Young Explorers: Super Science Sleuths! Grade Primary (July 2 - 4)

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A Young Explorer is a child 4 - 5 years of age entering Grade Primary in September 2025.

Science is all around us waiting to be discovered. Whether exploring, investigating, or mixing materials together campers will have a fun-filled week making predictions then testing them out. Baking, bubbles, art, water, soil and more.

Young Explorer camps provide children with a day filled with hands on activities that are open-ended to encourage their innate sense of curiosity and wonder. Activities are a mix of leader initiated and child initiated. Leaders will choose activities that lend themselves to exploration through play with plenty of time for unstructured play and physical activity. Exploring the outdoor environment is the focus of the program with access to sand, dirt, water, grassy areas, rocks, forest, gardens and sand kitchen. 

Lunches and snacks are included in the fee.

Camp Start Date:

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, July 4, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 5
Price: $95.00

Young Adventurers: Super Science Sleuths! Grades 1-2 (July 2-4)

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Science is all around us waiting to be discovered. Whether exploring, investigating, or mixing materials together campers will have a fun-filled week making predictions then testing them out. Baking, bubbles, art, water, soil and more.

This camp is for children entering Grades One or Two this September 2025.

Morning and afternoon snack included in the fee.

Camp Start Date:

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, July 4, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 22
Price: $104.00

Be Prepared! Steam Camp Grades 3 & up (July 2-4)

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This week the STEAM campers will begin to explore the topics of coding with a Minecraft for Education Base Camp Build and mBot Rescue Mission. They will consider math in the kitchen by exploring trail mix ratios and design blueprints for their "ideal" summer camp including concepts such as measurement, scaling and symmetry before trying to build these blueprints in our shared virtual world. 

Outdoors, the STEAM Campers will participate in Unplugged Coding: Human Algorithms where they will work in pairs as a robot and a programmer practicing giving step by step instructions to complete tasks along the way.

Camp Start Date:

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, July 4, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 7
Price: $128.00

Be Prepared! Outdoor Adventures Grades 3 & up (July 2-4)

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This week, the Outdoor Adventurers will learn the skills they need to be prepared for a summer of adventure. We will create personal first aid kits for campers to store in their backpack and learn how to use them. We will talk about emergency preparedness and what to do in an emergency, as well as how to build a campfire and begin learning how to use tools safely to expand our adventures later this summer.

Camp Start Date:

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, July 4, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 18
Price: $104.00

Young Explorers Mini Makers Grade Primary (July 7-11)

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A Young Explorer is a child 4-5 years of age entering Grade Primary in September 2025.

The perfect camp for creators in the making! Get those creative juices flowing with Lego, K'Nex, cardboard, paint, glue, natural materials, ingredients to mix, stir, sculpt and so much more.

Young Explorer camps include creative experiences and physical games/challenges as part of each week’s programming along with lots of typical summer play. A play-based, place-based approach informs program development.

Lunches and snacks are included in the fee.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, July 7, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, July 11, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 7
Price: $118.75

Young Adventurers Mini Makers! Grades 1-2 (July 7-11)

The perfect camp for creators in the making! Get those creative juices flowing with Lego, K'Nex, cardboard, paint, glue, natural materials, ingredients to mix, stir, sculpt and so much more.

Young Adventurer camps include creative experiences and physical games/challenges as part of each week's programming along with lots of summer play. A play-based, place-based approach informs program development.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, July 7, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, July 11, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 17
Price: $130.00

Outdoor Adventurers Wet n' Wild Grades 3 & up (July 7-11)

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Cool off in the summer heat with our wet and wild camp ideas! Campers will engage in pool fun, water tag (not in the pool), water obstacle courses and more.

