2025 STEAM Summer Camps
Inspiring, hands-on half-day camps designed for curious young minds to explore math, science, and creativity through exciting games, collaborative problem-solving, and meaningful projects. Every session blends learning and fun in a supportive environment that encourages curiosity, creativity, and confidence. Our summer camps are carefully crafted to help children thrive socially and intellectually while having an unforgettable time.
What Makes Our STEAM Camps Special?
Our unique 3-day camps are designed for K–5th grade students to discover the fun in STEM through hands-on play, critical thinking, and creativity.
Led by certified educators Jonathan Payne and Victoria Dixon, each camp includes exciting games, science experiments, and design challenges.
Let's Play Games!
(K-2nd)
Dates: June 16–18, 2025
Time: 9am-12pm
Grades: Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
Location: 910 W. Loop 1604 N, San Antonio, TX 78251
Description: Young campers explore math and logic through playful classics like Monopoly Jr., Connect 4, and Rock-Paper-Scissors. Guided by certified teachers, kids will learn and apply logic, probability, subitizing, and other skills while having fun and growing their confidence.
Your Child Will:
- Understand probability, patterns, and logic
- Practice graphing and number sequencing
- Explore gravity, tension, and energy transfer
- Work with a team to remix their own game
Let's Play Games!
(3rd-5th)
Dates: June 23-25, 2025
Time: 9am-12pm
Grades: 3rd-5th
Location: 910 W. Loop 1604 N, San Antonio, TX 78251
Description:Older campers will sharpen critical thinking and math skills through exciting games like Monopoly, The Game of Life, Jenga, domino topples, and Rock-Paper-Scissors. They'll turn playful competition into a higher chance of winning.
Your Child Will:
- Deepen understanding of probability, logical strategies, and decision-making
- Investigate physics principles like energy transfer, friction, and tension
- Innovate with a remixed game design
Super Problem Solvers
(K-2nd)
Dates: July 14-16, 2025
Time: 9am-12pm
Grades: Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
Location: 910 W. Loop 1604 N, San Antonio, TX 78251
Description: Give your child a heroic boost in math, science, and teamwork as they tackle fun, superhero-themed challenges. Campers will apply key math skills and science topics to help our super friends save the day! This camp provides an engaging, real-world context to key skills taught in schools, while combating summer learning loss!
Your Child Will:
- Strengthen early math skills in number sense and addition/subtraction fluency
- Hands on activities with science skills, like force, energy, and density (or particles).
- Practice teamwork through exciting missions
- Spark imagination with hands-on fun
Super Problem Solvers
(3rd-5th)
Dates: July 21-23, 2025
Time: 9am-12pm
Grades: 3rd-5th
Location: 910 W. Loop 1604 N, San Antonio, TX 78251
Description: Give your child a heroic boost in math, science, and teamwork as they tackle fun, superhero-themed challenges. Older campers will dive deeper into grade-specific math and science skills.This camp provides an engaging, real-world context to key skills taught in schools, while combating summer learning loss!
Your Child Will:
- Tackle fun STEAM challenges
- Apply division skills, multiplication and division fact fluency, and key fraction skills
- Hands on activities with motion, force, friction, and more!
Pricing and Bundels
Smart Bundles. Big Smiles. Bigger Impact.
Our camps spark curiosity and build confidence through hands-on discovery, movement, and joyful problem-solving. Whether your child is STEM-curious or STEM-savvy, we meet them where they are—and move them forward.
Each camp is a 3-day morning session (Monday–Wednesday, 9AM–12PM), packed with exciting challenges, creative projects, and collaborative games that make learning unforgettable.
Multiple Camps = More Fun + More Savings
The more camps your child attends, the more they grow—and the more you save! We’ve already baked in the bundle discounts, so no code needed.
Sibling Discount Available:
Registering more than one of your children? Enjoy 10% off each child’s camp tuition!
1 Camp Experience – $175
Secure a spot for your child in one of our exciting 3-day STEAM camps. Each camp features hands-on challenges, creative games, and take-home discoveries they’ll be talking about all summer.
