Find the perfect camp designed with your preschooler in mind. PreK kids can enjoy art, math, dance, theatre and outdoor adventures with these fantastic summer camps in Richmond, VA
Camp Blue Sky at Rainbow Station Camp Blue Sky is divided into three divisions according to the ages of our campers. While each division is involved in our traditional day camp program, all of our activities are designed specifically to meet the developmental needs of the campers in each division. Within each division, campers are put into small groups based on age and gender.
Camp Open Arms
Come be a part of a fun summer here at Camp Open Arms! You can choose one, two or all thirteen weeks of camp activities. We’ll explore the Art of Science, Traveling Around the World, Bubbling Over, Camping Fun, plus many more fun activities! Children 2 1/2 to rising Kindergartners can enjoy half or full day programs.
Camp Sunshine
Campers will explore a new theme each week through art, movement, water play, music and much more. We strive to help children grow in all aspects of their development through the power of play. We help each child develop a positive self-image, and independence. During our 5-day camps children will build on their fine and gross motor skills and develop higher-level thinking skills. Camps are designed especially for children ages 3 to 5 1/2 years old.
Center for Creative Arts
Choose from Dance Camps, Art Camps, Robotics Camps, Chess Camps, and Musical Theatre Camps. Most camps are half-day.
Club SciKidz
Club SciKidz is a place where Science and Technology Connect! Imagine a day camp that is designed to offer children a choice of many different science and technology themes. Themes include experiments and projects in Video Game Creation, Robotics, Veterinary Medicine, Crime Scene Investigation, Culinary Science, Paleontology, Engineering, Space, Biology, Chemistry, Oceanography, LEGO Robotics and much more. At Club SciKidz, we believe that every child is a scientist. Our camps inspire interest in science, technology and nature by involving children in the creation of a multitude of take-away projects in each camp. The camps provide hands-on, minds-on activities for children ages 4-15. Camp Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm. Pre camp starts at 8 am and post camp ends at 5:30 pm.
CMoR CAMP
The officially-fun, officially-famous Romp n’ Roll Summer Camp is coming back to the Central and Chesterfield locations of the Children’s Museum of Richmond! The camp provides flexible drop-off and pick-up windows to accommodate your busy summer schedule! Camp is for children ages 2 through 5 years, and potty training is not required. Our daily schedule begins with supervised exploratory play in the museum and then transitions to “kid-tested, Rompy-approved” gym, art, and music fun!
Collegiate School Summer Quest
The summer months offer students of all ages a chance to grow and thrive outside traditional classrooms. Collegiate’s Summer Quest program provides opportunities for youth and adults to have fun, learn and be challenged. We research the latest trends in an array of educational fields to ensure we are developing high-quality and engaging camps that serve as an extension of our school’s mission. At the forefront of each camp are amazing teachers and coaches who love to share their passions and help our campers discover theirs.
CommuniKids Summer Camp is a wonderful way to introduce your child to a new language or support language acquisition. Our language-Immersion summer camp for ages 18 months to 10 years combines traditional summer fun with an educational experience and is offered in Spanish and Mandarin.
CORE Kids Academy
Flip, swing, and fly this summer with CORE Kids Academy! Our gymnastics enrichment camps offer a great opportunity to build confidence and make friends through fun and challenging activities.
ENB Languages 4 Kidz
We Know language is not learned but instead acquired naturally. Our camp offers French, Spanish, Italian language immersion, multicultural activities, art, cooking, baking, dancing, World Culture & History, Geography, Latino & African drumming activities and more for ages 3-13. 3100 Grove Ave, Richmond, VA 23221 (Located at St. Benedict School) Contact: Yalibi D’Addario or Shelley Worsham
Phone: (804) 441-4882 Email: [email protected] FaceBook Summer Camp Online application
Engineering For Kids of Central VA
Engineering For Kids of Central VA offers exciting hands-on summer camps for children ages 5-12 in all areas of engineering. The most popular programs include MinecraftEDU, Jr. and Apprentice LEGO® Robotics, coding, forensics, and electronic game design. Look for our collaboration with Young Rembrandts as we offer several integrated art and engineering camps in 2016! We also offer Girls Engineering Week and Tech Week camps in August. Girls and boys enjoy investigating a variety of new concepts, designing solutions to real world problems, and collaborating with peers to apply new ideas through the Engineering Design Process. Visit www.engineeringforkids.com/centralva for a full camp listing and to register your child for an exciting summer of fun and education.