Campers will continue building their skills and knowledge around campfires, tool safety, and knot tying.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, July 7, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, July 11, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 11
Price: $130.00

STEAM Camp: Guardians of the Forest! Grades 3 & Up (July 7-11)

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Using Minecraft Edu campers will create a magical forest with magical creatures and the ultimate guardians. Take it outside and forage for materials to bring back to the Makerspace to construct 3D guardians to take their place in the CKEC forest.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, July 7, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, July 11, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 17
Price: $160.00

STEAM Camp: Super Sleuths! Grades 3 & up (July 14-18)

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Do you have what it takes to be a super sleuth indoors and out? Prepare for a week filled with mysteries, puzzles and challenges, all waiting to be unlocked. Create a binary code and challenge others to crack your code!  The contents of this camp may be top secret but campers can be sure that their week will be filled with fun.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, July 14, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, July 18, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 17
Price: $160.00

Young Explorers Nature Unleashed Grade Primary (July 14-18)

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Take your love of the outdoors, mix it with creativity and bake up a week of natural summer fun! Den building, nature art, bugs and more. 

A Young Explorer is a child 4-5 years of age entering Grade Primary in September.

Exploring the outdoor environment is the focus of the program with access to sand, dirt, water, grassy areas, rocks, forest, gardens and sand kitchen.

Lunches and snacks are included in the fee.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, July 14, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, July 18, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 6
Price: $118.75

Young Adventurers Imaginarium! Grades 1-2 (July 14-18)

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Let your imagination run wild! Create with dough, recycled materials, mud paintings, lego, den building and much, much more.

Young Adventurer camps include creative experiences and physical games/challenges as part of each week's programming along with lots of summer play. A play-based, place-based approach informs program development.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, July 14, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, July 18, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 18
Price: $130.00

Outdoor Adventurers: The Great Challenge Grades 3 & up (July 14-18)

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This week campers will face a new challenge each day to test their new adventure skills. From tarp troubles to exploring alternative routes through the forest and testing our emergency response skills - campers will work together to use the skills that they have learned to overcome The Great Challenge!

Camp Start Date:

Monday, July 14, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, July 18, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 12
Price: $130.00

STEAM Camp: The Great Challenge (Coding Edition) Grades 3 & up (July 21-25)

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This week campers will level up their coding skills through fun, hands-on challenges that combine technology, problem-solving, and outdoor play! The STEAM campers will participate in a mBot Robotics Challenge called "Debug the Maze" where campers will program the mBot Robots to navigate a maze with obstacles. Campers will be introduced to concepts such as sequencing, loops and problem solving. Outdoors, campers will participate in activities such as If/Then Tag learning about conditional statements and practice being code breaking by creating pixel art on graph paper and then converting them into coordinate-based coding instructions for a partner to recreate. The week will culminate in the campers collaborating to create a DIY Rube Goldberg Machine.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, July 21, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, July 25, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 8
Price: $160.00

Young Explorers Wet n' Wild Grade Primary (July 21-25)

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Cool off in the summer heat with our wet and wild camp ideas! Campers will engage in water tag, water obstacle courses and more!

Young Explorer camps include creative experiences and physical games/challenges as part of each week's programming along with lots of summer play. A play-based, place-based approach informs program development.

This camp is for children entering Grade Primary in September 2025.

Lunches and snacks included in the fee.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, July 21, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, March 14, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 7
Price: $118.75

Young Adventurers Mythical Creatures Grades 1-2 (July 21-25)

Discover a world of imagination with your favourite mythical creatures such as Pokemon, unicorns, dragons, fairies, & mermaids! Get creative and make your own Pokemon cards, unicorn horns. Mold and design 3D creatures with mixed media. Get outside and explore the woods for signs that creatures have been there.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, July 21, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, July 25, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 15
Price: $130.00

Outdoor Adventurers: Super Sleuths Grades 3 & up (July 21-25)

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Do you have what it takes to be a super sleuth? Prepare for a week filled with mysteries, puzzles and challenges in our forest setting, all waiting to be unlocked. Crack the code then make your own. The contents of this camp may be top secret but campers can be sure that their week will be filled with fun.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, July 21, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, July 25, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 16
Price: $130.00

Young Explorers Mythical Creatures Primary (July 28-Aug 1)

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Discover a world of imaginary creatures - unicorns, dragons, fairies, fairy tale characters, mermaids and more! Get creative and make your own unicorn horns, hunt for dragon eggs, and much more. 

Young Adventurer camps include creative experiences and physical games/challenges as part of each week's programming along with lots of summer play. A play-based, place-based approach informs program development.

This camp is for children entering grade primary in September 2025.

