{Disclosure: This is our 2016 guide to Twin Cities Summer Camps. We’re proud to share these with you, including this year’s featured summer camp sponsors along with our team’s favorites from around the Twin Cities. Please contact emily {at} twincitiesmomsblog {dot} com for more information.}
Minnehaha Academy Summer Programs
Locations:
Minnehaha Academy Upper School Address:
3100 West River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55406
Minnehaha Academy Lower School Address:
4200 West River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55406
Dates: Vary by program
About: Minnehaha Academy Summer Programs: offering academic, enrichment and athletic summer camps for grades PreK through 12!
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New Horizon Academy Camp Discovery
Location: Twin Cities metro
Dates: June 1 – August 31, 2016
About: Welcome to Camp Discovery! Kindergarten – 4th Grade The summer program at New Horizon Academy, Camp Discovery, is your child’s passport to a summer of fun, friends, and field trips. Summer at New Horizon Academy provides your child a safe environment to learn, play, and explore during those otherwise long summer days. Camp Discovery programs are led by teachers trained in safety, early education, compassion, and fun. Children are able to construct their own knowledge through themed fun learning experiences that include fieldtrips, community projects, sports and recreation, cooking and baking, arts and crafts, drama, gardening, guest speakers, science experiments, water play and much, much, more!
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Concordia Language Villages
Location: Multiple locations in northern MN / Day camps offered in the Twin Cities 
Dates: Dates vary June – August
About: Concordia Language Villages, a program of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., offers language immersion summer camps in 15 languages: Arabic, Chinese, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russia, Spanish and Swedish.
Each summer, more than 4,000 young people ages 7-18 immerse themselves in language and culture at our beautiful lakeside locations in the Northwoods of Minnesota, including seven sites featuring culturally authentic architecture. No previous language experience is necessary; all levels of language learners are welcome. Charter transportation is available from the Twin Cities.
In addition to youth residential camps, Concordia Language Villages also offers family camps in several languages. Day camps are also available for children ages 6+ at our main sites near Bemidji, Minn., and for children of various ages throughout the Twin Cities.
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WeHaKee Camp For Girls
Location: Winter, WI
Dates: Various dates June – August 2016
About: Girls need a nurturing and fun environment in order to successfully build their self-confidence, resilience and increase their sense of independence. WeHaKee Camp for Girls leads the way by intentionally creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where girls can try new things, meet new people and stretch beyond their comfort zones as they explore themselves and discover their gifts. Girls and young women from around the country and the world come to WeHaKee every summer to create lifelong friendships and have great fun!
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Golden Ridge Stables Horse Camp
Location: Lakeville, MN
Dates: Dates & time vary – contact location for more information
About: Our established lesson program offers quality hunt seat and western lessons for youth and ladies of all ages and abilities on well-mannered school horses. Our students discover how to work with each horse on the ground as well as on its back. Riding is a life skill that teaches self-discipline, communication, and teamwork.
Golden Ridge Horse Camp provides each child individual attention and structured riding lessons, all while learning fascinating facts about their horses. Campers discover how to safely work with his/her horse on the ground as well as on its back in a “hands and seat on” environment. Our fun activities include games and creative crafts. Each rider goes home with a treasured keepsake and lasting memories!
Bunker Park Stable
Location: 550 Bunker Lake Blvd. – Andover, MN
Dates: 1-Day and 5-Day sessions run June – August
About: Horses! Join Bunker Park Stable summer horse camp, 9:30-3:00 for a fun filled horseback riding experience. With safety as our #1 priority, your child will learn and ride in a clean modern facility emphasizing individualized attention.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, and ZOO CAMPS
The Bakken
3537 Zenith Ave S
Minneapolis, MN
iD Tech Camps (Macalaster)
St. Paul, MN
Leonardo’s Basement
150 W. 60th St
Minneapolis, MN
Science Museum of Minnesota
120 W. Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN
Minnesota Zoo
13000 Zoo Blvd.
Apple Valley, MN
ART, MUSIC, THEATER and COOKING CAMPS
The Art Academy
651 Snelling Ave S.
St. Paul, MN
MacPhail Center for Music
Various locations in the Twin Cities metro
Stepping Stone Theatre
55 Victoria St. N
St. Paul, MN
Guthrie Theater
818 S. 2nd Street
Minneapolis, MN
Children’s Theatre Company
2400 3rd Ave S.
Minneapolis, MN
THAT Cooking School
805 Sibley Memorial Highway
Lilydale, MN
Way Cool Cooking School
16544 W. 78th Street
Eden Prairie, MN
OUTDOOR and NATURE – THEMED CAMPS
Springbrook Nature Center
100 85th Ave NW
Fridley, MN
The Landing
Gale Woods Farm
Dodge Nature Center
365 Marie Ave W.
West St. Paul, MN
SPORTS and ATHLETIC CAMPS
Vertical Endeavors
Various locations in the Twin Cities metro & Duluth
Tags Gymnastics
Apple Valley & Eden Prairie, MN
Timberwolves Basketball Academy
Minneapolis, MN
Lake Calhoun Sailing School
Lake Calhoun – Minneapolis, MN
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