Guides to outdoor camps, STEM programs, arts classes, sports leagues, cooking camps, and more.
When the Houston heat index hits 105, the only place you want your kids to be is in the water. Here are the best swimming and water sports camps for 2026.
Football is a religion in Texas. Here are the best summer football camps and athletic conditioning programs in the Houston area for 2026, from university prospect camps to ISD feeders and non-contact alternatives.
The school day in Portland ends at roughly 3pm. Most Portland workplaces don't. The gap between 3pm and 5:30pm is the daily logistics problem that working parents solve, imperfectly, every week.
Portland's average June temperature is 67°F. Its average June rainfall is 1.5 inches. That doesn't sound like much until you're standing in a drizzle on a Tuesday morning with a seven-year-old who was promised a sunny summer.
Soccer is a huge part of Houston's youth sports culture. Here are the best summer soccer camps, from the Houston Dynamo academies to local club programs.
From the MFAH Glassell School to local neighborhood studios, here are the best visual arts, ceramics, and maker camps in Houston for 2026.
Houston's Theater District is the second largest in the US, and its summer camp programming reflects that depth. Here is how to match the right theater camp to your kid's personality.
Portland is a food city. It has more food carts per capita than almost anywhere in the country. It has James Beard Award-winning chefs. It has a culture that takes food seriously in a way that most American cities don't.
Denver is one of the best cities in the country for outdoor summer camps, and not just because of the weather.
Arts programs make up the single largest category of summer camps in Denver — 191 programs, nearly 30% of everything available.
Denver has 103 sports-focused summer camp programs in 2026. That covers everything from toddler multi-sport samplers to elite overnight tennis academies.
Every sports camp in Portland promises to develop your kid's skills, build their confidence, and make them love the game. Most of them deliver on at least one of those things. Some deliver on all three. A few are, in practice, expensive supervised play with a sports theme.
Portland is a city that takes the arts seriously. It has more independent bookstores per capita than almost any city in the country. It has a world-class children's theater. It has a symphony that runs youth programs. It has a visual arts museum that's free for kids under 18.
Every summer camp brochure in Portland promises to teach your kid to "think like an engineer" or "build the next app." Most of them are fine. A few are genuinely excellent. And a handful are charging $800/week to have kids play Minecraft with slightly more adult supervision than they'd get at home.
There's a preschool in Portland where kids spend the entire day outside, regardless of weather.