Ferrum College Summer Enrichment Camp
Academically motivated students, (currently enrolled in grades 4-7), experience campus life at this co-ed residential camp while participating in fun activities and challenging projects.
First Baptist Church Preschool
Presenting the 28th annual SUMMER SOLUTION! Our camp features veteran teaching staff, outdoor playgrounds and an indoor gym facility, representing one of the best values in the area. For children ages 9 months (by May 26, 2016) through rising kindergarteners. Please visit our website for more information.
Flying Squirrels Baseball Camp
For all kids ages 4-14. The Flying Squirrels have two baseball camps tailored for beginners and advanced baseball players
Good Shepherd Episcopal School Summer at Good Shepherd Episcopal School. Good Shepherd Episcopal School offers a full roster of summer camps for ages 3-15 years with morning and afternoon sessions covering a variety of topics and interests.
James River Camp
Discover the environmental features of the historic James River as 17th century Virginia Indians and the Colonial English would have encountered it. Paddle a kayak and identify how the plants and animals of the river were hunted, gathered and used throughout history. Understand the course changes made at Dutch Gap during the Civil War and see how it is used today.
Lewis Ginter – Green Adventures Summer Camps
Each week campers explore the Garden to learn more about the plant kingdom and their connection to it. Keepsake crafts, field studies, garden games, and botanical snacks are all part of daily activities. A week-long day camp program for children 4 yrs old – 5th grade. Register by phone at 804.262.9887.
Little Scholars Summer Camp
What do Lego towers, wizard wands, butterfly nets, Pop Rocks, pilot wings, princess capes and wiggly eyes have in common? They’re all things you’ll find in the busy hands of excited campers during Little Scholars Summer Camp! Our programs are perfect for preschool, elementary and middle school age children who have big imaginations and love to play.
Master Yi’s Taekwondo and Martial Arts
Give your Summer a Real Kick at Master Yi’s Taekwondo! Half/Full Day/Extended Care Children 4-12
More details: 804-915-7033 – Short Pump 804-918-2470 – N Chesterfield [email protected] – Email
Maymont Summer Discovery Camps
Nature calls! Maymont’s wildly popular summer camps offer outdoor adventures, animal encounters, games, crafts and hands-on activities for nature explorers ages 3-rising 6th graders. Maymont members can register early and receive a discount – join today! Volunteer opportunities are available for high school students.
Melody Magic Music Studio
Join us this summer for a week your child will never forget! In our week-long musical theater camp, children ages 4-8 years will use the music from popular broadway musicals to enjoy (and improve!) singing, stage presence, dancing, choreography, and more. Campers will also get “crafty” and work on projects that will be used in a final performance that will melt your heart. Choose from either Disney Musicals: Divas and Dudes (Aug. 1-5) or Princess Camp (Aug. 8-12). Each camp is for ages 4-8 years and is held 9:30-12:00 daily. This is a small, personal camp where each child has a chance to thrive! Space is limited so grab your spot now! Enroll online: www.melodymagicmusic.com/camp
Minnieland
CampTastic. (area locations Hanover, Wellesley/Short Pump, Skipwith Academy, Pebble Creek, Huguenot and Woodlake). Programs vary by location.
Rainbow Station Amazing Races and Places
Summer camp runs from 6:30 am to 6:30 pm Monday-Friday. Kids 4-13 get an age-appropriate Summer Camp program where they can do all the things they want and learn all the things you want them to learn.
