Summer Camp options for young Toronto families

Sports camps are available for three and four year old children.  They tend to be either general sports focused, like Sportball or Sportplay, with perhaps some soccer focus, like Lil Strikers.Harbourfront Centre offers several camps, and like most large organizations with youth summer camps, they start at 3.  Many other community centres and organizations offer unique summer camp opportunities, like the Miles Nadal JCC and Centre 55.Oxford Learning offers a 'Little Readers' summer camp for children as young as three years old.  Summer camps for young children with an emphasis on education also include Waldorf Academy and Toronto Montessori School camps.View the list »
EYGC is an example of a club providing special interest summer camps for young children.  Other examples include Art Works, Pegasus Studios (dance), and the Kingsway Conservatory of Music.

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When snow falls in April in the greater Toronto area, summer may seem distant. For parents considering registering their children for a summer camp, that is the time to consider the options and sign up. While there are many summer camps and programs for children around the city, many are only open to school-aged children, and those for younger children tend to fill quickly. A quick glance over the kinds of options available to those of us in the Toronto area will help you get started.

The organizations mentioned in the accompanying list all offer summer camps or programs to children younger than school age. They most often offer programs to children three years old or more as of the start date of the program, and last for a couple of hours or half of a day without the caregiver present. They range quite a bit in price and type, but the list should by no means be considered complete. Many other summer options for parents can be found in a list like this one, but parents should be aware that many of those listed start at five years old or older.

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  • EYGC is an example of a club providing special interest summer camps for young children.  Other examples include Art Works, Pegasus Studios (dance), and the Kingsway Conservatory of Music.
  • Oxford Learning offers a 'Little Readers' summer camp for children as young as three years old.  Summer camps for young children with an emphasis on education also include Waldorf Academy and Toronto Montessori School camps.
  • Harbourfront Centre offers several camps, and like most large organizations with youth summer camps, they start at 3.  Many other community centres and organizations offer unique summer camp opportunities, like the Miles Nadal JCC and Centre 55.
  • Sports camps are available for three and four year old children.  They tend to be either general sports focused, like Sportball or Sportplay, with perhaps some soccer focus, like Lil Strikers.
  • Not only does Toronto (and other municipality) parks and recreation have the greatest quantity and variety of summer camps for young children, Toronto Botanical Gardens also offers a two hour camp for young children with a caregiver during the summer months.
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, Toronto Early Childhood Parenting Examiner

Chris Burt is a parent in Toronto. He has been a parent long enough to know a thing or two, and just long enough to know he don't know nothing. He writes several different things, including sportsvssports.wordpress.com.

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