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Summer Programs 2026
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Summer programs at a glance
  • June 29 - July 3, Mon-Fri
  • July 6 - July 10, Mon-Fri
  • July 13 - July 17, Mon-Fri
  • July 20 - July 24, Mon-Fri
  • July 27 - July 31, Mon-Fri
  • August 3- 7, Mon-Fri
  • August 17- 21, Mon-Fri
Summer Programs Logistics

Logistics

  • The grades in the program names refer to the student's grade in September 2026. For example, a "grades 6-8 program" is for students who will be starting 6th, 7th or 8th grade next fall.
  • The placement tests are not required unless specified in the camp description.
  • When combining two camps, morning and afternoon, the 30-minutes lunch break is included. Please bring your own lunch.
  • Early morning drop off: 30 minutes before the camp starts - free.
    Late afternoon pick up: flat fee of $25 until 5pm.

Discounts

  • Early Bird discount: $40-$50 off until March 20th.
  • Full Day Bundle discount: $100-$140. Taken at registration when signing up for a morning and an afternoon camps as a bundle.
  • Sibling and Multi-program discount: $25. Receive this discount for each additional camp.
  • Are you new to Prime Factor and learned about us from a friend who is a current student? Ask your friend for a promo code!

Financial Aid

  • We offer a 25% discount for families, that experience financial difficulties, taken at registration.
  • Additional need-based financial aid available. Please contact us for the details.

Cancellation Policy

  • Full refund minus $50 processing fee for up to 2 weeks before the camp.
  • 50% refund minus $50 processing fee for up to 1 week before the camp.

Placement tests

Locations

  • Overlake office
    2707 152nd Ave NE Suite 6L, Redmond, 98052
  • The Lucky Pen in Redmond Downtown
    8275 166th Avenue NE, Redmond, 98052
  • Contact us with any questions: please email info@pfmathcircle.org

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Summer Programs Details
Logic Land: summer math and crafts
Grades 2-3
June 29 - July 3, 9am - 12pm
The Lucky Pen
Early Bird Price until March 20th: $360
Regular Price: $400
This program puts together a set of activities that are sure to captivate curious learners. From smart problem-solving, logical games and mathematical explorations, playful algebra and visual geometry, to hands-on math and entertaining math crafts, this program is a challenging and fun approach to deepen math understanding and love of math.

For motivated students interested in mathematics and logic, entering grades 2-3.
This camp could be combined with "From Castles to Crystals" afternoon camp for full day experience. Full Day Bundle discount applies.

Logic Land: summer math, games and puzzles
Grades 3-4
Aug 17 - 21, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Overlake office

Grades 4-5
July 6 - 10, 9am - 12pm
The Lucky Pen
Early Bird Price until March 20th: $360
Regular Price: $400
This program puts together a set of activities that are sure to captivate curious learners. Get ready to tackle a variety of tricky problems, learn new problem-solving approaches, engage in logical games and puzzles, visual geometry, hands-on math, and entertaining math crafts. This program is a challenging and fun approach to deepen math understanding and love of math and to prepare for success in math kangaroo and similar contests.

For motivated students interested in mathematics and logic, entering grades 3-4 or 4-5. Grade 3-4 camp could be taken together with "Scratch: Code and Create" program in the afternoon. Grade 4-5 camp could be combined with From Castles to Crystals" camp for a full day experience. Full Day Bundle discount applies.
Hop to the Top: Contest preparation
Grades 4-5
July 20-24, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Overlake office
Early Bird Price until March 20th: $360
Regular Price: $400
A week of math competition preparation, including Math Kangaroo and Math Is Cool. We will learn the topics that are helpful for contest participations, solve challenge problems, and have math-related fun as well! We will be deepening our knowledge and perfecting our skills on the topics of equations, percentages and ratios, combinatorics, word problems, and geometry. The week will also feature hands-on activities, games, and engaging problems that build logic, reasoning, and lateral thinking.

For motivated students entering grades 4-5. Placement test, Prime Factor teacher recommendation, or high competition scores are required.
Math Puzzlers
Grades 5-7
July 13 - 17, 1pm - 4pm
Aug 3 - 7, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Overlake office
Early Bird Price until March 20th: $360
Regular Price: $400
Do you like solving puzzles, brainteasers, such as KenKen, Minesweeper, or Futoshiki? Join us to explore these and many more numerical, logical, and geometric puzzles, while discovering clever techniques of solving them! Engage in hands-on activities, strategic games, and exercises on logical reasoning and lateral thinking. Students will be challenged to seek solutions using computation, logic, and deduction. There is plenty clever math behind puzzles, riddles and logical conundrums, and the goal of this program is to entertain, educate, and teach smart strategies and techniques that seamlessly apply to more traditional problem-solving.

