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Seattle Parks & Recreation
Half-day themed camps at community centers citywide. Themes include animation, art, carpentry, D&D, fishing, jewelry, LEGO, pottery, science, sports, and theater. Scholarships available.
Seattle Parks & Recreation
Full-day licensed childcare with field trips and weekly themes, June 22 through August 27. Accepts DCYF Working Connections, CCAP, and Best Starts for Kids subsidies.
Discovery Park Environmental Learning Center
Four habitats — freshwater, saltwater, forest, and meadow — explored through hands-on activities, songs, crafts, and games. Two miles of protected beach and dramatic sea cliffs.
NeoArt School
Seattle's oldest locally-owned art school for children, established 1982. After-school, school-break, summer camp, and homeschool classes on Sunnyside Ave N.
Studio-Kids Ballard
Fifteen years running. Classes in a backyard painting studio with big doors opening onto a shady, tree-lined yard. Professional artist instruction and very small groups.
Roaring Mouse Creative Arts Studio
Art and play combined. Alongside classes there are open-studio hours and a playroom stocked with toys and art supplies — useful when you have siblings at different ages.
West Seattle Art Nest
Process-based art in a distinctive outdoor setting, including a heated and lit wedding-style tent. Toddler time, school-age classes, and birthday parties.
Gage Academy of Art
Serious instruction in drawing, painting, sculpture, and alternative media at one of Seattle's most respected art institutions. Students experiment widely across techniques.
FayezArt Pottery
A cozy home studio near Salmon Bay School — you'll know it by the fence decorated with whimsical masks. Kids make bowls, cups, vases, games, and fairy houses.
Westerly Studio
Julie and Greta believe creative expression matters more than ever. Small classes in a warm neighborhood studio on West McGraw Street.
Arts Aloft
Students learn techniques of the grand masters across tempera, acrylic, and watercolor. One parent reports their child asks about art class literally every day.
SW Art Studio
Private instruction across various art mediums in a quiet, comfortable, professional atmosphere. Students range from kindergarten through eighth grade.
Lake Union Swim Academy
Indoor pool with year-round lessons from 6 months through teens. Group, private, and semi-private options.
Blue Ridge Swimming Pool
Seasonal outdoor pool with summer lessons for ages 2 through adult. Email for private lesson availability.
YMCA of Greater Seattle
The largest swim lesson provider in the country. Instructors hold national certifications in instruction, CPR, AED, and First Aid. Financial assistance available.
Queen Anne Pool
Indoor pool kept at 85 degrees with two diving boards. Parent/tot through advanced youth lessons, plus synchronized swimming.
Seattle Parks & Recreation
Seasonal outdoor pool with Puget Sound views, a diving board, and a tube slide. Bring a bucket and shovel — the beach is right there.
Meadowbrook Pool
Parent and child, preschool (3-5), and youth (6-12) lessons, plus pre-competitive and diving. Daily morning and evening sessions in summer.
YMCA of Greater Seattle
Recreational leagues built around participation over competition. Soccer, baseball, volleyball, basketball, and cheer across multiple branches.
Seattle Bouldering Project
Climbing, activities, discovery, and social time — no experience needed. Also runs school-break camps at Fremont, University District, and South Seattle gyms.
Hall of Fame Team Camp
Creative sports games where counselors work actively alongside kids. One parent called it organized recess with great counselors — equally fun across ability levels.
i9 Sports Puget Sound
Baseball, basketball, flag football, and soccer leagues emphasizing good sportsmanship and equal playing time. Seasons run year-round.
Kraken Community Iceplex
Daily public skating sessions for all ages and skill levels at the Kraken's community rink. Free for kids under 3. Helmets highly recommended.
All Together Skatepark
The city's only indoor skatepark — 6,900 square feet of ledges, manual pads, quarter pipes, banks, rails, and a vert wall. Boards, helmets, and pads provided.
Code Ninjas Seattle
Kids build video games and debug real code through structured hands-on lessons that feel like play. Holds the ISTE Seal of Approval.
Snapology of Downtown NW Seattle
STEAM programs using LEGO bricks and robotics. Curriculum supports children of all abilities, including sensory sensitivities and autism spectrum considerations.
iD Tech
Coding, game dev, robotics, and 3D printing on the UW campus, with breaks for ultimate frisbee and capture the flag on the university's fields.
Coding with Kids
Learn to code, code to learn. Multiple locations across the Seattle area with morning and afternoon camp options, plus school-year classes.
Techknowhow
Small, focused camps built around LEGO robotics and coding. Younger students build motorized vehicles and creatures; older kids go deeper into robotics and Scratch.
Pacific Science Center
Camps at a Seattle institution operating since the 1962 World's Fair, home to a saltwater tide pool, butterfly garden, science playground, and IMAX theater.
Meter Music School
Guitar, piano, drums, bass, voice, ukulele, strings, woodwinds, brass, harp, mandolin, and banjo. MiniMeter classes serve babies from 6 months with a caregiver.
Off the Wall School of Music
Kids walk out of the first lesson able to play something to impress their friends. Four weekly half-hour private lessons per month in piano, guitar, drums, bass, voice, or violin.
