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 2019. 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 so keep checking in. Also, don’t procrastinate–many spots are filling up quickly!
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Arts Camps (music, dance, etc.)
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Featured Summer Camps
Avid4 Adventure
This summer, experience the power of authentic outdoor adventure. Avid4 Adventure summer camps teach pre-K – 12th graders of all levels to climb, paddle, bike, hike and thrive in the outdoors. With help from our time-tested curriculum and experienced instructors (all 21+ and certified in First Aid and CPR), we give campers solid outdoors skills and character-shaping confidence they can use at camp and beyond, launching them into a lifetime of empowering adventure. We transport kids to nearby crags, trails and bodies of water to adventure in authentic settings and discover local recreation areas they (and you) can keep coming back to.
Our camps teach kids to assess their environment and approach risks intelligently, building a foundation of confident, sound judgment they can use in the outdoors—and throughout their lives. Camps run weekly from May – August. Learn more and sign up at Avid4.com, call 800-977-9873 or email [email protected].
Keystone Science School
Keystone Science School hosts a wide variety of programs including overnight, adventure, and day camps which all combine Science, Adventure, & FUN! Our flagship program is our traditional overnight camp known as Discovery Camp. Every Discovery Camp session includes a backpacking overnight, challenge hike, team-building activities, and traditional songs by the campfire.
Campers can also choose from two Adventure based programs known as Keystone Voyagers or Keystone Mountain Adventures. As a Keystone Voyager, campers mountain bike, rock climb, day hike, or whitewater raft before finishing their night around the campfire. Keystone Mountain Adventures is our wildest adventure program where campers spend the majority of their time in the backcountry while backpacking and exploring National Parks around the mountain west.
Our Day Camp programs are all based in Keystone, Colorado and each week-long session has it’s own programmatic theme. We incorporate creative activities, team-building, and investigative learning into each day. keystonescienceschool.org
Camp Comfort – A Grief Camp for Children Ages 6- 12
Camp Comfort is a weekend camp offered twice each summer that addresses the special needs of children ages 6 – 12 who have experienced the death of someone they love. Children learn ways to cope with their grief through workshops and activities – building skills that may help them now and throughout their lives. Grief workshops are balanced with recreational activities, such as swimming, zip lining, horseback riding, and fishing. Founded in 1995, Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice’s groundbreaking bereavement camp has helped more than 1,500 Colorado children find a path through their grief. Our hope is that through our curated program of emotional discovery led by licensed social workers and highly trained counselors, children will learn coping skills while also preserving positive memories of their loved one. Scholarships are available.Learn more at www.campcomfort.org
Flour Power Kids Cooking Studios
Summer is the perfect time to stir up some fun. At Flour Power Kids Cooking Studios we provide amazing experiences in the kitchen. Bring your camper (ages 5-12) over and you’ll pick up a newly self-confident child who will beg to cook dinner for you! Children will create their own snacks and lunch and we’ll supply everything that they will need for an amazing week filled with newly developed life-long skills including math, science, reading and chemistry!
Our full-day, week long camps include all supplies, copies of camp recipes, snacks and lunches! Each week we offer a fun-filled theme (Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Kitchen Superheroes, Happiness is Homemade, Cake My Day, Hawaii Five Oh, Iron Chef, Christmas in July, Cooks & Books, and Chopped) that encourage the development of life skills. Flourpowerstudios.com/highlandsranch
Gold Crown Foundation Sports and STEAM (Stem + the Arts) Camps
The Gold Crown Foundation is about “preparing kids for the game of life,” on and off the court, and in and outside of the classroom. The Camp Lineup allows your child to build their confidence, while staying active and engaged. Sports camps include the Denver Nuggets Hanzlik Hoop Camp or Volleyball Skills Camp for boys and girls entering 2nd – 10th grade. Camp emphasis is on skills improvement and development. STEAM Camps include the Language of Letters (draw and design your own fonts), Camp YouTube (create original content for your own channel), Video Game Console Camp (develop the secrets to game development) or Drone Camp (learn how to build and fly your own drone). These camps are open to boys and girls, ages 12 – 18. Camps are held at the Gold Crown Field House or the Clubhouse at Edgewater in June and July. We will see your child this summer! Contact/registration information: 303-233-6776; [email protected]; goldcrownfoundation.com.
