Kids Camps & Activities in Ithaca, New York

Cornell Community Sailing

Sailing on Cayuga Lake at Cornell, ages 8-17; full day for 8-12, afternoons only for 13-17.

Ithaca B-ball

Basketball clinics for grades 4-8, one-week half- or full-day blocks across eight summer weeks.

Merrill Family Sailing Center

Week-long day camp at Cornell's Cayuga Lake sailing center, ages 8-17, ending in a regatta.

Ithaca Youth Bureau

Public agency day camps (ages 5–14) with swimming, boating and archery, Ithaca.

Ithaca Swim Club

Half-day (9-noon) swim-and-play program at a nonprofit community pool, in one-week sessions.

Greater Ithaca Activities Center

City-run six-week summer day camp in Ithaca with age and specialty groups.

ACORN Nature School

Play-based outdoor nature day camp for ages 3–8 on 22 forested acres in Ithaca.

Ithaca Montessori School

Ithaca Montessori summer camp for ages 3-4; half or full day with weekly themes.

Coddington Road Community Center

Nonprofit outdoor day camp on 12 acres for entering-K through 8th grade in Ithaca.

Community School of Music and Arts

Nonprofit Ithaca arts school: half-day multi-arts and full-day drawing/painting summer camps, ages 6+.

The Youth Farm Project

Nonprofit teen (14–18) summer farming and food-justice program in Ithaca.

Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways Camp Comstock

Girl Scouts overnight camp on Cayuga Lake near Ithaca for girls grade 2-age 17.

Ithaca Yacht Club

Weekly youth sailing and racing on Cayuga Lake, ages 8-17, nine sessions; open to non-members.

Sciencenter

Ithaca science-museum STEM day camp (rising grades 1-5): experiments and engineering.

Hangar Theatre

Professional theatre's summer school of theatre, ages 7-18, performing in a mainstage show.

Little big Art Class

Ithaca art studio (artist Sara Minardi) offering kids' art classes and camps across a wide age range.

Ithaca Children's Garden

Nature-based garden day camp in Ithaca for ages ~4-13, with scholarships.

Opus Ithaca School of Music

Nonprofit music school's week-long instrument camps: jazz, piano, flute, strings, singing.

Armstrong School of Dance

Ithaca dance school: week-long Dance Arts Camps, ages 3-18, ending each Friday with a camp show.

YMCA of Ithaca & Tompkins County

Ithaca YMCA day camp (Camp Adventure) with weekly state-park and outdoor trips.

Finger Lakes Gymnastics Center

Gymnastics and ninja summer day program, ages 4+, half-day or full-day, free extended care.

Ithaca Media Arts

Ithaca media/tech summer camp (ages 4-17): filmmaking, animation, robotics and coding, full-day.

Ithaca Elite Basketball Club