Excellent. The place is marvelous and the people amazing. Kids love it there. Summer camp or birthday parties, its the perfect place for kids read more

Happy Fall Y'all! We had an incredible time celebrating our their cousin's birthday camp lingua! It was the perfect start to the fall season. Activities like petting farms pals and horseback riding kept us engaged and entertained. Our favorite was the rope swing. They have a huge outdoor setup with a stage and plenty of seating at picnic tables. I will say watch out for the flies. Make sure you bring plenty of food covers. They provide these little mechanical devices that rotate to shoot them away as well. Overall, everyone had a great time! h? Camp lingua has a summer camp program that emerges your child in the Spanish language. We have not experienced that portion of their program but lucky for us they also offer birthday party packages along with other things. read more

Camp Lingua - Centerstage in the back of the pavilion - Summer Camps Near Me - Southwest Ranches, Florida

I had very high hopes for this place after many recommendations. Had my son there for both, summer camp and after care school. Summer camp is doable, they are constantly outside and kid always comes home covered in dirt (good for them) but, big no no for after school. Your kids will end up for a really long time in their buss sometimes up to an hour is something happens with previous pick up. No help with any school work, it is run by teenagers. It's really a mess. read more

I tried camp Lingua for my boys in spring break and they begged me for summer weeks. They even worked to "pay" their own way. Don't overthink it, it's a great experience for any kid. read more

Trying to make the kids go to sleep at aftercare ?? These are not toddlers and this is not a day care. Nor was this mentioned to us parents. My daughter was super excited to start summer camp here after the open house but was super underwhelmed just after her first day. To start it is super unorganized She felt that she didn't fit in because she was placed with kids older than her and the counselors were barely attentive to the kids, she attended for over a week and didn't get to do all that the camp has to offer because they were busy doing dance routines. Just terrible and feel that my money went down the drain with this camp. Save your money read more

Great place to hold a party for children of all ages! There are all kinds of activities and animals to interact with, and the staff are friendly and helpful. read more

Best camp in Florida!!!!! A great atmosphere for all ages. During school vacations, my daughter always ask to go to camp lingua . The staff is wonderful. 10/10 would recommended! read more

Camp Lingua - Summer Camps Near Me - Southwest Ranches, Florida

My kids went here for spring break camp. It was advertised as a horse-centric camp, with dirtbike riding and more. They never did more with a horse than feed it a snack, on one day only. They never rode dirtbikes. They swam in a pond, did art, typical activities you could do at a camp that's half the price. Don't waste your money here. The camp looks good at first glance but it's poorly run. Very few parent communications despite promises of photos daily. Security procedures at pickup consist of the parent wandering the camp searching for their kids 2 out of 5 days. Oh and the paid lunch? Pizza every day. read more

My son always goes there on Thanksgiving, Winter, and Spring Break camp. He always have fun and very enjoyable outdoor environment. It is the best program for all kids and disconnect from electronics. read more

Camp Lingua is the best camp that I have ever seen. My niece went a couple of years ago and now my daughter also goes. They love it. Great environment. We visited the Microschool and we saw that all the children were happy. The place is a wonderful for kids since they have a lot of activities outdoors and even animals. I recommend Camp Lingua 100%! read more

Best camp program for your kids , they treat you like family and care for your children like their own ! Affordable compared to others, with amazing activities and more nature experience for the kids that don't want to disconnect from electronics , it's a beautiful and humbling experience. I love Gabby she's an amazing human being! The hammock location read more

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This is our first summer and my son absolutely love it!!! Thank you for a unforgettable summer!! read more

La experiencia Camp Lingua es digna de ser recordada toda la vida. Mientras los chicos se divierten y aprenden, las familias se integran a través de cantidades de eventos fabulosos, por ejemplo, las ferias donde participan los niños y demuestran todo lo que saben, las noches de cine y fogatas, los paseos a caballo donde pueden participar todos, padres, abuelos, amigos... una experiencia A1 read more

This was so much not worth the price!! This was our first and last time having our child go to this Camp. Our child was bored. We paid extra for the horseback riding lessons and it amounted to a measle hour for the entire week. To put this into context, a month cost about 70% of what we normally pay in a decent camp elsewhere. Yes, the kids are outdoors but that's not all that great in the sweltering summer heat. Then there was communicating with the Camp, a nightmare. Promises made and unkept add to our not so pleasant experience with this Camp. So, for us this was it. Before this Camp we were considering aftercare during the upcoming school year but, again, the price is just not worth the perceived value for us. read more

