Summer Activities Guide Updated 7/30/12
Places to Get WET 5 Swim Teams 6 Swim Lessons 7 Summer Kids Programs 8 Indoor Play Areas 9 Camps Offered All Summer 10 Special Needs Camps 10 Overnight Camps 11 “Pay by the Day” Camps 12 Variety Camps for Ages 0-5 14 Variety Camps for Ages 6-15 16 Enrichment Camps 18 Theater Arts Camps 19 Music Camps 20 Art Camps 21 Dance Camps 22 Academic Camps 24 Science and Technology Camps 25 Horseback Riding Camps 26 Fitness Camps 28 Water Sports Camps 28 Martial Arts Camps 28 Baseball/Softball Camps 29 Basketball Camps 29 Volleyball Camps 30 Football Camps 30 Soccer Camps 30 Variety Sports Camps 31 More Sports Camps 31 Tennis Programs 32 Golf Programs 32 Summer Vacation Bible Schools 33 Religious Themed Day Camps 33
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Places to GET WET Listings for pools, sprinkler parks, water parks, springs and beaches WATER PARKS POOLS Adventure Island in Tampa City of Gainesville Public Pools Shipwreck Island in Jacksonville *Db Racquet Club Sea World’s Aquatica in Orlando *300 Club Buccaneer Bay in Weeki Wachee *Gainesville Country Club Disney’s Blizzard Beach in Orlando *Haile Country Club Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon in Orlando *Sun Country Splash Wet’n Wild in Orlando *YMCA Wild Adventures in Valdosta Wild Waters in Ocala *Membership Required SPRINKLER PARKS Alachua Sprinkler Park (free) Whispering Pines Park in Inverness (free) SPRINGS Blue Grotto Blue Springs Park Devil’s Den Fanning Springs Ginnie Springs Ichetucknee Springs Lafayette Springs Manatee Springs Peacock Springs Poe Springs Rainbow Springs Troy Spring Weeki Wachee Springs
BEACHES Daytona Beach Flagler Beach St. Augustine Beaches
Swim Teams Gator Swim Club * Haile Plantation Country Club High Tide Aquatics Makos Aquatic Club Sun Country Splash Team Synchro Gainesville Gaviatas
*Membership Required
Swim Lessons 300 Club Aquabilities AquaMobile Swim School City of Gainesville Db Raquet Club * Gainesville Country Club
*Haile Plantation Club Infant Swim Resource Sun Country Splash Swim America The Swim Squad YMCA
*Membership required
Summer Kids Programs These businesses offer special 1 day programs on select dates throughout the summer Alachua County Library— Check website for schedule Artsy Kids Studio Art Camps Tuesdays/ Thursdays Butterfly Wrangling Camps 6/15, 6/19. 7/13 and 7/27 Cade Museum Visit the website for dates Gigno Spanish Immersion Classes Tuesdays/ Thursdays Girl Scouts Passages Program—Call for dates The Little Shop—check website for details Musikgarten— June 19th—last week of July Tu/Th/Sat Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center Kids Summer Workshops Thursdays 6/14—7/5 Studio Percussion Junior Drummers Tuesdays 5PM Two Hawk Hammock Summer Classes - Saturdays in July 4H Summer Programs—Visit the website for dates
Indoor Places Below are listings for great indoor places to take the kids on days when it’s rainy or just too hot to be outside. Alachua County Library Alley Gatorz Alley Katz Bead All About It Chick-fil-A Indoor Playground Do Art Florida Museum of Natural History Gainesville Rock Gym Oaks Mall Swamp O2BKids Skate Station Funworks Splitz Sun Country Sports Center UF Physics Department
Day Camps Offered All Summer Camp
