Day Camps & Summer Programs for Kids in Westchester County

Give your kids a camp experience without going far from Westchester County. View our guide to register for day and summer camps online.

For many children, going to summer camp is a rite of passage. Camp is the perfect place for boys and girls to make friends, discover new interests, and find their independence. While the experience is fun for the children, it can be overwhelming for the parents. Unsure where to start? We've rounded up some of the best summer camps in Westchester. From sleepaway to day camps, this list includes specialty camps that range from theater, music, and academic enrichment to art, sports, and camps for older kids. Give your child the opportunity to make memories that'll last a lifetime. Explore our list of summer camps throughout Westchester to find the best camp for your child. Whether you're in White Plains, New Rochelle, Mamaroneck, Scarsdale, Larchmont, Rye, Mount Kisco, Armonk, Chappaqua, Irvington, Tarrytown, Greenburgh, Hastings, or Dobbs Ferry, there's a camp perfect for your family. Register for day and summer camps online today.

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Academic Enrichment Camps

DEDIMUS POTESTATEM
718-954-1357
Email info@potestatem.co

Dedimus Potestatem provides fun, academically challenging programs to students in primary, middle, and high school. Our programs include Debate, Model Congress, Model UN, Mock Trial, Etiquette, Bioethics, Judaic studies, Hebrew, Dance, and Tumbling. We currently offer both virtual and in-person private, semi-private, and group sessions as well as after-school programs.

MANDARIN DISCOVERY SCHOOL
Classes in Westchester ,
914-351-6788
Email shanshanli@mandarindiscov.org

Summer Camp is offered for ages 2-10. This summer we are offering online group sessions, virtual and in-person tutoring sessions, and Saturday in-person classes (limited spots available).  We teach Mandarin, with an emphasis on speaking, and Chinese culture in a fun, immersive Mandarin environment.

SYLVAN LEARNING CENTER OF BRONXVILLE

850 Bronx River Road, Bronxville

914-237-4396


Avoid summer learning loss at Sylvan! Summer academic camps, STEM classes, and tutoring programs boost your child’s confidence and enhance academic skills. Keep your child’s mind growing over the summer with reading, math, writing, or study skills camps, plus classes in robotics and coding. Summer programs are offered for grades kindergarten-eighth.

Seven schools located in New York City, Long Island, NY, Connecticut, New Jersey, California, in addition to a fully online school accessible anywhere in the U.S.,
631-779-2400
Email liadmissions@winstonprep.edu

Winston Prep's Summer Enrichment Program provides students in grades third-12th with the unique opportunity to participate in an individually designed program that enhances academic skills and fosters independence. The program is designed to develop language, encoding and decoding, reading comprehension, writing, math, test preparation, organization, and time management skills.

Art Camps

CROTON ACADEMY OF ARTS (CAA)
8 Old Post Road, South, Croton on Hudson
914-862-0988
Email office@crotonacademy.org

Croton Academy of Arts reopens in-person this summer in a renovated studio space with camp programs for kids, preteens, and teens in comedy improv, sketch writing, theater, dance, fine arts, and crafts. CAA is centered in the lovely river town of Croton-on-Hudson.. Multi-camp registrations are discounted.

MUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN
2 Columbus Circle, Upper West Side, Manhattan
212-299-7777
Email education@madmuseum.org

Making with MAD summer camps are virtual immersions in art and design for curious creatives age 8-13. MADs experienced artist-educators will lead hands-on making activities. Each week, an artist-in-residence from the Museums Artist Studios program will welcome participants for a virtual studio visit.

MUSIC CONSERVATORY OF WESTCHESTER
216 Central Ave., White Plains
914-761-3900
Jake Robinson, director of Summer Programs

Spark your child's creativity with quality instruction in music, dance, and art in Summer Music & Arts at Music Conservatory of Westchester. Kids grades kindergarten-seventh will enjoy fun, interactive classes to experiment with music, learn to play instruments, write songs, create art, dance, and make new friends. Visit summeratmcw.org to register!