School of Rock Greenwood
The philosophy is that the best way to learn music is to play it. Weekly private lessons paired with band rehearsals. Little Wing program serves ages 2 to 5.
The Music Factory
Faculty of fifteen professional working musicians. Guitar, piano, voice, ukulele, violin, woodwinds, banjo, mandolin, bass, drums, and flute — students can switch instruments.
Seattle Drum School
Founded 1986. A vocational music school offering serious drum instruction from beginner through pre-professional, plus summer drum camps.
Ballard Academy of Music and Dance
An internationally acclaimed early childhood program based on Johns Hopkins research. Thirty-minute classes of 2 to 6 students, theory-based, with violins, guitars, and drums.
All That Dance
More than 30 years in Northeast Seattle. Classes are gender-neutral, non-competitive, and supportive of all body types. Strength, flexibility, alignment, and artistry.
American Dance Institute
One of the most diverse dance lineups in the Pacific Northwest — ballet, hip hop, K-pop, flamenco, Irish, and musical theater. Try a free class; make up missed classes free.
West Seattle Performing Arts
Four studios in the heart of the Alaska Junction. Ballet, jazz, modern, hip hop, piano, voice, and musical theater, with performances throughout the year.
Ballard Academy of Music and Dance
Preschool through advanced classes in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, modern, and contemporary. Serving north Seattle, Shoreline, and Edmonds families.
Westlake Dance Center
Open since 1993. Acro, tap, ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, hip hop, musical theater, pre-ballet, and combination classes.
Seattle Children's Theatre
Year-round classes at the Adrienne Dillard-Coons Drama School. Students build characters and invent original plays through collaborative storytelling. Off-site locations too.
Seattle Public Theatre
Full-scale productions for grades 1 through 12 in the Bathhouse Theatre alongside Green Lake. No auditions required — kids problem-solve staging as a team.
Broadway Bound Children's Theatre
Junior productions for ages 5 to 10 and full-length shows for ages 11 to 18. Known for elaborate costumes and sets. Families contribute volunteer time or buy out the requirement.
Emerald City Karate
Traditional karate and practical self-defense in age-specific classes. Little Dragons builds listening skills and focus for the youngest students. Spring and summer camps too.
MKG Martial Arts International
Kids learn both striking and grappling — the combination that matters for real self-defense. Programs designed around focus, discipline, and rank advancement.
Alpha Martial Arts
Operating since 2001. Karate, kickboxing, and self-defense in a supportive environment focused on confidence, resilience, and respect alongside technique.
YMCA of Greater Seattle
A graded series of increasing skill and complexity across Seido, Shindo-Jinen-Ryu, Shotokan, and Goju Ryu disciplines. Financial assistance available.
The Little Gym of West Seattle
Gymnastics, dance, karate, sports skills, and Kindermusik under USA Gymnastics guidelines. WonderKids Club adds arts and crafts, story time, and LEGO DUPLO play.
The Little Gym of Maple Leaf
Foundational dance technique from ballet to jazz and hip hop, with creative movement emphasizing rhythm, muscle memory, and counting. Book a risk-free intro class.
Woodland Park Zoo
Games, activities, and animal encounters with routes kept short for little legs. Each day has a theme — colors, numbers, families. Half day for 3-4s, full day for 4-5s.
Woodland Park Zoo
Wildlife-themed camps teaching STEAM skills, scientific inquiry, and global conservation. Extended day care and financial assistance available.
Itty Bitty Camps
A parent-and-child nature program based out of Discovery Park. Only $30 per session to add a sibling, which makes it workable for families with more than one little one.
Tiny Trees Outdoor Preschool
Affordable, nature-rich outdoor preschool classes operating in Seattle parks through a partnership with Seattle Parks and Recreation. Kids count acorns instead of marbles.
UW Botanic Gardens
An outdoor classroom in the Washington Park Arboretum where children foster a love of science alongside social and emotional development.
Tara's Tots
Three play- and nature-based programs with fenced yards and indoor play areas. Kids alternate between Matthews Beach Park explorations and a sandpit, playhouse, and fairy garden.
Camp Long
A 68-acre Seattle Parks site with a climbing rock, trails, and rustic cabins. Programs build the next generation of environmental stewards.
Mt. Baker Rowing & Sailing Center
Learn to row or sail on Lake Washington. A Seattle Parks facility with its own registration timeline, separate from general camp registration.
Green Lake Small Craft Center
Canoeing, kayaking, rowing, and sailing on Green Lake. Registration opens later than general Seattle Parks camps, so watch the date.
The Northwest School
Four instructional blocks daily with lunch provided, drawing campers from across Seattle and internationally. Boarding available for ages 12 to 16.
Kids Co.
Long-running Seattle childcare provider running full-summer day camp with weekly themes at school and community sites across the city.
Lakeside School Summer Programs
Computing, game creation, robotics, and Python for students in fifth grade and up. Themes and lessons differ by level through grades 6 to 8.
Hall of Fame Team Camp
Active after-school classes supporting Seattle-area schools with quality care and sports activities. Runs at school sites across the city.
Evergreen Rhythmics
Multilingual coaches teach ballet, ribbon, hoops, and tumbling alongside free play, games, and crafts. Only one week offered per age group in July.
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