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Nurture with Nature Farm Camp is a fun-filled outdoor camp experience at Abbotts Hill Farm and Rescue in Newtown. Sessions will include interacting with friendly farm animals, yoga, mindfulness, arts and crafts, and more! Educational opportunities include connecting with nature, learning about respectful animal interactions, animal & nature related arts & crafts, coping skills, friendship skills, emotional regulation skills, social problem solving, meditation, mindfulness, yoga and more. Camp runs Monday through Friday during select weeks in July and August. Join us!

Nestled along the Pootatuck River (inside Rocky Glen State Park), Affinity Esports is paving the way to healthier gaming experiences by providing a safe community meeting space for kids and teens to play games and interact with their peers all while learning technology and problem-solving skills. The studio space features more than 1,500 square feet of gaming PCS, streaming setups, big screen TVs, whiteboards, and Nintendo Switches! 

Have your child join us for a Summer of fun at Affinity Esports! We have a power-packed schedule, including camps for aspiring competitors, casual gamers, content creators, coders, and girls in gaming. Our camps cover 30 hours of engaging activities that drive socialization, skill development, and passion. Our days are balanced between the camp’s theme, education around healthy gaming habits, and regular screen breaks! Join us!

Brookfield Craft Center is dedicated to teaching traditional and contemporary craft skills and fostering the appreciation of fine craftsmanship. Our camps, classes and workshops are taught by nationally acclaimed, local, and visiting artists. Learn and grow with our artistic community of talented faculty, inspired students, and generous volunteers and supporters. 

The 2024 Summer Youth Program at the Brookfield Craft Center will offer inspired opportunities to explore creative projects in 8 unique studios; Forge, Modern Craft Digital Arts, Ceramics, Glass, Wood, Fiber, Jewelry and our River Room multi-media studio. Weekly half-day and full day programs will be offered. 

Buck's Rock Camp is located in New Milford, CT and is really like no other arts sleepaway summer camp. We are a low-key, non-competitive haven where artists ranging in ages from 11 to 17 are free to choose their own creative and performing arts projects and activities.

Camp Aldrich is a full-day, week-long arts experience for kids in grades 1 through 6 held at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Campers explore the Museum’s three-acre campus, learn in the galleries, and incorporate the world around them into their art. Founded by art collector and fashion designer Larry Aldrich in 1964, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is one of the oldest contemporary art museums in the United States. The Museum is one of the few independent, non-collecting institutions in the country and the only museum in Connecticut solely dedicated to the presentation of contemporary art. The Museum is located on Main Street in historic downtown Ridgefield, Connecticut an hour and a half north of New York City. The campus includes a two-acre Sculpture Garden and is walking distance from a Revolutionary War battlefield, and many restaurants and shops.  

EverWonder Children's Museum is a 501(c)3 organization located in Newtown CT. EverWonder Children’s Museum cultivates a lifelong love-of-learning in children by encouraging them to think, inquire, and wonder about the world around them. We offer hands-on exhibits and programming to spark imagination in the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts, and math.

Looking for something fun to keep your child engaged in STEM Learning this summer? Join EverWonder for a summer of science experiments & exploration and watch your child's imagination grow as they are immersed into a program full of wonder. Camp is for ages 5-10. NEW this year -- options to extend camp to a full-day through our partnership with other Newtown non-profits!

Join us for a fun and educational summer experience! Each year, our week-long summer programs offer children a unique chance to explore local history through the lens of our museum stories. Learn about life in historic Ridgefield and see how KTM&HC preserves and shares our history through a variety of creative, interactive, and hands-on activities. 

In 2024, the theme is History Detectives. Kids will work together to solve the Mystery of the Missing Cannonball, using historian-inspired skills (archeology! document analysis! storytelling!) to find clues.

At Kiwi Country Day Camp we LOVE camp, and LIVE camp 365 days a year. KCDC is all about having FUN! As our campers play and enjoy the many experiences of camp, they also master new skills, overcome challenges and build confidence.

KCDC is for campers ages 3 through 15 years old. We offer a traditional full-week camp ranging from three to eight-week sessions.

Muse Squad is a non-profit creative writing program for tweens and teens. The club-like atmosphere is designed to fit three age groups: 8-11, 12-14 and 15+. There are multiple opportunities in each class to read your work aloud. 

Explore new possibilities this summer at Ridgefield Academy/Landmark Preschool! RA/LP’s 2024 Summer Programs include a variety of offerings that will appeal to preschool - Grade 8 children. Whether it's morning, afternoon, or a full day session, RA/LP offers exciting learning opportunities and classic summer camp fun for everyone!

Robotics And Beyond, based in New Milford CT, helps young people to discover new interests and talents in science, engineering, technology and design. We help them to develop their talents as far as they wish to go. We do this by designing our own lessons and activities that provide concepts and skills that are actually relevant for careers and education paths, even for our youngest students. Now in our 20th year, we are doing a lot of things right! Join us this Summer for ROBOTICS, CODING, 3D MODELING & PRINTING, ELECTRONICS, LEGO MAKERS, GRAPHIC DESIGN & ANIMATION, AND MORE!

Safety Town Camp is a positive youth development program from Newtown Youth & Family Services. Safety Town is a one-week interactive safety education camp developed to teach rising kindergartners and first graders important life-saving lessons on strangers, traffic, fire, pedestrian, poison, drug, playground, bus, and water safety.

WorkspaceCT offers a wide variety of after-school and summer enrichment programs to children in areas like theater, performance, production, culinary arts, woodworking, STEM and more. Programs and events are open to all; no membership required!  Join us for Fall 2024!