RIVERARTS’ SUMMERARTS CAMP
Hastings-on-Hudson,
914-412-5120
Email summerarts@riverarts.org

The RiverArts SummerArts camp is a rich and diverse arts experience.The program runs four weeks in August, offering different themes weekly. We offer ceramics, weaving, sculpture, textile painting, improv, dance and expressive movement, acting, songwriting, and African drumming. Children entering grades third-9th, weekly in August, Monday-Friday, 9am-3pm.

Camps for Older Kids

SHAMES JCC ON THE HUDSON
371 S. Broadway, Tarrytown
914-366-7898
Email info@shamesjcc.org

Older children (grades kindergarten–ninth) can spend their summer in nature in the expansive Henry Kaufmann campgrounds! Campers select from different pockets of interest (like sports, arts, adventure). Campers will also receive daily swim lessons.

Dance Camps

CROTON ACADEMY OF ARTS (CAA)
8 Old Post Road, South, Croton on Hudson
914-862-0988
Email office@crotonacademy.org

Croton Academy of Arts reopens in-person this summer in a renovated studio space with camp programs for kids, preteens, and teens in comedy improv, sketch writing, theater, dance, fine arts, and crafts. CAA is centered in the lovely river town of Croton-on-Hudson.. Multi-camp registrations are discounted.

FIREBIRD STUDIOS
Email info@firebirdstudios.co

Firebird Studios is a community minded performing arts academy providing students with unparalleled instruction. Our faculty includes current Broadway talent and performers in concert dance. We are a 21st Century studio, utilizing top tier technology to give students not only live performances, but dance for film opportunities as well.

LOGREA DANCE ACADEMY
2 Dale Ave., Ossining
914-941-2939

Logrea Dance Academy has been training dancers for 36 years! Join us for in-person Summer Dance Camp beginning July 13 for four weeks: Ballet, jazz, creative movement, arts and crafts, theatre dance, dance history, conditioning and more. Safety protocols are strictly adhered to. See you on the dance floor!

MUSIC CONSERVATORY OF WESTCHESTER
216 Central Ave., White Plains
914-761-3900
Jake Robinson, director of Summer Programs

Spark your child's creativity with quality instruction in music, dance, and art in Summer Music & Arts at Music Conservatory of Westchester. Kids grades kindergarten-seventh will enjoy fun, interactive classes to experiment with music, learn to play instruments, write songs, create art, dance, and make new friends. Visit summeratmcw.org to register!

PENNY LANE DANCE ACADEMY
80 Route 6 unit 608 , Baldwin Place
914-248-8822
Email info@pennylanedance.com

Since 2003 Penny Lane Dance Academy's camps and classes have been known for being magical and inspirational in the world of dance. We offer summer camps for ages 2-17, from Fairy Academy where your little one will earn her very own wings to Artists in Motion for older campers.

RIVERARTS’ SUMMERARTS CAMP
Hastings-on-Hudson,
914-412-5120
Email summerarts@riverarts.org

The RiverArts SummerArts camp is a rich and diverse arts experience.The program runs four weeks in August, offering different themes weekly. We offer ceramics, weaving, sculpture, textile painting, improv, dance and expressive movement, acting, songwriting, and African drumming. Children entering grades third-9th, weekly in August, Monday-Friday, 9am-3pm.

STEFFI NOSSEN SCHOOL OF DANCE
216 Central Park Ave., White Plains,
914-328-1900

Steffi Nossen School of Dance offers weeklong summer dance camps and intensives for a variety of ages and levels. Creative movement camps combine dance and related craft experiences while weeklong dance camps and intensives enhance technical and artistic growth in modern, ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, musical theater, and composition.

Day Camps

CHALLENGE CAMP
The Leffell School, 555 W. Hartsdale Ave., Hartsdale
914-779-6024
Email info@challengecamps.com

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Challenge Camp is an ACA-accredited day camp in Hartsdale, offering summer enrichment learning opportunities for bright, curious children ages 4-15. Our cohort model of STEM and arts project based electives includes active options enabling campers to challenge their minds and bodies. Join us for a summer of fun and learning!