Pedalheads Bike Camps
Pedalheads offers learn-to-ride bike programs in over 45 cities across Canada and the USA. In Colorado, you can find us having fun in five locations! Our program is renowned for helping kids ages 3-12 get off training wheels and safely ride on the road. Our program includes:
- a progression of six instructional levels for you to choose from,
- three-hour half-day camps,
- seven-hour all-day camps,
- private lessons, and
- before and after care options.
Kids get lots of time on their bikes learning and playing games, navigating obstacle courses, and challenging themselves with a variety of activities in a safe environment. We use only positive reinforcement to promote kids’ health, well-being, and development; as a result, kids who experience our program report feeling “braver and gooder at biking” and say they like us more than candy, school, and story time. 
Kent Denver School
CodeWizardsHQ
CodeWizardsHQ offers a structured and comprehensive multi-year online curriculum available for grades 3rd-12th. Their unique approach combines the benefits of teacher-led instruction and the ease and convenience of online classes. Students attend weekly online classes from the convenience of your home. Classes are teacher-led, student-centered and project-based. Beginner to advanced experience levels welcome. As students progress course to course, they learn popular programming languages including; Scratch, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Python, MySQL, and more. They have a structured, long-term coding program that prepares your child for academic and professional success. The program finalizes with a capstone project, internship or a la carte courses that give students real-world web development experience or preparation for exams to earn college credit. Their student’s portfolios stand out in college applications and give them a competitive edge. For more information find us at www.codewizardshq.com/summer-
Lake Dillon Theatre Company
LDTC’s Youth Workshops provide theatre-based education programs to Summit County’s youth. While students gain knowledge and skills in the performance arts through theatre, music, and dance classes, the program’s ultimate focus is to broaden perspectives, build confidence, and bolster community ties through shared experiences. The classes culminate into performances free to the public.
The Lake Dillon Youth Theatre Workshops are a safe and encouraging environment for any child with an interest in performing arts. We not only take pride in developing creative passions but we allow children to work together, think outside the box, and most importantly, have fun!
If you have any questions or would like any more information about our Youth Theatre Workshops, please contact our Director of Education, Colt Neidhardt by calling 970.513.1151 Ext. 106 or email [email protected]
Super Stars Reading Camp
Super Stars Reading Camp is an intensive 5-week reading program focusing on supporting students with learning disabilities (i.e. dyslexia). Monday through Thursday, our campers receive one hour of Orton-Gillingham based reading intervention from a highly trained instructor. Campers then spend one hour in a small group working on developing their writing and math skills. The campers round out their day working with student volunteers to practice oral reading, play math and literacy games, and build lasting relationships with their peers. Fridays are “fun days” for the campers, where they participate in activities such as team games, scavenger hunts, complete art projects, or even Reader’s Theater. Fridays also provide the opportunity for parents to meet and participate in informational workshops put on by our directors and a variety of speakers. Come join us at one of our three convenient locations in Denver, Littleton/Lakewood, or Louisville/Boulder and watch your child grow! everychildreading.net/superstar-summer-camp
MOTH Contemporary Circus Center
MOTH Contemporary Circus Center is located in the RiNo Arts District in downtown Denver, Colorado. MOTH CCC is collaborative environment where students of all levels can train in a safe and supportive environment. Our fun-filled camps include crafts, games, acting, face-painting and of course circus skills! Including: trampoline, acrobatics, tightwire, aerial arts, Chinese pole, clowning, and juggling.
