Registrations being accepted now; online registration available

Lincoln Land Community College’s College for Kids is offering a variety of fun, enrichment activities for youth at its Springfield campus, 5250 Shepherd Road, and other partner sites this summer. Online registration is now open.

College for Kids’ traditional program for students who have completed grades K-8 will run Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.July 9-26. Students may register for one or more of the three weeks. Cost for each one-week session is $135. Weeklong culinary sessions for grades 4-7 are $185.

Classes being offered this summer include: American Sign Language, Anime Japanese, Backyard Ballistics, Brain Games, Breakfast Baking, Camp Read-A-Lot, Candy Chemistry, Cookie Week, Cooking From Scratch, Country Creator, Dragon Genetics, Eric Carle Imagination, Finance and Success, Flight of Fantasy, Full STEAM Ahead, International Cuisine, Junior Chef, LEGO® Explorers, Powerful Potions, Rocketry, Spa Science, Space Is the Place, Speedometry, Zoo Time and more.

The popular Black Rocket Technology camps return during June and July with LEGO© Video Games, Minecraft©, Roblox®, Virtual Reality and other tech-based fun for ages 8-11 and 12-15.

STEM Smarts, a full day camp, takes place June 11-14 for grades 1-3 and 4-6. It includes all new hands-on science, technology, engineering and math activities, including LEGO© We Do 2.0.

In addition, other youth programs for students ages 8-12 and 13-18 being offered include Scuba Diving Camps at Adventure Dive and Travel in Springfield from June 18-21 and July 9-12 and new Horse Camps at Bright Star Equestrian Centre in Petersburg from June 11-14 and June 25-28.

Space for classes is limited; early registration is recommended. For a full list of offerings and registration information, visit www.llcc.edu/youth-programs or call 217-786-2432.