Summer Camps

COMPILED BY AMELIA ALLEN

Kids in STEM

Pikes Peak Library District ppld.org | 719-531-6333

At PPLD’s makerspaces, kids and adults alike can use equipment ranging from 3D printers to button machines at the district’s Sand Creek Library, East Library, Library 21c and Manitou Springs Library/Manitou Art Center. Check ppld.org/kids for activities geared to ages 0-5, and click on “Programs” at ppld.org to find activities for teens and tweens.

Western Museum of Mining and Industry wmmi.org/education/stemcamps.html | 719-488-0880

If your kid likes rocks, chemistry or electricity, they’ll definitely like WMMI’s summer camp for third to fifth graders. The program features a new STEM topic every day, with guest speakers and activities catered toward each day’s theme. This year’s camps run June 19-23 and July 17-21, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 225 North Gate Blvd. Camps are $225 for members, $250 for non-members.

Inspire Creativity

Challenger Learning Center challengercolorado.org/whatwe-do/public/summer-camp. html | 719-598-9755

The Challenger Learning Center will be hosting summer camps for kids. Information about camps will be posted on Feb. 15 and registration opens March 1.

Pikes Peak Children’s Museum pikespeakchildrensmuseum.org

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Interested in making rock slime or color-changing volcanoes? Every second Thursday of the month from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., the Pikes Peak Children’s Museum offers “Stories and STEAM” for children of all ages. The program consists of “two stories, an art project, and a science project that goes along with a particular theme,” says Spring Jones, “Stories and STEAM” Project Coordinator. Visitors must pay museum admission to attend the program: $5 for children 11 and up, $10 for 2 to 10-year-olds, and free for kids under 2 years old.

FAC THEATRE SCHOOL ages 5–18 | one and two-week workshops June–July

Offering innovative and comprehensive professional theatre training from award-winning instructors.

Summer Day Camps At La Foret

ages 6–11 | five one-week sessions June–July

Experience a variety of artistic styles and techniques, including painting and printmaking. Explore your acting skills with theatre games, improvisation, and more.

Details & Registration: fac.coloradocollege.edu

Concrete Couch concretecouch.org/calendar.html

Concrete Couch offers summer programming for kids and kids at heart — like citizen science, trail maintenance, tree care, and arts and crafts! Check out the calendar for more information about specific programs, dates, times, and locations.

Bill Nye: It’s not magic, it’s SCIENCE! billnye.com

Want to bring STEM learning to your living room? Explore everything from the science of music to mammals, or delve into an athome science experiment with Bill Nye’s guidance.

42 Virtual Field Trips for Kids to Get Them Learning About

the World tinyurl.com/gh-virtual

“Kids can go from Ellis Island to Mars without leaving the couch,” writes Good Housekeeping’s Marisa LaScala. And she’s right.

Catamount Institute catamountinstitute.org

719-471-0910

Colorado-ology, Rocky Mountain Highlights and the Front Range Playground are a few of the camps hosted by the Catamount Institute this summer. Week-long programming offered for children ages 5-16 will allow them to explore the state’s natural beauty, learn about its ecosystems, and challenge themselves. Programs are $395, except for “Extreme Education Excursions,” which is $575. Scholarships available.

Space Foundation Discovery Center discoverspace.org

719-576-8000

The Space Foundation offers “a gateway to education, information and collaboration for space exploration and space-inspired industries that drive the global space ecosystem,” and has educational events all summer. 4425 Arrowswest Drive.

Get Creative and Active!

Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum cspm.org/summercamps

719-385 5990

The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum is offering two camps this year for students interested in museums and becoming a “steward of local history [to] help preserve the present and the past.” There’s “History Detectives” for fourth through sixth graders, June 19-23, and “Museum Discovery” for seventh and eighth graders, July 10-14. Summer camps run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and registration opens on Friday, Feb. 3.

Pikes Peak Artist Collective pikespeakartist.com

717-875-5200

The Pikes Peak Artist Collective will host summer kids camps in 2023. More information about the camps will be posted on their website in early March.

UCCS RecKids recwellness.uccs.edu/campus-rec/ rec-kids/summer-camps

719-255-3429

Calling all young adrenaline junkies!

UCCS RecKids is hosting three camps for kids entering first through eighth grade with activities like rock climbing, swimming, hiking and paddleboarding. Campers will “have fun with other campers as well as the Campus Recreation Counselors as they experience and discover the world around them.” First through eighth graders are eligible for the “Mountain Lion Camp” and the “Splish ‘N Splash Swim Camp,” and third to eighth graders can participate in the “Outdoor Adventure Camp.” Camp dates and times coming soon, with pricing ranging from $300 to $350 based on membership status and sibling discounts available during registration.

Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services Youth Sports coloradosprings.gov/sports-office/ page/youth-sports

719-385-5981

Summer baseball, T-ball and softball is offered for pre-kindergarteners to high school seniors through the Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services youth sports program. The “philosophy is to instill a positive attitude, sportsmanship, basic fundamentals, confidence, and high moral standards.” Practices start the week of May 8 and the season ends no later than July 14, with prices ranging from $70 to $75.

CityROCK climbcityrock.com | 719-634-9099

CityROCK climbing gym will offer single- to four-day summer rock climbing programs for kids 6 and up from June to August. Youth programs are “designed to teach [kids to] explore vertically while learning technical climbing skills.” Single-day classes are $65, four-day programs are $279, at 21 N. Nevada Ave.

Sky Zone Trampoline Park skyzone.com/coloradosprings/ programs/skycamp

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Sky Zone, at 1750 E. Woodmen Road, will be offering SkyCamp for kids this summer, with more information to be released later this spring.