For motivated students interested in math and science.
The July program could be combined with "Robotics with Mbots" and the August program could be combined with "Board Game Design Lab" for the full day expereience. Full Day Bundle discount applies.
Patterns, Problems, and Proofs: The Art of Mathematical Reasoning.
Grades 7-9
July 27 - 31, 10am - 3pm
Early Bird Price until March 20th: $650
Regular Price: $700
This program gives mathematically curious students a rare chance to experience real mathematics. They’ll explore advanced topics far beyond the school curriculum—such as number theory, graph theory, induction, set theory and infinity, and game theory—while tackling challenging, proof‑based problems that build deep reasoning skills. Alongside serious study, students enjoy mathematical diversions like math battles and auctions.
The program also helps prepare students for:
  • Top-tier residential math camps such as MathPath and Canada/USA MathCamp
  • Proof-based competitions like USAMTS, UW Math Olympiad, and BAMO
Admission requirements, one of the following:
  • Placement test
  • High scores on a math competition, such as Math Kangaroo (top 20), AMC 8 (16 and above), UW Math Hour (honorable mention and above) or others.
  • Prime Factor teacher recommendation.
From Castles to Crystals
Grades 2-3
June 29 - July 3, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
The Lucky Pen

Grades 4-5
July 6 - 10, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
The Lucky Pen
Early Bird Price until March 20th: $360
Regular Price: $400
We will travel across centuries and continents—through pirate seas, medieval castles, lost civilizations, and the hidden world beneath our feet. Each day is a new expedition: we meet legendary captains and daring explorers, step inside the lives of knights and princesses, investigate the mysteries of vanished cultures, and uncover the secrets of rocks, minerals, and sparkling crystals.
Along the way, students become historians, detectives, and young scientists. Why did pirates wear eye patches? How were castles defended? What caused great civilizations to disappear? What is the difference between a rock and a mineral—and how do crystals form? Every topic combines storytelling, real historical and scientific ideas, lively discussion, and hands-on creative workshops.
From building secret pirate attributes to crafting geological creations and inventing your own historical mystery, this camp blends imagination, culture, and science into one grand adventure.

This camp could be taken together with "Logic Land: Math and Crafts, grades 2-3" or "Logic Land: Math and Puzzles, grades 4-5"morning program for the full day expereince. Full Day Bundle discount applies.
Board Games Design Lab
Grades 5-7
Aug 3 - 7, 1pm - 4pm
Overlake office
Early Bird Price until March 20th: $360
Regular Price: $400
What makes a game exciting—or forgettable? Why do some become classics while others fade after one play? In this camp, we’ll explore those questions by examining board games from a designer’s perspective.
We’ll cover game mechanics, common design flaws, and the creative process—from idea to prototype, playtesting, balancing, and even publishing. Instructor Andrei Burago brings firsthand experience as a board game designer.
Naturally, we’ll play lots of games to learn what makes them tick, then analyze, critique, and reimagine them. Campers will also have a chance to start their own game design projects—solo or in teams—and share their ideas with the group.

Could be combined with the "Math Puzzlers" program in the morning. Full Day Bundle discount applies.
AMC 8 Preparation: Geometry
Grades 6-8
July 6 - 10, 10am - 1 pm
Overlake office
Early Bird Price until March 20th: $360
Regular Price: $400
The goal of this camp is to help students practice areas of mathematics and topics that would help to do their best at AMC 8 and MathCounts. The class will cover a broad range of topics in geometry. There will also be a lot of problem solving practice. This program is designed for motivated students, who are willing to put effort into practicing for the contests.

Requirements: one of the following:
  • Past AMC 8 score of 11 or more
  • 90th percentile or higher on a standardized equivalent of 7th-grade math test.
  • Prime Factor teacher recommendation
AMC 8 Preparation: Combinatorics
Grades 6-8
July 13 - 17, 10am - 1 pm
Overlake office
Early Bird Price until March 20th: $360
Regular Price: $400
The goal of this program is to help students practice areas of mathematics and topics that would help to do their best at AMC 8 and MathCounts. The class will concentrate on topics in combinatorics (counting). There will also be a lot of problem solving practice. This program is designed for motivated students, who are willing to put effort into practicing for the contests.

Requirements: one of the following:
  • Past AMC 8 score of 11 or more
  • 90th percentile or higher on a standardized equivalent of 7th-grade math test.
  • Prime Factor teacher recommendation
Linguistic Odyssey
Grades 8-10
July 6 - 10, 10am - 1pm
Overlake office
Early Bird Price until March 20th: $360
Regular Price: $400
Languages are fascinating. They emerge seemingly on their own. No single person seems to invent their grammar, yet they exhibit a rigorous structure and well-defined rules. Join the "Odyssey" program for a week of discussing language-related topics and solving problems from NACLO (North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad) and other computational linguistics contests.

