Educational and Academic Summer Camps Near You: Lakeland + Polk County
Are you looking for a camp with an educational theme that offers academic enrichment or help for your child? The camps listed below either have a significant educational component or are solely focused on gaining important skills, but always while having fun! Camps are located in Lakeland, Winter Haven, and across Polk County.
There are academic camps near you available specifically for kids entering or repeating Kindergarten, kids transitioning to Middle or High School, ACT and SAT Prep Camps, tutoring camps, and others that focus on preventing the summer slide with a variety of math, science, reading and writing activities. These educational camps will help students progress academically over the summer.
Please check directly with camp organizers for the most up-to-date details. All information on our website is for informational purposes only and each listing includes a link directly to the source.
For a complete list of summer camps in Lakeland, Polk County, and Central Florida, check out our full Summer Camp Guide.
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Join the Civics Leadership Academy (CLA) at Polk State College and experience hands-on learning at the leadership level. At the Civics Leadership Academy, students will work in teams to identify an issue they are passionate about within their school, community, or city and then create a solution for the issue.
June 24-28, 2024 Lakeland Campus
July 8-12, 2024 Winter Haven Campus
Grades 6-9
8:30am – 3:00pm
999 Ave H NE, Winter Haven, FL 33881, USA
We are gearing up for a full season of awesome STEAM-themed Summer Camps! Our STEAM themed camps are so much fun, your child with not even know they are learning a little something too! Demand for camps is high and capacity is limited so don’t delay, enroll your child today!
Lakeland Camps – First Presbyterian Chuch on Lake Hollingsworth
Winter Haven Camps – Location Coming Soon
Weekly Sessions from June 3 – August 2, 2024
Ages 5 – 14
Plus select weeks for Preschoolers ages 3-6
Half Day: 9am – 12pm or 1pm – 4pm | Full Day: 9am – 4pm
Use discount code LMOM24 at checkout for 10% off Summer Camps
All Saints Academy has 60 programs to choose from this summer during Saints Summer Palooza! All camps are open to the public. Visit the ASA Camp Website for dates and times for each camp.
RECREATION + INSTRUCTIONAL CAMPS:
- 3rd Grade Math and Reading Readiness (Rising 2nd-3rd Grade)
- A Bug’s Life (Preschool 2-1st Grade)
- Ahoy Matey! Pirate Camp (Kindergarten-3rd Grade)
- American Girl Doll Camp (Kindergarten-5th Grade)
- Animal Safari (Rising Preschool 2-Preschool 4)
- Beginner Dance (Preschool 2-Kindergarten and 1st-5th Grade)
- Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo (Preschool 2-2nd Grade)
- Camp Fun Continues (Preschool 3-5th Grade)
- Circus Camp (Rising Kindergarten- Rising 5th Grade)
- Construction “Junk”-tion (1st-5th Grade)
- Cooking Around The World (Kindergarten-5th Grade)
- Creativity Camp (1st-5th Grade)
- Dance (2nd-12th Grade)
- Field Trip Camp (Kindergarten-5th Grade)
- Film Culture Camp (Rising 1st-Rising 3rd Grade)
- Full STEAM Ahead (1st-5th Grade)
- Gearing Up for Middle School (Rising 6th Graders)
- Harry Potter Camp (Kindergarten-6th Grade)
- Just Add Water (Kindergarten-5th Grade)
- Kaleidoscope of Colors – Fun With Water (Preschool 2-1st Grade)
- Lego Camp (Kindergarten-5th Grade)
- Little Saints (Rising Preschool 2- Preschool 3)
- Math Camp (1st-3rd Grade)
- Once Upon a Time…Fairy Tale Camp (Kindergarten-3rd Grade)
- Rising Stars (Rising Kindergarten-2nd Grade)
- STEM and Robotics Camp (K-6th Grade)
- Summer Fun (Kindergarten-5th Grade)
- Under the Sea Week (Rising 1st- Rising 3rd)
- Young Explorers (Preschool 3-Kindergarten)
SPORTS CAMPS:
- Baseball/Softball Camp (Kindergarten-6th Grade)
- Better Way Skills Basketball Camp (1st-12th Grade)
- Cheer Camp (Preschool 2-Kindergarten and K-5th Grade)
- Lacrosse Camp (Kindergarten-8th Grade)
- MVP Camp (Kindergarten-3rd Grade and 1st-8th grade)
- Outdoor Games (Kindergarten-5th Grade)
- Saints Volleyball Fundamentals Summer Camp (4th-12th Grade)
- Soccer Camp (Kindergarten-8th Grade)
- Sports Camp (Preschool 3-2nd Grade and 1st-5th Grade)
Vary by Camp – see website
Entering PreK3 – 12th Grade
9am – 3pm (before/after care available)
Camp READY! prepares rising and repeating kindergartners for academic success through hands-on, experiential learning centers (art, music & movement, cooking and reading-readiness) to build pre-reading skills while continuing motor, social and cognitive development. $25 per 4 week session.
Camp READY!+ prepares students for the first-grade level focusing on concept and confidence while reteaching and reviewing vocabulary, reading, and math sense. $25 per 4 week session.