THE CHAPEL SCHOOL
172 White Plains Road, Bronxville
914-337-3202
Email info@thechapelschool.org, directorofsummercamps@thechapelschool.org

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The Chapel School Summer Programs include morning, afternoon, and full-day options for children ages 3-12 from June 14 through August 13. Our popular Care Bear Program (ages 3-6) offers theme-based morning sessions with sports samplers, cooking, art, and music in the afternoons. Our growing Explorer Program (ages 6-12) offers everything from basketball to film-making, website design, cartooning, musical theater, coding, 3D printing, and design. We are also proud to partner with Crayola Imagine Arts Academy and Mad Science.

MOSHOLU DAY CAMP
261 Arden Valley Road, Southfields
845-243-0751

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One of a few NYS day camps to open in 2020 with “0” COVID cases! Mosholu Day Camp will be open again this summer, offering children a safe and fun experience. CDC and Dept. of Health guidelines are in place, as well as every precaution to ensure the safest experience possible. Our traditional camp day is filled with dynamic activities and located in a beautiful setting. After a long and hard end of the school year, kids need to get out and experience new activities, make new friends, and socialize.

THORNTON-DONOVAN SCHOOL
100 Overlook Circle, New Rochelle
914-632-8836

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Founded in 1969, the Summer Challenge has been a source of joy, entertainment, enlightenment, and playful fun for boys and girls ages 3½-14. Stop by and see our sports field, basketball court, and new playground! Door-to-door transportation and lunch are included. With an instructional pool on-site, swim instruction and recreational swim are major components of the program.

ACRES OF ADVENTURE SUMMER CAMP AT ANN AND ANDY
2170 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford
914-592-3027

Summer Camp for 1-9 weeks, children 3 months-14 years. Your child will enjoy our 25 play areas including two water slides, zip-line, climbing wall, and ball fields. We offer customized schedules, individualized attention, and hot lunches. Health Department licensed and in business since 1973! Covid safety regulations are followed.

ALCOTT MONTESSORI SCHOOL
535 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry
914-693-4443
27 Crane Road, Scarsdale
914-472-4404

Alcott School's Summer Fun program offers a variety of schedules for children ages 2-5. Weekly themes are incorporated into outdoor play, science and nature exploration, water play in sprinklers and water tables, open-ended art, tricycle riding, and group games. The multicultural program is enriched by music and nature specialists.

CAMP RAMAQUOIS
30 Mountain Road, Pomona
845-354-1600

Camp Ramaquois is a day camp as complete as sleepaway camp, situated on 44 acres in Rockland County. From adventurous activities to creative arts and athletic activities, boys and girls ages 3-15 experience a traditional day camp program filled with a variety of stimulating activities.

CAMP YOUNG JUDAEA SPROUT WESTCHESTER
500 Yorktown Road (Route 129) , Croton-On-Hudson
914-271-7563
Email camp@sproutwestchester.org

Sprout Westchester, a Young Judaea day camp, is a place where children and staff work together to create a diverse, joyful, and safe community based on fun, Jewish values, friendship, and personal growth. Campers participate in daily instructional and free swim, arts, sports, cooking, adventure courses, drama, archery, STEM, and music.

CHRISTIAN PRE-SCHOOL
43 Ashford Ave., Dobbs Ferry
914-693-0026
Email dfchristianpreschool@yahoo.com

Christian Pre-School has been nurturing families and faith in the Rivertowns for more than four decades. Our summer program runs mornings throughout the month of July and is truly play-based.  We offer small groups in a smaller setting with great indoor and outdoor spaces and an experienced and dedicated staff.

