Steve & Kate’s Camp – Lincoln Park

Wow! Talk about getting it right. The whole concept of this camp down to every detail is genius. The schedule is extremely flexible. It is a gift to working parents and busy families. I sent my 7yr old son periodically throughout the entire summer. I ended up cutting my daily costs by eventually purchasing 20 days. Believe it or not, once you are registered online you can just show up any day you want as little or as often as you need. The food was great (my junk food loving picky eater was totally happy) and healthy. I always felt good about what he was eating and loved not having to pack a lunch. The staff was amazing. Emily is the head of the location we went to. She was extremely professional. All of the counselors were very professional and also very loving and fun. Many were college and grad students on break. The drop off and pick up could not have been easier, My cousins sent their kids to the Lakeview location for a week and were also very happy. I would definitely recommend this camp to anyone.

My four year old daughter loved her experience. I loved the flexible hours and the ease of use. I was concerned with the structure of the camp. My daughter is use to having an agenda to follow during her normal pre-​school days, the ability for her to choose what she wants to do has been an excellent experience and the camp has many fun activities. She enjoys bringing home breads that she has made. Ms. Emily has been excellent to work with. She returns phone calls and answers questions with a high level of professionalism. We will be back.

My daughter is finishing up her first summer as a Kinder camper at Steve & Kate’s Lincoln Park. I’m amazed at what a four year old can accomplish. I was a bit worried that some of the activities were geared toward older kids, but she’s sewn a little pillow (that she sleeps with every night) and even made a little video. Because of our summer schedule, she’s been attending just two days a week; we were a tad worried it would be difficult for her to make friends, but after a week or so, she came home happy to report all of her activities with her new friends. We love the flexibility of the days /​hours, and they’ll even refund the days you don’t use at the end of the summer. Emily and the staff are great! My daughter will be a bit sad next week when camp ends, but she’s already talking about returning next summer!

Well my daughters just finished another great summer at Steve & Kate’s Camp. My five year old was in tears multiple times the last few weeks because she knew it was coming to an end. Once again a great experience and a terrific group of counselors. My biggest struggle was getting them into the car at the end of each day because they needed to finish «just one more thing».

We pulled our daughter out of this camp because they have severe lice issues going on. We know of four separate incidents that happened over 4 – 6 weeks. They only notified us of one incident, and the other three we found out because we know the parents of the kids. One was infected twice over the summer. Luckily our daughter was spared the little bugs. I know kids can get lice anywhere but they seem to have an infestation that is not being properly taken care of.
Also, she came home with sunburn on her shoulders one day and another day she had spray sunscreen all in her hair. When we asked her how that happened she said she just did it herself. Apparently they let 5-​year olds apply their own sunscreen.
As far as the program, our daughter liked it, but they let the kids do whatever they want each day so she did the same things every day. We knew this going in and we decided to give it a shot. Not sure she really learned a lot at this camp. I really do not think we will be going back.