Summer Program
Kids’ Corner’s Summer Program upholds the same safe, engaging, caring and values-driven environment, coupled with a fun-loving, learning-filled atmosphere that has been central to the Kids’ Corner Out-of-School Time Program for over 40 years.
Summer Program Information:
Typical daily schedule:
At drop off, if the weather is lovely (which we always hope for), we have outdoor free play where the kids have unstructured outdoor time to play basketball, four space, soccer, play with chalk, and play with their friends. If the weather is unfavorable, we will have indoor free play inside of our respective classrooms. Each classroom has a set of toys, games, and art activities to choose from.
After free play, the kids engage in enrichment programs Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. These enrichments change weekly. They have included activities such as top-secret science experiments, karate, hip-hop dance, gymnastics, art, sports, theater & music. Most of these enrichments are taught by local outside instructors, and occasionally our seasoned staff.
After engaging in enrichments, the children take a break and have a little more indoor/outdoor free play time. We also then take a break for lunch.
Afternoon activities include off-site excursions, which have included trips to Atlantis Sports Club (an indoor swim facility), Winchester Indoor Tennis Center, local splash parks, and a Kids’ Corner’s favorite–‘projects’ (small project-based activities which range from art, to sports, to science, and more), where kids can sign up for their preferred activity for an afternoon session.
Every Wednesday, (weather permitting), the whole program enjoys an all-day field trip, which have previously included trips to Southwick Zoo, beaches/playgrounds such as Stage Fort Park, Castle Island, Nelson Beach, Spectacle Island, Hampton Beach State Park, and more! If the weather is not favorable, we do fun activities on site such as a big indoor hide and seek game, or a special movie day with special snacks. These activities and field trips change weekly as well.
On Thursday afternoons, the whole program takes part in either program-wide theme party days (that include different fun themed art/sports stations to visit and rotate through) or a special performer (we've had animal shows, magic shows, science performers, etc). These activities rotate weekly as well.
Friday afternoons, weather permitting, we do a big water play session outside with water squirters, and an inflatable water slide, or the kids take a trip to the splash park. We end our afternoons followed by a visit from the ice cream truck!
Grades: K- 5
Classrooms: We split the children by grade completed into 4 classrooms. The Kindergarten Room, the 1st Grade Room, the 2nd Grade Room and the 3rd-5th Grade Room.
Student-Teacher Ratio: 8:1 to 10:1
Full weeks for 2026:
July 6 - July 10
July 13 - July 17
July 20 - July 24
July 27 - July 31
August 3 - August 7
August 10 - August 14
August 17 - August 21
August 24 - August 28
Times: 9am-5pm
*During full weeks, we offer an early drop-off option at 8am for $20/week and late pick-up option at 6pm for $20/week.
Cost:
Full Week - $464/week, 9am-5pm
June Vacation Bridge Week: This is usually a half week program to bridge the gap between when school ends and our Summer Program begins.
Cost of June Vacation Bridge Week: $110/day
Check back in March 2026 for dates!
Registration:
We release our Summer Program & KC Xtreme program registration in waves.
First wave: December 1, 2025 8am until January 1, 2026 5pm. Registration opens first to our current after school families only and those families will be notified via email when registration has launched.
Second wave: January 2, 2026 8am until January 6, 2026 5pm. Registration opens to our previous years’ attendees. These families will be notified via email from Constant Contact when registration has launched. There will be a private link sent to you, so you may not see the option to register below. Please also check your spam folder for the email. Should you have any issues, please connect with our Development & Marketing Director, Becky - Becky@kidscornerwinchester.org
Third wave: January 7, 2026 8am. Registration opens to the public. We send out an email to all contacts signed up for our mailing list. Sign up here to be notified!
Tips on registering:
When registering, you will be signing up your child for the classroom that they have just completed in the 2025-2026 school year. For example, if your son will be completing kindergarten in 2026, please select the Kindergarten (K Room) classroom. If your daughter will be completing 4th grade, sign up for the 3rd-5th grade classroom. All registration is done on Sawyer.
Also, due to a high volume of website traffic on registration day, you may experience slowness on the Sawyer website. We request help from Sawyer, but technical issues sometimes arise. We appreciate your patience with this .
What is Sawyer? Sawyer is the website that we use that has online registration for our enrichments, programs and events. Making an account for your family is easy and free. Once you have created your profile, you can sign up for our programs and pay using your credit card on your account.
Kids’ Corner’s Cancellation/Transfer Policies for Summer Program & KC Xtreme:
(Effective 12/1/2024)
Commitment Day is April 1st. Cancellations requests received BEFORE April 1st will result in a full refund minus a 10%cancellation fee for each session canceled.
Cancellation requests received after April 1st will be considered on a case-by-case basis. If approved, the refund will be subject to a 10% cancellation fee for each session canceled.
No refunds will be issued for cancellations after May 15th. No exceptions.
No refunds will be issued for absences, delayed attendance/late arrival, or dismissal from the registered program.
Any and all transfers are subject to availability.
No transfer requests will be granted after May 15th. No exceptions.