Summer Camp at Happy Valley Children’s Ranch
Step into the excitement of Happy Valley Children’s Ranch Summer Camp! Engage your child in an enriching outdoor adventure filled with age-appropriate nature and science activities. Our meticulously planned day camp guarantees a harmonious blend of energy and creativity. Your young camper will acquire new skills, form enduring friendships, and carry home a trove of adventure stories. Information on 2025 camp options will be available in early 2025.
Preschool Summer Camp (Ages 3 – 6)
Happy Valley Children’s Ranch is excited to offer Summer Camp. Have your child join us for an outdoor adventure filled with nature and science activities. Our summer day camp is specifically themed and programmed for campers ages 3-6 to match their energy and apply their creativity. At Happy Valley Children’s Ranch Summer Camp, your camper will develop new skills, make new friends, and bring home countless stories to share with you about their day. A healthy snack including a fruit and veggie will be provided along with water throughout the day. (If you have a student older than 6 please see below for our “big” kid summer camp offering).
Yoga camp is also an option for preschoolers, but is only available in July. This will look a lot like normal preschool camp, but include a 45 min yoga session with a certified yoga instructor from Gray Yoga. Big kids are also invited to attend this camp.
As an add-on to Preschool Summer Camp this year, we are offering a 15 minute handwriting session with our occupational therapist Sara Hill. Each class will meet at the end of each morning session and the beginning of each afternoon session – based on the camp you sign up for. Class sizes are expected to be approximately 4-5 students and capped at 8. The cost for 6-15 minute sessions is $75.
Campers will enjoy a variety of hands-on activities including pony rides, science experiments, crafts, themed pretend play, and outdoor games. There are also some very special things planned:
- Fun with our Happy Valley Farm Friends! The children will love riding our miniature horses: Sky, Trixie, Rocket, Taz, and Orbit. They will also spend time with our farm friends: Daisy and Otis (Goats), and Pigger Allan Poe (Pig).
- Water Days! (2 per session) – Two days filled with playing in the sprinkles, sliding down our inflatable water slides, kiddie pools, and water tables for children to experiment with and enjoy!
- “In-House” Field Trips – Where the field trip comes to Happy Valley! – This year, in June we will have a tie-dye day and a visit from the Aquarium – Shark Sensation. Bring your own white t-shirt, or order one from us for $10. In July, we have a visit from a local bread maker where the kids will make their own bread and butter, and the Aquarium again – Habitat Highlights.
Summer camps run for 3 hours each, 2 days per week. These classes are offered in the mornings and afternoons on Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday.
June Session – June 9-26
July Session – July 7-24
For more detailed information on our class schedule, please click HERE.
Please note that we are closed on June 19th for Juneteenth Day. The price for Tuesday/Thursday camps during the June session reflects this closure.
Summer camp is $425 per session with an optional $10 fee if you would like to order a white Happy Valley T-shirt for Tie-Dye Day – if you’re attending the June session.
If you choose the Tuesday/Thursday option in the June session, your fee is only $375 due to Happy Valley being closed on Juneteenth.
A deposit of $200 is due at the time of registration to hold your spot.
Want a Discount??? Students who register for both the June and July Sessions will receive $50 off the total cost of both sessions. Students must be registered for both camps by April 1st.
(Yoga Camp is also open to Preschoolers. This camp is $525 and includes a 45 min yogi session each day of camp. These classes will be lead by an instructor from Gray Yoga – a local yoga studio based in Old Towne.)
Summer camp registration will open to the general public on February 19 at 10 am.
Want to register sooner??? Join our mailing list – that automatically adds you to our priority registration group and allows you to register on the 12th. A link for this will be emailed to you on the 12th at 10 am. See form at bottom of the page.
“Big” Kid Summer Camp (Ages 7-10)
Happy Valley is offering “big kid” camp again in 2025! While this camp has a similar feel to our preschool camp – campers spend significantly more time with the ponies – learning equestrian basics, grooming, and tack – and other activities are enhanced to be age appropriate for older campers.
Yoga camp is also an option for big kids, but is only available in July. Rather than learning about the ponies, this camp offers a 45 min yoga session with a certified yoga instructor from Gray Yoga. Younger campers are also invited to attend this camp.
