Hey, parents! Here's a list of winter camps you can send your kids to, starting at the end of January through Chinese New Year. This includes full day dancing with Shanghai City Ballet, lots of sporting options from SportsWorld and Sport for Life, and skateboarding with IconX. Also some options from WISS, art classes, and a soccer camp to look forward to after the holidays. They'll thank you later. Probably.

*** Shanghai City Ballet's winter camp lets kids experiment with ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, and musical theater. Sessions will run from Jan 29 to Feb 5, Feb 5-9, Feb 12-16 and Feb 19-23. Half-day costs 1,900rmb and full day costs 3,800rmb (discounts for multi-week and siblings, 10% off). Classes taught in English and Chinese. WeChat: SCB-admin or Email: wuyuan@shanghaicityballet.com if interested. SportsWorld is offering a Winter Camp at the Hilton in two sessions: from Jan 29 to Feb 2 and from Feb 5-9. The camps are for kids 5-10, and run from 9am to 5.30pm, with sign-ins from 8-8.50pm and lots of sports, including soccer, swimming, and tennis, with science, art, and magic jammed in before pick-up. Costs 2,200rmb per week or 4,200rmb for two weeks. WeChat: sportsworldofficial or Email: info@sportsworldtl.com. Awesome Kids Club is offering a winter camp in two locations for kids 2-10 years old. The camp will include playing, swimming, and learning activities, all led by teachers in small groups. At The Summit from Jan 29 to Feb 14 and Feb 26-28, Monday through Friday 8.30am to 3.30pm. There’s also a session from Feb 19-23 from 10am to 4pm. In the Shanghai Town & Country Club location, it's Jan 29-Feb 9 from 10am to 4pm, though it's closed for Chinese New Year. Camp Fee: 2,000rmb a week plus 40rmb a day for lunch. In the STCC location, the cost is 3,000rmb a week including a lunch/snack. WeChat: awesomekidsclub or call: 5403 9916. Icon X is offering two sessions of winter camps in their Jing’an location, from Jan 29-Feb 2 and Feb 5-9. Involves a full day of skate lessons and activities, as well as some competitions. There’s also a ‘BMW Custom Camp’ running from from Jan 30 to Feb 3 and Feb 6-10 in a separate location. Camps run from 10.30am-4pm and cost 3,330rmb per kid, plus 50rmb extra per day if you want them to arrange lunch. Wechat: Iconxskateboarding or call: 180 1706 3650 for more info. Sport for Life will be running their Mixed Sports Camps over CNY in two parts, from Feb 12-16 and Feb 19-23. In addition, a Swim Camp will run in downtown Puxi (with a heated pool!) from Feb 12-14 and Feb 19-23 for those with wanting an aquatic focus. Prices range from 1,600rmb-2,700rmb. WeChat: Sport_for_Life or call: 6282 1762. WISS is hosting a one week soccer camp with professional training from coaches of the English Premier League Stoke City Football. The camp is open to kids 6-16 years old of all levels. Runs for through the week from 9am to 12pm, you can pay per day for 450rmb or for the whole week for 2,000rmb, with a 5% discount for siblings. Register by emailing: scfc@wiss.cn. WISS is offering an intensive basketball training program that will be open to the public. There will be two sessions: Feb 12-16 and Feb 19-23. Each day will consist of three hours of playing from 10am to 1pm, including a combination of skill training and games. Headed by WISS coaches, each week session costs 1,000rmb. If interested email: lstanley@wiss.cn.

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This looks interesting. Every Saturday, the kid's Spanish learning center CuCuGua is offering an art class, from 10-11am. The class allows kids to explore the design process with hands on projects. It's for kids ages 4-6, with classes taught in English. Cost 180rmb per class or 1,400rmb for 10 classes (to be used within 3 months). WeChat: cucugua, or call: 158 0096 5420. They're also doing Spanish Camps for kids ages 3-9, wechat: cucugua for more info. And something to look forward to when all the winter camps have finished up.... a soccer camp open to all youth players (ages 13-19) on the Dulwich College Shanghai Pudong campus. The program will be lead by John Delano of Harvard University Men's Soccer and Kai Edwards from University of Michigan. Will run over a weekend from March 3-4, from 3-7pm. Costs 500rmb, follow the link to find the QR code and reserve a spot. Happy camping!