Lunch and snacks are included in the fee.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, July 28, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, August 1, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 4
Price: $118.75

Young Adventurers Wind, Water & Art Grades 1-2 (July 28-Aug 1)

There's no better time to be outdoors than in the Summer! Creative campers will think outside of the box with balloon art, spray bottle murals, mini paint runs, gigantic bubbles, kites and more.

Young Adventurer camps include creative experiences and physical games/challenges as part of each week's programming along with lots of summer play. A play-based, place-based approach informs program development.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, July 28, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, August 1, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 21
Price: $130.00

Outdoor Adventurers: Beast Quest Grades 3 & up (July 28-Aug 1)

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This week campers will be harnessing the elements of Fire, Water, Wind and Earth, bringing them together to tame the beast of the forest! Fulfill quests of endurance, agility, teamwork and resourcefullness to earn the elemental gems needed to lull the beast back to sleep.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, July 28, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, August 1, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 12
Price: $130.00

STEAM Camp: Wet n' Wild! Grades 3 & up (July 28-Aug 1)

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It's a Wet and Wild world in Minecraft Edu! Then cool off in the summer heat with our wet and wild camp ideas. Campers will engage in pool fun, water tag (not in the pool), water obstacle courses and more.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, July 28, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, August 1, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 16
Price: $160.00

STEAM Camp: Magic Quest! Grades 3 & up (Aug 5-8)

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This week, campers become STEAM wizards, using science, technology, and coding to unlock magical mysteries. Through hands-on experiments, creative builds, and outdoor quests, discover the science behind spells, craft enchanted gadgets, and embark on coding adventures. Using Minecraft Edu complete quests such as building a wizard tower using Redstone-powered traps and secret doors or a potion lab where Redstone triggers special effects. Campers will follow a series of logic-based coding clues to find the hidden spellbook using directional coding, pattern recognition and problem solving to discover the spellbook on our enchanted woods.

Camp Start Date:

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, August 8, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 16
Price: $160.00

Young Explorers: Imaginarium! Primary (Aug 5-8)

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Let your imagination run wild! Create with dough, recycled materials, mud paintings, den building and much, much more! Campers will delight putting their ideas into action.

Young Explorer camps include creative experiences and physical games/challenges as part of each week's programming along with lots of summer play. A play-based, place-based approach informs program development.

This camp is for children entering Grade Primary September 2025.

Lunches and snacks included in the fee.

Camp Start Date:

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, August 8, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 5
Price: $118.75

Young Adventurers Wet n' Wild! Grades 1-2 (Aug 5-8)

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Cool off in the summer heat with our wet and wild camp ideas! Campers will engage in water tag, a water obstacle course and much more.

Young Adventurer camps include creative experiences and physicial games/challenges as part of each week's programming along with lots of summer play. A play-based, place-based approach informs program development.

Camp Start Date:

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, August 8, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 17
Price: $130.00

Outdoor Adventurers: Water Challenges Grades 3 & up (Aug 5-8)

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Enjoy the heat of summer with cool water games and team challenges, but you have to be ready to get wet! Team up with your friends, choose your water accessories, and use our 4.5 acres of property to build your base and then the water games are on. Design your own water challenges with your teammates – what realm will you focus on – science, math, art, physical….?

Camp Start Date:

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, August 8, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 14
Price: $130.00

STEAM Camp: Say Yes to the Mess! Grades 3 & up (Aug 11-15)

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Oh no, the human "robots" are acting strange, codes are all mixed up - what a mess! Campers use the skills that they have learned to debug and set things right.  Things might get a little messy as campers enjoy a week of ooey, gooey fun.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, August 11, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, August 15, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 19
Price: $160.00

Young Adventurers Nature Unleashed Grades 1-2 (Aug 11-15)

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Take your love of the outdoors, mix it with creativity and bake up a week of natural summer fun! Den building, nature art, fairy houses, bugs and more. And water games to cool off in the afternoons!

Young Adventurer camps include creative experiences and physical games/challenges as part of each week's programming along with lots of summer fun. A play-based, place-based approach informs program development.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, August 11, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, August 15, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 19
Price: $130.00

Outdoor Adventurers: Guardians of the Forest! Grades 3 & up (Aug 11-15)

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Forests are a magical place, filled with magical creatures. Take a trip to a magical world, create garden-themed arts and crafts such as fairy gardens, gnomes, and unicorns. Construct guardians to protect the forest and those who walk its paths. Explore nature and create with the bounty it has provided.

