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What Does My Child Get From Summer Camp?

3/29/2019

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What Does My Child Get From Summer Camp?

There are quite a few benefits that a summer camp can have not just for the child's entertainment level but for the child’s mind and body as well. Today, we're going to go into a few of those benefits. We're going to take a look at how summer camp can help your child grow as a person, retain more of what they learned, find new interests, and make new friends.

Summer Camp Can Help Your Child Grow

When your child goes to summer camp, they can learn and do things on their own. Summer Camps are very hands on. Camps are very different from the school where they sit most of the day and taught lessons by a teacher in front of the room. Themed summer camps that teach them life skills can be advantageous here. Summer camps that have camping, safe fire building, and cooking can teach kids that they can do a lot more when they only put their minds to it.


This growth can help them in normal parts of their everyday life as well. Once they learn that they can cook over a fire by themselves, they might realize that they can cook things in the microwave or make simple meals at home. This new found independence can help you around the house as the parent. Take a look at the summer camps that you're thinking about sending your child to. What transferable skills will they get from each of the activities?

Summer Camps Keep Children's Minds Active

During the summer, children do not have to sit in a classroom and learn for hours on it. This usually results in them doing mindless activities at home like running around outside or staying inside and playing video games. While this can be fun and certainly does help the child relax, it can be detrimental to what they learned during the school year. Some studies say that children can lose half of what they learned during the school year in the two months that they are on summer break. Summer camp is an excellent solution to this mindless problem.

In summer camp, kids are encouraged to use their brains to solve activities and work together. While they might be working on different skillsets from what was learned in school, summer camp helps their mind stay active. Many activities at theme inspired summer camps will revolve around using the skills and knowledge thereby helping with your child's memory of the school year.

Summer Camp Can Help Your Child Learn About Themselves

It can be hard for a child to find their interest at school. With standardized testing, it can be difficult for a child to see new and exciting subjects within the confines of the topics that schools are required to teach. By sending your kid to a creatively themed summer camp, you can help them see new subjects and find new interests. If your child has shown an interest in dinosaur movies, for example, find a dinosaur themed summer camp. They can learn about paleontology and grow their interest in a new hobby.

Though your child's career is still decades away, this can help them find out more about what they want to do and their future. It's never too young to expose a child to new ideas and new passions. If you tried a space camp last year, why not try a rainforest camp this year? These new themes can help your child learn more about themselves and more about the world around them as well.

Summer Camps Can Create Friendships

Summer camp is a great place to meet new friends. Except for recess, a child spends most of their time in school sitting at a desk. At summer camp, however, they can make new friendships through hands-on activities. As a bonus to this, most children will have similar interests. This can be a high starting point for a bond.

A local summer camp can provide your child with an opportunity to meet more kids in the area. If your child is at a summer camp far from home, this can provide a learning opportunity for penpals or mini meet up getaways. Summer camp can also help them learn more about social dynamics and how to make new friends.


Did you know that Bodies in Motion offers a summer camp? If you've ever been interested in your child attending a summer camp, then contact us to see about the themes we offer, costs, and other information you may need!


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Adam Golightly link
8/17/2021 12:10:41 pm

My cousin has been thinking about having her kids go to a biking camp because she wants them to learn some more skills. They are really excited to be taught by a professional because they want to have a lot more fun. I liked what you said about how their brains will stay active because they can work on different skillsets like teamwork.

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