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SUMMER DAY CAMPS AT
TORONTO'S HISTORIC MUSEUMS &
CULTURAL CENTRES 2006
The Culture Division is pleased
to present several Summer Day
Camp and workshop programs for
young people. These activities
provide enriching entertainment
while allowing children to
explore the world of art and
Toronto 's exciting history.
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Colborne Lodge
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City: Toronto
Colborne Lodge Drive
(south end of High Park)
E-mail:
clodge@toronto.ca
416-392-6916.
Age: 7-11 |
High Park Discovery
Camp -
For Ages 7 11
Visit the country home of John
and Jemima Howard and cook in
the historic kitchens, make
crafts, play games on the lawn,
and explore many of the great
places in High Park . Children
may sign up for 1 week or 2.
Program themes alternate each
week. A second week booking does
not have to be consecutive.
Pre-registration & pre-payment
required. $150 per week includes
snacks, supplies, and G.S.T.
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GIBSON HOUSE
MUSEUM
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City: Toronto
5172 Yonge Street,
just north of the North
York Subway Stop
E-mail:
gibsonhouse@toronto.ca
416-395-7432
Age:6-11 |
Arts and Heritage Camp
Ages 6 to 11:
Hours: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Extended care: 8 a.m. to 5:30
p.m.
A week-long day camp
for children ages 6 to 11 with a
focus on history and the arts!
An opportunity for children to
immerse themselves in nineteenth
century rural life and to
express this experience
creatively through artistic
endeavours. Children can look
forward to: delightful treats
which they prepare in the
historic kitchen, a day trip to
another historic site, arts
activities that reflect their
historic experiences, swimming
sessions, and lots of
recreational games and creative
activities (delete text that
follows) and an old-fashioned
picnic on the lawn . Different
themes for July and August camps
children can sign up for a
week each month.
Pre-registration & pre-payment
required. $120 per week
(extended care $20 extra).
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SCARBOROUGH
HISTORICAL MUSEUM
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City: Toronto
1007 Brimley Road, just
north of Lawrence, set
in lovely Thomson
Memorial Park,
E-mail: shm@toronto.ca
416-338-8807
Age: 6-11 |
Pioneer Adventure
Day Camp Ages 6 to 11
Monday to Friday - 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
Our camps are jam packed full of
activities! This very popular
program gives children the
chance to try 19 th century
skills, arts and crafts,
cooking, games, and theatre
arts. Each week we highlight one
theme, but children get an
exciting experience in all areas
of settler life, as well as
nature hikes in the park and
cooling off in the wading pool.
Ages 6 to 11 . Pre-registration
is required. Call 416-338-4FUN
to pre-register. $128 per child.
Extended care available from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. for $20.
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Spadina Museum:
Historic House & Gardens
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City:Toronto
285 Spadina Road (just
next door to Casa Loma)
E-mail:
spadina@toronto.ca
416-392-6910
Age: 5-18 |
Adventures in
Archaeology Camp 10 to 14
yrs.
Tuesday to Friday, July 4
to 7 & Monday to Friday, July 10
to 14 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Learn to excavate and record
artifacts with professional
archaeologists from the Ontario
Heritage Foundation.
Pre-registration required.
$145/4 days ($20 extended
hours); $180/5 days ($25
extended hours)
Spadina Safari Camp
5 to
8 yrs.
Monday, July 10 to Friday,
July 14 9:30 a.m. to Noon
Creative exploration for
children aged 5 to 8 years
including games, crafts, and
cooking in a historic setting.
Pre-registration required. $15
per morning or $70 for all five.
Art and Drama Summer
Day Camp 8 to 12 yrs.
July 17 to 28 9 a.m. to 4
p.m.
August 14 to 25 9 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Two 2-week sessions of creative
exploration in a unique setting,
culminating in a performance and
art show for friends and family.
Pre-registration required. $275/
10 days, $50 for extended hours.
Anime Drawing &
Manga Workshops for Teens
- 14 to 18
yrs.
July 31, August 2 & 4 - 10
a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
August 9 & 11 Noon to 4 p.m.
Explore the vibrant Japanese art
forms of anime & manga.