EASTER SEALS PROJECT EXPLORE
70 Columbus Ave., Valhalla
914-328-1578

We serve children with and without disabilities in inclusive, integrated, small classrooms. Before- and after-school care, vacation clubs during school breaks, and summer camp are available options. We have special classes in art, music, and science, including interactive SMART Board activities.

OASIS SUMMER DAY CAMP WESTCHESTER
Mercy College 555 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry
646-519-5057
Andrew Leonard, Upper Camp director
Deb Tashoff Lower Camp director

Email dobbs@oasischildren.com

Oasis Day Camp prides itself on age appropriate programming for ages 3-15. Early Start (ages 3-5) is a nurturing camp environment. Lower (first-second grade) offers sports, arts, swim, enrichment, and nature. Upper (third-sixth grades) is bigger and better for older campers. Teen Travel (seventh-ninth grades) offers unique trips, overnights, and friendships.

SHAMES JCC ON THE HUDSON
371 S. Broadway, Tarrytown
914-366-7898
Email info@shamesjcc.org

Give your kids the great outdoors and the summer of their lives with the Shames JCC on the Hudson! River Friends Day Camp is all of the adventure and excitement of big-kid camp with focus on the needs of young campers.

SPORTIME USA
380 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford
914-592-2111 x2

Sportime USA’s Mini Camp offers a full day of fun activities for ages 5-12. Our mini camp includes unlimited play on all attractions, movie time, crafts, snack, and lunch. We offer a full-day program that fills up quickly so call in advance.

SQUIRE CAMPS, INC.
914-328-3798
Email squirecamps@gmail.com

Celebrating 48 years and proud winner of the Westchester County Inspectors Choice Award! Matt Davanzo operates Squire Advantage Camps for children in kindergarten-ninth grades at Maria Regina High School in Hartsdale. Campers design custom schedules from more than 50 exciting activities including robotics, art, swimming, computers, photography, LEGOs, and sports.

SUMMER STARS AT SCARSDALE SYNAGOGUE
2 Ogden Road, Scarsdale
914-723-3001
Email mazeltots@sstte.org

Summer Stars provides children (18 months-5 years) with an enriching seven-week summer experience. We offer fun activities including sports, water play, art, music, soccer, storyteller, puppetry, fitness, cooking, and nature. We continually adjust policies to align with guidance from state agencies to keep children safe and healthy during this pandemic.

WEST MOUNTAIN OUTDOOR ADVENTURE CAMPS
59 West Mountain Road, Queensbury, NY
518-636-3699
Email west@westmountain.com

West Mountain’s wildly popular Outdoor Adventure Summer Camps take place in the scenic foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. At camp, kids explore the great outdoors with our amazing staff and adventure guides as they engage in activities including hiking, climbing, and organized games and activities that will strengthen their bodies and minds.

Music Camps

BACH TO ROCK MAMARONECK
130 Mamaroneck Ave., Mamaroneck
914-341-1457
Email mamaroneck@bachtorock.com

B2R’s summer camp has a unique approach that makes it possible for students with no previous musical training to be rocking out in a matter of hours. B2R teachers transform music instruction to a joyous and exciting team activity.

MUSIC CONSERVATORY OF WESTCHESTER
216 Central Ave., White Plains
914-761-3900
Jake Robinson, director of Summer Programs

Spark your child's creativity with quality instruction in music, dance, and art in Summer Music & Arts at Music Conservatory of Westchester. Kids grades kindergarten-seventh will enjoy fun, interactive classes to experiment with music, learn to play instruments, write songs, create art, dance, and make new friends. Visit summeratmcw.org to register!

MUSICAL MUNCHKINS
167 Scarsdale Road, Tuckahoe
914-771-7000

Musical Munchkins, Westchester's original early childhood music program celebrates more than 35 years of makin' music and memories. We delight our youngest musicians and families with wonderful mommy-n-me music. Our curriculum's awesome activities are for children 6 months-4 years. Currently teaching outdoors and virtually. Regular in-person classes resume this fall.

