Kids Play Classes in San Francisco, CA

Welcome to the wonderful world of Cubetto! Made of tactile and hardwearing wood, Cubetto is your camper’s guide into the world of coding. Screen-less, friendly and ready to play, Cubetto, designed and built by Primo Toys, is the first robot of its kind; teaching children as young as three the core concepts of coding. Through interaction with Cubetto,...

Campers will jump into the artistic process and come away with a brand new collection of gorgeous textile art pieces and the skills to make each one of them! This camp will introduce students to the basics of textile and fiber art techniques. Processes such as embroidery, wool felting, weaving, screen printing, sewing, macrame, Shibori, Batik &...

Together in a spirit of collaboration and play, we will explore a wide variety of materials and mediums both in the studio and outside in the courtyard.  Parents, grandparents, caregivers and children will work in partnerships or groups to create and make art together. All materials will be provided by the Art Center.

Take a walk on the wild side & explore working with metal & leather in this next level jewelry making camp. You’ll learn to create mixed media pieces & explore metalsmithing techniques such as riveting, patina, stamping & dapping and leatherworking techniques such as dying, stitching, stamping & burnishing! Learn the properties...

Code your own animated cartoons! In Cartoon Coders, campers will use ScratchJr., a kid-friendly, “drag and drop” coding software for tablets, to design and build fun cartoon scenes and skits, complete with custom art and sound effects. As they complete their projects, campers will be introduced to the basics of computer programming and explore...

Delve into the best of our Art, Jewelry, Leatherworking, Metalsmithing, Textiles & Fiber Arts curriculums in one fantastic summer camp experience. Leatherworking & Metalsmithing:  You’ll learn to create mixed media pieces & explore metalsmithing techniques such as riveting, patina, stamping & dapping and leatherworking techniques...

Enter into an exciting world of making and experiments that will activate all of our senses! In our Sensory Scientists program, campers will explore the properties of wood, fabric, rock, and metals to help them understand the world around them and how it works.  Campers will touch, taste, look, hear, and smell in a series of science activities...

Take your first steps towards cyber stardom! In YouTube Star, campers will learn about and practice the entire process of developing and maintaining a YouTube channel. Working in pairs, campers will first get to decide on the subject, format and style of their channel. Campers will then record both real-world and screen-captured footage, edit their...

Build your very own characters, worlds and mini-games in Roblox! Roblox is a popular computer program which allows users to build and play in a 3D game world…adding their own game rules using a coding language called Lua. In Roblox Game Coder 2.0, campers will be able to create their own 3D game objects and environments, as they learn the fundamentals...

Explore the world of robotics and join the EDMO™ Robotics Club! In this two-week integrated tech/maker program, campers will learn how to connect sensors, motors and LED’s to a microcontroller, and then program it to make a movable robot!   Working in the popular Arduino programming language, campers will learn the fundamentals of computer...

Make your video game dreams a reality! Game Coder campers experience the complete game development process.  Each group forms their own game studio to take their basic game concept through to a complete 3D interactive game.  We’ll use the highly popular Unity3D game engine to build 3D environments and bring them to life with JavaScript...

Watts Up with you!? Experiment with energy and how to make it power your life; from hydroelectric turbines to solar energy cars. Teams of campers will participate in collaborative design challenges to build awesome energy generating devices and compare their outputs, functions and effectiveness. Note: You can pack your own snacks/lunch but please...

Love dinosaurs? Well, now’s the chance to travel back in time to discover more about these magnificent creatures. Campers will explore dinosaur habitats and learn about dinosaur descendants, who still live on today! They’ll also uncover fossils, practice paleontology skills and play games that will help them see what life was like in prehistoric...