French Camps: Immersion
WISummer French Immersion camps are designed for rising Grades 1-6 campers who already have prior knowledge of French and are ready to engage fully in the language. Grounded in the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP), the immersion experience emphasizes inquiry, creativity, and learning through meaningful hands-on exploration. Campers can choose from two themed programs and dive deeply into their topic through interactive games, creative projects, and immersive activities - all coducted entirely in French. Campers are grouped by age (rising Grades 1-3 and Grades 4-6) to support both social and linguistic development. Immersion campers also spend time with our art and sports specialists, participating in team-building, active play, and creative expression to round out a joyful, well-balanced camp experience. These special activity blocks are taught in a blend of English and French.
WISummer operates Monday-Friday (unless otherwise noted), with core care provided from 8:30 AM-3:30 PM. Families may add optional Extended Day Care until 6:00 PM. Each week features a distinct theme rooted in language acquisition and learning. Families can register for one or multiple weeks (up to six weeks total). Click Here for a sample daily schedule.
Session 1: June 22-26
$550 - Camp Only
$225 - Extended Day
Choose from One of Two Camps
Art & Architecture
This week celebrates art, design, creativity across the French-speaking world. Campers will explore iconic artists, architectural styles, and cultural landmarks. Each day features engaging language learning, woven into painting, model-building, and design activities. Activities could include:
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Impressionist Creations: Paint in the style of Monet or Pissarro, experimenting with color, texture, and light.
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Landmark Builders: Design and construct models of famous structures such as the Eiffel Tower or Citadelle Laferrière.
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Art Explorations: Discover artists from across the French-speaking world, like Gauguin or Josephine Baker, and create original work inspired by theirs.
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French Storytelling & Performance: Write short illustrated stories, and party like a pop-star, participating in karaoke with a French twist.
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And More!
Additionally, all campers will spend time with our sports and art specialists, and will have a fun special event during the week. These additional activities are taught in English, and French. Special events may include water day, field trips, or special guests. Details regarding special events will be emailed before your camp session begins.
Camp World Cup
This week celebrates sportsmanship, teamwork, and global connections through the lens of French-speaking countries and their rich athletic traditions. Campers will train, compete, and create, all in a playful environment. Activities could include:
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Soccer Skills Challenge: Practice dribbling, shooting, passing, footwork, and teamwork through fun games and drills.
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Mini Tournaments: Participate in friendly matches, small-sided games, and cooperative challenges that emphasize strategy and collaboration.
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Team Spirit Creations: Design team flags, jerseys, mascots, and chants inspired by famous players.
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Global Sports: Try out other sports and playground games from around the world such as pétanque, handball, and relay games.
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And More!
Additionally, all campers will spend time with our sports and art specialists, and will have a fun special event during the week. These additional activities are taught in English, and French. Special events may include water day, field trips, or special guests. Details regarding special events will be emailed before your camp session begins.
Session 2: June 29-July 2
(no camp Friday, July 3)
$440 - DIY Maker Space Camp
$480 - Cooking Camp
$180 - Extended Day
Choose from One of Two Camps
DIY & Maker Space
This week is all about innovation, imagination, and hands-on creativity. Campers explore the world of DIY projects and maker space design through open-ended challenges and creative problem solving. They'll learn the steps of the design process and discover inventors, artists, and designers from the French-speaking world. Activities could include:
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Design Challenges: Explore how real designers approach a problem, then put your creativity to the test through engineering and building challenges.
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LED Art: Combine art simple circuitry to create glowing masterpieces and illuminated designs.
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Recycled Art & Inventions: Use everyday and recycled materials to build imaginative inventions, sculptures, or simple machines.
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Up-Cycle Fashion: Transform fabric scraps and other materials into wearable accessories or fashion pieces through hands-on making.
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And More!
Additionally, all campers will spend time with our sports and art specialists, and will have a fun special event during the week. These additional activities are taught in English, and French. Special events may include water day, field trips, or special guests. Details regarding special events will be emailed before your camp session begins.
