Summer Camps for ages 4–5 in Durham.
53 camps in Durham accept ages 4–5. Median week: $125.
Picking a summer camp for a 4–5 year old in Durham 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
- Camp Invention - Durham, NC · Durham · Ages 5–11 · $285/week
- Durham School of the Arts - Camp Invention: Spark · Durham School of the Arts · Ages 5–12
- Sandy Ridge Visual & Performing Arts Elementary School - Camp Invention: Spark · Sandy Ridge Visual & Performing Arts Elementary School · Ages 5–12
- Bull City Blazers Summer Camp · 2008 East Club Blvd · Ages 5–12
- Durham Parks and Recreation Youth Summer Camps · Multiple Locations · Ages 5–12 · $157/week
- Youth Summer Camp at I. R. Holmes, Sr. Recreation Center · Campus Hills · Ages 5–12 · $157/week
- Youth Summer Camp at Edison Johnson Recreation Center · Edison Johnson Recreation Center · Ages 5–12 · $157/week
- Youth Summer Camp at Walltown Recreation Center · Walltown · Ages 5–12 · $157/week
- Youth Summer Camp at W.D. Hill Recreation Center · W.D. Hill Recreation Center · Ages 5–12 · $157/week
- Art Buzz Kids at Wine & Design Durham · Durham · Ages 5–12
- Unify Athletics · Durham · Ages 3–18
- Piedmont Wildlife Center Summer Camps · Durham, Raleigh, Chapel Hill · Ages 5–15 · $350/week
- Pearsontown Elementary School - Camp Invention: Spark · Pearsontown Elementary School - Camp Invention: Spark · Ages 5–12
- Durham Youth Summer Camp at I. R. Holmes, Sr. Recreation Center at Campus Hills · I. R. Holmes, Sr. Recreation Center at Campus Hills · Ages 5–12 · $125/week
- Durham Youth Summer Camp at I. R. Holmes, Sr. Recreation Center at Campus Hills · I. R. Holmes, Sr. Recreation Center at Campus Hills · Ages 5–12 · $125/week
- Durham Youth Summer Camp at I. R. Holmes, Sr. Recreation Center at Campus Hills · I. R. Holmes, Sr. Recreation Center at Campus Hills · Ages 5–12 · $125/week
- Durham Youth Summer Camp at I. R. Holmes, Sr. Recreation Center at Campus Hills · I. R. Holmes, Sr. Recreation Center at Campus Hills · Ages 5–12 · $125/week
- Durham Youth Summer Camp at I. R. Holmes, Sr. Recreation Center at Campus Hills · I. R. Holmes, Sr. Recreation Center at Campus Hills · Ages 5–12 · $125/week
- Durham Youth Summer Camp at I. R. Holmes, Sr. Recreation Center at Campus Hills · I. R. Holmes, Sr. Recreation Center at Campus Hills · Ages 5–12 · $125/week
- Durham Youth Summer Camp at I. R. Holmes, Sr. Recreation Center at Campus Hills · I. R. Holmes, Sr. Recreation Center at Campus Hills · Ages 5–12 · $125/week
↘ 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.
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