Our Level 1 (beginning) camps are designed for the complete beginner. We provide all the required fencing equipment. Our USFCA certified instructors start at the very beginning with the on guard position and basic footwork. We teach basic offensive and defensive moves, the basic rules of the game of foil fencing, and end with an informal tournament on Friday. Kids' classes play lots of fencing-related games. Junior classes are a little more focused on technique, tactics, and mechanics. Our goal in both camps is to have fun while learning the basics of modern Olympic sports fencing.

Can robots think? How do they know what to do? Campers this week will begin to answer these questions as they explore the world of robotics! Campers will spend the week learning to build and program robots to perform simple tasks using Lego kits and BeeBots.

Ropeworks’ jump rope camps are directed and run by World Jump Rope Champion and Cirque Du Soleil Artist Rene Bibaud. Boys and girls of all skill levels are invited to participate in our jump rope camps, which teach kids the following disciplines: single rope skills, partner routines, double Dutch, jumping long rope skills, group game choreography and more. Kids work together in a fun and rewarding environment of goal setting, best effort and team building. Play games, learn skills, develop new skills and stay fit in our fun-filled high energy program that really gets kids jumping! Camp culminates with a performance for friends and family.

SAM Campers will go back in time exploring art from the Pacific Northwest and across many continents! Time capsules, comics, futuristic portraits and dress-up are just part of the adventure! Includes a visit to the galleries at Seattle Art Museum Downtown. Drop-off and pick-up location for this camp is Olympic Sculpture Park.

Serevi Rugby summer camps give aspiring and experienced youth rugby players the opportunity to learn, develop and test their running, passing, catching and kicking abilities through several skill based games and activities, scrimmages and a culminating "rugby skills combine." All activities will be age and ability appropriate. With an emphasis on safety, fun and being active, campers will "learn through doing" with our Serevi "certified" coaching staff. This is the beginning of the Serevi Rugby Olympic Pathway. Search SPARC for course # 97582.

This fun, interactive, hands-on series is designed for kids in the kitchen, learning good food choices and great cooking skills for a lifetime. Chef Pam makes cooking fun. With picnic fare, campfire food, breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack foods, campers will learn it all. Topics include: Day 1: Top o' the Mornin, Breakfast — The most important meal of the day. Day 2: Earl of Sandwich — did you know that sandwiches were invented in England? Day 3: Campfire Grill — Gather round, sing a few songs, prepare and enjoy an alfresco lunch. Day 4: Summer Bake-Off — Great things from the Sizzleworks ovens--cakes, muffins, pastries too. Day 5: Picnic!! — Mix it up! Roll it up! Pack it up! Here we go!

Why make art inside when the weather is beautiful outside? Summer Art is all about bringing summer fun into the classroom and making art in the great outdoors. Be a nature observer, learn to draw and paint beautiful plants, flowers, and animals. Develop a green thumb by putting your hands in soil, mixing, digging, and planning a container herb garden. Be a Fauvist artist and paint the summer landscape with wild colors. Get creative with natural materials and make earth art in the forest. Be inspired by summer and the natural beauty around us as you draw the beach at Golden Gardens. Create, engage, experiment, and have an adventure.

At Mandarin Immersion Camp for K-2nd and 3rd-5th grades, we help campers build language and cultural competency while having lots of summer fun! Our camp leaders are great at making kids excited about language, culture and the world – and they happen to be native-speaking, experienced language teachers, too. Campers are grouped by language experience and ability where appropriate. Dragons, magic, and martial arts! Join us for a Mandarin language immersion adventure. We’ll travel across the ocean and learn about some magical characters from China. Campers will explore Chinese myths, festivals, and foods. We will tell stories about magical dragons, make boats for the Dragon Boat Festival and cook delicious dumplings!

Sponge presents: Summer Passport to Latin America – Spanish Immersion Camp for K-2 grade and 3-5th grade. Sponge helps campers build language and cultural competency while having lots of summer fun! Our camp leaders are great at making kids excited about language, culture and the world – and they happen to be native-speaking, experienced language teachers, too. Campers are grouped by language experience and ability where appropriate. Viva el Español! Join us for a Spanish language immersion adventure. Travel to different countries and explore food and cooking, art and culture of the Spanish-speaking world. From empanadas to guacamole, we’ll cook tasty treats, make piñatas, and play outdoor games like futbol!

Hit the trail with your favorite Tashunka horse. Trail Camp brings participants to regional parks to enjoy trail riding. Participants have a unique week of exploring, being outdoors, and being involved in hands on learning about horses, grooming, English or western riding, trail rides, and vet care. Activities include arts and crafts, games, hiking, nature studies, outdoor living, team-building, and much more. This session will be led by one staff person with a maximum of eight participants.

At our new Art of Nature Day Camp, participants will dive into a hands-on relationship with the world around them, working with materials and inspiration from nature to produce a varied items of creative expression! During this week of camp, your child will create some art to bring home as well as having the opportunity to experiment with site-specific sculpture and land art. This camp is ideal for those who have previously participated in our Nature Adventure Day Camps, but there are no prerequisites! Campers will work on a variety of art projects throughout the week; some projects will utilize materials from nature in the creation of art, such as natural plant dyes and tree-bark boxes, while other projects such as drawing or writing will be opportunities for expression of what participants see and experience in nature. This camp will include a variety of creative projects to choose from, activities designed to stimulate inspiration and basic instruction on some artistic principles, as well as new games and stories (along with some old favorites). Neither your standard art camp, nor the nature camp that you have done before – this is not merely a combination of the two, but a whole new experience that will bring out the beauty of both!

This camp focuses on using our senses to the fullest, as did the ancient “scouts” of many cultures who were able to travel for days without supplies. We will gain greater knowledge of edible plants as food and medicine; tracking as a means of gathering details of animals’ lives without ever seeing them; and “bird language” to allow us to move silently and become more aware of predators.

Inspire your child to write! Young Writers' Academy is offering Creative Writing Camps this summer. These fun and engaging camps are dedicated to helping students increase their love for and skill in writing. Come join us and create a bound short story, staged play, an unsolvable, plot-twisting mystery, and more! Register today for half or full day camps! Early bird special for summer camp through May 31.

Youth Venture Summer Camp will bring out the inner entrepreneur in your young person. During the week long camp, students learn about leadership, entrepreneurship and social justice issues, and then create their unique business approach to solve their chosen issue. Youth Venture will provide seed funding to the top teams up to $1000. Experienced staff support participants in creating a business plan, presenting a 5 minute culminating pitch, leadership skills and public speaking skills. Young people have the opportunity to team up with other participants to create a venture.

Puppet Palooza is a week of hands on exploration of a variety of puppet styles (sock, rod, hand/rod and shadow). Students will learn movement, focus, breath, personality and more. Recycled materials and found objects will become Junk Puppet characters. Students will create stories, rehearse, and perform. (Campers younger than age 7 may attend with an adult.)