College for Kids is a personal enrichment program for children of all ages - from pre-school through high school.
Through College for Kids, students can discover new talents, expand their knowledge and enjoy hands-on learning under the guidance of experienced educators.
Programs are offered year-round at multiple locations in Madison County, with a concentration of courses scheduled in the summer.
More than 20,000 young people have participated in hands-on learning in math, science, creative arts, technology and languages since the program began in 1989.
Other enrichment opportunities for students include classes in digital photography, horsemanship, musical theatre, golf, eco-science, robotics, cooking, local history, engineering, basketball and music. Classes are taught by highly qualified instructors, including L&C faculty and educators from local school districts.
Register for Classes
Register by visiting the Enrollment Center on Lewis and Clark’s Godfrey campus or any of Lewis and Clark’s Community Education Centers or call/text the Enrollment Center at (618) 468-2222.
2025 Summer Camps
More classes are being added every day, so make sure to check this page often.
Week One: June 2-6
Camp Waterschool
Water, Water Everywhere! We use it every day, but have you ever stopped to think about where it comes from? How much do we have on the planet? In this camp, we will discover and explore water using our local rivers as inspiration. Through hands-on activities, arts and crafts, and outdoor adventures, campers will see our local rivers in a whole new way. The week will include a visit to a working lock and dam, stream walks and will culminate with a canoe trip led by experienced guides. By reflecting on their personal experiences with the river, campers will appreciate how they can make positive differences in their watershed and community. This 4-day camp will be held at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center.
(CECK-977-F1)
Ages 8-11
Mon.-Thu.
9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
$70.00
Instructor: Jessica Mohlman, Erica Doerr and Jolena Pang
Location: National Great Rivers Research & Education Center
Week Two: June 9-13
Crayola Wild World
Are you ready for an art expedition? Let the wonder and beauty of the animal kingdom inspire your empathy, curiosity, and creativity. Learn about lions, elephants, sharks and more, and find out how wildlife conservationists are working to protect species around the globe. Experiment with a variety of art techniques and use Crayola® products to create animal-inspired art projects, from frog paintings to polar bear sculptures! Let your creativity run wild, and bring your handiwork home to build a menagerie of animal-themed masterpieces.
(CECK-146-01)
Ages 5-11
Mon.-Thu.
9 a.m. - Noon
$190.00
Instructor: Crayola Imagine Arts Academy of St. Louis
Creative Gardener Camp
Discover the Monticello Sculpture Gardens at LC! In this class, students will explore LC’s many gardens and learn about plants and nature through creative, hands-on activities. Students will learn how to grow and take care of plants, explore the greenhouse, hike through the trails and prairies on campus, and learn about plant ID, insects and local pollinators. Students will also create art with plants, color bandanas with natural plant dyes, and build bug hotels. This class will be held primarily outdoors unless there is inclement weather, and students should come prepared with water, sunblock, hats, and sturdy shoes.
(CECK-119-01)
Ages 5-8
Mon.-Thu.
9 a.m. - Noon
$30.00
Instructor: Katie Piper
Thinking Outside the Hat
Mind read the object someone is thinking of! Balance 7 nails on the head of 1! Change a $1 bill into 5! With tricks and more, you’ll be the life of the party! Get your own magic box and new tricks to put in it daily to show your friends! Participate in a family show! You’ll create stories to accompany your tricks and think out of the box. So, in addition to developing presentation skills and confidence, you’ll build creativity and thinking skills as well! Plus, you’ll learn comedy magic skits, balloon twisting, magic puzzles, and lots more!
(CECK-258-01)
Ages 6-12
Mon.-Thu.
9 a.m. - Noon
$95.00
Instructor: Abra-Kid-Abra
Week Three: June 16-20 (no class on June 19)
Balloonatics
Calling all Balloonatics! Every day of this camp is an exciting balloon bash! Learn to create over 20 balloon animals, spin out with UFO balloons and make a balloon helicopter that really flies! Each day campers take home a different novelty balloon— racecar balloons, rocket balloons, and more! Camp concludes with the Balloonatics showing off their skills in a balloon twist jam for their families. Come join the fun in this unique, creative camp!
(CECK-161-01)
Ages 6-12
Mon., Tue., Wed., Fri.
