Lincolnwood Summer Day Camp

For our youngest campers, entering kindergarten and first grade, we offer an array of activities and experiences that are inviting and age-appropriate. The Pioneers Camp is a structured program designed to ease campers into building new friendships and becoming more independent. Camper’s days are fun filled! They take American Red Cross Swim Lessons every morning and enjoy supervised free swim in the afternoons. They get to explore the world around them by doing hands-on experiments in STEM and explore their creativity in Music & Drama and Arts & Crafts. Sports & Games and Gymnastics provide challenges and fun ways to learn to support each other. In order to balance all of the high-energy activities, campers will also have quality time to do quiet activities that build their group community and provide a break from the fast-paced day. Pioneers also have Storytime as another more low-key block in their day. The Pioneers have weekly field trips on Fridays to some of the local areas best attractions. Field Trips provide our campers, especially incoming kindergarteners, time to get accustomed to bus rules and routines in a smaller, adult-supported environment before needing to do it more independently for school.

Campers entering second and third grade are a part of our Ramblers Camp. These elementary-aged campers are ready for the full range of activities that Lincoln Summer Camp has to offer including developing and using skills in Sports and learning new, exciting science phenomena in STEM. Campers will build their self-confidence and social skills through Music & Drama activities and daily Epic Adventures. Safety and accuracy are a focus during Archery lessons and creativity is put to use at Arts & Crafts. Ramblers Camp also has American Red Cross swim lessons four times a week and go on one field trip each week. These trips have campers spreading their wings a little farther than those for Pioneers, though all trips are still self-contained and directly supervised.

The Lincoln Summer Camp offers a Counselor-In-Training program for three, 2-week sessions for teens entering grades 9, 10 and 11. The program is designed to help CITs develop leadership skills, work in a cooperative group setting, and have fun while learning what it takes to work with children.