Ages 1/2 Day Full Day
Abiding Savior B’Nai Israel Boys and Girls Club Camp Good News A Child’s Academy A Child’s Place Super Camp City of Gainesville Summer Camps Gainesville Country Day Camp A Girl’s Place Kiddie Academy Camp Kindercare Camp La Petite Academy Camp O2B Skate Station Funworks Sonshine Day Camp Sunshine House Camp Sun Country Sports YMCA
2-8 2-5 6-12 5-12 5-12 0-10 6-13 5-11 5-18 0-12 0-12 0-12 6-13 5-13 6-12 0-12 6-11 6-14
x x
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
x x x
Special Needs Camps Camp
Ages
Camp Kesem Florida Diabetes Camp Camp Boggy Creek G’ville Conductive Academy
6-16 6-18 7-16 7-16
1/2 Day Full Day Overnight
x x x x
Month
August ALL ALL Jun/July
Overnight Camps Camp Camp Crystal Lake Camp Kateri Camp Kulaqua Camp Shalom Kids Kamp Lake Swan Rock Solid (Teens) Montgomery Center North Florida Christian YMCA Camp McConnell
Ages 8-15 6-18 7-18 6-15 6-12 12-18 7-17 8-19 7-15
Dates June 10th—August 3rd June 17th—July 27th June 5th—June 26th June 17th—August 3rd July 9th—14th June 11th—June 16th June 17th—August 10th June 10th—July 27th June 10th—August 18th
Camps Offering Pay by the Day Camp
Ages
Camp Good News Db Raquet Club Camp DOK Stables Foreign Languages Camp Gainesville Creative Kamp Gainesville Tennis Academy Imagine Learning Center Jonesville Tennis Center Camp Madonna’s Equestrian Academy Skate Station Funworks St. Patrick’s Summer Fun Camp Sunshine House Camp Sun Country Sports
5-12 5-18 5-18 4-14 3-11 6-17 1-5 ALL 5-18 5-13 5-14 0-12 6-11
1/2 Day
x x x x x x
x x
Full Day Month
x x x x x x x x x x x
ALL ALL ALL ALL June/July ALL June/July ALL ALL x June/July ALL ALL
Variety Day Camps for Kids 0-5 Camp
Ages
Abiding Savior 2-8 B’Nai Israel 2-5 Brentwood Summer Fun 3-11 A Child’s Academy 5-12 A Child’s Place Super Camp 0-10 Gainesville Creative Kamp 3-10 A Girl’s Place 5-18 Imagine Learning Center 1-5 Kiddie Academy Camp 0-12 Kindercare Camp 0-12 La Petite Academy 0-12 LeAndra’s Preschool Summer Camp 2-12 Millhopper Montessori Camps 3-5 Morning Meadow Summer Camp 2-5 Oak Hall PreK Day Camp 3-4 Oak Hall JumpStart Kindergarten 5 Open Arms Summer Program 1-7 P.K. Yonge Little Waves Camp 4-5 Queen of Peace PreK Camp 4-6 Skate Station Funworks 5-13 Sprout Great Explorations 4-10 St. Michael’s Day School Camp 3-8 St. Patrick’s Summer Fun Camp 5-14 Sunshine House Camp 0-12 Trinity UMC Summer Time Fun 1-12 Upper Room UR Fun Camp 4-17 YMCA KinderCamp 5
1/2 Day
x x x
x
x x x x x
Full Day Month
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
x x x
x x x x
ALL ALL June/July ALL ALL July/August ALL June/July ALL ALL ALL ALL June/July June/July June/July June/July ALL June/July June/July ALL ALL June/July June/July ALL June/July June/July ALL
Variety Day Camps for Kids 6-15 Camp
Ages
Abiding Savior 2-8 Art of Summer 7-12 Boys and Girls Club 6-12 Brentwood Summer Fun 3-11 A Child’s Academy 5-12 A Child’s Place Super Camp 0-10 City of Gainesville Summer Camps 6-13 City of Newberry Summer Camp 5-12 Gainesville Country Day Camp 5-11 Gainesville Creative Kamp 3-10 A Girl’s Place 5-18 Heart Pine School Summer Camp 6-10 Jordan Glen Summer Camp 5-14 Kiddie Academy Camp 0-12 Kindercare Camp 0-12 La Petite Academy 0-12 LeAndra’s Preschool Summer Camp 2-12 O2B Kids Camp 6-13 Oak Hall Lower Day Camp 6-10 Oak Hall Middle School Camp 10-14 Open Arms Summer Program 1-7 Passage Christian Academy 6-14 P.K. Yonge Blue Wave Camp 6-12 Queen of Peace Summer Camp 7-13 Skate Station Funworks 5-13 Sonshine Day Camp 6-12 Sprout Great Explorations 4-10 St. Michael’s Day School Camp 3-8 St. Patrick’s Summer Fun Camp 5-14 Sunshine House Camp 0-12 Sun Country Funfest 3-15 Winshape 7-12 YMCA 6-14