My girls have gone to Camp here for a couple years now and they love it. It's very unique how they allow the kids to choose which activity to do opposed to being told what you have to do. My girls really like that. They have horse back riding, fishing, tree climbing, zip line, soccer, arts, slime making. Tons of cool activities!! read more

Had a very bad experience with this place. Very disorganized and inexperience personnel (young kids) running this place. They claim to be great and have Personalized Attention and low ratios but is not true. I was surprise to have such a terrible place in weston where schools are great. read more

Camp Lingua is amazing! Simply put! My daughter is 4 and absolutely loves this camp. There is a wide variety of indoor and outdoor activities. The counselors, staff, and owners are very helpful, informative, and friendly. There is a field trip once a session (sessions are two weeks long) and also one horseback riding class included. I couldn't be happier with my daughters experience. She leaves every day exhausted and very happy; she tells me all about her daily activities and new friends. read more

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The camp was good and organized my child enjoy the activities I only wish there was more of a focus on Spanish but would recommend it

I will start by saying that what Camp Lingua is doing is great. They are helping kids nurture their languages through fun activities and in room practice. However, as a first time Parent I was very disappointed by the lack of communication between Parents and Coordinators. I had two students there, ages 3 and 5. This is NOT a camp for young children as their activities are definitely geared to older students. I had several problems with emails and phone calls not being returned in a timely manner or at all as with my last email in which I requested a refund. I paid for lunches and field trips at registration (prior to starting the session) and my children did not participate. The first two sessions my children had to go to a different location Camp Genius, my 3 year old was not allowed to attend field trips per their policy so I lost my money there. Then, we attended Session 4, in which my children had no alternative but to do the Everglades Tour which I refused due to concerns over what had happened at Disney (a child being dragged and died), and again no alternative option was given, so I lost my money there as well. I hate to say that all they care is about their money, but to me it seemed that way. Once you are signed up pretty much there is no going back. Tadpoles which is the app what they used for keeping parents up to date with what's going on was often wrong. I would get the same material and activities for my children even though I knew they were not doing that. My children were in two different classrooms. Information for what was going to happen the next day was wrong. Example, I received a Tadpole Report stating my children were going to CB Smith Park the next day and on that day I received a picture of my child at Flamingo Gardens. I had NO idea where my children were and that is not a feeling any Parent should have. Instagram and Facebook are their sources of "Communication" but their schedule was sometimes late. For Session 4, we received the Schedule on Tuesday night after 11pm, 2-3 days into the Session. Just a lot of problems with their Coordinators keeping Parents aware. We did meet some good Coaches but I did notice that the first Session in which my children were at Camp Genius they learned more Spanish and were speaking it more than when they started at the Camp Lingua location. The Coaches speak a lot of English when dealing with kids during outdoor activities so maybe this was a factor. Camp Lingua does a lot of outdoor activities. Camp Genius was more in classroom lessons. Hope this helps someone out there in making their decision. read more

Lifesaver! My son hated his current after school program and we struggled to find one that he would enjoy that also offered pick-up. We found Camp Lingua and he is loving it. He is so much happier now and I love that he is getting to do different type of activities read more

Went to pick up my kids and they were crying. Apparently there were kids that weren't playing nice. Teachers did nothing about it. Bullies were scratching my kids and kicking them while playing a ball game, and teachers did nothing. While telling the owner, first said "the word bully is a strong word", even though my daughter was describing a bully down to the T. Hearing my daughter saying how the counselors were laughing and doing nothing when my kids and other kids told them what was happening, when the other kids were bullying them after they repeatedly said stop, the owner kept saying I'm sure they didn't, no they didn't do that, completely minimize what my daughter was saying. Worst experience ever! I paid for school's out day which said they would do fishing, archery, do crafts, and my kids did non of that. The only thing my son got to do was soccer and basketball. The groups get to "vote" on what the do for the day? My sons group didn't "vote", and That is not what i was sold? My daughters group at least went to see the animals! read more

