Four to seven is a tricky age for camps: old enough to want a full day of something, young enough to need a snack break and a grown-up who keeps an eye on them. These holiday camps take kids that age, from theater and football to forest days, coding and English or German language camps. Check each camp's age band, since some only start at five or six.
A language day camp run entirely in English or German by a Berlin children's language school, with no prior knowledge needed. Mornings are outings: a theater show, a museum, an indoor playground or winter play in Volkspark Wilmersdorf. Afternoons turn to games, crafts and stories that get kids talking, in groups split by age. The week ends with a short show for parents.
A school-holiday crash course at Swimkids, a Berlin swim school. Instead of one lesson a week, kids swim on most days of the break, which gets them to their next swimming badge faster: the Seepferdchen for beginners, then Bronze, Silver and Gold. The Moabit pool is warm saltwater, around 31°C and 1.35m deep, which suits kids still getting used to the water. Kids can sit the badge test during the course.
Four to seven is a tricky age for camps: old enough to want a full day of something, young enough to need a snack break and a grown-up who keeps an eye on them. These holiday camps take kids that age, from theater and football to forest days, coding and English or German language camps. Check each camp's age band, since some only start at five or six.
A language day camp run entirely in English or German by a Berlin children's language school, with no prior knowledge needed. Mornings are outings: a theater show, a museum, an indoor playground or winter play in Volkspark Wilmersdorf. Afternoons turn to games, crafts and stories that get kids talking, in groups split by age. The week ends with a short show for parents.
A school-holiday crash course at Swimkids, a Berlin swim school. Instead of one lesson a week, kids swim on most days of the break, which gets them to their next swimming badge faster: the Seepferdchen for beginners, then Bronze, Silver and Gold. The Moabit pool is warm saltwater, around 31°C and 1.35m deep, which suits kids still getting used to the water. Kids can sit the badge test during the course.
