Summer Camps & Activities for Kids!
Looking for options for camps during school breaks and over the summer? Check out the Lafayette Chamber members providing services for our kids!
Lafayette Recreation
Spring/Summer Rec Guide! Registration opens March 14th at 12:01am Visit www.LafayetteRec.org or call us at 925-284-2232.
Town Hall Theater
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Summer is back in swing with classes for rising Pre-K through High Schoolers! Join us for single or multi-week camps to create new plays, dive into imaginative play, or star in a show.
Myeve Capozzi Vocal Training
(925)330.1850
www.MCVT.online
Follow and Like me on Facebook and Instagram @Myevecapozzivocaltraining
“Without song, life would b flat”
Come and Join in the Summer camp fun! Kids come join our 5 day French dinner camp. We inspire your children to eat healthy while they learn a valuable life skill of cooking and eating healthy foods. These are hands on classes, where we will learn Knife skills as well as kitchen & food safety. Menu: Baguettes (French bread), Potato leek soup, Pot of feu (braised meats), Salad Nicoise, Green bean a la Crème, Chocolate soufflé and Madeline’s and many more recipes in between. Please let us know of any food allergies and or religious food observances before class begins
Orinda Community Center, 28 Orinda Way, Orinda CA. 94563, Room 4 kitchen; (925) 254-2445, www.cityoforinda.org
5 day French Dinner Camp, Activity Code: 5403; Ages: 6 – 10 yrs
June 6 -10, 2022: Bar Code: 5403 9 – 12 PM; Bar Code: 5404 1 – 4 PM
June 13 – 17, 2022: Bar code: 5870 9 – 12 PM; Bar code: 5871 1- 4 PM
June 27 – July 1, 2022: Bar code:8572 9 -12 PM; Bar code: 5873 1 – 4 PM
Lafayette Community Center, 500 St. Mary’s Rd. Kitchen, Lafayette CA 94549, (925) 284-2232, www.lafayetterec.org
Busy Bee Cooks make a French dinner
July 18 – 22 – 2022: 2 recipes per class, Activity #:11411
Mon. – Fri., 9 – 12 PM, Ages 4 & 5 yrs
We Teach Your Kids to Cook French dinner, Activity #11410
Mon. – Fri., 1- 4 PM, Ages: 6 – 10 yrs
If parents have any additional questions they may call (925) 212-9771 or email cheflyndak@aol.com.
Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church
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Vacation Bible School registration is open as of April 1st. Please visit www.mvpctoday.org to register. VBS will run June 6-10th. If you would like to volunteer, registration is open on the website for volunteers.
New You Dance Center
New You Dance Center (NYDC) is a one stop shop for Dance Courses and Dj Entertainment. AJ Rogers Director and Owner of NYDC is excited to bring his business into his hometown teaching dance and DJing Events!
PPF Summer Sesh
Summer Sesh is back and better than ever!! This year, there will be three week-long sessions – sign up for one – or join us for all three weeks!
Learn tips from the pros to improve your acting, singing and performance skills while having a blast with new & old friends! Each session will end with a performance showcase for family and friends.
● Open to everyone entering 1st through 9th grade in Fall 2022
● Each session takes place at the PPF Home in Lafayette, from 9:00-3:00 Monday-Thursday, and from 9:00-5:00 on Friday at the Orinda Amphitheater.
● There will be a performance showcase on Friday at 3:00pm at the Orinda Community Park Amphitheater$500.00 $450.00 until April 15th (20% discount if you sign up for more than one session!)
Space is limited, so CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP today!
Roughing It Day Camp
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Celebrating our 50th summer! Ann & Hobie Woods, are now joined by their daughter Amy Woods and Cecilio, their grandson, as a 3rd generation camper. They started Roughing It Day Camp in 1972 with 17 campers, 1 bus, 2 canoes, 5 fishing poles, and a dream in our hearts. WOW! Roughing It has grown over the years and continues to grow. Please see our staff. Come join us!
Outdoor activities that build skills, provide new challenges, and are fun for all ages. Instruction by ages 4 to 16. Our programs are designed for every age and ability level. Canoeing, Fishing, Kayaking, Hiking, Rowing, Swimming (Soda Aquatic Center in Moraga), Nature, Arts and Crafts, Sports, Field Games and more.
Enjoy the all-outdoors 900-acre lakefront site right here in Lafayette with trails for hiking, fresh air, exercise, and fun. This is the perfect place for children to spend their summers. With hills to explore, trails to hike, grassy fields to play games, a lakefront with docks for fishing and Captain Rough’s Cove to boat on, plenty of spots to find your group’s secret fort, and time to relax under the shade of the coastal oak trees, our campers get to experience the outdoors firsthand each day.
Spend Summer 2022 at Pillar Kids!