RIVERARTS’ SUMMERARTS CAMP
Hastings-on-Hudson,
914-412-5120
Email summerarts@riverarts.org

The RiverArts SummerArts camp is a rich and diverse arts experience.The program runs four weeks in August, offering different themes weekly. We offer ceramics, weaving, sculpture, textile painting, improv, dance and expressive movement, acting, songwriting, and African drumming. Children entering grades third-9th, weekly in August, Monday-Friday, 9am-3pm.

STEPPING STONES MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN
Matthews Park, 303 West Ave., Norwalk
203-899-0606 x208

Summer Camp at Stepping Stones Museum for Children will be offered June 21–25, July 12–16, and Aug. 12–20. Summer camps include Paleontology Camp, Music Makers Camp, and Space Camp! All three camps will be virtual with a take-home kit, and also include one day inside the museum!

Science & STEM Camps

STEPPING STONES MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN
Matthews Park, 303 West Ave., Norwalk
203-899-0606 x208

Summer Camp at Stepping Stones Museum for Children will be offered June 21–25, July 12–16, and Aug. 12–20. Summer camps include Paleontology Camp, Music Makers Camp, and Space Camp! All three camps will be virtual with a take-home kit, and also include one day inside the museum!

TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION
1600 Spring Valley Road, Ossining
914-762-2912

Teatown's Natural Science Summer Day Camp is jam-packed with adventure, discovery, and hands-on fun in the outdoors. We're catching frogs, collecting bugs, climbing rocks, and exploring natural habitats all summer! Teatown Camp brings kids outside to learn about and explore the natural world.

WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE - PEEKSKILL EXTENSION
27 North Division St., Peekskill
914-606-7300
Email peekskill@sunywcc.edu

The Youth Arts Technology Program is a STEAM program that engages youth in arts technology integration and prepares students for the 21st century. STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) focuses on hybridization of art and science and develops critical creative thinking. These courses are designed to encourage self-expression, collaboration, and innovation.

Sleepaway Camps

THE GLENHOLME SCHOOL — DEVEREUX ADVANCED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
81 Sabbaday Lane, Washington
860-868-7377

A unique six-week sleepaway program for children from ages 10-21 with special needs from July 12-August 20. Combines in-person morning academics with therapeutic recreational activities in the afternoon for youngsters with Aspergers, Autism Spectrum Disorder, High Functioning Autism, ADHD, OCD, Tourettes, depression, anxiety, and learning differences.

POK-O-MACCREADY CAMPS
Located in New York’s Adirondack Mountains,
518-963-7656
Brian DeGroat,
director of Admissions and Recruiting

Email recruiting@pokomac.com

Pok-O-MacCready empowers campers to develop to their fullest potential by building a supportive atmosphere whichfostersindependence, lifelong friendships, appreciation of the natural world, and the embraceof challenges. Our coed, screen-free program is offered to ages 6-16, with session lengths of two to seven weeks. Financial aid available.

Special Needs Camps

EASTER SEALS PROJECT EXPLORE
70 Columbus Ave., Valhalla
914-328-1578

We serve children with and without disabilities in inclusive, integrated, small classrooms. Before- and after-school care, vacation clubs during school breaks, and summer camp are available options. We have special classes in art, music, and science, including interactive SMART Board activities.

THE GLENHOLME SCHOOL — DEVEREUX ADVANCED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
81 Sabbaday Lane, Washington
860-868-7377

A unique six-week sleepaway program for children from ages 10-21 with special needs from July 12-August 20.  Combines in-person morning academics with therapeutic recreational activities in the afternoon for youngsters with Asperger’s, Autism Spectrum Disorder, High Functioning Autism, ADHD, OCD, Tourette’s, depression, anxiety, and learning differences.

Sports Camps

THE ROCK CLUB AND NEW ROCHELLE RACQUET CLUB AT PINE BROOK FITNESS
130 Rhodes St., New Rochelle
914-636-1019

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Rock climbing and tennis summer camp provides both new and experienced campers the ability to learn and excel in a fun, supportive, and encouraging environment. Spend a week or the whole summer climbing, playing tennis, or both. We look forward to seeing you this summer! 