Cooking
This week is deliciously fun! Young chefs explore the flavors and culinary traditions of French-speaking countries while practicing French in a lively kitchen setting. Activities could include:
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Hands-On Cooking: Prepare recipes such as crêpes, poutine, fondue, or tropical fruit salad.
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Culinary Investigations: Explore where ingredients come from, and learn basic kitchen science like how heat changes food, or why dough rises.
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Creative Menu Design: Craft illustrated menus, recipe cards, or "restaurant boards" to present dishes in French.
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Taste Tests & Food Challenges: Sample new ingredients, explore the 5-flavors, and play tasting games.
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Global Flavors: Try cooking special dishes from Francophone countries like coconut treats from Martinique or maple treats from Québec.
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And More!
Additionally, all campers will spend time with our sports and art specialists, and will have a fun special event during the week. These additional activities are taught in English, and French. Special events may include water day, field trips, or special guests. Details regarding special events will be emailed before your camp session begins.
Session 3: July 6-10
$550 - Camp Only
$225 - Extended Day
Choose from One of Two Camps
Drama & Theatre
This week brings imagination, storytelling, and performance to life. Campers explore the magic of theatre. Along the way, they'll discover famous French-speaking performers and playwrights, learning about their work as they develop, a performance of their own. Activities could include:
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Improv Games: Build confidence, creativity, and quick thinking through fun improvisation challenges.
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Character Creation: Design and original character, develop a backstory, and create simple costumes and props to bring your character to life on stage.
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Life is a Stage: The week culminates in a lively mini-showcase where campers perform short scenes and share their favorite stories and characters with family and friends.
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And More!
Additionally, all campers will spend time with our sports and art specialists, and will have a fun special event during the week. These additional activities are taught in English, and French. Special events may include water day, field trips, or special guests. Details regarding special events will be emailed before your camp session begins.
Media Makers
This week transforms campers into digital creators as they explore the exciting world of multimedia storytelling. Each day highlights a different medium, inviting campers to imagine, design, and produce original stories using both traditional and digital tools. Activities could include:
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Comic Creation: Design unique characters, create comic panels, and practice visual storytelling techniques.
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Story Studio: Build imaginative stories using prompts, games, and collaborative storytelling activities.
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Voice and Sound: Add sound effects, simple audio editing, and narration to bring stories to life.
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Stop Motion Animation: Learn the basics of stop-motion filmmaking, then create your own short animated film.
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And More!
Additionally, all campers will spend time with our sports and art specialists, and will have a fun special event during the week. These additional activities are taught in English, and French. Special events may include water day, field trips, or special guests. Details regarding special events will be emailed before your camp session begins.
Session 4: July 13-17
$550 - Camp Only
$225 - Extended Day
Choose from One of Two Camps
Global Explorers - Around the World
This special week invites campers to "travel" across the French-speaking world discovering the modern-day music, food, sports, traditions, and landmarks that make Francophone culture so vibrant. Activities could include:
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Cultural Passports Create a personalized travel passport and collect a new stamp for each country visited.
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Landmark Builders: Construct models of famous landmarks and design an original landmark of your own.
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Art From Many Places: Experiment with art techniques inspired by French cultures, such as Senegalese textile patterns, Carribbean collage, Canadian Inuit art, or French mosaic design.
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Travel Storytime: Explore folktakes, myths, and picture books from across the French-speaking world, then work together to write your own travel inspired story.
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And More!
Additionally, all campers will spend time with our sports and art specialists, and will have a fun special event during the week. These additional activities are taught in English, and French. Special events may include water day, field trips, or special guests. Details regarding special events will be emailed before your camp session begins.
STEM x Art Studio
Curious minds unite as campers explore where creativity and discovery collide! This week blends hands-on science with expressive art-making. Each day sparks wonder, experimentation, and imagination. Activities could include:
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STEAM Experiments: Create artwork using chemistry, physics, and unexpected reactions like fizzing paint, magnetic designs, or density-inspired color patterns.
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Nature Creations: Use leaves, flowers, water, shadows and natural textures as inspiration for scientific art exploration.
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Color & Light Lab: Experiment with prisms, color mixing, and refraction through vibrant art projects.
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Camera Obscura: Learn about Louis Daguerre and early photography, transform the classroom into a camera, and build your own pinhole camera to explore the science of capturing images.
