Summer Camp is for Everyone

Just like fun and sun is meant for everyone, so are summer camps. That said, just like no one size fits all, so

does the summer camps! Confused? Don't be!

Summer camps mean different things to different people. While some parents send their kids to camps to be

resilient and build confidence, there are others who deem camps as a place for their kids to learn new crafts

and skills.

Dear parents, it's important to remember that a camp isn't just an important developmental tool alone. And it

isn't alone meant for kids wanting to build confidence or learn a few crafts. Rather, it is for children from every

walk of life. Summer camp is for everyone! Regardless of where a child comes from, the benefits of camp can

be great.

It's easy for the parents to be skeptical about things, given that children from different backgrounds and

situations, congregate in a camp.Given the disparity, parents often worry how can their kids benefit from the

same experience, but each and every one of them can grow into themselves in a camp environment.

Camp Navigator jots down how every child can benefit from a camp, regardless of their situation or social

standing. Read on:

Camp provides the perfect milieu for a child to learn to make decisions, important and unimportant. It teaches

them to socialize and interact with others and resolve conflicts peacefully. It helps them develop critical-thinking

and important leadership skills — things that every child needs to blossom into independent, confident and

mature adults.

Parents often worry that, over the summer, their children will forget the things they learned in school. While

kids do forget some part of things taught in a school year during a vacation, most camp provides programming

that keeps a child’s brain active, alert, and acquiring knowledge and skills, which reduces learning loss. And it

is not only a child’s brain that is kept active at summer camp they keep their bodies active as well. Exercise is

simply part of the fun of the day at camp. Programming such as hiking, soccer, and canoing allow children to

truly enjoy being active on a daily basis. Between exercise and exposure to nature, which is proven to reduce

stress, improve mood, and stimulate all of a child’s senses, children return home mentally and physically well,

perhaps more so than upon their arrival at camp.

During a summer at camp, a child begins to understand what it means to be part of a community. Living in a

group setting and sharing team experiences teaches kids how to work together, care for each other, and find

their voice within the group. Camp is a safe place away from home, and having a strong and supportive

community around encourages a child to engage in positive risk-taking. Children realize that they are in a

judgment-free environment and begin to step out of their own comfort zone, taking both physical and emotional

risks they may never otherwise take. They ask questions, try new things, and become active participants in

their own lives.

All of these new encounters become the driving force behind burgeoning self-confidence, self-sufficiency, and

self-reliance. Suddenly, children are discovering skills and strengths they never knew they possessed and are

getting their first taste of success and achievement. Adults know very well the feeling of confidence that arises

from accomplishing something. It is important to remember that many children are experiencing this sense of

accomplishment on their own for the very first time at camp, something that may not have happened at home or

school.

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