Circus Camp– ages 6-9 – June 3rd – June 14th
Circus Camp – ages 9-13 – June 17th – June 28th
Try Me Mini Circus – ages 4-6 – July 1st – 3rd
Adaptice Circus- Adams Camp Collaboration– July 8th – July 12th
All Levels Performance Camp– July 15th – July 26th
Advanced Performance Camp – July 29th – August 9th
MOTH CCC adheres to a strict set of safety procedures to insure students stay healthy and follow proper progressions to avoid injury.
Play-Well TEKnologies
JCC Denver
Summer is the perfect time to make new discoveries, embark on thrilling adventures, and meet lifelong friends. With a dash of summer fun and a hearty mix of excitement-fueled summer camps, it’s also the perfect time to #getcAMPED! For summer 2019, we’re turning up the dial on summer camp in order to give your child the best camp experience yet with JCC Camps! No matter which camp experience you choose for your child (Camp Shai, Ranch Camp, Tennis Camp, Wolf Theatre Academy, etc.), JCC Camps will support and encourage your camper all summer long with affordable camp programs. Children and families of all ages, backgrounds, and interests are welcome here at the J, so what are you waiting for? Suit up, dive in, and #getcAMPED for the best summer ever with the JCC Denver. jccdenver.org
Iliff Adventure Day Camp
Post-Kindergarten Adventure Summer Camp is designed to provide experiences for everyone to build lasting relationships that encourage healthy development, positive risk-taking and a sense of belonging and security. Campers spend their days with professionally trained counselors who focus entirely on the success of the children, encouraging them to explore and play, swim, participate in sports, and experience activities in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and music). In addition, campers explore all that Denver offers in privately- owned school buses. Enrollment forms and Weekly Themes (Post kindergarten-Age 12) available online or by calling the center. Ask any camper and they will tell you….it all adds up to a super fun summer. iliffpreschool.com
Talk to the Camera
Lifetree Day Camps
Where kids experience fun, faith, and friendship! At Lifetree Day Camps, kids ages 6-11 engage in a huge variety of unique experiences that help them grow in their faith and make new friends. Kids can come for just one week of camp, or any combination of 7 weeks, Monday-Friday. It’s your total summer solution – each week has a new theme and every day is different! With 10 locations in Colorado, there’s a camp near you. Fill your child’s summer weekdays with creative, heart-changing, laughter-inducing fun! Camps fill quickly, so register today with a small deposit at lifetreedaycamps.com.
Digitstars Make-a-Movie Workshop
Kids unleash their creativity and bring their stories to life in a stop motion animation or live action filmmaking program! They write, act, direct, film, and edit their own films in a fun and exciting week! We watch and analyze film clips to learn techniques, and take outside breaks in a nearby playground. Moviemaking integrates art with technology and demands storytelling skills that can feed into success in school and beyond. Week-long camps (M-F, 9 am-3 pm, with extended care available) are offered in June, July, and 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. Our enthusiastic and trained instructors are professional filmmakers with film degrees and class size is limited so save your spot as soon as possible! digistarsworkshop.com
YMCA of Boulder Valley Summer Camps
YMCA of Boulder Valley Summer Camps foster curiosity, celebrate friendship and encourage children to expand their idea of what’s possible. Our campers explore nature, swim and create, try new activities, develop new interests, unplug from technology and gain independence while making friendships that last a lifetime. YMCA of Boulder Valley Summer Day Camps include traditional camps — YMCA Camp S’more Fun and the nature-based YMCA Camp Elks — as well as Y World of Sports Camps, Y Riders Cycling Camps, STEAMrollers Camps, teen leadership camp and field trip-focused teen camps. Our day camps are located throughout the community in Boulder, Lafayette, Louisville, Superior and Longmont. YMCA Camp Santa Maria in Bailey offers an incredible resident camp experience in the heart of the Rockies. This overnight camp provides children with opportunities to try archery, paddleboard and kayak, hike and explore, swim, build gnome homes and find a community around our campfire. 
Coming soon:
Engineering for Kids
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.
