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Need something extra for the kids to do this summer?
This summer there are tons of your favorite organizations around the city that will be offering fun and exciting programs to entertain the kids. The endless number of summer programs and camps going on throughout the city can be overwhelming…
Here are a few of our favorites that will keep your kids totally entertained:
Summer Art Camp at the AGO
Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas Street West
http://www.ago.net
Monday June 29 – Friday August 21, 2009
9:00am – 4:00pm
Ages: 6 – 13
270.00 – 335.00
The transformed AGO is full of inspiration for young artists. Let the gallery take your kids on an exciting journey that celebrates their imagination. Different day camps are aimed at kids of different ages and include: cartooning and the graphic novel, around the world, gallery explorers, from miniature to monumental, random acts of art and the surreal things art camp.
Summer Camps at Harbourfront
Harbourfront Centre
235 Queens Quay West
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com
Monday June 29 – Friday September 4, 2009
Ages: 4 – 17
Cost: $210.00 - $475.00
Add some magic to your kids summer by signing them up for one of the numerous summer camps offered down at Harbourfront Centre. Harbourfront Centre offers a wide range of arts-based, specialty, marine and sports camps all summer long. Your child can learn to kayak, act in a theatre production, become a fashion designer or express him or herself through writing.
Summer Clay Camp At The Gardiner Museum
Gardiner Museum
111 Queen’s Park
http://www.gardinermuseum.on.ca
Saturday July 4 – Thursday August 27, 2009
Ages: 7 – 14
$215.00 - $250.00
(Fees include all materials and firing)
Children can check into the Gardiner Museum for one of their week long half day camps. Campers will learn about clay through hands-on projects led by professional ceramic artists. Participants at all levels of experience--including absolute beginners--will learn the techniques of creating ceramic art by forming and decorating their own hands-on projects in clay.
Summer Club at the ROM
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queens Park
http://www.rom.on.ca
Monday July 6 - Friday August 28, 2009
Ages: 5 – 16
Cost: $125.00 - $140.00
One of the city's most creative and diverse summer camps for over 60 years, Summer Club offers an array of fun, activity-based programs inspired by the ROM’s collections and research. The huge variety of offerings ensures that there is a program to match any interest and ability. The ROM's fascinating galleries, authentic artifacts and outstanding professional staff guarantee that this camp experience will be hard to beat. Camps include everything imaginable including: Dinomania, Call of the Wild Ages, Heroes & Heroines, Spaces & Places, Wondertales, Myths, Monsters & More, Egyptomania and Alien Invaders.
Summer Drama School At LKTYP
Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People
165 Front Street East
http://www.lktyp.ca
Monday March 16 - Friday March 20, 2009
Ages: Grades JK to 2 (9:00am – 12:00pm) | Grades 3 to 6 (9:00am to 3:30pm)
$295.00 - $620.00
Summer camps at LKTYP are perfect for young actors! Participants will create and play all day while being introduced to theatre through improvisation, theatre games, playwriting, music and song, puppetry and other theatrical adventures. There are several different programs for kids of different ages ranging from 5 – 10 day sessions.
Summer Improv Camp At Second City
The Second City
51 Mercer Street
http://www.secondcity.com July 6 – September 4, 2009
9:00am – 4:00pm each day
Ages: 10 – 17
Cost: $360.00
Summer Boot Camps at Second City are 1 and 2 weeks long and run Monday thru Friday 9:00am - 4:00pm. All students are divided up according to age and explore the fundamentals of improve while having some serious fun.
Summer Opera Camp At The COC
Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre
227 Front Street East
http://www.coc.ca
July 13 – 17, 2009 (ages 7 to 10)
July 20 – 24, 2009 (ages 11 to 13)
9:00am – 3:30pm
$150.00 per week
This one-week camp features daily music and drama sessions, as well as design, movement and makeup workshops. Under the guidance of professional artists, participants will rewrite, reconstruct and present their spin on a classic opera.
Summer YMCA Day Camps
Various locations throughout the city
http://www.ymcatoronto.org
Wednesday June 29 – Friday September 4, 2009
$76.00 - $380.00
The YMCA is known for its phenomenal programs for kids and this summer there is an endless selection of things for your kids to do through the organization. First up there are outdoor day camps that are set in Toronto’s finest parks and conservation settings, campers in outdoor camps enjoy a traditional YMCA Day Camp experience with an emphasis on activities that help children and youth discover and enjoy the natural environment. Outside not their thing? The YMCA also offers a variety of indoor camps that keep kids of all ages active and engaged in the gymnasiums, swimming pools and activity rooms at the YMCA Health Fitness and Recreation Centres and Secondary Schools.
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