Keep Your Child Engaged All Summer With Our Summer Camp in Ivyland, PA

Rainbow Academy's summer day camp provides an exhilarating recreational program for children through 12 years of age!

Toddlers and Twos

Our camp for the "little ones" is sprinkled with activities filled with fun! Swimming in a wading pool with a fountain and toys, a playground created just for toddlers, and inside learning centers with the best early childhood education are delightful! The day is mixed with outdoor spirit and indoor respite from the heat.

Day Camp for 3 – 6-Year-Olds

Young children love to discover and try everything! At Rainbow Academy, activities are "just the right size," allowing 3 – 6-year-olds to explore, participate, and excel in swimming, tennis, sports, music, art, gardening, horseback riding, and fun! Instructors have experience working with children and are filled with encouragement and thoughtful strategies for involving young children and teaching new skills!

Sports, Friendship, and Leadership for 7 – 10 Year Olds

The oldest campers at Rainbow Academy enjoy a day scattered with many activities and choices. Sports, swimming, music, art, horseback riding, tennis, woodworking, etc., are all built into scheduled activities with periods when campers can choose. The program is large enough to offer every interest and small enough to form close relationships and camaraderie with staff and other campers. Leadership skills are encouraged, and self-esteem is enhanced. Special Days and Spirit Weeks are led by our older campers and enjoyed by all.

Activities Include:

Swimming lessons
Horseback riding or pony rides
Music
Woodworking
Ball sports
Field hockey
Ga-ga
Soccer
Gardening and nature
Art
Movement
Playground and trikes,
Indoor activities (computers, games, science) are conducted in our air-conditioned building.
Children learn to love and care for animal friends in our petting zoo -- including Rosalina (miniature donkey), Licorice (the pony), her horse friends, lambs, a goat, and chickens.

Swimming lessons
Horseback riding or pony rides
Music
Woodworking
Ball sports
Field hockey
Ga-ga
Soccer
Gardening and nature
Art
Movement
Playground and trikes,
Indoor activities (computers, games, science) are conducted in our air-conditioned building.
Children learn to love and care for animal friends in our petting zoo -- including Rosalina (miniature donkey), Licorice (the pony), her horse friends, lambs, a goat, and chickens.

Each week, sponsors special-themed activities. Two weeks of "Spirit Weeks" promote character building and cooperative play as children participate in games and accumulate points for teamwork for kids camp. Older groups participate in a "buddy" program, where they help younger children and children with special needs attending Carousel Farm's Educational Center. Summer at Rainbow Academy is filled with giggles and delight!

Campers in Transition

What is a CIT?

The Campers in Transition program is exactly what the name suggests – campers who still enjoy the fun and camaraderie of day camp, but are transitioning into becoming independent tweens! Campers who are entering sixth or seventh grade, under the guidance of a camp counselor, will be given the opportunity to follow a camp schedule. The schedule allows for daily swim, sports, team building fun, as well as time to assume a semi-leadership role working with a younger group counselor or specialty counselor at camp. In this way, they are offered opportunities for responsibility and recreation!!!

A CIT is a boy or girl who is ready to accept responsibility of being a positive role model, is motivated to practice and learn group dynamics, and wants to be part of a community. These “transition years” are a tender age for children. Thought has been put into the Campers in Transition Program to allow children to develop leadership qualities and to enjoy being with friends of their age.

How is the camp day programmed?

A schedule of activities will be followed daily, including:

Meet with Rainbow Academy directors and staff during generalized daily meeting to review special events and activities
Assist with Morning Arrivals and Line-Up
Assist within a group of young children OR assist with a specialty activity
Lunch, Friendship, and Conversation
Recreational Camp Activities and Swimming with other CITs of similar age

There are opportunities for CITs to volunteer to be a part of various camp special events throughout the summer. It is hoped that all CITs will feel comfortable being a part of the fun of these events – getting involved in the community spirit!

Trips and Activities Off Location

There will be several times during the summer that activities and events will take place outside of Rainbow Academy premises. Complete details regarding trips and dates will follow closer to the start of camp.