Jr. Explorers | 3 Years Old - 1st Grade

Full day program with swim lessons.
Jr. Explorers campers begin or deepen a love for summer camp that can shape their whole childhood! Campers spend their time with a consistent set of counselors each week. Their small group of campers, moves together from activity to activity for a strong sense of safety and continuity. Campers are making memories and forming friendships that will last them a lifetime! Due to our carefully maintained 5-to-1 camper-to-staff ratio, each camper receives the individual attention they need to succeed within the group and have a special summer experience.
Please note that the groups in Jr. Explorers Camp are specific to individual ages and grades and that none of the age groups includes a nap period.

Details

Days at LINX Junior Camps are spent laughing and learning with friends! Jr. Explorers Camp includes four traditional camp activity periods, swimming, and a lunch period. Every day is engaging as campers rotate from activity to activity to develop skills through non-competitive play. Choose multiple sessions to help with continuity and social development. Potential activity periods are:

  • Arts & Crafts
  • Basketball
  • Games
  • Music
  • Parachute
  • Science
  • Soccer
  • Storytelling
  • Theater Games

Sample Day

Period 1
Storytime
Period 2
Pillow Hockey
Period 3
Soccer
Period 4
Lunch
Period 5
Arts & Crafts
Period 6
Swim
Period 1
Soccer
Period 2
Arts & Crafts
Period 3
Lunch
Period 4
Storytime
Period 5
Swim
Period 6
Pillow Hockey

Swim

LINX Camps offers a superior swim program taught by highly skilled and experienced instructors, who complete a week-long certification program each summer before working with campers, to ensure excellent and individualized instruction. Individual skill assessments are conducted throughout each week to help campers advance.
See the swimming and water safety skills chart we use to guide our lessons and advance camper swimming ability.

PeeWees
Swim lessons only (4-5x per week)
Minors
Lessons & Free Swim (4-5x per week)

Traditions in LINX Juniors Camps

Potty Training Policy

All campers must be able to independently use the bathroom while at camp. This includes:
  • The ability to communicate to their counselors that they need to go to the bathroom before they are about to have an accident
  • Postpone going if they must wait for another camper who is using the bathroom
  • Pull up/down their clothes without assistance
  • Get on/off the toilet by themself (step-stools are available by the toilets to help campers get up to and down from them)
  • Wipe and clean themselves after using the toilet
  • Wash and dry their own hands (step-stools are available by the sinks to help campers access them)

Campers are to be dressed for camp in clothing that they can easily change in/out of independently.

Campers are not permitted to wear diapers or pull-ups at camp, even as a preventative measure. Additionally, campers who rely on swim diapers are not permitted to use them in the pool.

We realize that accidents may occur. For this reason, we recommend that all campers bring to camp a full change of clothes, including underwear and socks, in a Ziploc bag that is labeled with their name. Parents will be notified by telephone by a LINX Camps staff member if an accident does occur.

LINX Camps reserves the right to cancel the registration of any participant who has repeated bathroom accidents at camp. After three accidents within a one-week period, a child will be asked to take a break from camp for the remainder of the week. Upon returning to camp, and if appropriate, the child may be reduced to a half-day schedule. After three more accidents, the child will need to take a break for the rest of the summer and we will then apply 100% of their unused tuition paid as a LINX Camps credit on the family account in the hopes that they will be ready next year. This credit will never expire and can be used by any child in the family for future camps. These policies are in place to ensure a safe and sanitary environment for all.

Rates

2025 Rates

You won’t see a better rate than you see today! As summer gets closer, each future promotion will never be quite as awesome as the one before it.

The rates for Jr. Fun Bunch Camp and our Counselor in Training (CIT) program are lower than the rates you see below and can be found on their program pages.

We offer a sibling discount on bus service which is $10 less per week for each sibling. Please use the pricing calculator to estimate your rate with bus savings.

Read a full description of our billing, cancellation, and changes policies.

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Number of weeks per family

1 Week

2-3 Weeks

4-7 Weeks

8+ Weeks

Camp
(Orig $849)

$828
Save $21 per week!
$823
Save $26 per week!
$813
Save $36 per week!
$803
Save $46 per week!

Bus
(Orig $129)

$126
Save $3 per week!
Sibling discount available
$126
Save $3 per week!
Sibling discount available
$126
Save $3 per week!
Sibling discount available
$126
Save $3 per week!
Sibling discount available

Lunch
(Orig $79)

$77
Save $2 per week!
$77
Save $2 per week!
$77
Save $2 per week!
$77
Save $2 per week!

Weekly
Savings

$26
$31
$41
$51*

*Register for 8 weeks and save $408!

Number of weeks per family

1 Week

2-3 Weeks

4-7 Weeks

8+ Weeks

Camp

$849
$844
Save $5 per week!
$834
Save $15 per week!
$824
Save $25 per week!

Bus

$129
Sibling discount available
$129
Sibling discount available
$129
Sibling discount available
$129
Sibling discount available

Lunch

$79
$79
$79
$79

Weekly
Savings

$0
$5
$15
$25*

*Register for 8 weeks and save $200!

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Week of Aug 04, 2025
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Week of Jul 28, 2025  (Full)
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Week of Aug 11, 2025  (Full)
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