EARLY CLOSURE
The zoo will close early at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 28, 2024, for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Pond Turtles
Full-day camp for children ages 5 - 6.
DETAILS
Summer Camp
In Pond Turtles groups, children discover animals throughout the zoo, building skills such as empathy, peer collaboration, mindfulness, and scientific inquiry. A daily routine sets campers up for school year success, including morning circle, snacks, lunch, and bathroom breaks. Flexibility within the routine allows instructors to focus on campers’ immediate needs and interests, making each day a new adventure.
Summer Camp 2025 Themes
Just Like Me!
We share our world with wildlife. We also share a lot of other things—our favorite snacks, our wiggly ways, and more! This camp will use movement, exploration, art and other activities to explore all the ways we’re a part of nature, not apart from nature.
Critter Crafters
Bright paint, squishy clay, sticky glue, plus all the animals in the entire zoo! If your littlest animal lover also loves arts and crafts, this is their camp. We’ll turn our shared delight for animals into easy and fun hands-on creations all week long.
REGISTRATION
Camp Scholarships
To support accessibility for families with financial barriers, we offer both partial and full scholarships. These scholarships can also apply to extended care registrations.
During the registration process, you will select that you are applying for a scholarship and complete the prompted questions. This will reserve your program selection without requiring immediate payment of any fees while staff review your scholarship request.
Staff will review scholarship requests bi-weekly and award, until funds are exhausted.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at camps@zoo.org if you have any questions. We are happy to walk you through this process.
Camp Safety & Policies
Find information regarding the zoo's camp safety and program policies. Including kid codes, cancelation or modification, inclement weather plan, waitlists, and grouping requests.
Visit the Safety and Policies page
Accomodation & Inclusion
Explore the zoo's commitment to accessibility with our Accessibility Guide, sighted guide policy, bathrooms, sensory considerations, and more.
Learn about access at the zoo
Cancelation and Modification of Camp Registration
All programs require a $50 non-refundable fee which will not be returned regardless of cancelation or modification date. Below are additional important cutoffs for cancelations or modifications.
- Registration for day camps closes 2 weeks prior to the session start date.
- Modifications and cancelations can be made until 2 weeks prior to the session start date.
- If a session is beginning in less than 2 weeks, the program fee will not be returned in the event of modification or cancelation (including extended care). Example: If camp starts on Monday, July 22nd, final camp modifications or cancelations must arrive in the camps@zoo.org inbox by 11:59 p.m., Sunday, July 7th.
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Questions?
If you have additional questions or need assistance contact us at camps@zoo.org.