Kids Korner Explorers Camps

The summer camp program follows the same child-led, project-based philosophy used across Kids Korner Explorers. Instead of a rigid sequence of identical lessons, children investigate ideas through hands-on provocations, sensory work, science exploration, art, and shared projects. The broader enrichment approach is designed to encourage critical thinking, reflection, problem solving, and social-emotional growth, with mixed-age participation helping children learn alongside one another.

Published summer options use a three-day Tuesday-through-Thursday format from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Art You Want Camp provides an art-centered theme, while The Enchanted Lab uses a science-oriented theme. Summer sessions combine hands-on discovery, sensory experiments, outdoor fun, and interactive science and art projects. That combination gives children multiple ways to engage: they can create, observe, test, discuss, and collaborate rather than spend the session focused on one worksheet-style task.

The program also emphasizes an unplugged environment and a secure, supportive community. Kids Korner’s broader approach connects project work with social-emotional development, kindness, respect, and confidence-building through participation. The result is a compact day-camp structure centered on active exploration rather than passive instruction.

The learning environment centers on a safe, supportive community with social-emotional development built into the program. Summer camp information highlights patient, root-cause redirection as part of the behavioral approach rather than rigid discipline.

For illness, families are asked to keep children home when they have fever, diarrhea, or vomiting and to wait 24 hours after those symptoms have subsided before returning. When an illness requires antibiotics, families are asked to allow three days of treatment before the child returns.

Health guidance focuses on illness exclusion and return timing. Children with fever, diarrhea, or vomiting should remain home until 24 hours after symptoms have subsided. When an illness requires antibiotics, families are asked to allow three days of treatment before the child returns.

Founder Xochitl Salcido brings 19 years of experience in education and a bachelor’s degree specializing in early childhood education to her role as lead teacher and mentor. Her approach is hands-on, science-based, child-led, and influenced by Reggio Emilia principles. She emphasizes social-emotional learning, creativity, critical thinking, and meaningful exploration, and she continues professional development to stay current with research and teaching approaches.

Published summer camp options use a three-day Tuesday-through-Thursday schedule from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Registration is handled through the camp’s linked registration form. A $35 non-refundable deposit is required to hold a child’s spot unless an enrichment certificate is received within five days of registration. Accepted local charter-school enrichment funds can be used for eligible enrollment.