Continue to practice and use your outdoor adventure skills to protect and enjoy the land in a positive way with minimal impact.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, August 11, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, August 15, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 14
Price: $130.00

Young Explorers Say Yes to the Mess! Primary (Aug 11-15)

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This might get a little messy, as our explorers create ooblek, bubble art, slime and much more. A super ooey, gooey week of fun!

Young Explorer camps include creative experiences and physical games/challenges as part of each week's programming along with lots of summer play. A play-based, place-based approach informs program development.

This camp is for children entering Grade Primary in September 2025.

Lunches and snacks included in the fee.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, August 11, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, August 15, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 5
Price: $118.75

Young Explorers Primary Wind, Water & Art (Aug 18-22)

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Enjoy the heat of summer with cool water games and team challenges, but you have to be ready to get wet! Team up with your friends, choose your water accessories, and use our 4.5 acres of property to build your base and thenthe water games are on. Design your own water challenges with your teammates – what realm will you focus on – science, math, art, physical….?

Camp Start Date:

Monday, August 18, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, August 22, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 6
Price: $118.75

STEAM Camp: Lazy Summer Days! Grades 3 & up (Aug 18-22)

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With just two weeks of summer camp remaining, slow down and enjoy the lazy days of summer. Work as a team to create a Minecraft Edu world with lots of water, sand, cool treats and places to relax. Get to the top of the leaderboard with challenges throughout the week.

Outdoors play a game of water tag and cool off in the pool.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, August 18, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, August 22, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 13
Price: $160.00

Young Adventurers Say Yes to the Mess! Grades 1-2 (Aug 18-22)

This might get a little messy, as our adventurers create ooblek, bubble art, slime and much more. A super ooey, gooey week of fun!

Young Adventurer camps include creative experiences and physical games/challenges as part of each week's programming along with lots of summer fun. A play-based, place-based approach informs program development.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, August 18, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, August 22, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 14
Price: $130.00

Outdoor Adventurers: Lazy Summer Days Grades 3 & up (Aug 18-22)

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With just a two weeks of summer camp remaining, slow down and enjoy the lazy days of summer. Sand, water, games and tasty treats to cool off. Perhaps make and share friendship bracelets or play a game of water tag, relax in the cool calm of our outdoor classroom with a good book or sketch pad. The possibilities are endless.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, August 18, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, August 22, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 15
Price: $130.00

Young Explorers Primary Summer Mash-Up (Aug 25-29)

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A fun-filled week with all of the summer's favourite activities ending with an unbirthday party (to celebrate everyone's birthday)!

Young Explorer camps include creative experiences and physical games/challenges as part of each week's programming along with lots of summer play.

A play-based, place-based approach informs program development.

Lunches and snacks are included in the fee.

Camp Start Date:

Monday, August 25, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, August 29, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 7
Price: $118.75

STEAM Camp: Summer Mash-Up! Grades 3 & up (Aug 25-29)

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Revisit your favourite CKEC summer camp activities! Will it be a Minecraft challenge, another quest... The week will be topped off with an Unbirthday Party to celebrate everyone's birthday!

Camp Start Date:

Monday, August 25, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, August 29, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 13
Price: $160.00

Young Adventurers Summer Mash-Up! Grades 1-2 (Aug 25-29)

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A fun-filled week with all of the summer's favourite activities ending with an unbirthday party (to celebrate everyone's birthday)!

Young Adventurer camps include creative experiences and physical games/challenges as part of each week's programming along with lots of summer fun. A play-based, place-based approach informs program development. 

Camp Start Date:

Monday, August 25, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, August 29, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 20
Price: $130.00

Outdoor Adventurers: Summer Mash-Up! Grades 3 & up (Aug 25-29)

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Calling all campers to share your favourite CKEC camp activities! Will it be art, ooey gooey play, water, construction, foraging or all these and more. The week will be topped off with an Unbirthday Party to celebrate everyone's birthday!  

Camp Start Date:

Monday, August 25, 2025

Camp End Date:

Friday, August 29, 2025
Camp spaces available for this camp: 14
Price: $130.00