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Summer Day Camps for Preschoolers and Entering Kindergarteners

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By Robin Dutton-Cookston
Updated May 2010

It was with a heavy heart that I realized I would have to entertain my physically busy (I think the PC word is “spirited” these days) and curious 5-year-old for nearly 6 weeks in between school terms and our family’s annual Tour of Texas Grandparents.  Of course I am absolutely crazy about my little darling, but keeping an about-to-be-kindergartener from climbing the walls while managing a nursing baby can wear out even the most dedicated home-based parent.  What’s a stay-at-home/work-at-home mama or papa to do? 

Then it came to me like a vision. A day camp! I thought, I’ll let her run wild for a couple of weeks in a day camp!

Alas, when I set out to sign up, I came across a half-a-dozen camps with starting ages of 7 or older.  So I started snooping around for fun day camps that serve children in the 5-and-under crowd.  I found a veritable wealth of awesome choices and I decided not to be stingy by keeping the results to myself.  Here is a list of mostly San Francisco-based day camps for the pre-kindergarten set:

 

 

Camp Name

Brief Description

Minimum Age

Web Adddress

Acrosports

Gymnastics

4 and up

www.acrosports.org

Adventure Camps Mobile Day Camp 4.5 and up

www.adventurecamps.net

Allez Tennis, Inc. (formerly GTennis Academy) Tennis

5 and up

www.alleztennis.com

American Gymnastics Club

Gymnastics

3 and up

www.americangymnasticsclub.com

Amusez-Vous Summer Camp (French American International School) French and more Pre-K and up www.frenchamericansf.org
ArtLabbe Arts & Crafts 5 and up

theartlabbe.com

ArtWorks

Fine arts

4 and up

www.artworksfineartstudio.com

Bay Area Discovery Museum

Nature, Science, Arts & Crafts

4 and up

www.baykidsmuseum.org
Bay Area Shakespeare Camps Performing Arts

4 and up

www.sfshakes.org
Belmont Iceland Sports

4 and up

www.belmonticeland.com
Belvedere-Tiburon Recreation Department

Arts & Crafts, Sports, Nature, Performing Arts

3.5 and up www.btrecreation.org

Buchanan YMCA

Arts & Crafts, Sports, Nature

Entering K

www.ymcasf.org/Buchanan/camping.html

Buena Vista Childcare

Arts & Crafts, Sports, Nature

Entering K

www.buenavistachildcare.org

Camp Doodles

Arts & Crafts, Sports, Nature

Entering K

www.campdoodles.com

Camp Edmo (Edventure More)

Nature, Science, Arts & Crafts

5 or entering K

www.campedmo.com

Galileo Learning (Camp Galileo)

Nature, Science, Arts & Crafts

5 or entering K

www.campgalileo.com

Celsius and Beyond

Science

Entering K

www.celsiusandbeyond.com

Children’s Day School

Arts & Crafts, Science, Animals

3 and up

www.cds-sf.org

Chinatown Beacon Center

Nature, Arts & Crafts

Entering K

www.chinatownbeacon.org

Chinese American International School (CAIS)  Foreign Language 3 and up

www.cais.org

Convent & Stuart Hall

Academics, Art, Sports, Drama

Entering K

www.sacredsf.org

Coyote Point Museum

Arts & Crafts, Science, Animals

3 and up

www.coyoteptmuseum.org

Crissy Field Center

Nature, Animals

Entering K

www.parksconservancy.org/our_work/crissy

Destination Art

Fine Arts

4 to 8

www.destinationartsf.com

Diabetes Society Camp Programs Special Needs 4 and up www.diabetessociety.org/camps

