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Summer Camps for ages 4–5 in Santa Monica.

35 camps in Santa Monica accept ages 4–5. Median week: $467; range $278–$500.

Picking a summer camp for a 4–5 year old in Santa Monica is mostly about ratios and routine. The ones that work — across day camps, parks-and-rec programs, and small specialty studios — keep groups under 8 kids per counselor, run a predictable rhythm (snack, activity, free play, snack), and don't pretend a 4-year-old wants the same week as a 9-year-old.

Top 20 camps

  1. Fitness by the Sea · Santa Monica · Ages 4.5–14 · $467/week
  2. Summer at Crossroads · Santa Monica · Ages 5–18 · $993/week
  3. Westside Ballet Children's Summer Camp · Santa Monica · Ages 4–7 · $500/week
  4. Aqua Surf Camp · Santa Monica · Ages 5–17 · $675/week
  5. Creator Camp · Santa Monica · Ages 5–13 · $600/week
  6. Big and Tiny 10th Street · Santa Monica · Ages 1.5–6 · $625/week
  7. The REALM · Santa Monica · Ages 5–15
  8. Cornerstone Music Conservatory · Santa Monica · Ages 4–14 · $158/week
  9. Santa Monica Music Camp · Santa Monica · Ages 5–14 · $400/week
  10. Autobahn Soccer Summer Camp · Santa Monica · Ages 5–13 · $320/week
  11. Bounce LA · Santa Monica · Ages 4–13
  12. Summer of Surf · Santa Monica · Ages 5–17
  13. LA Nature Kids · Santa Monica · Ages 5–12 · $600/week
  14. SM Playhouse Theatre · Santa Monica · Ages 4–15 · $545/week
  15. Westside Ballet — Cinderella · Santa Monica · Ages 4–7 · $500/week
  16. Westside Ballet — Moana · Santa Monica · Ages 4–7 · $500/week
  17. Westside Ballet — Frozen · Santa Monica · Ages 4–7 · $500/week
  18. Westside Ballet — Tinker Bell and Peter Pan · Santa Monica · Ages 4–7 · $500/week
  19. Westside Ballet — Swan Lake · Santa Monica · Ages 4–7 · $500/week
  20. Westside Ballet — Sleeping Beauty · Santa Monica · Ages 4–7 · $500/week

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↘ What to look for

Ask the staff-to-kid ratio (1:8 is the floor for this age band), how they handle nap or quiet time, what their bathroom-help policy looks like, and whether they group strictly by age or mix the 4–5s with older kids in some sessions. If the camp can't give you the ratio off the top of their head, that's the answer.