Our 7-year-old son has had the best summer ever! He is so full of energy and the activities the kids do from archery, paintball, fishing, tree climbing, zip-lining, teams sports, playing games... help him burn it. It reminds of the sleep-away camp I attended each summer as a child except he comes home each day. read more

My daughter did the - full 8 weeks of camp at Lingua this summer . She could not be happier in the morning to be dropped off and would beg to stay longer when I would pick her up . The entire team at camp lingua was so sweet and made her feel at home from the start . Thank you keeping her engaged and happy this summer ! We will be back next year ! read more

This is based on the Summer camp at the SWR location. Very disappointing and VERY unorganized! So many things to complain about, but I'll keep it to the point with 2 main things that stood out. 1. My child had to eat lunch on the pavement floor under a tree everyday, because there were not enough tables available. 2. The children went on a field trip to CB Smith park on 2 buses and returned on 1 bus. So there were 4 children to a seat. Very unsafe! For the price of this camp I expected better. Buyer Beware! read more

I was really looking forward to enrolling my daughter in one or two language classes a week, and even consider the after-school camp as a future option. However, what happened even before signing up made me feel that they are not interested in my business. I received their email inviting for demo sessions, and I clicked to sign up my daughter for a Monday session. Upon signing up, I received the confirmation email with conflicting information: There were two dates (Monday and Thursday) on the message. So we show up on Monday at the time indicated. When we get there, they tell us the demo sessions were never scheduled for Monday or Thursday, but for Wednesday... We come back on Wednesday under a strong thunderstorm - weather alert and all. Could not leave the car. Mind you this is a farm-like setting, where you have to walk 50/70 yards from the parking area to the front door, with no covering, so we would have gotten soaking wet in addition to the risk of being hit by ligthning. So we wait in the car for some 20 minutes - there were at least two other cars in the same situation. When the storm calms down a bit, we try to leave the car, but their front gate area was flooded. We get back in the car to drive home and I call them to explain the situation and reschedule. Their answer? That the demos were today, that was that, no demo session for prospective students. About the unexpected thunderstorm and flooded entrance? Said I should have worn rain boots. I'm serious. read more

Great ambience and great people, best decision ever made, our kids spent almost 4 weeks at their Summer camp and they loved.

This is the first year my kids have attended Camp Linqua. The kids have enjoyed it as they have a very good balance of study and play. They incorporate the respective language into the activities they do throughout the day. They also take a very creative approach to teaching as my daughter mentioned an activity where they did a scavenger hunt in Spanish at the grocery store. They only got it right when they correctly wrote the Spanish word for the item. The kids also have a lot of fun activities planned in addition to studies. They have field trips once a week and enjoy other activities onsite. It is also worth mentioning that this is a large camp but surprisingly, I have not encountered one staff member who did not seem genuinely interested in being there. They also have a system for managing the safety of the kids which is good considering the size of the camp. Spanish is the largest group so they have more options for separating the kids based on age. The other languages do not but it seems like the smaller groups can learn a lot. We are considering putting our kids there next summer but I was not sure how they would teach the kids who are repeats for say, Spanish. I learned that they change their circulum every year so the material is not stale for any returning kids. read more

This school is amazing! Living here in the equine community of SW Ranches and having an adult language school on a ranch is like a dream come true! I am studying Portuguese at the school in the evenings. I had no idea when I signed up that it would literally be in my back yard amongst horses and hay! The children's camp is a wonderful program for kids. They offer so much. I'm so impressed! The president of the school Andreina is a beautiful hearted human being. You can see how much of her love is in what she created here in SWR! Thank you read more

I attended classes on the weekend. I paid in full at the beginning of the year. I don't recommend you do this. Let your child attend the sessions in segments.My child did not progress much in her weekly session so I didn't get my money's worth. After I complained that she didn't seem to be getting much from the Spanish lessons, I was told that students should attend more than once a week. I also expected to receive printed materials each week and dedicated teaching staff. Often times 'teachers' would show up unprepared to continue previous lessons. Students weren't given handouts so they could prepare for absences. We also didn't have good contact info on weekends (the building was controlled access, teacher not coming, early pick up). read more

