Pregnancy And Baby Care Slideshow 8 Reasons To Send Your Kids To Summer Camp

8 Reasons To Send Your Kids To Summer Camp

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An opportunity for your kids to build self-esteem and explore nature - summer camp for kids is more than just fun!

As the summer approaches, kids start making plans for the activities they would like to try and places they'd like to explore, if given the opportunity. It is hardly surprising to see a summer camp on the top of almost every kid's summer “to do” list. Kids in the United States choose to go for summer camps every year, in continuation with a tradition that has been going on for decades. Are you a bit apprehensive about sending your kid off to a summer camp for the first time?

Remember that sending your kid for a summer camp means a lot more than just packing him off to the mountains or the woods. Before you take the decision to enroll your child for a summer camp, think of all the pros and cons carefully. Given below are 8 reasons to send your kids to summer camp this year:

• Making new friends: When your kid goes away to camp, he will meet hundreds of other children, in the same age group, but with diverse backgrounds. Your child will happen to bunk with some of these children and will participate in various activities with them, as a team member. A summer camp will help your child bond with new friends, which does not really happen when he is close to home.
• Taking a break from computers, television programs and the digital world: Most summer camps do not allow children to carry cell phones, video games, laptops and other such electronic devices. Your kid will not spend hours, texting or calling his friends. This gives your kid the opportunity to step out of the electronic world and into the real one.
• Learning how to be independent and self-reliant: When was the last time your child made his own bed, did his laundry, cleaned his own room and helped cook dinner? At camp, your kid will have no one to do all this for him and will have to do it himself. What's better is that your child will probably enjoy performing these activities when he sees his new friends do the same thing around him.
• Exploring new areas of interest: There are several camps that are dedicated to specific interests for children. On the other hand, some camps include several different activities, like sport, arts, creativity, and so on, which will allow your child to learn what he is good at and the areas he can focus on.
• Participating in new sporting events and activities: If you look at the schedules for most summer camps, you will realize that your child will hardly have the time to laze around and get bored. Right from the time they wake up, till it is time to go to bed, children are encouraged to engage in activities like swimming, canoeing, hiking, archery, crafts, horseback riding, dancing, singing, and so on. At a summer camp, your child will be willing to try activities you wouldn't have imagined him to be interested in, at home.
• Building self-esteem: Your child will explore and realize his own potential, without mom and dad around to help him. Can you imagine how this will increase your child's confidence and self-esteem?
• Appreciating nature more closely: Camps give your kids the opportunity to get outdoors and enjoy nature. Your child will probably see features like hills, mountains, forests, lakes, new plants, animals, insects and other creatures for the first time at a camp.
• Getting new experiences and memories: Most kids come back with wonderful, lifelong memories of sitting around the campfire, roasting marshmallows, sipping hot chocolate and exchanging ghost stories in the cool mountain air. No matter how many activities you get your child to sign up for in the summer, nothing will probably have the impact that a camp will.
  

While camps are a great experience for most kids, every child is different. Make sure that your little one is not too young to go off to a camp for the first time.