9 a.m. - Noon
$95.00
Instructor: Abra-Kid-Abra
Lewis and Clark Jr. Explorer Camp
Here is your chance to join the Lewis and Clark Expedition and become a full-fledged member of the Junior Explorers. Learn the history of the Lewis and Clark Expedition by training at Camp River Dubois, their first Winter Encampment. Applicants should be prepared to train as a member of the Expedition by bettering their frontier skills, learning to serve in the US Army in 1803-04, preparing their own meals, making a journal, mending their uniform, identifying various native plants and animals, and many more tasks. This week-long camp will be held at the Lewis and Clark State Historic Site - inside the interpretive center and in the historic replica of Camp River Dubois.
(CECK-112-F1)
Ages 9-11
Mon.-Fri.
8:45 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
$65.00
Instructor: Brad Winn
Location: L&C Historic Site
Robotics 101 with LEGO® WeDo Education
Students will build LEGO® creations from WeDo® Education, turning them into robots programmed to do exactly what they tell them to do. Robotics 101 uses drag and drop iconbased programming and offers an introduction into the fun of building with LEGO® Bricks. Additionally, the students will face the challenge of computer programming some pretty awesome robots that will equip them to succeed in a technology-based marketplace. They will also have fun playing camp-style games and a few LEGO® building challenges. Get your student ready for a fun, action-packed week that combines real-life skills with real-kid fun! Each student will also take home a LEGO® mini figure.
(CECK-114-01)
Ages 7-13
Mon.-Wed.
9 a.m. - Noon
$125.00
Instructor: Diane Fefferman
Week Four: June 23-27
Arithme-tricks
Mind read someone’s birthday! Produce the 14 of Diamonds! Multiply coins! Learn these and many other magic tricks while honing your math skills. The tricks for this camp are math-based! You’ll learn magic with money, cards, paper, and special magic props you’ll take home. The students put on a show for their families on the last day. Animal balloons, clown skits, and team-building activities round out this fun half-day camp. The goals are to develop presentation skills and confidence, build math skills, and have fun!
(CECK-172-01)
Ages 6-12
Mon.-Thu.
9 a.m. - Noon
$95.00
Instructor: Abra-Kid-Abra
Let’s Create an Amusement Park in LEGO® Bricks Style
Do you love thrills, chills, and exciting rides at amusement parks? Then buckle up and join us for the fun. Campers will build motorized rides out of LEGO® Technic Bricks each day, play games and learn what features an amusement park should have. On the last day of camp, they will build their park to let their mini figures enjoy the day. Parents can arrive early at pickup time on the last day of camp to see the Amusement Park! Each student will also take home a LEGO® mini figure.
(CECK-100-01)
Ages 6-13
Mon.-Thu.
9 a.m. - Noon
$130.00
Instructor: Diane Fefferman
Week: June 30-July 4
There are no classes this week.
Week Five: July 7-11
Kids Comedy Camp
It's funny how much fun you can have when you're learning to be funny! Learn comedy by doing it at Kids Comedy Camp! You'll master the secrets of stand-up, sketch and improv comedy as well as theatrics. Take home a new gag to get laughs with each day! At week's end, you'll display your newly enhanced focus, creativity, confidence, teamwork, performance skills and sense of humor in a show for family and friends.
(CECK-945-01)
Ages 6-12
Mon.-Thu.
9 a.m. - Noon
$95.00
Instructor: Abra-Kid-Abra
MineCrafting World with LEGO® Bricks
Explore the challenging world of Minecraft by using LEGO® Bricks to build some of the popular game figures, construct motorized LEGO® models, 3D, and mosaic builds inspired by the game. Campers will be given new challenges each day to craft elements in the game to build upon their gaming/coding skills, too. They will also build and take home a personalized LEGO® mini figure.
(CECK-170-01)
Ages 6-13
Mon.-Thu.
9 a.m. - Noon
$130.00
Instructor: Diane Fefferman
Week Six: July 14-18
So You Want to Be a Magician?
Mind read the word a spectator is thinking of! Vanish coins! Change a card while a spectator holds it in her hand! These are just a few of the magic tricks you’ll learn in Abra-Kid-Abra’s Mind Reading & Other Cool Tricks After School Class! Each of the tricks involves reading, spelling, or writing—so you’ll hone your literary skills while learning fun magic.
(CECK-174-01)
Ages 6-12
Mon.-Thu.
