Bloomington Summer Camp Registration Dates and Times
Key information about WonderLab Summer Camps in Bloomington
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General Information
Summer Camp 2025 Dates: June 2 – July 25, 2025
Scholarships
Scholarship Applications will be accepted beginning in January 2025, please check back then for more information.
Health, Safety and Liability
WonderLab is committed to ensuring that the safest camp options are available to all families.
We stay up to date with CDC and Monroe County Health Department recommendations.
Please do not send your child to camp if they are sick, feverish, or vomiting.
Frequently Asked Questions
Spring Break WonderCamp
- Loesch Farm
Summer WonderCamp
- University Elementary School
- School of Education
- Kent Farm
- Loesch Farm
- Hilltop Garden
- WonderLab
All camps:
- 9am to 4pm, drop off between 8:30am – 9am and pick up between 4pm and 4:30pm.
Spring Break WonderCamp:
- Bus leaves from the front of WonderLab at 8:45am.
Summer WonderCamp:
- Bus leaves from the front of UES at 8:45.
- No camp the week of July 4th (June 30-July 4th).
- No camps at UES the week of June 16-20.
Closed toe shoes s are required at Kent Farm for Feathers to Flight Camp and at Goat Conspiracy Farm for Goats and Gardens Camp.
WonderLab recommends closed toed shoes for all other camps.
- Comfortable, outdoor play clothes that allow you to be messy and active.
- Long pants, long, sleeves, and socks recommended if attending the camps at Kent Farm and Goat Conspiracy Farm
- Closed toe shoes are recommended for all camp sessions.
- Closed-toe shoes are required at Kent Farm and Goat Conspiracy Farm.
- Please label all personal belongings and materials.
Each camper needs to bring a lunch and a water bottle. Please note: there is no microwave or fridge at camp.
WonderCamp provides a healthy snack each morning and afternoon. We will serve watermelon, apples, oranges, carrots and cucumbers. Sometimes popcorn, animal crackers or pretzels are also served. (depending on allergies).
Campers may bring a snack from home if they choose. We do ask that it be a healthy snack to power up the campers. Please be sure your campers first and last name are on all items.
Need to Drop a Camp Session?
If you want to drop a camp session you must submit the drop form (link below).
If you are dropping a camp more than 2 weeks before the session start date, a processing fee will be subtracted from your refund. Any refunds will be returned to the credit card they were originally charged to.
If the drop form is received less than 2 weeks before the camp session start date, there will be no refund.
WonderLab is committed to ensuring that the safest camp options are available to all families. We stay up to date with COVID-19 information and with CDC and Monroe County Health Department recommendations.
Read and/or download the full WonderCamp Health & Safety Policy:
https://wonderlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/WonderCamp-Health-and-Safety-Practices.pdf
No. If camp is canceled due to an event out of the control of WonderLab (weather event etc.) there will not be a refund.
Insect repellent – Please apply before drop off and send insect repellent for your camper to re-apply
NOTE: Reapplication is the responsibility of the camper. Camp staff do not apply insect repellent.
Please label all personal belongings and materials.
All campers must bring a sack lunch that does not require refrigeration
All campers must bring a full water bottle. Bottles can be refilled during the day as needed.
WonderLab will provide daily snacks of fruits and vegetables.
Monday, March 17 – Friday, March 21, 2025
- June 2 – July 25
- Weekly Sessions
- Monday – Friday
Sunscreen – Please apply before drop off and send sunscreen for your camper to re-apply
NOTE: Reapplication is the responsibility of the camper. Camp staff do not apply sunscreen.
WonderLab recommends a daily tick check upon pick up or arrival at home.
If your camper comes to camp with any medications you will be asked to fill out a Medical Action Plan. All medications will be kept at the first aid station on site and a written step by step action plan will stay with the medication.
The best way to communicate with camp staff is in person at drop-off or pick-up.
If you need to pick-up early or come in late please let staff know at morning drop-off. Please text the camp director at your arrival and we will bring your camper to the pick up location. Please allow a few minutes for staff to gather your camper.
You can always email or call the camp director with any questions or concerns that need discussion.
- Camper should be dressed in play clothes – we recommend closed-toe shoes
- Change of clothes
- Sunscreen – camper needs to reapply throughout the day
- Bug spray
- Water bottle
- Lunch – NOTE: There is no microwave or fridge at camp
- Sun Hat
- Please be sure your campers first and last name are on all items.
- Luvys – anything you might be sad about if it gets misplaced or damaged
- Cellphones
- Toys (pokemon cards)
- NOTE: WonderCamp has many fidgets if your camper would like to use them while at camp
What to wear to camp
- Comfortable, outdoor play clothes that allow you to be messy and active.
- Long pants, long, sleeves, and socks recommended if attending the camps at Kent Farm and Goat Conspiracy Farm
- Closed toe shoes are recommended for all camp sessions.
- Closed-toe shoes are required at Kent Farm and Goat Conspiracy Farm.
- Please label all personal belongings and materials.
Campers will be released to authorized persons only-if their name is on the camper information card. If you need to add a name to your card in case of an emergency please call or text the camp director. Camp staff have the right to ask for a valid driver’s license or identification card to confirm a person’s identity before releasing a camper. We ask that ALL campers be signed out at pick up.
Summer WonderCamp changes locations on Friday to accommodate the 5 day week. MCCSC is not open on Fridays during the summer to conserve energy. All campers attending UES camps will be at SOE on Fridays.
Talk to the Camp Director
Have a specific question about summer camp? Send your question to the WonderCamp Director!
Colleen Couper
WonderCamp Director
812.337.1337 ext. 224
colleen@wonderlab.org
