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Program staff at DCM embraces a learning-through-play approach in the classroom and in the Museum’s Exhibit Neighborhoods. Alternating between low and high energy activities that connect learning to weekly themes, students stay engaged with both individual and group process. A typical day in our program incorporates music, movement, art, math, science, dramatic play, story time and snack.

• Monday through Friday, 9:00 – 11:30 a.m. EIGHT different week-long sessions!

  • Register for one week, several weeks or all eight!
  • Weekly sessions begin on Monday, June 15 (No session week of June 29)

• Appropriate for ages 3-5
  Children must be 3 by January 31, 2009 and must be toilet trained

• 5:1 student/educator ratio – ONE Museum Educator for every FIVE students!

  • Provides quality focus and attention
  • Maximum 20 campers per weekly session

• Tuition:

  • Members - $159.00 per weekly session
  • Nonmembers - $189.00 per weekly session

Find out more about our program…

        Weekly Program Information
        Daily Session Outline
        General Camp Guidelines & Parent Information
        Registration Information
        Cancellation Policy

Weekly Program Information

June 15 - 19 Let’s Build Release the power of your child’s inner builder with tubes, cubes, blocks and more. Discover the art, math and science of building in a playful social setting. Includes hands-on activities in the Construction House.   June 22 - 26 Make it Move

Make things move this week, exploring the power of wheels and gears. Activities will include painting with cars, Ramps and Rollers challenges, building wheeled creations and more.

July 6 – 10 Water and Bubbles It’s a wet and wild week as children work with soap to create floating art forms, explore bubbles, make their own bubble wands and explore the science of water.   July 13 - 17 Up In The Air Experiment with the wonders and power of moving air. Children will design and build their own pinwheels, gliders, paper airplanes and even more fanciful creations to test in the Museum’s one-of-a-kind AirWorks Neighborhood.

July 20 - 24 Color, Light and Shadow Discover the wonders of light, shadow and color as your child investigates mixing paint, light and music, creating shadow puppets and more. Art, math and science come together in a week of fun-filled experimentation.   July 27- 31 Let’s Pretend

What would you be if you could be anything? Act it out in the Museum’s Family and Shadow Theatres. Make simple costumes. Draw, create and tell stories in the Studio. A week of literacy, creativity and imagination!

August 3 - 7 Great Big and Tiny From building with giant shapes to painting with tiny brushes, your child will become an explorer in the world of size and scale. This week’s activities build on children’s natural interest in the world around them.   August 10 - 14 Arts Explorers Create something amazing! Arts explorers will experiment this week with a variety of processes and media including clay sculpture, primary painting, printing, collage and more.

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Daily Session Outline

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General Camp Guidelines & Parent Information

Ages: 3-5 years old (Children must be three by January 31, 2009). All campers must be toilet trained.

Attire: Wear clothes that are comfortable for outdoor and indoor hands-on, messy activities. Closed shoes with socks are required (no sandals or open-toed shoes). All clothing should be marked with your child's name. We recommend a labeled backpack for an extra set of clothing and to bring home camp projects. The Museum will provide one apron per child for easy identification as a camper within the Museum. These aprons will be given to the child upon check-in each day, and removed before pick-up to be washed each day.

Parent InformationOn the first day of camp, parents will receive a weekly plan, which lists the activities for each day.

Orientation: DuPage Children's Museum will offer a drop-in orientation for parents or caregivers. This is your chance to learn more about camp activities, meet your child's teacher and counselors, review camp procedures and have any questions answered. You will be informed of your orientation date with your confirmation papers.

Snacks: DuPage Children's Museum provides healthy beverages and snacks. If your child has food allergies, please specify them on his/her health form.

Special Needs: DuPage Children's Museum is committed to providing accessible experiences for all children. If your child requires special accommodations, please call 630-637-8000 Ext. 6060 to discuss your situation prior to registering.

Staffing: DuPage Children's Museum Preschool Summer Camp is limited to a maximum of 20 campers per session per week and has a staff ratio of 1 counselor for every 5 children. Each class is led by a Museum Educator.

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Registration                                                                                       Register NOW!

Upon completion of registration, parents will be sent confirmation letters with pick-up and drop-off instructions, invitations to the orientation day, health and emergency contact forms to complete. Campers will not be allowed to attend until all completed forms are received by the Museum.

If any week of camp fills up, the Museum will place campers on a wait list. When spots open up due to cancellations, they will be filled in the order of received registration.

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CancellationPolicy

You may cancel or change your child's camp registration up to 30 days before the first day of a camp for a $25 administrative handling fee. To cancel, please contact our camp registrar at (630) 637- 8000. We are unable to give refunds for cancellations with less than 30 days notice. If your child is unable to attend an entire camp due to medical reasons, you may receive a refund (minus the $25 handling fee) with a doctor's note. We cannot refund individually-missed days. Camps canceled by the Museum for any reason will be provided a full refund.

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