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Tags: Camp, Child, Choosing, Consider, Points
Hopefully your child will be among the 12 million other kids going to camp this summer. The positive benefits kids gain from a camp experience – such as learning to take responsibility for themselves, making new friends, and building self-confidence and esteem – are well-documented and indisputable. You don’t want to make a mistake when picking a camp, so here are the top 7 things to consider before you sign on the dotted line. Make sure your child is ready for camp Kids develop at certain rates. Some kids are ready for camp before others. If your child is mature, gets along well with others, and is comfortable being separated from you, he or she is probably ready for a camp experience. Otherwise, you might…
Apr 01 2010
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Tags: Camp, Choose
If you’re a parent considering summer camp opportunities for your child, you might consider a day camp rather than (or in addition to) a sleepaway camp experience. Parents often view sending their kids to day camps as a “stepping stone” to overnight camp. They might think day camps are for “younger kids” and sleepaway camps are for older ones. In some cases this is might be true, but not always. In fact, some day camps actually specialize in meeting the unique needs of older kids who don’t want to go to sleepaway camp, but who still require worthwhile activities and adult supervision during the summer. Activities at such day camps are often designed for the teen or “tween” age group. One of the advantages you…
Mar 18 2010
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Tags: Camp, Choose, Summer
Choose a summer camp for your child can be a difficult and sometimes overwhelming. Since there are an almost endless variety of options to consider that the ideal camp can be daunting for your child’s interests, personality and schedule. In addition, as a parent, you have the responsibility to ensure that the camp is for your child in a safe and suitable for operating your child’s age and skill level select. The following is a checklist of the selection camp for parents, when considering the options for summer camp for their children: 1st Priorities of the Camp program. Each camp has a different philosophy and orientation of the program. Some camps promote structured activities group, while other campers give more individual freedom for the different…
Dec 12 2009
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Tags: Camps, Classification, Summer
Summer camps are one of the best experiences which we enjoy, they are one of the most sought after events and people love the fact that they are going to summer camps. Basically there are two main designations for summer camps but there are many different types of summer camps. The classification of the two designations of the summer camps is as follows: day camps and the sleep away camps. In the day camps people visit the camps during the day and they return back to their place in the evening, thus the day camps more specific for the kids and the people who are committed. The second kind of designation is the sleep away camps or the overnight camps wherein the attendees of the…
Jul 16 2009