Where to Send Your Kids for the Summer camps
With hundreds of kids’ summer camps to choose from, it can take you longer to find the right camp than it will for your child to attend the session. Find one of the summer camps you don’t want your child to miss this year and make your decision easier with this breakdown of summer camp options for kids of all ages.
Academic Camps
Children who prefer to learn during the summer can take part in an academic camp. These camps teach everything from astronomy to veterinary medicine.
Arts Camps
The budding artist in your family may be interested in a camp that teaches fine or performing arts. Art camps focus on developing a child’s certain artistic talents. Children may attend workshops, practice for a performance or prepare for an exhibit, all to take the child’s love of that particular art to the next level.
Religious Camps
Children of a certain religious denomination may enjoy religious camp. Many churches hold Vacation Bible School during the summer camp, which is usually a day camp. For overnight camps, denominations offer sessions by region. Children from other counties and states go to a camp that’s based on their religious beliefs. Kids experience traditional camp activities, such as water play, arts and crafts and sports but there is prayer time, Bible studies and other religious services throughout the session.
Military Camps
Military camp may sound like a boot camp where troubled teens go, but that’s not the case. Military summer camps teach loyalty, build confidence, and give kids the chance to see what life in the military is like. Campers also get to participate in typical summer camp activities like arts and crafts, paintball, rappelling and more. These camps can be found on military bases as well as other sites.
Scouts Camps
Boys and girls have been attending scouts camps for about 100 years. Some scouting camps allow children who are not scouts to attend for an extra fee. Kids can enjoy horseback riding, swimming, arts, and crafts or themed summer camp sessions such as water fun or wilderness survival. Scouts also work toward earning badges while they’re at camp.
Service Organization Camps
Kids involved in service organizations, such as 4-H, Future Farmers of America (FFA) and Kiwanis Kids, can attend camps related to their group. Campers may get to swim, play field games, learn new skills and explore nature. Since service organization members range from elementary school students all the way up to seniors in high school, many of these summer camps programs are broken up into age-appropriate sessions.
Sports Camps
Name a sport, and there’s probably a camp for it. Cheerleading, baseball, football, and basketball camps are the typical sports camps that come to mind. But sports camps also include surfing, lacrosse, and BMX, to name a few. A lot of sports camps have a professional athlete or coach associated with them, so children learn from some of the most experienced people in their sport.
