Summer’s on the way, and that means finding fun things for the kids to do during the day.
Here’s a list of links to day-camps in the Potsdam-Canton area to help you plan your summer. Information about the library’s summer reading program and mini-camps will be available soon. Village of Potsdam Recreation
Beaches Open: June 9th – August 26th, 11AM-8PM
Swim Lessons @ Postwood: 10-11AM
Pre-Registration: Wednesday, June 20th, 5:00-7:30PM
Playground Program: June 25th – August 3rd (Except 7/4)
Family Fun Night: August 1st, 6:00-7:30PM
Swim for Hospice Event – August 4th, 8AM
Themes for 6-Week Program:
1) Olympic “Try-alls”
2) Imagination Station
3) Water Works
4) Safety Week
5) Heroes Week
6) Building Blocks
For more information contact Potsdam Parks & Recreation (315) 265-4030
http://vi.potsdam.ny.us/content/Departments/View/7
Cornell Cooperative Extension of St Lawrence County
Farm Day Camps at the Learning Farm in Canton
Themes include Buggin’ Out, North Wind Olympics, Space: The Last Frontier, and more.
http://stlawrence.cce.cornell.edu/camps-and-afterschool/farm-day-camp-forms
Creative Arts Camp @ CLEAR
An arts-based day camp in Potsdam
https://clear.potsdam.edu/wconnect/ace/ShowSchedule.awp?&Mode=GROUP&Group=CMP&Title=Summer+Camps
North Country Children’s Museum
Hands-on camps in Potsdam
The Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) Camp will explore scientific concepts through hands-on activities and experimentation. Campers will work together with counselors to develop and test hypotheses in a variety of topics, including: robotics, physics, circuitry, energy, scientific methodology, coding and much more! Dates for STEAM Camp are July 16th – 30th & July 30th – August 3rd.
ECOLAB is a week long exploration of the intertwines webs of life that exist in nature. Through hands-on studies, campers will learn to recognize integral connections between all things and their own place in that system. Areas of focus will include: stream studies, macroinvertebrates, sustainability, renewable resources, astronomy and more! Dates for ECOLAB Camp are July 23rd – 27th & August 6th – 10th.
Head to our website to register: http://www.northcountrychildrensmuseum.org/summercamps/
SLU Summer Soccer camps
At St. Lawrence University in Canton
Crane Youth Music
At Crane School of Music on the SUNY Potsdam campus
http://www.summeroncampus.com/main/ProgramDetail.asp?ID=416
Clarkson Sports & Academic camps
On the Clarkson campus in Potsdam