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Online Winter Holiday Break Camps Kids Will Love

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12/19/20 - By Jessica Laird

If you're wondering what your family will do over winter school break with this year's ongoing travel restrictions and limited activity options, an online camp program may be just the right fit. And to streamline your search, we connected with some of our favorite camp and class partners who are offering fun, creative, and educational 2020 virtual Christmas break camps that are sure to keep kids busy until school's back in session.

From theater and dance classes to cooking and STEM camps, these online intensives bring the in-person experience home with hands-on projects, small groups, performances, and more. They make great last minute experience gifts too!

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Virtual Winter Break Camps

Act One Theatre Camp

Act One Theatre Camp offers three-week summer sessions in which students ages 6-15 spend each day acting, singing, and dancing on the Glendale Community College campus. Each sessions ends with a Final Performance for friends and family. READ MORE

BOLD Arts

BOLD Arts offers week-long summer camps and school break camps. A different, thought-provoking theme centers each week's activities, including dance, music, and art projects. Every session ends with a performance where kids are the stars and the costumes, scenery, and performances are their own creations. Creative kids can invite a BOLD Arts educator to lead their birthday party and choreograph a dance to their favorite song. Parties culminate with a performance and family dance party.  READ MORE

Camp Supernow

In this virtual program, kids ages 5-10 learn important social and emotional skills through immersive adventures that impart important character-building lessons. Music, dance, virutal field trips, at-home activities, and regular workshops for parents round out the experience. READ MORE

Create & Learn - Online Kids Coding Classes

Founded by tech pros from Google and Apple, Create & Learn is a top-rated project-based virtual coding program for kids in grades K-12. Summer camps cover everything from Scratch and Python to robotics and cloud computing. READ MORE

Heal the Bay Aquarium

This Virtual Aquarium Science Camp runs for an hour a day for 5 days—from January 4-8, 2021. Campers in grades K through 5th grade can explore penguins and the great grey whale, conduct science experiments, play games, make crafts, and participate in live demos.  READ MORE

Launch Math + Science Centers

From exploring the physics of bungee jumping to designing projects with Python, Launch's STEM-based summer camps give kids in grades K-7 the chance to build, create, and code. Daily camps mean students can complete their projects whether they participate in one day or a full week.  READ MORE

Taste Buds Kitchen Cooking Camps

Taste Buds Kitchen allows kids to get hands-on in its cooking camps. With delicious themes like All You Knead is Love, Around the World, Super Foodies, and Culinary Cocoa, children can join for a single day or the whole week.  READ MORE

Teach Me Wall Street

Teach Me Wall Street is offering 4-day online summer boot camps that empower kids with real-world knowledge about money, investing, trading, and the role of Wall Street and banks—topics rarely covered in school. Choose between "Wall Street 101" and "Investing 101" for ages 13-18.  READ MORE

Travel the World Amazing Race Style Online Holiday Camp

At this Snapology virtual holiday camp learners aged 5 to 11 travel the world to discover different cultures. While they explore, they work with a partner on LEGO building challenges to move forward in a race to the finish line. Monday, December 28-Friday, January 1, 1pm-4pm Eastern. READ MORE

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