Full Day Camp Near Portland, Maine
Roots Summer Camp is designed to feel grounded, joyful, and unrushed - the way summer should. Families may choose one week or multiple weeks, with each week intentionally designed to stand on its own while offering consistency and care across June and July.
Our days are spent primarily outdoors, where children build relationships with one another and with the place itself. The campus, nearby woods, and outdoor spaces act as co-teachers as children observe, wonder, create, and build. Each week follows a predictable, comforting rhythm that allows children to settle in quickly, feel safe, and engage deeply — whether it’s their first week at Roots or their fifth.
Throughout the summer, weeks alternate between Arts & Theater studios and STEM studios using LEGO Education, offering children different ways to explore and express their thinking. Arts weeks invite storytelling, movement, sound, and visual art inspired by the natural world, while STEM weeks focus on hands-on science and engineering challenges rooted in real environmental conditions like wind, water, gravity, and terrain.
While the focus shifts week to week, place remains the common thread. Children encounter familiar spaces through new lenses, as artists, performers, engineers, and designers ensuring that each week feels complete, engaging, and accessible, while longer-term campers experience growing depth and confidence over time.
Wanderers
4.5yo (rising Kindergartner) to 6.5yo
Monday - Friday | 8:45am to 3pm
$450 / Weekly
Wayfinders
7yo to 11yo
Includes weekly off campus adventure
Monday - Friday | 8:45am to 3pm
$450 / Weekly
Place Based Enrichment
Place based camp programs at Roots aim to develop a sense of wonder and respect for the world around us and appreciation of our role in it by helping children make meaningful connections to their community through movement, play, art, and real world hands-on exploration.
Roots Studio: Ukulele and Visual Arts (Ages 8–12)
This small-group camp (limited to six students, ages 8–12) invites children to develop foundational ukulele skills while exploring visual art in a thoughtful, supportive setting.
Led by Hannah Morrow — multi-instrumentalist, Roots K- 8 music educator, and Upper Elementary teacher — students will build confidence with chords, rhythm, and strumming patterns, and may begin experimenting with simple songwriting. Instruction is responsive to individual experience levels, making the camp appropriate for both beginners and developing players.
Time outdoors is integrated throughout the week. Students will walk to nearby beaches and local land trusts, bringing instruments and sketchbooks along as they observe, reflect, and create. The natural setting becomes part of the artistic process, encouraging careful listening, close looking, and creative risk-taking.
With a small enrollment and an emphasis on process, collaboration, and skill development, the week offers both structure and space for creative growth.
Ideal for learners ready for a summer that feels meaningful, creative, and connected.
Investment: $350/week
(includes all excursions, instruments for use during camp, and art materials)
Week 1
Ukulele and Art Camp
Week of June 15
Week 2
Ukulele and Art Camp
Week of June 22
Week 3
Ukulele and Art Camp
Week of June 29
2026 Summer Camp Registration
Registration for all camps opens at 7am on Monday, January 5th!