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Girls & Boys With Confidence Camps: Staff at Girls & Boys girlswithconfidence.com/ summer_camps-logistics. (813) 571-2002.

With Confidence camps help children develop good selfesteem and confidence at a young age. The organization provides camps in Tampa, Lutz, Riverview, Lithia and Apollo Beach for rising kindergarten-seventh grade kids. Camps include discussions, activities, games and creative projects. Full- and half-day options are available.

CAMP IDS operates for six weeks in June and July, offering more than 100 half- and full-day camps for students in PreK3 through high school. (Closed the week of July 3-7.) Full- and half-day sessions are available. corbettprep.com/community/ camp-ids. (813) 961-3087. campids@corbettprep.com.

The Tampa Bay History Center offers three themed camps in separate one-week sessions in Tampa during June and July During these fun and educational camps, kids 7 to 11 years old get hands-on with history through games, crafts, activities, gallery time, and guest speakers, in full-day sessions from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Extended care is available. There’s a 10% discount for members. tampabayhistorycenter.org/ camps/, email ahoffman@ tampabayhistorycenter.org or call 813-228-0097

Summer at Ms. Lisa’s Dance

Between May 31 and Aug. 11, potty-trained tiny dancers (3 to 6 years old) and girls up to 13 learn ballet, hip-hop, jazz, acrobatics and musical theater routines at Ms. Lisa’s Dance camp in South Tampa. Campers also enjoy arts and crafts and face painting, and

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Day campers of all ages during June and July at Busch Gardens in Tampa. Kids entering 5th grade and up who are interested in careers in zoology or veterinary science can register for the residential camp program. Register on their website. Handbooks with all the details on the 2023 day and residential camp experience are available for download on their website buschgardens.com/tampa/summercamps/day-camps/, buschgardens.com/tampa/summer-camps/ overnight-camps/, 813-884-4FUN (4386) are given time to shine on performance Fridays. See website for details about camps for tweens/ teens. mslisasdancestudio.com/, 813-253-5472

Patel Conservatory Summer Programs

Between May 30 and Aug. 4, youths ages 3 to college age can immerse themselves in dance, music, and theater productions or intensives range of camps at Patel Conservatory in downt Tampa. Download the free Summer 2023 progr for all the details. Call to make an appointment to register, 813-222-1040. admissions@ strazcenter.org, patelconservatory. asapconnected.com/

MOSI 2023 Summer Science Camps

From launching rockets and building robots to designing video games and extracting DNA, re science is coupled with exciting experiments, simulations, explorations, and inventions to help kids discover their inner innovator. For rising through ninth graders. MOSI members get 25% off. Camps span from May 30 to Aug. 4. mosi.o summer-camp/. 813-987-6000

Summer Film Camp

Film buffs are in for an unforgettable summe Tampa Theatre’s film camp. Kids in third through 12th grades dive into moviemaking, and learn about storyboarding, filming and editing. Full- and halfday camps are available. Equipment is provided and campers leave with a completed three- to five-minute film. June and July tampatheatre.org/ education-outreach/film-camp/

Camp Imagination at Glazer Children’s Museum

At Camp Imagination from June 5 – July 28, kids ages 5-10 imagine, discover, and connect to the world around them during 8 different camps. Themes include storytelling, the wild world, mad science; new this year is Dinosaur Invasion. Let your kids embrace their curiosity this summer at Glazer Children’s Museum Two weeks in July are autism-affirming. glazermuseum.org/ summercamps, 813-443-3861

LaFleur’s Gymnastics Club’s Summer Break Camp

The goal at LaFleur’s is to get kids moving and keep them moving! Their unique camp structure allows kids to work integrated, age- and genderappropriate groups that rotate to new stations around the facility every 15 minutes. Your child will work on agility, strength, hand-eye-coordination, swimming, sportsmanship and more. Half days, June through August, ages

11. lafleurstampa.com/gymnastics-camps, email office@lafleurstampa.com or call 813-264-5000

Cedarkirk Residential Summer Camp

Traveling Day Camps and weeklong residential camps are designed to provide faith-building fun, community building, and growth at this Christian sleepaway camp on the Alafia River in entering the second through ades canoe, swim, zip line and between June and August. more at cedarkirk.org/summerinfo@cedarkirk.org, or call 813-685-4224, ext.7

Soccer Camps ouped by age range and gender, 5-19 improve their ball control and technical training sessions professional coaches

University of South Soccer Camps

Programs accommodat all skill levels, a separate fut soccer with fiv team) for ages day camps and residential programs available in June and July Register yo at usfsoccercamps.com. usfsoccerc com

The First Tee Summer Golf Camp Beginner and advanced young golfers skills and learn to be better people at Summer Golf Camp in Tampa. Campers participate in games and contests and time to reflect during this Tampa Met YMCA camp. Golf clubs are provided assistance is available. May 30-Aug. begins April 3. firstteetampabay.org/informationsummer-camps/, thefirstteetampabay@ tampaymca.org, 813-238-7320

Rockatar Music Academy & Studios Camp and Aug. 4, ages 4-13 learn singing, play a variety of instruments, jam, create music, write bands and have fun! Each of sessions ends with an exciting for friends and relatives.

8:30 a.m. – 1p.m., Mon.-F academy.com/summer-camp, michael@rockatar.com or call 404-9194

Camp Idlewild In Land

Camp Idlewild welcomes special-needs campers 6-17 and 18-30.

Programs enable campers to explore new interests, strengthen their skills and expand their comfort zones through adapted activities such as nature walks, swimming, arts and crafts, sports and games, treasure-hunting adventures, hiking, and much more! Eight weeklong camps begin June 4; the last one starts July 30. wneal@campidlewildofflorida. com, campidlewildofflorida.com, 813-9961226

Bricks4Kidz

In various locations in Hillsborough and Pasco counties. From May 30 to Aug. 7, weeklong creative LEGO® camps Explore the Multiverse, along with Power Up, Let’s Build Tampa and Everything is Awesome Mashup. Campers 4½ to 12 years old explore a different them half and full days. bric

Florida Aquarium Aqua Camps

The Florida Aquarium’s science-themed Aquacamps feature hands-on learning, animal encounters, aquarium tours, field trips, and lots more for kids ages 3-14. Every week throughout the summer, campers can experience a different theme! Early drop-off and late extra cost. Camps span options; register on the flaquarium.org/camps, flaquarium.org or call

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