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Elementary Summer Camps

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Farm Days

grades K-2

Our unique Farm Days camps explore culture, nature, cooking, and a love for the outdoors - all in our one-acre garden campus! Students will be lead by expert teachers in how to grow a garden and how to cook using seasonal produce. The camp will also explore the history of agriculture in California, arts and crafts, and more!


*Camp hours 9 AM – 2 PM
Early Birds Price: $650 +$15 materials fee (February 26th -March 20th)
Regular Price: $705 +$15 materials fee (after March 20th)

*Extended Care:
AM care (8:00 AM – 9:00 AM) $40
PM care (2 PM – 5:30 PM) $160

SOAR Camps

grades K-2

Peregrine's unique SOAR program (Science, Outdoor Education, Arts, and Responsibility) offered in two-week camps provides an integrated inquiry experience. Each session students will be lead through a unique theme by our experienced specialty teachers. Students will be able to play in and explore our one-acre garden site every day!

*Camp hours 9 AM – 2 PM
Early Birds Prices: $650 +$15 materials fee (February 26th -March 20th)
Regular Price: $705 +$15 materials fee (after March 20th)

*Extended Care:
AM care (8:00 AM – 9:00 AM) $40
PM care (2 PM – 5:30 PM) $160

Explorer Camps

grades 2-6

Explorer camps, offered in two-week sessions, provide a chance to explore and document the outdoors through biking and documenting the natural world around them. Students will explore the great outdoors and adventure around Davis alongside our camp counselors through walks and bike rides. These are active camps meant for the adventurous child!

*Camp hours 9 AM – 2 PM
Early Birds Prices: $680 +$15 materials fee (February 26th -March 20th)
Regular Price: $750 +$15 materials fee (after March 20th)

*Extended Care:
AM care (8:00 AM – 9:00 AM) $40
PM care (2 PM – 5:30 PM) $160

ALL Elementary Camps are at our South Davis Campus, 2650 Lillard Dr, Davis, CA 95618 

Enrollment grade is based on 2023/2024 academic year!
Campers bring their own lunch and snacks. 

Camp 1: 6/17-6/28/2024*

Farm Days: Budding Botanists

Ever dig in the compost just to see what’s up or wondered how plants drink water? In this camp we will explore plants from the roots to the fruits. Students will do experiments and learn how plants absorb water and how they turn sunlight into food. Students will also harvest and cook all parts of the plant in our garden kitchen.

*Camp Peregrine is open June 19th. We will include Juneteenth in our camp curriculum.

Camp 2: 7/1-7/12/2024*

Farm Days: Farm to fork

Learn how to make desserts from scratch from garden fruits, as well as using recipes utilizing everything growing in your garden and perhaps even make your own jam. Students will also spend time observing the birds and bugs in the garden, and in a science journal that they make, record the experience.


* July 4th Independence Day (No Camp)

Camp 3: 7/15-7/26/2024

Farm Days: Powerful Pollinators

From avocados to zucchini, more than 150 of our common food crops rely directly on pollinators like bees, bats, butterflies, and beetles. We will explore these amazing creatures in our garden and gain insights into their habitats. We will also learn what can be done to protect them through crafts, cooking, games, and gardening.

Camp 4: 7/29-8/9/2024

Farm Days: Summer Harvest

This is late summer, the richest time in the garden, and you will be here to enjoy it! Let your inner farmer grow and come harvest fruits and vegetables from our school gardens. You will learn how to prepare and process produce without waste, and help to sell some of them at the Peregrine Farmers' Market for families.

Camp 1: 6/17-6/28/2024*

SOAR Camp: Mini Masters

This camp incorporates art history about women and minority artists with stories, and art in the garden into a fun filled camp. Introductory multi-media arts will include clay, paint, collage, and more.




*Camp Peregrine is open June 19th. We will include Juneteenth in our camp curriculum.

Camp 2: 7/01-7/12/2024*

SOAR Camp: Sifting through science

In this camp, campers will explore natural properties of our world including floating and sinking; magnetism, and sifting. Predict, ponder, and play through Frog Math. These activities give young children the skills of scientists and problem solvers in a way that feels like play.

* July 4th Independence Day (No Camp)

Camp 3: 7/15-7/26/2024

SOAR Camp: Strategy and Gaming Galore

Outdoor games. Board games. Scavenger hunt games. Games to improve literacy and math skills. As campers play, they will develop insights into games and game play. Campers will then use these insights to help guide them to develop and play their own games!!!


Camp 4: 7/29-8/9/2024

SOAR Camp: Tell Your Story

If you like to write stories, and would like to make a beautiful published book, this is your camp! We will examine the art of bookmaking by exploring, storytelling, book binding, paper making, and illustrating.




Camp 1: 6/17-6/28/2024*

Explorer Camp: Travel photography

Use photography to document nature and culture in time. Learn the basics of darkroom photography, including making pinhole cameras, developing film, and making photo prints.





*Camp Peregrine is open June 19th. We will include Juneteenth in our camp curriculum.

Camp 2: 7/1-7/12/2024*

Explorer Camp: Wildlife photography

Use photography to understand how animals coexist with our society. Learn the basics of photography, including shutter speed, aperture, and ISO; lighting and camera angles; and how to compose an image.



*July 4th Independence Day (No Camp)

Camp 3: 7/15-7/26/2024

Explorer Camp: Nature documentaries

Create films that document the world around us. Investigate the natural world, interview experts in the field, and blend research with personal investigations to teach views on topics that are important to you.



Camp 4: 7/29-8/9/2024

Explorer Camp: Outdoor narrative filmmaking

Create a film that uses the natural environment to tell a meaningful story. Learn how to write, edit, storyboard a script, act, and compose a shot.





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