1/2 Day
x x
x
x x
x x x x
Full Day Month
x ALL x July x ALL x June/July x ALL x ALL x ALL x June/July x ALL x July/August x ALL x June/July June/July x ALL x ALL x ALL x ALL x ALL x June/July x June/ July x June/July x June/July x June/July x June/July x ALL x ALL x ALL June/ July x June/July x ALL x ALL x July x ALL
Enrichment Camps Camp 4H Camps Banner School of Etiquette Camps Culinary Camp Cupcake Extravaganza Camp Foreign Languages Camp Gigno Spanish immersion Camp Junior Fire Academy The Little Shop Camps Lake Swan Aviation Camp Millhopper Montessori Camps Sewing and Quilting Camps Oak Hall Animal Camps Oak Hall Cooking Camps Oak Hall Enrichment Camps Oak Hall Magic Camps Oak Hall Photo and Film Camps St. Francis Cooking Camp St. Patrick’s Enrichment Camps University Air Exploration Camp
Ages
6-18 6-11 10-17 8-14 4-14 2-8 12-14 4-12 14-18 6-13 10-18 10-18 10-18 5-18 5-18 10-18 11-18 5-14 10-18
1/2 Day Full Day Month
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
x
ALL June/July June June x ALL ALL x AUG ALL overnight July x June/July ALL June/July June/July June/July June/July June/July June June June
Theater Arts Camps Camp
Ages
1/2 Day
Expressions Learning Arts Camp 6-12 GACA Summer Arts Spectacular 4-12 Gainesville Creative Kamp 3-10 Hippodrome Summer Spectacular 5-12 Matheson Museum Tell It Like It Was 9-15 Millhopper Montessori Drama Camp 6-17 Musical Me Theater Arts Camps 6-18 Oak Hall Drama & Musical Theater 5-17 Rising Star Performing Arts Academy 6-22 Star Center Children’s Theater Camps 6-18 St. Patrick’s Drama Camp 11-14
Full Day Month
x x x x x
x x x x x x
x
June/July June/July ALL ALL June July ALL ALL JUNE June/July June
Music Camps Camp
Ages
AMO (A Musical Offering) Music Camp 4-18 First Presbyterian Music Camp 6-14 Gainesville Youth Chorus Workshops 8-18 Gatorland Auxiliary Band Camps 13-18 Howard Bishop Summer Band Camp 11-12 Millhopper Montessori Percussion Camp 6 –13 Pipe Organ Experience 13-18 Studio Percussion Rock n’ Roll Camp 9 –18 Studio Percussion Drummers Boot Camp 9 –18
1/2 Day Full Day Month
x x x
July July x June Overnight Jun/July X June x June Overnight July x July/August x July/August
Art Classes and Camps Camp
Ages
Annie Pais Art Classes 6-12 Art Classes at the Doris Artsy Kids Studio Camps 6-18 Audrey Jones Summer Art Studio 6-12 Do Art Summer Camp 6-12 Gainesville Creative Kamp 3-11 Harn Museum 7-11 Oak Hall Art Camps 5-18 P.K. Yonge Fine Arts Camp 8-12 Sculpting Summer Camp 9-18 SAW Summer Teen Intensive 14-18 Sherrie Pettigrew Classes 6-12 St. Patrick’s Art Camp 9-14
1/2 Day
Full Day Month
90 min 60-120 min x x x x x x x x x 60 min x
6 weeks June/July ALL June June/July June/July ALL June/July June June/July June 10 weeks June
Dance Camps Camp Cameron Dancenter Camps Independance Studio Camp Joni Messler Studio of Dance Camp Pofahl Studios Summer Camps Sun Country Dance Camps Trinity Dance Camp
