Monday-Friday June 6-August 19. Full or half day 9am-12pm and/or 1pm-4pm. The 3-5 year olds’ camps are complimented with stories, snacks, and physical activities in addition to art projects. Camps for 6-8 year olds highlight creative opportunities that explore art history, ceramics, and more! Camps for 9-12 year olds engage them artistically while inspiring new ideas and experiences in positive and fun ways. Art Garage instructors are professional working artists with extensive teaching experience or art educators.  The Art Garage camps offer an extraordinary experience in Denver as their instructors generate their own individualized themes and projects. The energy that fills each classroom is inspiring and so join them for creative art camps this summer.  Go to artgaragedenver.com to register.

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Avid4 Adventure

Known as one of Denver’s top outdoor camps, Avid4 Adventure is where Pre-K – 11th graders of all levels learn to kayak, canoe, stand up paddleboard, rock climb, bike, hike and thrive in the outdoors. Camps are offered in Boulder, Golden, Highlands Ranch, Washington Park, Stapleton, Castle Rock and Lafayette.  They also have Colorado Mountain Camp, a sleep away camp located at Windy Peak, a beautiful location near Bailey, Colorado.  Campers take skills learned one year and then add to them the next, creating a virtuous cycle that teaches not only outdoor skills but also good communication and self-awareness. Contest: Mile High Mamas is giving away a free week of camp at Avid4 Adventure!avidbike

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Camp Chief Ouray

We have a deep-rooted love for Camp Chief Ouray, Colorado’s longest-running overnight camp for boys and girls ages 7-17 at YMCA of the Rockies Snow Mountain Ranch in Granby, Colo. My kids have stayed in their rustic cabins as they did archery, camp crafts, swam, rode horses, canoed, hiked, raided the kitchen, camped under the stars one night, gorged on s’mores, had regular devotionals, skits, campfire songs and so much more. CCO’s new Camp Director Matt Sullivan says in addition to “theme weeks” such as Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, Frozen and Hunger Games, the popular camp is putting an emphasis on camper progression. “Many families come back year after year and we want them to be able to advance so we’ll offer beginner, intermediate and expert-level activities,” he says. “In addition to outdoor fun, we’re also offering more in-depth options in the arts including calligraphy, painting, water acrylics and ceramics with potter’s wheels.”ccomap

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Amber Johnson
Author: Amber Johnson

Amber is the founder and editor of Mile High Mamas, travel writer and former columnist for The Denver Post. She is a passionate community builder and loves the outdoors. She has two awesome teens and is happily married to a man obsessed with growing The Great Pumpkin.

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Amber is the founder and editor of Mile High Mamas, travel writer and former columnist for The Denver Post. She is a passionate community builder and loves the outdoors. She has two awesome teens and is happily married to a man obsessed with growing The Great Pumpkin.

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