Everyone in the staff is nice and helpful. The facility is big and beautiful. My child came home dirty, tired, happy and hungry which is what I expect from a summer camp. :) My child did miss at least one session of his language class. They were playing outside and when it was time for class, he somehow stayed out playing. I would have liked that an adult in charge firmly directed my child to class instead of hoping he would listen and willingly stopped playing and go to class by himself. There are many sports/activities camps, but to me Language learning is the main point of choosing Camp Lingua. read more

Awesome camp for kids! They had a variety of activities to do and never a dull moment! My kids really enjoyed their time there this summer! read more

Overall it was a good camp with a variety of outdoors activities- horseback riding, Gaga ball, archery, tree climbing, fishing ... to name a few. My kids complained of having to outdoors to eat and for them it was very hot and unbearable. They also complained of the flies which was everywhere- I guess to be expected for being at a ranch. I wish they had larger indoor facilities for the amount of campers they have. read more

My 2 kids have been going to Camp Lingua for the past 3 years and they have really enjoyed it!.... The counselors are excellent every year and make sure the kids are having fun, safely and improving their Spanish Definitely not the cheapest camp around, but I know you get what you pay for. I don't mind paying a bit more for a lot of peace of mind. I wish they had camp sessions during holidays I have to work (x-mas week). Keep up the good work! read more

My son had the most amazing summer at Camp Lingua! Love how well they communicate and the shows every two weeks. My son will definitely be going back next year. read more

My child attended last summer, and I avoided posting anything at the time because I was just too angry. Well, I got another email today asking me to review them on Yelp. So, here it goes. What a waste of money this was. I enrolled my child in Spanish to help her learn the "local" language here in South Florida. At the end of week one she no longer wanted to go because the instructors and the other children would not speak to her at all in English. My child was only 5 at the time - at least give some guidance! This camp did completely the opposite that we had hoped. We wanted to be able to expand her knowledge and get excited about learning a new language and now there is no desire at all to embrace any new language. I also agree with the other posts about lack of communication. If your child already speaks Spanish, then this may be for you. But if not, then all this does is make a child and a mother feel even more isolated and discriminated against. read more

In a nutshell, Camp Lingua is too expensive for what you get. The language instruction aspect of the camp is good, of course. However, your child only gets 4 hours per week of language instruction because on Wednesdays, they have off-site field trips. $275/week is a lot to pay for 4 hours of language instruction. Plus, the camp ends at 4:30 p.m. (even though most parents work until 5 or 5:30 p.m.), so you have to pay extra for after-care. And no lunch or snacks are provided, so you either have to pack lunch or buy it from Camp Lingua's catering service. And, with the exception of the language teachers, none of the other camp counselors seems to have any training or certification in teaching, especially of young children. Most of the camp counselors are teenagers and little more than kids themselves, and most of them seem more concerned with gossiping and teenage goings-on than actually supervising the kids. And after-care is even worse: All of the adults seem to depart at 4:30, leaving behind a couple of teenagers to watch the kids until 6 p.m. When coming to pick up my daughter at 5:45, I was usually greeted by a bored-looking teenager tearing their eyes away from their cell phone to barely acknowledge my arrival. These counselors have no training (and seemingly, no interest) in caring for children, especially younger ones. Therefore, Camp Lingua might be better suited to older children, ages 8 and up. Though they accept children ages 5 and up, Camp Lingua is no place for kindergartners and 1st-graders. Lastly, the Camp Lingua is completely unresponsive to parents. None of my calls to the office was ever answered, and neither were my emails. However, they are quick to call you and leave email messages concerning payments. One day, I arrived a few minutes past 6 to pick up my daughter and incurred a late-pickup fee of less than $20. They called and emailed several times over the next couple of days to request payment. This seemed really petty, considering how expensive the camp fees are. Next summer, my daughter will be going back to her old camp, where for $150 per week, you get educational activities, field trips two or three times per week, lunch & snacks, and pickup at 6:30 p.m. read more

My daughter loves the camp. The only reason I did not give a five star rating is because the enrichment classes have been a bit of a mess. Classes have been cancelled, times changed, and my daughter wasn't even taken in to class one week. The camp did make it up by offering some credits however, which was bey nice. I think once the enrichment classes get organized this will be an excellent camp. Also, my daughter says she does not like Beach day because thee is no way to get all the sand off and she doesn't like changing in a tent. Perhaps a rinse off shower and a better changing area could improve this? Overall, she is having a blast! read more

