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Sunhouse Camps cost $500 for a child's first week and $425 for every week after it, with no GST added. For one child, two weeks are $925, four weeks are $1,775, and all 8 weeks are $3,475. Siblings save 10%.

Yes, every Sunhouse week is booked on its own, and families take anywhere from one week to all 8.

Sunhouse registration fees are non-refundable once paid, including for sick days, missed days, and days cancelled for weather, except in special circumstances we decide are fair. You can move to another week only if that week has space.

Yes, Sunhouse takes 10% off for every additional child. Each child is priced on their own weeks, and the discount comes off the smaller bookings, so the child with the most weeks pays full price.

Sunhouse Camps are for children ages 5 to 8. Your child needs to be at least 4 years and 10 months old on the first day of each week they attend, and the booking checks this from their birthday. The range is by design, and our 6:1 ratio is built for it.

Yes, Sunhouse runs full days, 9 AM to 3 PM, for children from age 5. Many camps for this age run half days; ours is a full day outside, with rest, snack, and lunch built into the rhythm so younger children keep their energy.

Eight weeks, Monday to Friday, from July 5 to August 27, 2027. Camp runs 9 AM to 3 PM, with drop-off between 8:50 and 9:00 AM.

Sunhouse Camps' home base is Trout Lake, in John Hendry Park in East Vancouver, and it runs every summer. We are adding more parks for 2027, announced in late 2026, and the early bird list hears first.

Sunhouse registration opens to the early bird list first, then to everyone in January 2027. Groups are small by design and popular weeks fill early, so the early bird list is the way to get first choice.

Every Sunhouse day follows the same rhythm, and the theme changes each week. After drop-off at 8:50, the group leaves together on a nature walk, then moves into sport and tree climbing. Snack and a story come at 10:30, followed by child-led sensory play in the mud kitchen. Lunch is at 12:30. In the afternoon an educator leads a guided group activity, like an experiment, a bigger craft or a build, and the day ends with a closing circle at 2:45 before pickup.

Along the way children practise the social side of growing up: working in teams, saying how they feel, and solving problems together.

Hands-on outdoor STEM runs through the day, as children:

• Prototype ideas and revise their designs
• Explore balance, weight, structure, and motion
• Collaborate to solve building challenges
• Transform loose parts into imaginative creations

No, Sunhouse is fully outdoors. Every hour of camp, from drop-off to pickup, happens outside in the park.

Sunhouse camp runs rain or shine, and children come dressed for West Coast weather, which builds resilience and a real connection with the outdoors. We change plans only for dangerous storms, extreme heat, or poor air quality from wildfire smoke, following our safety protocols.

Sunhouse is a full outdoor day in summer, in small groups at 6:1, with every educator trained in one documented approach, The Sunhouse Method. Community centre camps are general recreation, usually with larger groups and more time indoors. Forest schools usually run year-round, child-led, with the same group for months.