Richmond Montessori Enrichment Summer Camp Programs
Camps for toddlers, primary camps, elementary camps, and upper/elementary-middle school camps.
Richmond Waldorf School
Our nature-based, homespun program will excite the imagination with creative explorations in baking, gardening, making music and singing, crafting, tye-dyeing and water play!! We engage in activities to stimulate the head, hands and heart, from crafting beautiful letters to performing simple plays with live music and whimsical costumes.
Romp n’ Roll
The officially-fun, officially-famous Romp n’ Roll Summer Camp will run at all Richmond locations from May 24 through September 1 for children ages 2 through 5 years, and potty training is not required. Our daily schedule is action-packed with “kid-tested, Rompy-approved” sessions including incredible gym, art and music activities. It’s like a big kids’ camp on training wheels; all the fun, learning, and excitement but without the poison ivy!
A Sabot Summer
A Sabot Summer, for children ages 3 – 11. is designed to combine the structure and novelty of themed morning camps with afternoon child care featuring relaxed, open-ended, and varied experiences. Summer programs include Engineering with Legos, Superhero Studio, Gardening, A Maker Camp, Forest Camp, Spanish Immersion, and more. Each week-long Sabot Camp offering provides children with engaging opportunities for exploring and developing skills, sparking new ideas and interests, and fostering imagination and enthusiasm for the world around them. Our afternoon program is tailored to the needs of families who need continuity in child care for summer months. Families can enroll for the entire summer, June 20 through August 19 (note, we will be closed the week of July 4 – 8), or for any number and combination of weeks. Sabot at Stony Point, 3400 Stony Point Road, Richmond VA 23235
SPARC summer camps
The School of Performing Arts in the Richmond community – SPARC – has provided incredible performing arts experience to students in the Richmond area for over 30 years. SPARC has full-day and half-day camps for students ages 4 to 18. Our summer camps are filled with singing, acting, dancing, friends and fun! With camps from June to August, every student can find a camp to make them shine. Cheryl Lage of RichmondMom.com wrote in her article, ‘Fanning the SPARC’: “As a part-time (9-3:30 daily) 
working-in-an-office mama, the SPARC timing seemed ideal . . .confidence levels rose. Comfort acting, singing and dancing translates well to increased ease in presenting oral reports, speaking at assemblies, conveying the morning announcements. Thank you, SPARC. We’ll be back…probably this summer!” Voted Style Weekly’s Family Favorites Winner for 2013!
St. Catherine’s School
Summer at St. Catherine’s is Brilliant! Our campus is transformed into a unique experience for boys and girls ages three and up. There are hundreds of choices spanning 12 weeks – something for everyone! Academic Courses, Day Camps and Sports Camps. For more info please visit us here!
Steward Summer Experience
You have to EXPERIENCE it to believe it! With more than 60 camps for ages 4-adults, you are sure to find a camp that suits your needs, in a beautiful, convenient West End setting. With classes in the arts, athletics, academics, and innovation at top-notch facilities, Steward is set up to serve many summer programming needs, including full-day camps to accommodate working parents’ schedules.
Tuckaway Child Development Centers
This summer we will be completing missions in ‘Tuckaway Spy Games’! Students will be training their minds about Technology, Code Breaking, Disguises and Logistics… while training their bodies on land and in water! Each 2 week session has activities that are structured around the different skills. For more info please visit us here!
Weinstein JCC
offers a variety of summer day camps for all ages. Begin with Camp Ganim as a preschooler and graduate to Camp Hilbert for K-8 graders. Specialty Camps offers something different each week for K-8 graders whether you like sports or arts. Voices Together is for children with autism that offers stimulating activities while offering some socialization skills.
Young Chef’s Academy
Spring camp information listed for ages 3+. Where else can your child go off to camp and come home with gained culinary skills, new friendships, original YCA recipes and memories to last a life time? You got it, only at Young Chefs Academy’s Camp-Can-I-Cook! Camp Can-I-Cook is offered during summer break.
