Camp Activities
Maine Camps provide a robust offering of land and watersports, performing and creative arts, and outdoor adventures taught by experts in their fields. At MCE Camps a child can play sports one activity period, then sail across a beautiful lake the next. Campers can scale a climbing tower, and later hone their artistic skills in a crafts studio or performing arts center. Children at Maine Camps discover talents they never knew they had.
Activities from A to Z
There are more than 100 awesome activities at MCE camps.
- Aerobics, Archery, Arts & Crafts
- Baseball, Backpacking, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Book Club
- Campcraft, Candle Making, Canoeing, Ceramics, Cheerleading, Circus Arts, Climbing Wall, Community Service, Computer Animation, Crew, Cross Country Running, Culinary Arts
- Dance, Digital Photography, Drama
- Ecology, ESL
- Fencing, Field Hockey, Fishing, Fitness, Frisbee, Frisbee Golf, Football
- Gaga Ball, Golf, Gymnastics
- Hiking, Horseback Riding
- Intercamp Games, Improv Comedy
- Jewelry Making, Junior Maine Guide Program
- Kayaking, Knee Boarding
- Lacrosse, Library
- Metalsmithing, Mountain Biking, Music Lessons, Music Production
- Newcomb, Newspaper, Ninja Warrior Courses
- Olympics, Outdoor Living Skills, Overnight Camping
- Paddle Boarding, Painting, Pilates, Photography (darkroom)
- Quality time with friends, Quiz Bowl (trivia!), Quiet time in the cabin, Quilting
- Radio, Reading Period, Riflery, Rocketry, Rollerblading, Roller Hockey, Ropes Course, Rock Climbing
- Sailing (recreational & racing), SCUBA diving, Sewing, Skateboarding, Soccer, Softball, Spinning Studio, Street Hockey, Swimming
- Theater (acting, costuming, stage makeup, tech), Tennis, Tetherball, Track & Field, Tubing, Tutoring, Trip Days
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Video & Film Making, Voice Lessons, Volleyball
- Wakeboarding, Water Polo, Water Skiing, Web Design, Windsurfing, Woodworking
- X Games
- Yearbook, Yoga
- Zumba
Sample Schedule
Morning
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 7:30 | Reveille/Morning Wake up |
| 8:00 | Flagpole/Morning Meeting |
| 8:30 | Breakfast |
| 8:45 | Cabin Cleanup |
| 9:00 | Activity Period 1 |
| 10:00 | Activity Period 2 |
| 10:55 | Snack |
| 11:00 | Activity Period 3 |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
Afternoon
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 1:00 | Rest Hour |
| 2:00 | Activity Period 4 |
| 3:00 | Activity Period 5 |
| 4:00 | Activity Period 6 |
| 5:00 | Showers |
| 6:00 | Dinner |
| 7:30 | Evening Activity |
| 8:45 | Milk & Cookies |
| 9:00 | Lights Out |
Programming
There are three kinds of programming: Structured, Elective, & Combination. Camps with structured programming make the schedule and campers typically rotate through all of the activities. Elective programs allow campers to choose their own activities. Some camps offer a combination schedule, which is a mix of elective and assigned activities. Oftentimes, structured and combination camps offer more elective periods to campers as they get older.
Purposeful programming is a hallmark of all Maine Camps. Experienced directors develop age-appropriate and progression-based programs. Younger campers may play sports on smaller fields, climb on lower ropes courses, and create simpler arts and crafts projects — all tailored to a child’s age and abilities. As children grow they graduate to bigger fields, higher ropes courses, and more challenging activities — all geared toward developing lifelong interests and skills.
Jimmy
The setting, the facilities and the staff have always been first rate. The overall available instruction in every area was given by superior staff members.
Meredith
Camp is such a un-judgmental and accepting place. I am thankful I got the experience that definitely purified and changed me for the better.