Summer Camps for ages 4–5 in Portland.
64 camps in Portland accept ages 4–5. Median week: $350; range $300–$400.
Picking a summer camp for a 4–5 year old in Portland 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
- Northwest Children's Theater & School Summer Camp · Downtown Portland · Ages 4–18 · $249/week
- Trackers Earth - Trackers Ultimate Adventure Camp · Sellwood-Brooklyn · Ages 0–8
- Trackers Earth - Basecamp Friends · Sellwood-Brooklyn · Ages 4–5
- Trackers Earth - Basecamp 24 · Sellwood-Brooklyn · Ages 2–4
- Trackers Earth - Archery Rangers · Sellwood-Brooklyn · Ages 3–5
- Trackers Earth - Role-Playing Games · Sellwood-Brooklyn · Ages 3–8
- Trackers Earth - Forest Friends · Sellwood-Brooklyn · Ages 4–5
- Trackers Earth - Rangers Adventure · Sellwood-Brooklyn · Ages 2–8
- Trackers Earth - Rangers Recon · Sellwood-Brooklyn · Ages 2–8
- Trackers Earth - Wilderness Survival · Sellwood-Brooklyn · Ages 2–8
- Trackers Earth - Mariners Adventure · Sellwood-Brooklyn · Ages 2–9
- Trackers Earth - Wilders Ranch · Sellwood-Brooklyn · Ages 2–8
- Trackers Earth - Berry Picking Adventure · Sellwood-Brooklyn · Ages 2–8
- Trackers Earth - Baby Animals · Sellwood-Brooklyn · Ages 2–8
- Trackers Earth - Treasure Hunters · Sellwood-Brooklyn · Ages 2–4
- Trackers Earth - Goblin Market · Sellwood-Brooklyn · Ages 2–4
- Trackers Earth - School of Magic · Sellwood-Brooklyn · Ages 2–5
- Trackers Earth - Realms Role-Playing Day Camp · Sellwood-Brooklyn · Ages 4–8
- Trackers Earth - Spy vs Spy · Sellwood-Brooklyn · Ages 4–5
- Trackers Earth - Outdoor Adventure · Sellwood-Brooklyn · Ages 4–8
↘ 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.