Summer 2027
Summer at Young Pioneers means mornings outside on the farm. Each camp has its own theme, and campers explore it three ways: through nature, hands-on science, and music and movement. Kids spend most of the morning outdoors, learning by doing, building, testing, and playing together.
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About Summer Camp
(Ages 4–10)
Camps run Tuesday through Friday, 8:15 to 11:15am. Sign up for one camp or as many as fit your summer.
Every activity is adjusted by age. Four-year-olds work with pictures, short directions, and adult help. Five- and six-year-olds sort, count, make predictions, and try simple redesigns. Campers ages 7 to 10 measure, repeat trials, record results, and plan and explain their own designs.
Camp Themes
🍓 Berry Bonanza (June 15–18)
Campers follow berries from flower to fruit, with ramp races, camouflage challenges, and a berry patch sound story.
🐝 Bugging Out! (June 22–25)
Campers observe insects up close, build paper bugs, design masking-tape webs, and play in a buzzing bug orchestra.
🌿 Farmyard Fun (June 29–July 2)
Life on the farm, from animal tracks and shelters to barn-building, irrigation channels, and tractor-tempo music.
🔎 Wonder & Wander (July 13–16)
A camp for curious explorers, with sensory trails, a mini nature museum, magnets, shadows, and a musical treasure hunt.
💦 Splish Splash (July 20–23)
Campers follow water across the land, build and test foil boats, turn a paddle wheel, and compose a river in music.
🌈 Rainbow Roundup (July 27–30)
Color and pattern in nature, with camouflage crafts, prism rainbows, spinning color discs, and color-coded rhythms.
🍉 Melon Madness (August 3–6)
Campers explore vines and melons through ramp challenges and building projects, then finish with a concert they write themselves.
A Typical Camp Day
Each morning mixes planned activities with time to explore freely outdoors. Campers move between a nature activity, a science experiment, and music and movement, with crafts woven through the week. Most of the day is spent outside.
Camp Traditions
Campers make and wear their own tie-dyed Young Pioneers camp shirt, taste fresh harvests from the garden, and celebrate the end of camp with carnival activities, including popcorn, games, and snow cones.
Cost: $350/camp
Summer Semester for Younger Campers
(Ages 3.5–6)
For younger children who do best with routine, we also offer an 8-week summer semester. Semester campers attend the full session and follow the same themes as camp, building friendships and confidence through hands-on farm experiences. They start a week before camp opens with Little Sprouts, a week of getting to know plants from the roots up.
The semester includes farm exploration, nature science and crafts, simple cooking projects, and a tie-dyed camp shirt.
The semester runs June 8 through August 6 from 8:30-11:30 each day, with a week off July 6–9 for the Fourth of July. Families choose one to four days a week, Tuesday through Friday.
Semester tuition (full 8-week program):
1 day/week: $514
2 days/week: $1,028
3 days/week: $1,512
4 days/week: $2,016