A-GAME SPORTS
856 Main St., New Rochelle
914-278-9477
Email info@agamesports.net

A-Game Sports offers highly instructional sports training camps for individual sports including baseball, softball, basketball, lacrosse, flag football, field hockey, volleyball and soccer, as well as recreationally enjoyable multisport camps for kids just looking for active fun in the summer.

NINJA GYMNASTICS FACTORY
420 W. 238th St., Intersection of W. 238th St. and Irwin Ave. , Riverdale Area of the Bronx
914-343-3903
Email info@ninjagymnasticsfactory.com

Ninja Gymnastics Factory is a newly renovated children’s fun fitness facility. We have programs for all age groups from toddlers to teens including gymnastics and ninja classes, camps, birthday parties, grown-up and me, drop-in workshops, and community events. Our unique space and flexible scheduling guarantees we’ll have something for you.

Over 80 locations across NYC, LI, and Westchester,
606 Columbus Ave. at 89th St., Manhattan, 212-877-7171

55 Front St., suite 7, Rockville Centre, 516-740-7171

Email info@supersoccerstars.com

Soccer Stars is NY's No. 1 Youth Soccer Program for 20 years. Highly trained, certified coaches lead small group classes, highlighting teamwork and individual attention, following safety guidelines. More than 50 locations. Weekly classes, half/full day camps, and private sessions anywhere-FUNdamentals or Advanced Training. Ages 2-12 and older. Save $20 Code: NYMPSUM21.

USC GYMNASTICS & BASEBALL TRAINING FACILITY
636 S. Broadway, Yonkers
914-965-2619
Email info@uscgymnasticsandbaseball.com, indoorsportsgroup@gmail.com, uscafterschool@gmail.com

USC Summer Sports camp offers a summer of fun-filled sports activities for kids ages 5.5-13. Instructional activity options include recreational gymnastics and baseball activities, soccer, hip-hop dance, arts and crafts, daily outdoor activities, weekly field trips to local parks, and board games.

YANKEES BASEBALL SUMMER CAMPS
212-381-7786
Email info@yankeessummercamps.com

Yankees Baseball Summer Camps offer young ballplayers the unique opportunity to connect with the team they love through the official Yankees Camp curriculum. Join us in a safe baseball environment for nonstop fun with an emphasis on teamwork, attitude, and healthy competition! Players of all abilities learn resiliency, optimism, and goal setting.

Theater & Performing Arts Camps

CROTON ACADEMY OF ARTS (CAA)
8 Old Post Road, South, Croton on Hudson
914-862-0988
Email office@crotonacademy.org

Croton Academy of Arts reopens in-person this summer in a renovated studio space with camp programs for kids, preteens, and teens in comedy improv, sketch writing, theater, dance, fine arts, and crafts. CAA is centered in the lovely river town of Croton-on-Hudson.. Multi-camp registrations are discounted.

CURTAIN CALL, INC.
1349 Newfield Ave. , Stamford, CT
203-329-8207 x16
Email brian@curtaincallinc.com

For 30 years Curtain Call has encouraged kids and teens to act out in year-round dramatic arts workshops. Back in action and in-person, our full-day Summerstock Workshops provide low-pressure, flexible environments where students work in age-appropriate groups, rotating between specialized instructors. (Grade sixth-12th: June 28-July 23. Grade kindergarten-fifth: July 26-Aug. 20.)

THE PLAY GROUP THEATRE
1 N. Broadway, suite 111, White Plains
914-946-4433
Email info@playgroup.org

Get in on the ACT this summer with The Play Group Theatre's inspirational and innovativePerforming Arts Camps! With programs in Musical Theatre, On Camera, and Improv, there is something for everyone at Camp PGT! From online to on stage, PGT offers the best in educational theatre for ages 4-17 year-round.