Camp READY! Special Friends provides readiness skills for our friends with special needs.
Four weeks during the summer – Check website for 2023 Dates + Locations
Students entering or repeating Kindergarten or 1st Grade. Eligible students must be five years old by September 1, 2023.
Approximately 8am – 12pm, check website for specific times for each location
203 Ave R NE, Winter Haven, FL 33881, USA
115 S Oak Ave, Fort Meade, FL 33841, USA
902 Lily Ave, Haines City, FL 33844, USA
1225 E Lime St, Lakeland, FL 33801, USA
4815 Bailey Rd, Mulberry, FL 33860, USA
Learning Resource Center offers both an ACT Preparation Course and SAT Preparation Course to assist students who are preparing to take the ACT or SAT. These courses build confident successful students through an efficient and effective 1-week, 23-hour course by engaging in problem-solving strategies for analyzing and answering test questions, reinforcing skills through interaction and review, and building confidence while reducing test anxiety through test-taking strategies.
These are two different courses with separate registration required for each one.
ACT Preparation Course: June 19 – 22, 2023
SAT Preparation Course: July 17 – 20, 2023
9th – 12th Grade
Vary by subject – check website
Summer Coding Workshop – LRC’s Summer Video Game Design & Coding Workshop is led by a STEM educator to help students discover the fundamentals of code in an exciting and productive learning domain. For rising 6th and 7th grades (completed 5th or 6th grade).
LRC Mid Math Camp – The Learning Resource Center’s Mid Math Camp will aid students who have fallen behind in math due to the effects of COVID, virtual schooling, or other reasons and will reinforce important skills specific to grade-level math topics in middle school. For Students entering 7th-9th grade or repeating 6th-8th grade.
Study Habits of Successful Students – The Learning Resource Center’s Study Habits of Successful students is designed to build confident, successful students through-time tested best practices. This interactive study skills program helps motivate and prepare middle school students to become effective learners in school and beyond. For rising 6th-8th grade students.
*Fee reduction available based on family income. Please ask about LRC’s Sliding Fee Scale or scholarships for deserving students in need.
Vary by Camp – Check description
Entering 6th – 9th Grade – Check description for ages for each camp
Vary by camp
Super Summer Success builds confident, successful students through time-tested best practices. Students will focus on academics by participating in high-interest, hands-on lessons while exploring math through writing and drawing, engaging in creative art projects, sharing in read-and-respond projects on key ideas, reinforcing skills through interaction and review, and savoring brain-healthy snacks to keep energy up.
*Fee reduction available based on family income. Please ask about LRC’s Sliding Fee Scale or scholarships for deserving students in need.
June 19 – July 13, 2023
Completed K – 5th Grade
Monday – Thursday from 1 – 4 pm
June 5 – July 28, 2023
Ages 6 – 18
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
950 Pinewood Ave, Lakeland, FL 33815, USA
920 Lowry Ave, Lakeland, FL 33801, USA
2400 Havendale Blvd, Winter Haven, FL 33881, USA
305 NE 1st Ave, Mulberry, FL 33860, USA
704 Ave C, Haines City, FL 33844, USA
1869 E Gibbons St, Bartow, FL 33830, USA
Weekly from June 3 – August 2, 2024
Entering 5th & 6th Grade
8:00 am to 5:00 pm with early and late care available (7:30am – 6:00pm)
Weekly from June 3 – August 2, 2024
Entering Kindergarten – 4th Grade
8:00 am to 5:00 pm with FREE early and late care available (7:30am – 6:00pm)
Visit website
4 – 12
6:30am – 6pm
2900 E County Rd 540A, Lakeland, FL 33813, USA
2285 Sleepy Hill Rd, Lakeland, FL 33810, USA
2727 Shepherd Rd, Lakeland, FL 33811, USA
328 E Edgewood Dr, Lakeland, FL 33803, USA
4599 Cypress Gardens Rd, Winter Haven, FL 33884, USA
5335 9th St SE, Highland City, FL, USA
June 5 – July 27 (no camp 6/12-6/16)
Kindergarten through Second Grade Reading Levels. Ages 5-9
12:30 – 3:30pm
Lakeland – June 17-21, June 24-28
Winter Haven – July 8-12, July 15-19
5 – 13
8:15 to 3pm (partial days also available)
999 Ave H NE, Winter Haven, FL 33881, USA
June 3 – 28 and July 8 – Aug 2, 2024 – weekly sessions
Campers are divided into 2 age groups for developmentally-appropriate programming.
-Watermelon Kids: Ages 4 and 5. Must be enrolled in Kindergarten for the 24-25 school year and turn 5 by Sept.1, 2024.
-Blinky’s Kids: Ages 6 to 9. Must have completed Kindergarten, first, second, or third grade in the 2023-24 school year.
8am – 5 pm. Curriculum runs from 9 am to 3 pm.
Weekly Sessions during these dates: June 5 – 23, July 10 – 23, 2023
Grades K – 8
8:30am – 11:30am
Summer Enrichment dates run all summer long, 5 days per week
K-8
8am – 2pm