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Are you searching for some summer fun for your little one? We are thrilled to announce that Pillar Kids Childcare has planned nine weeks of summer awesomeness to keep everyone happy! Each week between June 6 – August 5, 2022, children ages 2-5 years old are invited to explore two rich subject-matters with so much to explore: The World of Dinosaurs and Wildlife Around the World. Pillar Kids will be exploring it all! This thematic approach for our summer program allows teaching and learning to integrate with one another while keeping PLAY at the center of it all. Our summer activities are designed to support your child’s previous knowledge on each subject and spark new discoveries along the way! How cool is that?
Pillar Kids Childcare is designed for working moms and dads to work in our coworking space, which is adjacent to the childcare center. While you get your work done, your child enjoys the fun with our talented teaching staff. Plus when you sign up for one of our childcare packages, you get FREE coworking! Our camps run Monday through Friday 9-4pm. Click the link to view our childcare packages HERE. Families can sign up for monthly camps or individual weeks ($425/week) depending on their needs. Check out how it went at last year’s Pillar Kids summer camp.
NOTE: Parent’s must work onsite at Pillar’s coworking space in order for children to attend Pillar’s summer camp.
How to register: Email kids@pillarcowork.com with your desired summer schedule. Pillar staff will respond with a registration package and invoice to secure your child’s space.
Lorne Smith Lacrosse
Super Summer Evening Lax Camp @ Acalanes, register and learn more at www.lornesmithlacrosse.com.
You are all invited to a new evening program I will be running this summer at Acalanes for the 1st – 5th age group called the Super Summer Evening Lax Camp! See info attached – register and learn more online at www.lornesmithlacrosse.com.
When and Where:
- We will be at Acalanes evenings this summer June 6, 8, 13, and 15 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, and I am inviting your kids and their friends to come out and have a fun lacrosse experience with me and my Acalanes players and coaches!
- These times will coincide with practices for a HS team I am putting together to play in Lake Tahoe. One half field will be dedicated to each program.
What:
- This “Super” style of lacrosse is same as Super Sundays – no contact, no checking, soft practice balls – so that we can learn some new skills, play small sided games, and have some fun in contests and competitions.
- Each session will include stick skills, individual skills like dodging and basketball position defense, and we will introduce and drill some team skills like draw and dump, help defense, pass and pick away, give and go, and more.
- And of course we will bring out the radar gun to clock shot speed, and have the ever popular “score on coach” contest.
Why: The goal is to get new players more excited about lacrosse and stoke that initial spark. More experienced players will enjoy taking off the pads and playing lots of 3×3 and 5×5, and getting to know the HS player coaches.
Cost: $120 per player. Register: https://campscui.active.com/orgs/LorneSmithLacrosse?orglink=camps-registration#/selectSessions/3126633
Summer Programs for Elementary & Middle School Students
Lafayette Academy summer programs are a great way for students to avoid summer learning loss or catch up on what they missed during COVID. Our K-8 programs help students strengthen their foundational skills, with long-term academic benefits for students who continue next fall. As few as 13 total hours will make a difference for students who are on grade level; students below grade level will see a marked improvement after 26 hours in one of our programs. Our elementary and middle school programs are led by teachers, in centers, and online.
- Weekly summer programs and tutoring for incoming grades 2-8.
- Classes start the week of June 13 and continue each week until July 29.
- Sign your students up for as many weeks as possible to get the best results. Our programs work because they combine great teaching & technology.
- Our summer programs are flexible; we happily add classes for small groups (swim team friends, siblings, etc.).
- Our schedules are synced to accommodate groups spanning 3 grades and blocks of 2 hours/student,
- Our summer programs will NOT spoil your summer or your children’s!
Summer High School Classes – The “Get Ready” Program
We offer a variety of summer classes and tutoring options to help students “get ready” for Fall courses. Our instructors have been tutoring local students for many years; they know the challenges students will face next fall, including those that have been created by the loss of learning during the pandemic. We offer weekly “get ready” classes during the last few weeks of July and the first week of August. We will also offer classes for study skills and writing. As always, Lafayette Academy’s summer will include a robust test prep program for the ACT and SAT.
Registration is open for Diablo Ballet School’s 2022 Summer Program for ages 3 and up. Come train with the only school in the area that is run by a professional ballet company. We will be offering a three-week intensive for ages 10 – trainee taught by our professional dancers, to enhance training and develop a deeper understanding of ballet and other styles of dance. For our younger dancers, we offer Pre Ballet camps where students will explore the classic story of Cinderella through dance. In addition, we will be offering a mini-intensive for Levels 1 & 2, technique classes by level and adult ballet classes. All classes will take place at our studio in Pleasant Hill.
California Shakespeare Theater
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Summer Shakespeare Conservatory returns to Cal Shakes 2 with both 4-week and 2-week training options! Classes will take place safely outside at the Bruns Amphitheater this summer for grades 6-12. Students will develop and improve their performative skills by studying with Bay Area experts in such areas as Acting, Voice, Movement, Text Analysis and more, all while rehearsing one of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays for a performance on the Bruns stage!
Want to be included on this page? Contact sara@lafayettechamber.org.