Incorporate various themes,
styles & messages to create your
own personal comic book vision.
Workshops will include
instructions on anime drawing,
storyline development & plot as
well as a guided analysis of
anime using film clips from
various artists in the business.
Pre-registration required. $60/
2 day session, $75/3 day
session.
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Todmorden Mills
Heritage Museum And Arts
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City: Toronto
Bottom Of Pottery Rd,
East Of Bayview Ave.,
West Of Broadview Ave.
todmorden@toronto.ca
416-396-2819
Age: 5-10 |
Summer Day Camps for
Children - 5 to 10 years
Book for the morning or
afternoon sessions or for the
entire week.
All week half-day sessions $90
or $175 for the full day
program. Supervised lunches and
after care available. Please
call for additional costs and
availability. Pre-registration
required.
Week of July 10 to 14 -
9:30 a.m. to Noon
Todmorden Artventures
From collage to solar prints,
from printmaking to papier machι,
experiment with a variety of
artistic techniques to create
unique projects in this
hands-on, fun-filled program.
Week of July 10 to 14 -
1 to 3:30 p.m.
Todmorden Time Travellers
Travel back through time to
explore a world before
computers, televisions and
telephones! Make a thaumatrope,
explore the great outdoors and
make tasty treats in our
nineteenth-century kitchens.
Popular pastimes and foods, as
well as the plants and animals
in our nature preserve are the
inspiration for crafts,
activities and some serious fun!
Week of July 24 to 28 -
9:30 a.m. to Noon
Earthworks
The great outdoors is your
inspiration! Create art works
from recycled materials, sculpt
in clay, and experiment with
natural dyes and fibres as you
explore the world of enviro-friendly
art.
Week of July 24 to 28 -
1 to 3:30 p.m.
Urban Wilds
Our nature preserve and pond are
home to all kinds of fascinating
plants, birds and bugs. Explore
these amazing worlds through art
projects and science experiments
as you discover what lives and
thrives in the city!
city:
Toronto
phone:
(416)
432-8258
ages:
3-15
On
Lake Simcoe. Wide base of
activity programs including a
waterfront, Adventure
activities, Arts & Crafts and
exciting senior camper programs.
Banbury Kids Camp
city: Toronto
phone: 416-391-2439
email:
info@banburykids.com
ages: 3-8
Banbury Kids Day Camp is a
non-profit summer program that
was started by a volunteer
parent committee in affiliation
with North York Parks and
Recreation. We offer a unique
summer program for children ages
3-8. Our goal is for our campers
to enjoy a wonderful fun-filled
experience in a caring,
enthusiastic and creative
environment. A low
camper/counselor ratio helps
each child feel comfortable and
secure whether it is their first
camp experience or not. Our
staff is comprised of Teachers,
Early Childhood Education
Teachers, Student Teachers,
Education and E.C.E. students,
experienced counselors, and
Counselors-In-Training.
Camp
Katonim
city:
Toronto
phone:
(416)
410-9460
email:
ages:
3-16
Summer day camp on Lake Simcoe.
All waterfront activities, land
sports & creative arts. Buses
from Thornhill, Richmond Hill,
Newmarket and surrounding areas.
Claireville Day Camp
city:
Toronto
phone:
(416)
394-8546
email:
ages:
6-16
Choose from Adventure Camp,
Sports Camp, French Camp,
Western Horseback Riding Camp,
Challenge Plus, and a
Leader-in-Training Camp. All
participants are bussed to the
program from pick-up points
throughout the West District.
Children with special needs may
be integrated into the program.
city:
Toronto
phone:
(416)
973-4093
ages:
4-17
All
programmes emphasize safety and
supervision, creative
programming, skill development
and camper growth and the
opportunity for having fun,
expressing oneself and
developing new friendships.
Optional busing, meal plan and
extended hours programmes
available. 1-week, 2-week, and
1-month programmes.
