Summer Day Camps


Summer Day Camp 2024

Camp Registration is Open!

 

10% Discount with Early Bird Registration now through April 30!

 

Day Camps for Ages 6-10: Time-Travelers Camp July 8-12, Nature Camp July 15-19, and Vaquero Camp July 22-26.

Day Camp for Ages 11-13: Unplugged Camp (middle school), July 29 – August 2.

Hours for all camps: 10 am – 3 pm

Standard registration for all camps: $275 per camper

 

If you have any questions about camp, please email our Camp Director Alana at AlanaR@RanchoLosCerritos.org

 

How to register for camp:

Click the button on our website that corresponds with the camp you wish to attend to pay and register. We will send an email with the registration documents to the email you use at checkout prior to the start of camp. Please fill out these documents at least one week prior to the start of your camper’s session(s).

 

Scholarships:

To request a need-based scholarship contact us at AlanaR@rancholoscerritos.org. Scholarships are granted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Time-Travelers Camp

July 8-12

10am – 3pm

Ages 6-10

Explore a different period of RLC’s history each day! Campers will learn about the art, games, science/technology, and food of the many people who have lived on this land over the past several hundred years. Activities include creating an original comic book, making dye using natural pigments, and churning butter.

 

Nature Camp

July 15-19

10am – 3pm

Ages 6-10

Be inspired by the nature around you! Campers will learn and create using RLC’s historic gardens as inspiration. Some plants in our gardens are over 175 years old! Activities include making art from nature, identifying plants and insects, and building with natural materials like adobe.

 

 

2024 Nature Camp

2024 Nature Camp

$275.00

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Vaquero Camp

July 22-26

10am – 3pm

Ages 6-10

Learn what life was like for vaqueros on a cattle ranch in the 1800s! Campers will be immersed in the culture of 19th century Alta California. Activities include making tortillas, creating cascarones, swinging a reata, and learning folkórico dance steps.

 

 

2024 Vaquero Camp

2024 Vaquero Camp

$275.00

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Unplugged Camp (Middle School)

July 29 – August 2

10am – 3pm

Ages 11-13

Investigate the history of Rancho Los Cerritos in a hands-on way! Campers will learn about science, technology, engineering, art and math–nineteenth-century style! Activities include Victorian lawn games, adobe engineering, and a themed escape room.

 

 

2024 Unplugged Camp

2024 Unplugged Camp

$275.00

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Dear RLC Camp Families,

We know many of you are eager for news about our 2024 camp season. I am so pleased to say that, after a one-year hiatus, RLC’s summer day camps are back this year!

The goal for each camp session is to create an engaging, safe, and fun environment for local kiddos to learn about the history of RLC and the Long Beach area. Each of the camps focuses on a different aspect of that history, and the various time periods and groups of people who helped make Rancho Los Cerritos what it is today.

Whether you are a returning camper or are brand-new to the site, I am excited to welcome each and every one of you to RLC this summer for what I’m sure will be our best year yet!

Sincerely,

Alana Reese, Camp Director

About RLC’s Summer Day Camps

Cancellation and Refund Policy:

We know things can change rapidly and if at any time Rancho Los Cerritos feels it is no longer safe to proceed with in-person camp this summer we will make the difficult decision to cancel in-person camp. If camp is canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic campers will be given a full refund. If you wish to cancel your camp registration, notice must be given in writing via email to Rancho@RanchoLosCerritos.org at least one week prior to the start of camp.