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Summer Day Camp

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Day Camp is specially designed for children, kindergarten through 6th grade
(ages 5-12) and filled with daily activities!

Swimming 2 days each week
Weekly field trips
Arts & crafts
Theme days
Group games & fitness activities
Character development activities
Outdoor education

 

 

Day Camp Parent Guide Book

Upon registration for DAY CAMP, all parents will receive a printed copy of the Parent Guidebook. It is important that all parents read and understand this guidebook prior to your child's first day in the program.

For more information, contact the Childcare Department at (817) 275-8418.
 

We have other camps too!
Little Learners Camps (Central or Cooper St Branches)

Sports Camps (For Information call- 817.801.1400)

Camp Locations

CAMP
SCHOOL LOCATION
FULL
MEMBERS FEE
   PROGRAM
MEMBERS FEE
ROUNDUP
(South Arlington)

TBA

$125/week
$135/week
SOUTHWEST
(SW Arlington)
TBA
$125/week
$135/week
SEMINOLE
(South Arlington)
TBA
$125/week
$135/week

Day Camp Schedule
 

What's going on at Y Day Camp this week? Check out the weekly schedule for all 3 camps.

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5
Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10


Day Camp Hours
Monday - Friday, 6:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

$20/week non-refundable, non-transferable deposit (per week, per child)
holds a space for child until payment due date.

Participation in YMCA of Arlington programs requires either a program membership or a full privilege YMCA membership. Program memberships are available for those who wish to participate in YMCA of Arlington programs only. Individual program memberships are $30/year or $45/year for family, plus the registration fee for each program. Financial aid may be available.

You can set up automatic draft on your checking or savings account of your summer camp bill!
Contact Delinda Spencer, Childcare Billing Manager, at (817) 275-8418, ext 26 for more information!

 
Schedule of Weekly Activities

YMCA Day Camp has a great summer planned for your children!

Morning rotations of arts and crafts, outdoor education, and group games, as well as swimming at the Central 
   Branch two days each week.
All camps will also participate in a theme day each week on the days they do not swim or go on field trips.
Each Wednesday from June 6-June 27, camps will attend free concerts at the Levitt Pavilion in Arlington

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

ROUNDUP
(South Arlington)

Swimming on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Field Trip on Thursdays.

SEMINOLE
(South Arlington)

Swimming on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Field Trip on Tuesdays.

SOUTHWEST
(SW Arlington)

Swimming on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Field Trip on Thursdays.

Field Trips
     
WEEK DATE PLACE
1

June 4-8
 

TBA
2

June 11-15
 

TBA

3  June- 18-22
 

TBA

4 June 25-29 TBA
5 July 2-6
(Closed July 4th)

 

TBA

6 July 9-13
 
TBA
7 July 16-20
 
TBA
8 July 23-27
 

TBA

9 July 30-August 3 
 
TBA
10 August 6-10 TBA
11 August 13-17

TBA

Little Learners Half-Day Camp

Little Learners Camp at the Central Branch                         (For more information call 817-274-9622)

Download class session and times

Little Learners Camp at the Cooper Street Branch           (For more information call 817-419-9629)

Download class sessions and times

Crafty Creations: A camp filled with crafts. Your child will have fun each day drawing, painting, gluing and designing new and personalized things to make and take.

Nature Explorers: Calling all outdoor adventurers! This camp is not for the squeamish, but if you like bugs and soil, along with reptiles, amphibians, plants and more, we want YOU to come explore!.

Dancin Divas camp: A hip hoppin’, jazzy, movin’ and groovin’ fun filled-week learning an upbeat dance routine! Participants receive a YMCA dance t-shirt and perform what they learned at the end of the week.

Art Explorers: In this camp we will take a virtual tour inside an art history museum, and try out various artistic techniques including sculpting.  Fun projects will be made and campers can keep them forever.

Sports Explorers: Have a “ball” in this action packed camp exploring football, volleyball, basketball, and soccer plus fun aerobic, parachute and jump rope activities. Bring your energy.

Drama Camps: Come explore the little “actor” or “actress” in you!  We will learn how to put on a play, decorate a set, memorize our lines and have a great time performing for an audience at the end of the week.

Spanish Explorers: This camp is hands on learning. Come take a pretend visit to Latin America with our Spanish Explorers camps.  Not only will we learn many Spanish language words, but we’ll get to make foods, musical instruments and more from the many different cultures, and conclude the week with a fiesta.

Magic Makers:  Do you enjoy the art of Magic?  Abra Cadabra, this camp is for you.  Have fun all week dressing up as a magician and learning fun new tricks to amaze and entertain your family and friends.

Chef’s Cookin’ Camps:  Little Chefs and Sous-Chefs will have a “cake ball” at this fun cooking camp!  We’ll explore cooking and baking, mixing and stirring, while creating and inventing our own dishes and recipes.  From simple smoothies to delectable pizzas, your child will be saying, "YUM!" At the same time we will learn the food groups and important nutritional guidelines for good health.

Superheroes Camp:  What does it take to be a superhero? We’ll bring out the superhero in every child at this fun, adventurous camp.  We’ll design our own superhero costumes and even come up with our own great mottos, while comparing and learning about the superheroes of our time from Spiderman to Batman and more.

Cheer Camp: Have you ever wanted to try Cheerleading? This basic skills camp is for you. Participants get to try out the basics of cheerleading and will expand into learning cheers, leaps, chants and more! Participants will perform a fun routine showing off their skills at the end of the week! Includes a YMCA cheerleading t-shirt.

Pretty Princess Camp: Calling all princesses!  During Princess camp, we will have a fabulous and fancy time making tiaras, robes, wands and dressing up. We’ll “roll out the red carpet” and have a tea party with our own special stuffed friends. Your daughters won’t want to miss it.

Wet N Wild Water Sports: Sports are fun, but in this camp you can have a blast all week getting soaked with FUN! From water balloon baseball to super soaker tag, this camp is sure to keep you feeling cool.

Space Explorers Science Camp: This camp is for the little scientist in your family that loves astronomy.  We’ll explore and learn about the planets, pretend to be astronauts and have an out-of-this-world FUN week.

Recycle Art Camp—You never know what you can invent when you take ‘trash’ and try to turn it into treasure.  We’ll use recycled materials all week to create awesome art projects while teaching kids how important it is to reuse and recycle.

Bar Y Ranch Camp—This camp is for the child who loves horses and wants to explore life on a ranch. A very special surprise “visitor” will come at the end of the week. Parents may want to come and take pictures. (please ask for details)

Star Wars Camp—Back by popular demand, our Star Wars Clone Wars camp is great galactic fun, and includes an invitation to see a very special guest at or after the conclusion of camp. Explore the Clone Wars cartoon, filmmaking, computer animation and more with crafts, games and adventures that are truly out of this galaxy.

Reading Readiness—This camp is for the young first-time or back-to schooler. We will help these campers focus on the school year during the week before school starts.  Kids will learn what to expect at school, how to follow classroom routines, and focus on their reading skills with lots of phonics fun.



 

For more information about Summer Day Camp, call (817) 275-8418.

 
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