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And More!
Additionally, all campers will spend time with our sports and art specialists, and will have a fun special event during the week. These additional activities are taught in English, and French. Special events may include water day, field trips, or special guests. Details regarding special events will be emailed before your camp session begins.
Session 5: July 14-18
$600 - Cooking Camp
$550 - Nature & Ecology Camp
$225 - Extended Day
Choose from One of Two Camps
Cooking
This week is deliciously fun! Young chefs explore the flavors and culinary traditions of French-speaking countries while practicing French in a lively kitchen setting. Activities could include:
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Hands-On Cooking: Prepare recipes such as crêpes, poutine, fondue, or tropical fruit salad.
-
Culinary Investigations: Explore where ingredients come from, and learn basic kitchen science like how heat changes food, or why dough rises.
-
Creative Menu Design: Craft illustrated menus, recipe cards, or "restaurant boards" to present dishes in French.
-
Taste Tests & Food Challenges: Sample new ingredients, explore the 5-flavors, and play tasting games.
-
Global Flavors: Try cooking special dishes from Francophone countries like coconut treats from Martinique or maple treats from Québec.
-
And More!
Additionally, all campers will spend time with our sports and art specialists, and will have a fun special event during the week. These additional activities are taught in English, and French. Special events may include water day, field trips, or special guests. Details regarding special events will be emailed before your camp session begins.
Nature & Ecology
This week is for curious minds and outdoor lovers! Campers investigate plants, animals, and ecosystems from French-speaking countries and around the world. They'll learn about conservation, habitats, and environmental stewardship. Activities include:
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Ecosystem Investigations: Conduct mini field studies, identify local species, and compare them to ecosystems in Francophone regions such as the Congo Basin, Madagascar, or the Apls,
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Gardening & Sustainability: Plant herbs or pollinators, explore composting, and investigate how climate shapes agriculture.
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Hands-On Experiments: Build simple food webs, model the water cycle, explore erosion, or create small terrariums.
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Creative Crafts: Create animal adaptations using craft materials and design your own species for a specific biome.
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And More!
Additionally, all campers will spend time with our sports and art specialists, and will have a fun special event during the week. These additional activities are taught in English, and French. Special events may include water day, field trips, or special guests. Details regarding special events will be emailed before your camp session begins.
Session 6: July 21-25
$550 - Camp Only
$225 - Extended Day
Choose from One of Two Camps
Art & Architecture
This week celebrates art, design, creativity across the French-speaking world. Campers will explore iconic artists, architectural styles, and cultural landmarks. Each day features engaging language learning, woven into painting, model-building, and design activities. Activities could include:
-
Impressionist Creations: Paint in the style of Monet or Pissarro, experimenting with color, texture, and light.
-
Landmark Builders: Design and construct models of famous structures such as the Eiffel Tower or Citadelle Laferrière.
-
Art Explorations: Discover artists from across the French-speaking world, like Gauguin or Josephine Baker, and create original work inspired by theirs.
-
French Storytelling & Performance: Write short illustrated stories, and party like a pop-star, participating in karaoke with a French twist.
-
And More!
Additionally, all campers will spend time with our sports and art specialists, and will have a fun special event during the week. These additional activities are taught in English, and French. Special events may include water day, field trips, or special guests. Details regarding special events will be emailed before your camp session begins.
Global Explorers - Time Travelers
This week transports campers through time and across continents as they explore how French-speaking cultures have grown and changed from the Middle Ages to present day. Campers become historians uncovering the past. Activities could include:
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Medieval France: Build simple castles, design a family crest, try "training games", and explore legends and storytelling from the Middle Ages.
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World History Connections: Explore historical moments from Francophone history through crafts, games, and map-based activities.
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Creative History Crafts: Create aged maps, mini "museum exhibits", historical souvenirs, costume accessories, or artifacts inspired by different eras.
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And More!
Additionally, all campers will spend time with our sports and art specialists, and will have a fun special event during the week. These additional activities are taught in English, and French. Special events may include water day, field trips, or special guests. Details regarding special events will be emailed before your camp session begins.