High Park Discovery Camp
city:
Toronto
phone:
(416)
392-6916
ages:
7 to 11
Fee:
$150/wk. Pre-registration
required. At historic Colborne
Lodge. Outdoor activities
exploring the park and its
history. Children may register
for 1 or 2 weeks as two
different programs are
alternated weekly.
city:
Toronto
phone:
(416)
392-1329
ages:
6-10 years
A
fun-filled week is available for
campers to hike through High
Park's ravines and trails and
learn how to garden. Camp
highlights include hiking nature
trails, organic gardening,
nature crafts, drama,
storytelling, music, cooking,
and exercise. Program cost is
$165/week/child and camp hours
are 9am-4pm. Afternoon extended
care (4pm-5pm) is available for
an additional $10/week.
city:
Toronto
phone:
(416)
675-5009
ages:
6-12
The
Humber Arboretum Summer Nature
Camp offers one and two week
(4-day) programs. For the summer
we are looking foward to a lot
of nature exploration, pond
studies, swimming and canoeing
along with the other favorites.
We are a nature based camp so we
focus on nature related
activities and are outside most
of the day.
Humriva Day Camp
city:
Toronto
phone:
(416)
394-2747
ages:
6-13
Outdoor learning experience in
the heart of the City.
Activities such as hiking, cook
outs, nature, science and
environmental studies, archery,
swimming, camp crafts, games,
trips and an overnight form an
exciting two-week session.
city:
Toronto
phone:
(416)
425-5496
email:
ages:
3-8
Two
week half-day and full-day
programmes include nature
activities, crafts, wading,
sing-songs, games and more.
Since 1967 in a wooded area in
"North Toronto".
city:
Toronto
phone:
(416)
922-3714
ages:
4-9
Mooredale operates from an
historic Rosedale mansion with
green space, landscaped
playground, access to parks,
ravines, nearby schools, tennis
courts and our private 25m
outdoor heated pool for
extensive program opportunities.
Junior Camp and Senior Camp
programs. Staff-camper ratio is
1:3.5. Established 1968. Four
2-week sessions.
city:
Toronto
phone:
(416)
395-6180
email:
ages:
5-14
Offers sports and active games,
music and drama, nature and
ecology, arts and crafts,
out-trips, swimming. Supervised
camp buses take children to and
from Naorca, which operates out
of the Forest Valley Outdoor
Education Centre. Four 9-day
sessions.
city:
Toronto
phone:
(416)
314-9779
ages:
4-14
Register for OP Junior Camp, OP
Kids, OP Teen, Kamp Kreative or
Beach Blast. Kids just wanna
have fun
city:
Toronto
phone:
(416)
285-1488
ages:
4 - 15 yrs
Fitness, games, sports, arts &
crafts and math concepts.
city:
Toronto
phone:
(416)
397-1355
ages:
3-10
Children learn about nature and
gardening in an outdoor setting.
Children participate in a
variety of hands-on activities,
including nature hikes, planting
seeds, and scavenger hunts in
the garden. Our one-week
programs are held during July
and August. Camps are held
outside.
city:
Toronto
phone:
(416)
568-1531
email:
ages:
5 to 12
8:00
am to 6:00 pm. Crafts, cooking,
trips. located at St. Pius X
Catholic School.
city:
Toronto
phone:
(416)
484-8627
ages:
4-18
Over
30 different sports, arts and
tech camps, clinics and senior
programs. We utilize the
facilities available at Upper
Canada College and Branksome
Hall. In addition, campers may
take advantage of programs and
activities offered at the
Cardinal Golf Club
city:
Toronto
phone:
(416)
544-3530
ages:
6-12
Sports, computers, science
shows, arts 'n crafts, drama,
field trips, swimming, theme
days, team building games, and
music.
city:
Toronto
phone:
(416)
928-9622
ages:
7-17
Outdoor sports, arts, nature
exploration and leadership
development choices during
one-week sessions in addition to
recreational swimming,
co-operative games, songs and
exciting theme days. Overnight
experiences available too. Buses
transport children from
communities throughout the GTA.
city:
Toronto
phone:
(416)
928-9622
ages:
4-12
Aquatics, basketball, golf and
other instructional programs are
taught alongside with
traditional day camp activities
such as recreational swim,
co-operative games, crafts,
songs and more. Junior campers
(aged 4-6) enjoy use of the gym,
playgrounds, indoor crafts and
swimming pools, in activities
appropriate for their age.
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