We will talk about the origin of language, their history, how languages change, a nd methods for studying languages of the past. We'll explore different language types, their grammar, relationships, and the diverse language families found on Earth today. Join this program to discover how linguistics unites a love for languages with the analytical and technical skills of STEM.
Younger students will be considered if they are interested in joining this program.
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Scratch: Code and Create
Grades 3-5
August 17 - 21, 1pm - 4pm
Overlake office
Early Bird Price until March 20th: $360
Regular Price: $400
The goals of this class are to spark children’s interest in coding and to transform them into independent creators. By the end of the week, the students will learn enough Scratch programming to be able to independently create games and other exciting projects.

Open for advanced and motivated students grades 3-5. Could be combined with Logic Land 3-4 morning program for a full day experience. Full Day Bundle discount applies.
Scratch Masters: The Game Lab
Grades 5-6
July 6 - 10, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Overlake office
Early Bird Price until March 20th: $380
Regular Price: $420
This unique program is designed for students who enjoy Scratch programming and want to refine their skills through a series of exciting coding challenges. Participants will be working on a set of games designed to teach new coding techniques and problem-solving approaches. There will be plenty of creativity, out-of-the-box thinking, new Scratch coding skills learned, and a good share of summer fun as well.
We invite students who already have some Scratch coding experience, and are interested and motivated to be in a fast-paced coding program.
Participants should be familiar with variables, conditionals, sprites and costumes, and stage geometry including coordinates and angles, and worked on Scratch projects with the complex logic and interaction between sprites.

Open for advanced and motivated students grades 5-6. Younger students might be accepted with Prime Factor's teacher permission.
Robotics with mBots
Grades 5-7
July 13 - 17, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Overlake office
Early Bird Price until March 20th: $390
Regular Price: $430
Join our robotics program and discover the fundamentals of electronics and programming while coding with programmable mBot robots. You will learn how to write code and use the robot's motors, sensors, and actuators to make your mBot robot move and perform a variety of tasks.You will have the opportunity to program your robot to dance, follow lines, detect and avoid obstacles, react to light, participate in the robo-battle, and much more. How intelligent will your robot be? Will it be able to navigate through a maze without getting stuck?

Open to advanced and motivated students grades 5-7. Could be combined with "Math Puzzlers" program for a full day experience. Full Day Bundle discount applies.
Coding with Python
level 1
Grades 6-8
July 20 - 24, 10am - 1pm
Overlake office
Early Bird Price until March 20th: $380
Regular Price: $420
This fast-paced program is for motivated students who are new to Python programming or have limited coding experience. The course introduces fundamental programming concepts and illustrates them with a variety of graphical and algorithmic projects. By the end of the week, students will gain a lot of practice with the flow of control, variables, conditionals, loops, functions, lists, and graphical turtle programming. The teaching approach emphasizes computational thinking and quality coding practices.

Prerequisites: Developed typing skills.
Successful graduates are welcome to join our Level 2 program.
Coding with Python
level 2
Grades 6-8
July 27 - 31, 10am - 1pm
Overlake office
Early Bird Price until March 20th: $380
Regular Price: $420
An intensive program for students who want to improve their Python coding skills. This week we will dive deeper into more advanced elements of the language and more challenging and complex algorithmic projects. Work on a variety of projects, graphical games, and exercises that utilize, emphasize, and enforce these concepts. We will also be discussing program organization and quality coding practices.
Grow with us: improve your coding skills, learn new problem-solving approaches, get a deeper understanding of the language.
Open to graduates of Python Level 1 and students with comparable knowledge.
Data Science and AI
Grades 8-10
Aug 17 - 21, 10am - 1pm
Overlake office
Early Bird Price until March 20th: $380
Regular Price: $420
Data science is the art of finding the story within data—turning messy real-world information into clear insights and reliable predictions. It shows up everywhere, from biology and medicine to economics and business, and it connects directly to modern AI.
In this program, we’ll learn the ideas and use real tools. With Python, students will analyze datasets, create visualizations, and solve “data-scientist style” problems focused on spotting patterns and making predictions. Then we step into modern AI by building a neural network and learning what’s happening inside it: layers, weights, activation functions, and training with gradient-based methods. We’ll treat the math conceptually—enough to understand what’s going on—without long technical derivations. If time allows, we’ll finish with an introduction to computer vision and explore a neural network trained on a classic image dataset.

Placement test or Prime Factor teacher recommendation is required.
Prerequisites:
  • Python coding: comfortable with conditionals, loops, and lists.
  • Math: strong Algebra skills plus basic probability/statistics.
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