Welcome to Kaleidoscope Kids!
Kaleidoscope Kids provides affordable, entertaining and educational programs for youth aged 4-12 in East Toronto. We aim to be inclusive by providing subsidies to those families who need them, allowing kids from a wide variety of backgrounds to meet and have fun together.
We offer innovative programs, plenty of field trips, a wide variety of activities, a good mixture of children from different backgrounds, low participant-to-staff ratios (1 to 6) and lots of fun!
Our motto is Create, Develop, Explore.
Kaleidoscope Kids is a registered charity.
Come visit us at the Beaches Kids Program Open House This Saturday!
We’ll be at the Beaches Kids Program Open House this Saturday, February 25 from 10 am to 2 pm. We’ll have information about our upcoming March Break and Summer Day Camps, where you’ll be able to register in person, along with face painting!
Come on by and say hi! The event takes place at the Beaches Recreation Centre, 6 Willimson Road, north of Queen Street at Lee Avenue. Hope to see you there!
Early Bird Summer Day Camp Registration Begins!
Early Bird Registration has now begun for our 6th Annual Summer Day Camp! Full details are now available on our Summer Day Camp page.
New photo galleries from our Fall 2011 Clubs and Winter Holiday Day Camp are now up!
Visit our photo gallery pages to see the new photos from our 2011 Fall Arts Clubs and our 2011 Winter Holiday Day Camp. High resolution photos can be viewed on our Flickr site.
Registration open for Glee and Drama Clubs plus March Break Day Camp!
We’ve now opened registration for the Winter-Spring Session of our Glee and Drama Clubs. For everyone’s convenience, our Clubs have been moved to Saturday mornings, with Glee at 10:30 and Drama at Noon. Sign up for both and receive a discount! Both Clubs are run by professional artists with extensive backgrounds in theatre and music, and, as always, we’ve made these programs affordable and accessible to any interested kids. Each week, kids will learn to develop their craft and new skills, with a show that we’ll be putting on in June! Stay tuned for more details on that…
In the meantime, head over to our Clubs Page to find out more information and to register! Clubs resume on Saturday, January 21.
We’ve also begun Early Bird registration for March Break. Sign up before February 4 and receive the Early Bird rate. Full details on our March Break Day Camp page.
This Holiday Season, help a child in our community create, develop and explore!
You can give the gift of affordable camps and arts programs with your tax-deductible donation to Kaleidoscope Kids.
Kaleidoscope Kids provides affordable, accessible, innovative programs to kids aged 4 to 12 in the East York, Riverdale and Leslieville areas. In 2011, over 100 kids attended one of our programs (up from 60 in 2010). Our programs are offered to families of all backgrounds, by making our fees affordable, and making available subsidies to low-income families, allowing us to mix kids of different background in our programs. Our mix of the arts with health and fitness, combined with the mixed-income backgrounds of our kids makes us truly unique in Toronto. While all of our spots our subsidized to some degree, in order to keep our programs affordable to all, it’s the lower-income families who need our help the most.
You may have read the story of Stephanie on our website, a young girl who came to us in 2010 as the recent victim of abuse, and who was transformed through our Summer Day Camp and by being a member of our Glee Club.
Click here to read Stephanie’s story
We can help Stephanie this year, and other kids like her. Help us achieve our goal this holiday season of raising $10,000 to provide affordable arts programs and camps to 60 kids this coming year!
Visit our donations page for more information.
Winter Holiday Day Camp starts in just over a month…
It’s hard to believe, but the Holidays are fast approaching, and that means our 5th Annual Winter Holiday Day Camp is just around the corner! Space is limited and filling up fast, so if you’re looking for some creative, innovative, affordable winter fun, the Kaleidoscope Kids is the place to be! We’ve got 9 jam-packed days planned, including trips to Harbourfront Centre for skating, the Royal Ontario Museum, Young People’s Theatre to see “Seussical”, capoeira and drum making-workshops, and much much more! Visit our Winter Holiday Day Camp page for more information and to register.
Winter Holiday Day Camp is Now Registering!
Believe it or not, the Winter Holidays are fast approaching, and our 5th Annual Winter Holiday Day Camp is also coming soon. This year’s camp proves to be as packed with fun and ever, with a trip to see “Seussical” at Young People’s Theatre, skating at Harbourfront Centre, crafts, games and more!
This year’s camp runs from December 27 to January 6 – 9 days of affordable, creative, innovative fun!
Visit our Winter Holiday Day Camp page for more details.
Kaleidoscope Kids Festival Photo Gallery Now Online!
Photos from our inaugural Kaleidoscope Kids Festival on September 24 are now up on our website and our Flickr site. Please take a look to relive the memories, or to see what you missed and get excited for next year!
Visit our site’s photo gallery or our Flickr gallery to check them out.
Glee Club, Drama Club and Saturday Club All Beginning This Week!
The Fall Sessions of our school year clubs begin at this week, and registration is under way! In addition to our Saturday and Glee Club, we’re introducing a band-new Drama Club this fall! Please visit our Clubs page for more information about our three programs and how to register.
Board Members, Volunteers and Program Partners Wanted!
We’re currently looking for members of our community to serve on our Board of Directors, volunteer with committees and general projects, and to partner with us on upcoming programs.
If you are interested in any of these opportunities, please visit our “get involved” page for more details.