Summer Programs and Holiday Camps

Most international schools and preschools offer extracurricular activities during holidays or weekends, over-prescribed courses give priority to enrolled students and their siblings. Here are a few examples:

Brazilian Soccer Schools Tel: 9815-3151
www.brasiltopskills.com

English Schools Foundation (ESF) Educational Services Tel: 2711 1280
www.esf.org.hk

First Code Academy Children of various ages and knowledge levels can learn to code.
www.hk.firstcodeacademy.com

Gym 4 Kids Camps and year round classes of football, tennis, swimming, and gym.
Tel: 2773-1650
https://sports4kids.hk

ESF Language and Learning Various Locations
www.esf.org.hk

Hong Kong International School (HKIS) Tel: 3149 7819
www.hkis.edu.hk

Koding Kingdom Various locations
www.kodingkingdom.com

Playsport Tel: 2818 9453
www.playsportshk.com

Coaching and Fitness Professionals.

German Swiss International School Tel: 2849 6216
www.gsis.edu.hk

Woodland Pre-Schools Various locations www.woodlandschools.com
Early childhood classes and camps.

Multi-Sport Hong Kong Various locations www.multi-sport.com.hk
Camps and year round classes of football, tennis.

The Genius Workshop Various locations Tel: 2591 0100
www.g-workshop.com

Mini Mandarins Causeway Bay and Central location
Tel: 2320-1128
www.minimandarins.com

The Mixing Bowl Tel: 2524-0001

Baking and cooking Central www.themixingbowlhk.com

There are so many different camps on offer throughout every school break we cannot possible list them all here. You can pick up free copies of parenting magazines throughout Hong Kong that include information on holiday camps, activities, sports and where to shop for kids. There are some excellent websites you can browse for up to date options such as littlestepsasia.com, sassymamahk.com, thehkhub.com and expatliving.hk

Shops for Children

Hong Kong has a vast number of stores for children’s equipment toys, furniture and clothes, both maternity and for children; here are just a few options:

Eugene Baby www.eugenebaby.com
See website for location of stores Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.

H & M Kids https://2.hm.com
See website for location of stores Hong Kong Island & Kowloon

Ikea www.ikea.com.hk
See website for location of stores Hong Kong Island, Kowloon & N.T..

Mothercare www.mothercare.com.hk
See website for location of stores Hong Kong Island and Kowloon & New Territories.
Tel: 2627 0035

Toys "R" Us www.toysrus.com.hk
See website for location of stores Hong Kong Island and Kowloon & New Territories.

Seed www.seedheritage.com.hk
See website for location of stores Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.

Zara Kids www.zara.com/hk
See website for location

Children's Activities

There are numerous social and recreational sports clubs offering extra curricula activities for children. Many of these you do not need to be a member of the club itself to participate. Here are a few ideas:

Sports

Rugby Rugby training and tournament occur every Sunday all round Hong Kong and to choose a rugby club local to you, see www.hkrugby.com

Tennis All clubs have tennis programs and the public courts at Wong Nai Chung Gap have various independent organizers. For example, Australian Tennis Aces www.atatennisaces.com

Soccer There are several companies that organize soccer around Hong Kong. One is Brazilian Football Academy http://apsoccer.hk

Basketball The main company favoured by American school children is the Hong Kong Basketball Academy (HKBA).

Cricket Every Saturday morning, children and adults congregate at the Hong Kong Cricket Club on a Saturday morning for Gappers. http://www.hkcc.org/Cricket-Gappers.aspx

Swimming Swimming is an all year round past-time in Hong Kong and an activity that is supported by schools. All clubs have lessons and galas. One popular organization is Harry Wright. http://www.harrywright.com.hk/

Sailing Sailing is often done by children during half terms and holidays. Many courses are run by the Royal Hong Kong yacht Club or Aberdeen Boat Club. For a full list, see the http://www.sailing.org.hk/

Athletics There are various athletic clubs organizing training sessions and meets:
http://eliteptstudio.com/

Riding The most popular riding school in Hong Kong with school children is in Clearwater Bay.
http://www.ceec.hk/

Squash This can be done at a few of the clubs or at the first rate public courts. A list of venues and the league can be found at
http://www.hksquash.org.hk/en/index.php

Field Hockey This is popular at the Football Club and Hong Kong Cricket Club. Their programs take place on Friday evenings or Saturday mornings
http://www.hockey.org.hk

Ballet Again, all the clubs have lessons and many are run by the Southern School of Dance
http://www.southernschoolofdance.com.hk/

Toys “R” Us www.toysrus.com.hk
See website for location of stores Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.

Art & Drama

There are various arts programs available, for example

Colour My World in Aberdeen http://colour-my-world.com/

CreativeKids in Central and Taikoo Shing http://www.creativekids.com.hk/

Faust International Youth Theatre is an almost professional level drama organization and has classes around Hong Kong.
Tel: +852 2547-9114
www.faustworld.com

Cotillion Both American and non American pre-teen and teenagers alike get involved in Cotillion. This is done at the American Club in town or in Tai Tam. For more information contact
info@cotillionintown.com