Ages
4-18 6-18 2-18 6-18 4-15 7-12
1/2 Day Full Day Month
x x x x x x
x x
June Jun/Aug Jun/July ALL Jun/July August
Academic Camps Camp
Ages
Brainworks Camp 8-18 FUNctional Mathematics Camp 6-12 Fundamental Therapy Solutions Camp 6-13 Matheson Museum Tell It Like It Was 9-15 Oak Hall Readiness Camps 6-15 Oak Hall Summer Studies 10-18 P.K. Yonge Summer Adventure Camp 9-18 Santa Fe College for Kids 10-14 Santa Fe College Jr. College for Kids 8-10 St. Patrick’s Reading /Writing Camps 12-14 Sylvan Learning Center Camps 5-18
1/2 Day Full Day Month
x x x x x x x x x
x
x x
June/july June/July ALL June June/July June/July June July June June TBA
Science and Technology Camps Camp
Ages
1/2 Day Full Day Month
Butterfly Wrangler Camp 7-14 Camp Invention 6-12 Digital Kids Tech Camp 8-11 x Earth Academy Day Camp 6-11 FLMNH Camp 6-12 x Entomology Camp 10-14 x Millhopper Montessori Science Camps 6-13 Oak Hall Science Camps 10-18 x Oak Hall Technology Camps 10-18 x Super Science Program 6-14 x Super Summer Program 6-13 x Techno Building Camp 9-14 Skate Station Silly Science Camp 5-10 St. Patrick’s Science & Math Camps 10-14 x Wired Tech Camp 11-14 x
x x x x x
x x
June/July July June June/Aug June/July June July June/July June/July June June June July/Aug June June/July
Horseback Riding Camps Camp
Ages
1/2 Day Full Day Overnight Month
Camp Kulaqua 10-16 Canopy Oaks Trails 6-16 DOK Stables 5-18 Dreamstone Farm 7-18 Haile Equestrian 7-16 Madonna’s Equestrian Academy 5-18 Pony Paddock at Cedar Lane 7-18 Stephanie Lynn Performance one TKO Farm 6-15 Twin Oaks Stables 6-15 West End Equestrian Center 5-18
x
x x x x x x x day camps x x x x x
June June ALL ALL ALL ALL June/July June/July June/July ALL ALL
Fitness / Conditioning Camps Camp
Ages
Cross Champions Camp Fitness Camp at Kimball Wiles Ganesha’s Kids Yoga Camp Kids Sports and Fitness Oak Hall Sports Conditioning Shands Sports Conditioning Camp Trinity UMC Crosstrainers Camp
6-12 6-12 5-10 4-14 12-18 12-18 6-11
1/2 Day Full Day Month
x x x x x x x
June/July July July June/July June/July ALL ALL
Water Sports Camps Camp
Ages
300 Club Snorkeling Class Gainesville Area Rowing Camp Gator Swimming Camp Gator Dive Camp Junior Lifeguarding Camp Synchro Gaviatas
8-18 x 11-17 x 8-18 8-18 12-15 8-14 x
1/2 Day Full Day Month
x x x
June June/July June/July June/July June/July June/July
Martial Arts Camps Camp
Ages
Okito America Summer Camp Pro Taekwondo Summer Camp Star Martial Arts Summer Camp World Martial Arts Summer Camp
4-16 4-16 5-13 4-12
1/2 Day Full Day Month
x x x
x x
ALL ALL ALL ALL
Baseball/ Softball Camps Camp
Ages
Elite Pro Ball Academy Summer Camp Gator Baseball Summer Camps Gator Softball Summer Camps Gatorball Summer Camp Millhopper Montessori Baseball Camp Oak Hall Softball / Baseball Camps Santa Fe College Baseball Camp St. Francis Kevin Maris Baseball Camp Trinity UMC T-Ball and Coach Pitch
1/2 Day Full Day
7-16 8-18 8-18 6-14 7-13 5-18 7-18 7-12 3-9
x
Month
x June/July x ALL June June/July x July June/July x ALL June June/July
x x x x x x
Basketball Camps Camp
Ages
All Fundamentals Camp Coach Shea’s Basketball Camp Five Star Basketball Camp Gator Basketball Camp Gator Women’s Basketball Camp Oak Hall Basketball Camps Santa Fe College Basketball Camp St. Patrick’s Basketball Camp Strictly Shooting Basketball Camp Westside Baptist Elevate Your Game