As an add-on to Big Kid Camp this year, we are offering a 15 minute handwriting session with our occupational therapist Sara Hill. Each class will meet at the end of each morning session and the beginning of each afternoon session – based on the camp you sign up for. Class sizes are expected to be approximately 4-5 students and capped at 8. The cost for 6-15 minute sessions is $75.
Campers will enjoy a variety of hands-on activities including animal care, science experiments, and themed crafts/games. While this will have a very similar to our preschool summer camps, activities are more age-appropriate with a significant emphasize on the animals – including how to clean hooves, saddle and unsaddle a pony, braid manes, basic grooming, and pony knowledge. The last day of camp will include painting the ponies and a visit from a full size horse.
This is a great opportunity for former Happy Valley students to return to the school but not feel like they are doing “little” kid activities. Groups will be limited to 10 children – 2 kids per pony – allowing for more direct participation in animal care activities.
Big kid camp participates in all “in-house” field trips and water days mentioned with preschool camp.
(Please note that due to the small size of our ponies – pony rides are not planned for this age group).
Summer camps run for 3 hours and 10 minutes each, 2 days per week. These classes are offered in the mornings and afternoons on Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday.
June Session – June 9-26
July Session – July 7-24
For more detailed information on our class schedule, please click HERE.
Please note that we are closed on June 19th for Juneteenth Day. The price for Tuesday/Thursday camps during the June session reflects this closure.
Summer camp is $550 per session with an optional $10 fee if you would like to order a white Happy Valley T-shirt for Tie-Dye Day – if you’re attending the June session.
If you choose the Tuesday/Thursday option in the June session, your fee is only $460 due to Happy Valley being closed on Juneteenth.
A deposit of $200 is due at the time of registration to hold your spot.
Want a Discount??? Students who register for both the June and July Sessions will receive $50 off the total cost of both sessions. Students must be registered for both camps by April 1st.
(Yoga Camp is also open to Big Kids. This camp is $525 and includes a 45 min yogi session each day of camp. These classes will be lead by an instructor from Gray Yoga – a local yoga studio based in Old Towne. The yoga camp will more closely mirror our standard preschool summer camp.)
Summer camp registration will open to the general public on February 19 at 10 am.
Want to register sooner??? Join our mailing list – that automatically adds you to our priority registration group and allows you to register on the 12th. A link for this will be emailed to you on the 12th at 10 am. See the form at the bottom of the page.
Yoga Summer Camp (Ages 3-10)
Join us for a fun-filled and rejuvenating experience at our brand new Yoga Camp – hosted in the serene and beautiful backyard of Happy Valley! Guided by the expert instructors from Gray Yoga in Olde Town Arvada, participants will enjoy 45-minute yoga sessions designed to stretch, strengthen, and relax the body and mind. (Campers will still participate in our typical camp activities – see below under program activities for more details.)
As an add-on to all summer camps this year, we are offering a 15 minute handwriting session with our occupational therapist Sara Hill. As Yoga Camp is an afternoon camp, each handwriting session will meet 15 minutes before the start of camp. Class sizes are expected to be approximately 4-5 students and capped at 8. The cost for 6-15 minute sessions is $75.
Yoga camp runs for 3 hours, 2 days per week on Tuesday and Thursday, July 8th – July 31st.
For more detailed information on our other class schedules, please click HERE.
Campers will enjoy so many activities including 45 minute yoga sessions lead by yoga instructors from Gray Yoga, science experiments, and themed crafts/games. Our yoga camp will not include pony rides, but campers will still have opportunities to feed and interact with the animals.
Yoga camp also participates in water days, a visit from the aquarium, bread making, and lawn games with our traditional summer camp.
Yoga camp is $525 for a session. Yoga camp is only offered July 8th-July 31st and meets every Tuesday and Thursday from 12:00-3:00 .
Summer camp registration will open to the general public on February 19 at 10 am.
Want to register sooner??? Join our mailing list – that automatically adds you to our priority registration group and allows you to register on the 12th. A link for this will be emailed to you on the 12th at 10 am. See the form at the bottom of the page.
