Fun Under The Sun
All Summer Long
Learning New Languages Keeps Communication Skills Sharp
Fun Under The Sun
All Summer Long
Full Immersion Keeps
Language Skills Sharp
Children's Summer Camp | 2 - 6 years | Serving Santa Monica, CA
It’s Time To Register For 2025!
Camp Dates: June 9 - August 7, 2025
Sign up by April 30th and we’ll waive your registration fee—our little gift to early birds! 🐣✨
New Student Discount:
Register By May 30 & Save $50 On Registration Fees
Limited Spots Available
Priority To Returning Students & 2022-23 School Registrants, So Apply Today!
Send Your Registration Form To elke@kigala.org
Exposure To Languages Enhances Daily Learning Experiences
Spanish and German language lessons keep your child’s brain connections energized and encourage them to express themselves in new ways. A second language improves memory, focus, and creativity, while developing your camper’s communication skills.
Your Child To Discovers A World
Of Knowledge With Fun Themes
Your Child To Discovers
A World
Of Knowledge
With Fun Themes
Your child’s budding curiosity is engaged with new hands-on, engaging activities each week. Exploring themes keeps learning fresh and neurons firing.
Themes for brain-boosting, hands-on exploration include:
- Under Construction: Answers "How do they make that?"
- Once Upon A Time: Creative storytelling captures your child's imagination.
- What's Cooking?: Getting messy while mixing, sifting, and of course, tasting too!
- Outdoor Madness :A natural outdoor classroom rife with flora and fauna sparks exploration
- Art Around The World: Your camper gets to know big names in art, different styles, and different places.
- Space Is The Place: Saturn has rings, the Sun is a star, and more fun facts about Space!
- Little Scientist: Gravity, the magic versatility of water, and more ignite your child's sense of wonder.
- Camping: Your child becomes a capable, responsible camper and loves being in a tent!
A Glimpse into Kigala’s 2026 Summer Camp Program
Engage their budding curiosity with new hands-on, engaging activities each week.
Exploring themes keeps learning fresh and neurons firing.
Exploring themes keeps learning fresh and neurons firing.
Themes for brain-boosting, hands-on exploration include:
SESSION 1: June 8 - June 18
WEEK 1:
June 8 - 12
Storytelling
There is a certain magic that happens when puppets tell a story or children come with their own stories and share them with everyone—a week full of imagination and wonder.
WEEK 2:
June 15-18
Natural Materials
Gather materials at home and at the school that come from nature and start creating. Get ready to work with natural clay, wood, leaves, rocks, and all of nature’s gifts.
SESSION 2: June 22 - July 10
WEEK 3:
June 22 - 26
Safari
Let the adventure begin! Join us on an adventure as we transform our outdoor space and go on a Safari.
June 29 - July 4:
School Closed
WEEK 4:
July 6– 10
Recycled Materials
Kigala has partnered with the Rediscover Center, and we’ll have a nice variety of recycled materials available to be turned into fabulous machines, monsters, and beyond.
SESSION 3: July 13 - July 24
WEEK 5:
July 13– 17
Human Body
We will learn what our bodies are all about through hands-on activities like tracing body outlines, making clay humans, listening to heartbeats, and looking at X-rays.
WEEK 6:
July 20– 24
Music and Instruments
A week of musical experiences and making your own instruments out of recycled materials. Will we get a Kigala band together?
SESSION 4: July 27 - August 6
WEEK 7:
July 27 – 31
Habitats
We all know about where we live, but where do the animals live? Do they like it warm or cold? What kind of “houses” do they live in? From ants to elephants, we are about to find out.
WEEK 8:
August 3– 6(Closed Aug 7, Staff Day)
Diversity in dance
Put on your dancing shoes and get into the groove! This last week of our summer program will be filled with celebrating all kinds of ways we can move our bodies.
2026 Summer Program HOURS
- Full Day: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
- Half Day: 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
A Spotlight On STEM
Ignites Science Basics
A Spotlight On STEM Ignites Science Basics
Hands-on play and mind-bending activities put science, tech, engineering, and math in overdrive when your child gets messy mixing oil and water, or creating fizzy rainbows with baking soda and vinegar.
An Outdoor Classroom For
More Creativity And Wonder
Your child loves sliding, crawling, and swinging on the nature-inspired structures that make our playground so unique. There is so much waiting to be discovered!
- A dedicated area with puzzles and blocks exercise fine motor skills.
- A sandbox brimming with sifting and pouring tools offers endless fun.
- Gardens kids tend to put hands-on learning in action.
- Shaded areas are cool places to enjoy free play.
- A mud box invites sensorial play, where mud pies are a favorite delicacy!
- A nook loaded with books, and dramatic play items stimulate pretend-play your child loves.
An Art Studio Where Your
Child's Ideas Come To Life
The Atelier, a dedicated art nook, is where your child delves into tons of various materials to inspire their creation. Paper mâché, collage, paint, watercolor, and more await, and anything is possible. All the while, your child exercises their fine motor skills, focus, and creativity.
Qualified, Caring Teachers
Join In On The Learning Fun
Certified teachers love being part of the team – some have been here since day 1! Summer is a great time for them to go off script and focus on silly fun while diving deep into your child’s interests to engage and delight them.
Health And Safety Is Paramount
Your camper’s spaces are sanitized and deep cleaned regularly by a team of professionals to safeguard their health. Limited access entryways and privacy fences, along with security cameras throughout our campus, ensure your child is safe and sound in our care.
Small Classrooms Deepen
Social Connections
Friendships flourish in smaller groups where your child has more space and time to shine. Learning also gets a boost when teachers have more opportunity to give your child the caring attention they love.
Our Location
We’re located at 2705 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405, near Stewart Street and 28th Street, making drop-off and pick-up convenient for families who live or work in Santa Monica, CA.