E.J.’s Cookin’ With Class

Cooking

Entering K

www.ejscookinwithclass.com

Embarcadero YMCA

Sports, Art, Field Trips

Entering K

www.ymcasf.org/Embarcadero/camping.html

Family Day Camp at Ms. Patty's Place General Day 2.5 to 5

mspattysplace.com

Glitter & Razz Productions Performing Arts 4 to 10

www.glitterandrazz.com

Golden Gateway Tennis & Swim

Sports, Swimming

3 and up

www.ggtsc.com

Habitot Children's Museum Art, Science, Cooking, Music, Drama 2.9 and up

www.habitot.org

Jamboodas

Music

Entering K

www.jamjamjam.com

Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

Sports, Arts, Dance, Music

Entering K

www.jccsf.org/summercamps

Junior Gym Gymnastics 3 and up

www.juniorgym.com

Kids for the Bay Science Entering K

www.kidsforthebay.org

Kids Outdoor Club

Nature, Sports

3 and up

www.kidsoutdoorclub.com

Kinex Academy Sports 4 and up www.kinexacademy.com

Lango

Foreign Language

4 to 10

www.langokids.com/

Little Lane Studios Arts 3 to 10 www.littlelanestudios.com
Lycée Français La Pérouse Camps Sports, Arts

3 and up

www.lelycee.org/camps/index.en.php

Marin Primary and Middle School Summer Day Camp General Day 2.3 and up www.mpms.org/camp
Mario Villega's Soccer Summer Camp Soccer 4 to 14 -

Mission YMCA

Crafts, Games, Field Trips

Entering K

www.ymcasf.org/Mission/camping.html

Monkey Business Camp General Day 3 and up www.monkeybusinesscamp.com
Music for Children (Mary Ann Hall's) Music 4.5 to 8 www.musicforchildrenca.com

Musical Theatre Works

Drama, Dance

Entering K

www.musicaltheatreworks.org

My Little School In Spanish Spanish 4 to 8 mylittleschoolinspanish.com
Nature Nurture Adventure! Science and Nature 3 to 8 www.naturenurture.com
Nueva School's Summer Program General Day 4 and up www.nuevaschool.org/welcome

ONE Martial Arts

Martial Arts

4 to 12

www.onehealthandfitness.com

Playmates Co-op Preschool

Preschool program

2.6 to 6

www.playmatespreschool.org

Precita Eyes

Fine arts

5 and up

www.precitaeyes.org

Presidio YMCA

Nature, Arts, Field Trips

Entering K

www.ymcasf.org/Presidio/camping.html

Presidio Dance Theater

Ballet, Folk Dance

2.5 and up

www.presidiodance.org

Richmond District YMCA

Arts, Field Trips, Nature

Entering K

www.ymcasf.org/Richmond/camping.html

Roughing It Day Camp General Day 4.5 to 16

www.roughingit.com

Safari Run Sports 3 to 10

www.safarirun.com

Salesian Boys’ and Girls' Club

Sports, Arts & Crafts, Nature

3.5 and up

www.salesianclub.org

S.F. Botanical Garden

Nature

Entering K

www.sfbotanicalgarden.org

S.F. Children’s Art Center

Arts & Crafts

5.5 to 11

www.childrensartcenter.org

S.F. Gymnastics

Gymnastics

4.5 and up

www.sanfranciscogymnastics.com

S.F. Seals Soccer

Soccer

5 to 18

www.oursfseals.com

S.F. Viking Soccer

Soccer

5 to 12

www.sfvikingssoccer.org

S.F. Ballet Youth Academy Ballet 4 and up

www.sanfranciscoyouthballet.org

S.F. Zoo

Animals, Nature, Arts & Crafts

4 and up

www.sfzoo.org

Shan-Yee Poon Ballet School Ballet 2.5 and up

www.poonballet.com

Stonestown Family YMCA

Sports, Arts & Crafts, Nature

3 and up

www.ymcasf.org/Stonestown

Stretch the Imagination

Art, Music, Yoga

2 to 8

www.stretchtheimagination.com

SummerGATE

Academics, Drama

Entering K

www.summergate.org

Swivel Arts Performing Arts

Entering K

www.swivelarts.com

Terra Mia Arts Studio

Fine Arts

5 to 13

www.terramia.net

The Janet Pomeroy Center

For children with disabilities

5 and up

www.janetpomeroy.org

The S.F. School Summer Program

International Games, Cooking

4 and up

www.sfschool.org

Tree Frog Treks

Nature, Animals

4 and up

www.treefrogtreks.com

Tutu School Dance 4 to 8

www.tutuschool.com

Young Performers Theatre

Drama

5 and up

www.ypt.org

 

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