Fuel your child's curiosity and drive to create with this dynamic session focusing on AI and Machine Learning!

Roll up your sleeves, put on your makers cap, and get ready to create! This is our most hands-on camp! Together, campers will build a geodesic dome large enough to sit in. Who can build the strongest bridge? Can your bridge withstand the shake rattle and roll challenge? Explore the world of birds and beasts with bird feeder building and our super bug investigation. Speaking of birds, what did Hooty the owl have for dinner? A mouse? A Squirrel? A Frog? Kids will dissect owl pellets and reconstruct Hooty’s dinner. Enter the Mad Science chemistry lab and mix, mash, and brew concoctions to create cool sidewalk chalk and bath fizzers! Assemble and control pulleys, levers, catapults, simple machines, and megapinchers! Campers will discover the wonders of photography and make their own chromatography-dyed T-shirt. It’s a week packed with non-stop science fun! Complimentary after-care is included from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Additional before and after-care is available through Ballwin Parks and Recreation.

Do you like to sing and dance? Then join our summer show choir - Showstoppers! We’ll learn fun new songs and put them to dance routines to perform for an audience at the end of the week. Make sure to polish up those jazz hands! This is a full-day camp; campers should register for both the morning and afternoon sessions

We are always evolving and advancing our offerings at Burr Oak. These offerings will change from session to session, but may also change week to week. Our goal is to provide our campers with a valuable experience that not only highlights social interaction, but places an emphasis on physical activity, problem solving, and creative engagement.

Let’s Put on a Show!

Engineering Adventures

The tactile possibilities are endless! From scaly bubble wrap to fluffy felt; learn to add another sensory layer to your work of art! Get ready for a soft, squishy, scratchy, and bouncy week while we traverse touch and texture through the use of found and recycled materials.

How do you draw a sound? We will use sound to inspire our creative visions; transporting us to our wildest daydreams! Sounds of Tower Grove Park, Arsenal Street, birds, bands, neighbors walking by all serve as inspiration as we explore the connection between the world around us and the art we make.

Nature Printing Use natural materials to create beautiful prints!

Offered throughout the entire summer, these camps are designed for a wide variety of conventional interests that may include arts & crafts, group games, nature exploration, swimming, field trips and more.

Our arts & humanities camps encourage personal expression and the freedom to create, and provide new experiences for kids.

Summer Interludes are offered Monday through Friday, beginning at 8am and ending at 4pm each day. Breakfast, lunch and snack are served daily and are prepared with painstaking care and of the finest culinary standards — organic, locally sourced, seasonal, and made from scratch.

Welcome to Camp Claw 2024! We are so excited to offer 3rd annual camp to campers ages 6-12 years.

Welcome to Camp Claw 2024! We are so excited to offer 3rd annual camp to campers ages 6-12 years.

Join us for the 2024 Kirkwood Family YMCA Traditional Summer Day Camp session.