summer camps are here!

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If you’re looking for a forest camp for your preschooler, an outdoor adventure for your pre-teen, or anything in between we’ve got you covered!
Prairie School of DuPage offers one-of-a-kind summer camps that revolve around the natural world, art, games, and fun for kids of all ages. These are all outdoor camps and involve lots of physical activity. Campers do not need to attend Prairie School of DuPage to join the summer camp fun!

wild things

Spend a week in nature at Prairie School of DuPage! Each day the children, ages 3-5, explore 42 acres of prairie, woodlands, and wetlands. Through hiking, building forts and climbing trees, water and mud play, or creating works of nature art, children’s natural curiosity is encouraged, motor skills are developed and friendships are made. There is a maximum of 10 children per camp with a 3-1 child-to-teacher ratio.

Campers should bring their own waste-free vegetarian snack and water bottle. Each camper will receive a camp t-shirt on the first day of camp. This is an outdoor camp, so campers should dress for the weather. In the case of severe heat or rain campers will move into a climate-controlled classroom space. Children must be fully potty trained to attend this camp.

Once registration and payment are complete, a camper packet will be sent via email about 2 weeks before the first day of camp.

Monday - Friday, 9am - 12pm
Age requirement: Ages 3-5
$275/week

Week 1: June 3-7
Week 2: June 10-14
Week 3: June 17-21
Week 4: June 24-28
Week 5: July 8-12
Week 6: July 15-19
Week 7: July 22-26

Dirty, Messy, Awesome!

This camp is a fan favorite and sells out quickly! Join our camp counselors for a full week of outdoor, messy, summer fun! Each week we will run two consecutive camps - one for campers entering grades 3-4 and one for campers entering grades 1-2. Each week features a different theme and different activities!

Monday - Friday, 9am - 3pm
Age requirement:
Campers entering grades 3 - 4 (LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE)
Campers entering grades 1 - 2 (SOLD OUT)
$395/week

June 3-7: Classic
Join our camp counselors for some classic Dirty, Messy, fun! Each day is filled with wet and muddy games, natural building projects, a hike to Northside Park with our handmade boats, messy art projects, ginormous bubbles, make your own ice cream, and more!

June 10-14: Runnin’ Wild!
Runnin’ Wild week is filled with a variety of activities but with a focus on movement! Learn a few parkour moves, play hilarious games, and challenge your friends to lightning-fast scavenger hunts! We will be trekking through the woods, hiking to Northside Park, and climbing trees. Our Runnin’ Wild campers will also get a chance to make art and use materials found in nature to build something amazing.

June 17-21: Messy Masterpieces
Your camper will have a blast in this art and music edition of Dirty, Messy, Awesome. Bring your creativity and have fun making all kinds of art and music this week. We will be painting, drawing, sculpting, building, weaving…even making art with bubbles this week! Learn some fun songs, make an instrument from things we find in nature, and play in a band! In addition to all this fun, we will play games, hike, and explore the natural world around us!

June 24-28: Puddle Jumpers
Dirty, Messy, Awesome - Puddle Jumpers edition focuses on the natural world. Explore woods, wetlands, prairie, and garden habitats. We will make our own nature journals and learn different ways to make entries each day. We will make nature-based art, and learn about the birds and animals living on the school grounds. Campers will go bird watching and learn how to use binoculars. We will round out the week with fun nature-based games and a hike to Northside Park.

Campers should bring their own waste-free vegetarian snack and water bottle. Each camper will receive a camp t-shirt on the first day of camp and turn it into a work of art by the end of the week! This is an outdoor camp, so campers should dress for the weather. In the case of severe heat or rain campers will move into a climate-controlled classroom space.

Once registration and payment are complete, a camper packet will be sent via email about 2 weeks before the first day of camp.

Outdoor Odyssey

Monday - Wednesday, 9am - 3pm; Thursday 9am through Friday 12pm
Age requirement: entering grades 5 - 6
$495/week

June 10-14
Spend the week learning and honing your survival skills. Campers will work together on team-building challenges, nature-focused games and projects, and practice the skills needed to survive a night in the woods! Our campers will use their new skills and challenge themselves an overnight campout on Thursday night.

Tents, backpacks, food/water and cooking supplies, restroom supplies and first aid kits will be supplied by Prairie School of DuPage. Campers will bring their own sleeping bags/mats and general personal items (clothing, shoes and toiletries).

Once registration and payment are complete, a camper packet containing a full gear list and recommendations will be emailed to you.