This is my 11 year old daughter's second year attending the camp. This year they added a new feature of the parents being able to see videos and pictures of what the children are doing during the day. I saw a video today of my daughter reading a book aloud in Spanish during class. I absolutely love checking the application each day to see what they are doing. It alerts you when they arrive back from field trips even. Every camp should have this feature. My friends who are Spanish speaking are very impressed with my daughter's ability to communicate in Spanish and often times share my daughter's Spanish is more fluent than their children's. The staff interacts with the children and makes learning a language fun. The staff are all adults and you can see really care about the children. My daughter also participates in the after school program during the school year. We also are very happy with that program. I'm very comfortable with the supervision of the children on field trips and outside activities which always is extremely important. I would highly recommend this camp to children of all ages. Lisa read more

We sent our child to Camp Lingua for the Mandarin summer camp and it was so bad we withdrew her after the first 2 weeks (that was the minimum you had to pay for). We really wanted this camp to work as we had been looking for a Mandarin camp for a while. 1. First of all, the camp is more expensive because of the language aspect. Since my child already had a year of Mandarin and knew the basics, they promised that they would keep that in mind and help her build on what she had already learned since there were only 3 kids in the Mandarin camp, they could work with each one individually. They didn't do that. Instead, they stuck to the curriculum which was days of the week, numbers from 1-10 (even though my daughter already knew the numbers from 1-100) and so there was nothing to justify the extra money we were paying. There were plenty of other great camps with activities like sports, crafts, etc, we could have sent to her instead. 2. I wanted to visit the camp during the day to see the activities they were doing during the day but the person in charge raised as many objections as possible before finally agreeing to let me visit at 11 am one morning but only after I insisted that I wanted to see what we were paying for. When I got there, I saw the kids just doing crafts the entire time, which she could have easily done at home or in some other cheaper camp. To add to my annoyance, after 30 mins they told me I had to leave because I was only allowed to stay there for 30 mins. They didn't tell me this when I got there or before that or I probably wouldn't have taken time off from work to go and sit there just for 30 mins. 3. The Mandarin kids didn't even have a proper place to sit. They were crammed into the administrator's office along with the kids from the Portuguese camp. All we could hear in the room was Brazilian Portuguese (which looked a little more exciting than what the Mandarin kids were doing). 4. The room, apart from being small was full of mosquitos. I was eaten alive in just the 30 mins I was there. My daughter came home with mosquito bites all over her legs and arms. 5. The people running the camp seemed to have no interest at all in any feedback regarding the camp. They just didn't seem to care. They grudgingly let me sit there for 30 mins and then asked me to leave without asking me what I thought of the camp. When I did not sign her up for the 3rd week, they didn't seem to care enough to ask why we weren't coming back. 6. Quite a few times my daughter came home telling me that she got 'lost' during the activities and ended up with the Spanish camp (my daughter already speaks Spanish so there was no reason for her to be there) when we were paying the extra money for Mandarin. The Mandarin Camp had 2 (sometimes 3) kids!! How could she end up in the Spanish camp more than once?? 7. I also found out that they barely did any Mandarin during the day. Most of the exciting Chinese activities we were told they were going to do when we signed her up seemed to have just been made up. They did very little Mandarin. She brought home some dumplings they had made in class that smelled so bad we had to throw them out immediately. She didn't even know how to say 'dumpling' in Chinese. She told us that the main Mandarin counselor often left before lunch and never came back, leaving them with a substitute who basically didn't do much with them. My daughter kept talking about movies that she watched so I'm guessing they spent part of the time watching TV (which I sent her to camp to avoid). She even spent enough time with the Portuguese camp to actually perform with them in the small show at the end of the two weeks program. Basically, I would not recommend this camp to anyone at least for Mandarin. I cannot speak for the other languages. At least the Spanish camp had their own room. I look at those 2 weeks as a complete waste of my daughter's time and our money. We put her in the summer camp that was run by her elementary school and it was much better and cheaper. They learned a lot more (even though not language related) and did a lot more activities. I could I would have given it zero stars but 1 is the minimum. I hope this review was helpful. read more

Best camp ever!!! A little pricier than most, but definitely worth the money! We will be back next year