9 a.m. - Noon
$95.00
Instructor: Abra-Kid-Abra
Camp Waterschool
Water, Water Everywhere! We use it every day, but have you ever stopped to think about where it comes from? How much do we have on the planet? In this camp, we will discover and explore water using our local rivers as inspiration. Through hands-on activities, arts and crafts, and outdoor adventures, campers will see our local rivers in a whole new way. The week will include a visit to a working lock and dam, stream walks, and will culminate with a canoe trip led by experienced guides. By reflecting on their personal experiences with the river, campers will appreciate how they can make positive differences in their watershed and community. This 4-day camp will be held at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center.
(CECK-977-F2)
Ages 11-14
Mon.-Thu.
9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
$70
Instructor: Jessica Mohlman, Erica Doerr and Jolena Pang
Location: National Great Rivers Research & Education Center
Week Seven: July 21-25
Creative Gardener Camp
Discover the Monticello Sculpture Gardens at LC! In this class, students will explore LC’s many gardens and learn about plants and nature through creative, hands-on activities. Students will learn how to grow and take care of plants, explore the greenhouse, hike through the trails and prairies on campus, and learn about plant ID, insects and local pollinators. Students will also create art with plants, color bandanas with natural plant dyes, and build bug hotels. This class will be held primarily outdoors unless there is inclement weather, and students should come prepared with water, sunblock, hats, and sturdy shoes.
(CECK-119-02)
Ages 9-12
Mon.-Thu.
9 a.m. - Noon
$30.00
Instructor: Katie Piper
Magical Mystery Camp
Magical Mystery Camp combines magic & theater into one awesome camp! Campers learn magic tricks daily, often treating parents to a nightly show! Kids weave their tricks into a mystery show, which they will create & perform on the last day for their families
(CECK-135-01)
Ages 6-12
Mon.-Thu.
9 a.m. - Noon
$95.00
Instructor: Abra-Kid-Abra
Stop Motion Animation with LEGO® Brick
Ready on the set! Action! Students learn how to develop a storyboard, then put that to use in designing their movie set using LEGO® bricks to tell their story, complete with music, special effects and all their favorite LEGO® mini-figure characters! In this fun and creative camp, students will plan, script, stage, shoot, and produce their own mini-movie using Stop Motion Animation. Students work in a small production team of 3-4 people, use LEGO® components to build the set and props, and then shoot their movie using a web camera. Teams will use movie-making software to add special effects, titles, credits and more. When the movie is complete, students will have a premiere screening party on the last day of camp. Don't let your kid miss their chance to be a movie producer! They will also have fun playing camp-style games and a few LEGO-building challenges throughout the week. Students will receive a copy of the movies the whole class created as well as a LEGO® mini figure.
(CECK-101-01)
Ages 8-13
Mon.-Thu.
9 a.m. - Noon
$160.00
Instructor: Diane Fefferman
Week Eight: July 28-August 1
Disappearing Ink
Mind read the color someone is thinking of! Magically reveal a spectator's selected card in a comical manner! Squirt ink on someone, then make it disappear! These are just a few of the tricks you'll learn in our magic class! Get your own magic box and new tricks to put in it each week! Put on shows for your family. Develop presentation skills and confidence. The class culminates with the magicians putting on a family show. The tricks are all new from the last several years. Sign up quickly before the limited space disappears!
(CECK-169-01)
Ages 6-12
Mon.-Thu.
9 a.m. - Noon
$95.00
Instructor: Abra-Kid-Abra
Mad Science: Wings and Things
From the earliest flying machines to the first rocket flights, hands-on camp will give children a bird's eye view of the history and science of flight. Your child will build many different flying devices and explore the science of aerodynamics and flight. We don't stop there, though, because we're heading out of the atmosphere with a look at rockets and our Galactic neighborhood!
(CECK-142-01)
Ages 5-11
Mon.-Thu.
9 a.m. - Noon
$190.00
Instructor: Mad Science of St. Louis
Week Nine: August 4-8
Fun With Numbers
Cause a chosen number to slowly materialize on your arm! Learn the secrets to adding big numbers instantly—faster than your friends can total them on a calculator! Make coins magically appear in a spectator’s hand! The tricks for this camp are math-based! So not only will you build presentation skills and confidence, but you’ll hone your math skills as well! Learn magic with money, cards, paper, and special magic props you’ll take home. Participate in a family show.
(CECK-132-01)
Ages 6-12
Mon.-Thu.
9 a.m. - Noon
$95.00
Instructor: Abra-Kid-Abra