9-17 6-13 9-18 7-18 8-18 5-18 6-16 9-11 7-18 6-18
1/2 Day Full Day Month
x x x x x x x x x x
July June/July August June June June/July June/Aug June July June
Volleyball Camps Camp
Ages
1/2 Day Full Day Month
Gainesville Juniors Volleyball Camp 6-15 Gator Volleyball Camp 10-18 Oak Hall Volleyball Camps 5-18 Vision Volleyball Camp SERVE 8-18
x x x x
June/July July June June/July
Football Camps Camp
Ages
1/2 Day Full Day Month
Gator Football Camp 8-18 Matt Olesnevich Football Camp 5-18 x Millhopper Montessori Football Camp7-13 Oak Hall Football Camps 5-18 x St. Patrick’s Football Camp 10-14 x
x x
June August June June June
Soccer Camps Camp British Challenger Sports Coach O Soccer Camp Gainesville Soccer Alliance Camp Gator Soccer Academy Camp Leg-A-Z Soccer Camp Oak Hall Soccer Camp USF Soccer
Ages
3-18 5-14 6-15 8-17 4-19 10-18 4-18
1/2 Day Full Day Month
x x x x x x x
x
June/July June July June/July June/July July July
Variety Sports Camps Camp
Ages
I9 Sports Summer Camp Mega Sports and Arts Camp Millhopper Montessori Wild World of Sports Camp Oak Hall Having a Ball Camp P.K. Yonge Blue Wave Sports Camp Sun Country Funfest Winshape
5-12 6-11
1/2 Day Full Day Month
x
June June
x
June July June/July ALL July
x
7-13 10-18 x 8-14 x 3-15 x 7-12
x x x
More Sports Camps Camp
Ages
Gainesville Rock Gym Camp Gator Cross Country Camp Gator Lacrosse Camp Junior Champ Summer Track Oak Hall Cheerleading Clinic Oak Hall Fencing Camp Oak Hall Lacrosse Camps Oak Hall Track Camp Tumblemania Summer Camp
6-15 10-18 11-18 6-14 11-17 10-18 10-18 10-18 6-12
1/2 Day Full Day Month
x x x x x x x x x
July June June June/July June July July July July/Aug
Golf Programs Camp
Ages
Gainesville Junior Golf Tour Gator Golf Camp Meadowbrook Golf Club Jr. Camps West End Golf Summer Programs
8-18 10-18 7-15 4-16
1/2 Day
Full Day
x
Month
ALL June ALL ALL
x x x
Tennis Programs Camp 300 Club Summer Camp Db Raquet Club Camp Gainesville Tennis Academy Gator Tennis Camp Jonesville Tennis Center Camp Oak Hall Tennis Camp
Ages
1/2 Day
6-15 5-18 6-17 8-17 ALL 10-18
x x x x x
Full Day Month
x x x
ALL ALL ALL June/July ALL June
Vacation Bible Schools Camp
Ages Theme
Christ Community Church Creekside Community Church Faith Presbyterian Family Church Fellowship Church of High Springs 1st Baptist Church of Alachua 1st Baptist Church of Gainesville 1st Lutheran Church of Gainesville 1st UMC of Alachua 1st UMC of High Springs Gainesville Christian Center Grace at Fort Clarke Grace Baptist Holy Trinity Queen of Peace Trinity UMC Westside Baptist
4-11 5-10 4-11 4-11 4-12 5-11 4-11 3-12 3-18 2-12 2-11 3-11 4-18 3-12 4-13 2-11 4-11
Date
Olympion Amazing Wonders Sonrise Incrediworld Armor of God Amazing Wonders Sky Babylon Amazing Wonders Sky N/A Sky Amazing Wonders Praise N/A
July July June June July June June June July August June June June July June Operation Overboard June Amazing Wonders June
Religious Themed Day Camps Camp
Ages
B’Nai Israel Camp Good News Cross Champions Camp Mega Sports and Arts Camp Passage Christian Academy Camp Winshape
2-5 5-12 6-12 6-11 6-14 7-12
1/2 Day Full Day Month
x x x x x x
x ALL June/July June June/July July