Exploration Vacation: World Tour is a 10-week summer program for children in grades K–5.

Each week, children explore a new theme inspired by cultures, communities, and daily life around the world through hands-on activities, creative projects, movement, games, and discovery.

Throughout the summer, children build friendships, confidence, and independence while learning through play, exploration, and shared experiences.

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Adventure awaits at Pathways for Children’s Exploration Vacation. Your child will enjoy different themes in each of the 9-week sessions.*

Schedule: Monday to Friday from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm.

Location: Pathways for Children, 29 Emerson Avenue, Gloucester.

Weekly Cost : $295 (Financial Assistance may be available and vouchers are accepted.

Eligibility: Open to any child in grades K-5, regardless of income or home town.

*To register for Exploration Vacation, participants must attend at least 8 of the 10 weeks.

Exploration Vacation Summer Program 2026

June 22 - August 28, 2026

10-Week Session*

  • Weekly themed activities and projects

  • Hands-on art, STEAM, and creative exploration

  • Social-emotional learning

  • Movement, games, and cooperative play

  • Music, storytelling, and cultural discovery

  • Field trips, special events, and on-site experiences

  • A summer-long journey that ends with a World Fair

What Children Will Experience Each Week:

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Field Trips

The staff at Exploration Vacation offers a variety of fun-filled field trips and educational opportunities.* Some field trips we have planned include:

  • Museum of Science

  • In the Game

  • Art Haven Workshops

  • Stone Zoo

  • Schooner Adventure

  • Harbor Tours

  • Swimming at the YMCA

  • Kestrel Education Adventures

  • Ipswich Watershed

  • NOVA

  • Backyard Growers Workshop

  • End of Summer Event - World Tour! (families invited)

    *Subject to change.

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