2 Camp Experiences – $325
💰 Save $25!
Double the discovery! Enroll in any two 3-day camps and give your child even more time to build STEAM confidence, unlock creativity, and make new friends—all while saving money.
3 Camp Experiences – $385
Save $145!
Stretch their STEAM muscles across three unforgettable camps. With every session, your child gains new skills in problem-solving, design thinking, and collaborative creativity—plus memories they’ll carry beyond summer.
4 Camp Experiences – $515
Save $185!
Go all in! Enroll in the full summer lineup of all four camps for the richest, most dynamic experience. Your child will explore the full spectrum of STEAM—math, science, movement, and design—while growing in confidence, leadership, and lifelong curiosity.
Meet Your Teachers
Behind every unforgettable camp experience is a team of passionate educators who care deeply about your child’s growth. At The Innovative Mind Lab, our instructors bring years of classroom experience, creativity, and joy to every session. With backgrounds in STEAM education, math leadership, and hands-on learning, they create a space where curiosity is celebrated, confidence is built, and learning feels like an adventure.
Jonathan Payne
Jonathan is a certified educator with over 15 years of experience in education. He specializes in hands-on, project-based learning that inspires curiosity and creativity. As a classroom teacher and camp founder, he believes every child can thrive when given the tools to explore, build, and problem-solve.
Victoria Dixon
Victoria is a math staff development teacher with 14+ years of experience in the classroom and curriculum writing. Her mission is to make math meaningful, joyful, and confidence-building. When she’s not leading math lessons or mentoring teachers, she’s building marble runs and domino courses with her son.
Letty Payne
Letty brings heart and organization to The Innovative Mind Lab. She teaches science and project-based learning to homeschoolers, and serves as Treasurer for the nonprofit Four Branches. Her background in sociology fuels her passion for helping kids grow through curiosity, community, and creativity.
Why Choose Our STEAM Camps?
At our STEAM camps, children embark on a captivating journey through the interconnected worlds of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. Our inventive curriculum leverages readily available materials, allowing participants to create take-home projects they can proudly showcase and continue to explore.
Value Beyond Camp Hours
Our activities are thoughtfully designed to extend learning and creativity beyond camp hours. Each project aims to ignite a lifelong passion for STEAM and critical thinking, providing skills and knowledge that children can build upon at home.
Ignite Their Potential
Children leave our camps filled with enthusiasm and new insights, equipped to view the world with the curiosity of budding scientists, engineers, and artists. They'll share exciting tales of their projects, from constructing innovative gadgets to creating artistic masterpieces, fostering not just knowledge but also friendships and a vibrant appreciation for the wonders of STEAM.
Celebrate Creativity and Innovation!
Imagine the joy in your child's eyes as they share their camp accomplishments, transforming simple materials into extraordinary creations. Each session is a commitment to their growth, nurturing essential skills like problem-solving, collaboration, and analytical thinking.
Explore Our YouTube Channel
Dive into a world of fun and engaging educational content on our YouTube channel! From hands-on STEAM projects to our incredibly catchy Skip-Counting Songs, we've created resources that make learning both enjoyable and effective. Whether you're a parent, teacher, or student, our videos are designed to spark curiosity and creativity.
Download Our Skip-Counting Songs
Get ready to master multiplication with our complete set of Skip-Counting Songs! These catchy tunes cover skip counting all the way up to the 15's, making them the perfect tool for helping kids reinforce their math skills. For just $5, you can download the entire collection and enjoy learning anywhere, anytime—no internet connection required!
Make a Difference: Support Our Campers
Join our mission to enrich the lives of young learners by clicking the "Support Our Campers" button. Your contribution helps us provide a diverse group of children with access to high-quality STEAM education and an unforgettable summer camp experience. Every donation empowers us to offer more scholarships, enhance our educational programs, and nurture the innovators and leaders of tomorrow. Together, we can create a brighter future for our campers and build a supportive community around them.