day camp

noun

: a camp where children spend the day and then return home at the end of the day

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Cindy Edwards, interim parks and recreation director, said the camp just wrapped up its eight sessions of day camp on weekdays that host upward of 100 children ages 8-14. Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025 In 2019, Izzy Cicirello was 13 and, like a lot of other middle schoolers, packed off to a summer day camp. Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025 One of the nonprofit's educational resources is the Pathways of Promise Early Childhood Learning Center, which serves children up to age 5 and offers a free after-school literacy program for students in grades 1-8 as well as a summer day camp with meals and field trips. Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 10 Aug. 2025 Last year, my 11-year-old son Sam participated in a summer day camp focused on robotics and hands-on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) projects. Kerry McDonald, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for day camp

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“Day camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20camp. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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