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Mill Creek  School Age Camp Experience

Our school age camp (entering kindergarten +) has a max of 10 children per group.  Camp runs weekly June 6th through August 12th for 10 weeks! The last week is CAMP REWIND, re-visiting their favorite trips/activities from the summer. 
  
MORE INFO COMING SOON: Want your child to take swim lessons over the summer too? Sign them up and we will take them to their weekly swim lessons!  Parker’s Swim School Lessons are held at the Vaughan Aquatic Center indoor pool in Aurora.  The levels are designed for specific age groups to ensure appropriate curriculum, small class sizes and highly qualified instructors.


Registration Form
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Diving into Summer
June 6th to June 10th:
Bring out the towels and swim suits because we are ready to get soaked! Summer is hot, but you’ll stay cool doing relays and playing water games. On Friday we will go to Atcher Island Water Park in Schaumburg.

Foodies
June 13th to June 17th:
Explore the delicious world of food through blind taste tests, a personal behind the scenes tour of Bocaditos, hands-on preparation of simple dishes and a fam to table cooking lesson at Farmhouse Cooking School in Campton Hills on Thursday.

Around the World
June 20th to June 24th:
Grab your passports and travel across the globe to India, Thailand, South America, Italy and of course America! As we travel, we will celebrate the Festival of Color, do some henna, and try some new foods. On Friday we go to Medieval Times!

X Marks the Spot
June 27th to July 1st:
A week spent following clues and going on scavenger hunts. We will Geocaching around the community, create scavenger hunts for our peers, and on Tuesday hope to make it out of an escape room at RiddleBox Escape Rooms in Naperville.

More Than a Stick
July 5th to July 8th:
A stick is an excellent thing! You make s’mores with them, collect them, build with them, paint with them, take hikes with them…..
On Wednesday we will go to the Morton Arboretum.

Say "YES" to the Mess
July 11th to July 15th:
This week is all about making a mess! No one will pass up the chocolate syrup Slip’n Slide, body painting, making Oobleck, Mentos and pop explosions, tongue paintings and more! Do NOT wear nice clothes!

Sweet Treats
July 18th to July 22nd:
What is summer without some sweet treats. Ice Cream, Cotton Candy….mmmmm! A chef from Candy Kids in Oswego will be coming to help us make our own candy! We will make our own ice-cream and just have the sweetest week ever!

Art
July 25th to July 29th:
With a visit to the Art Institute of Chicago on Monday your camper will be inspired to learn about various artists such as Pollock, Kandinsky, Matisse and Mondrian while also using different art mediums like wire, clay, oil pastel, chalk pastel and more.

Animal Kingdom
August 1st to August 5th:
National Spiderman day happens to fall on Monday so why not start off with insects and arachnids! We will touch on mammals, fish, birds, and reptiles. Wednesday is a trip to Brookfield zoo and on Friday The Frog Lady is coming!

Camp Rewind
August 8th to August 12th:
Sometimes you have so much fun you want to do everything again. We may not be able to squeeze the entire summer into one last week, but we will do our best to re-visit some of the favorites!​
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