Maine Camp Experience (MCE) is a community of 40+ premier Maine camps, and a comprehensive camp-planning resource. Coed, all girls, and all boys camps for kids ages 7-17. Full summer, half summer, and short sessions available. The Campcierge® provides free, expert guidance. Some Maine Camps also offer Family Camp in August. See more at http://www.mainecampexperience.com

The all-new 2026 Camp Invention® program, Spark, is coming to curious kids in your community this summer! Rising K-6 campers will collaborate with friends to tackle hands-on, open-ended challenges. They’ll team up with robotic capybaras, ride the waves of entrepreneurship, uncover the power of protecting their ideas and build a DIY space rocket! Each experience is designed to spark confidence, build persistence and create unforgettable summer memories. Visit invent.org/save/camp to secure your spot! Register using CIFUN25 by 3/31 to save $25 or CIFUN20 by 4/28 to save $20 when you register. Interest-free payment plans are available, making camp affordable for all families.

When you trust kids, they trust themselves. Since 1980, Steve & Kate’s has put kids in charge of their own learning experience. As they try, fail, and learn on their own, they learn to trust their own judgment, and tackle the challenges of an ever changing world with creativity and confidence. Now in Bucktown, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Gold Coast, North Center, West Loop, West Ridge, Evanston and Lake Forest

The Works Museum is a hands-on, minds-on engineering museum for kids ages 5 to 12. Come explore in the Experience Gallery, sign up for a summer or school break camp, or even have your birthday party here! Our exhibits, programs, and design challenges engage kids in science, technology, and engineering and make learning memorable and fun. Dreams need doing, and exploring engineering gives a child the power to make stuff, break stuff, and make it better! We need the imagination and skill of engineers to solve the problems and address the challenges of our modern world. Engineering fuels collaboration, persistence, and problem solving; critical skills for every child from every walk of life. The Works Museum welcomes you to explore engineering and stretch your imagination. Visit our Museum with your family or group, and be sure to check out our birthday party packages, field trips, programs we can bring to your school, camps, and incredible events and special activity days. Are you looking for a unique (and fun, of course!) birthday party idea for your child? Host your celebration at The Works Museum! Parents love our easy-to-supervise open format experience gallery, where your guests can build and race K’Nex cars down a ramp, explore giant kaleidoscopes, explore the engineering behind the walls of The House, and more.