| Special needs camps meet the needs of a wide | | | | students on their summer break. |
| range of children with disabilities; these camps provide | | | | Specialty overnight camps can range from $500 to |
| an outdoor summer camp experience along with a | | | | $1000 per week depending on the program. Check the |
| therapeutic environment. Camps often focus on | | | | camper-counselor ratio to determine the number of |
| specialties that include: adventure, art, computer, dance, | | | | campers for each counselor. Children will get more |
| music, religion, horse riding, sports, theatre, and many | | | | individual attention and supervision with a lower number |
| others. Many kid campers are enrolled in summer | | | | of campers per counselor. |
| camp by their parents early in the year, thus camps fill | | | | Is there a special topic (e.g. religion, sports, educational, |
| up quickly. | | | | performing arts, arts and crafts) that you hope your |
| Beyond the traditional sports - baseball, softball, | | | | child will gain ability and experience in? Camp tuition |
| basketball, soccer, tennis, football, and more - there are | | | | can be expensive; similar to travel insurance, there are |
| camps for outdoor enthusiasts that can offer | | | | now insurance policies for families sending their children |
| horseback riding, hiking, camping, fishing, and even | | | | to overnight summer camp to cover last minute |
| rappelling. Overnight summer camp is also known as a | | | | cancellations, homesickness, medical emergencies and |
| sleepaway camp when campers spend their nights at | | | | emergency evacuations. Do you think, if you have |
| the camp; some camps do allow both daytime and | | | | more than one child, they would they benefit from |
| overnight campers. The camp you choose for your | | | | attending the same summer camp together? |
| child will provide a lifetime of good memories and will | | | | Non-profit camps often range from $1200 to $3000 |
| be truly rewarding. | | | | for four weeks and $2500 to $5000 for eight weeks. |
| There are camps with activities as traditional as model | | | | Visit the camp; you can view campers and counselors |
| rocketry and riflery, to those nontraditional as aviation, | | | | in their element, witness activities as they occur, and |
| computers, language studies, golf, martial arts or | | | | just obtain an overall feel of the camp, something that |
| community service. Selecting the right camp that fits | | | | cannot be accurately experienced when the camp is |
| into your child or teen's interests, special interests, | | | | closed. Weight loss camps are for children and teens |
| needs, special needs and abilities will be one of the first | | | | in order to help them learn about how to lose weight |
| steps There are popular overnight summer camps in | | | | and how to keep it off while having a great overnight |
| every state in the U.S. and every province in Canada; | | | | summer camp experience. |
| there are camps in the United Kingdom, Australia, New | | | | The camp experience will have a lasting impression on |
| Zealand and just about every country in the world. | | | | a child or teen, so there are a number of issues that |
| Try to determine whether the director incorporates a | | | | should be seriously considered when choosing an |
| similar philosophy to running the camp as you do in | | | | overnight summer camp or sleepaway camp. Look |
| parenting your child or children. Camps should have at | | | | over and evaluate the brochures and promotional |
| least a 40% to 60% return staff ratio, which shows | | | | materials; read the fine print. Homesickness is a |
| that the camp is seen as a good place to spend a | | | | frequent problem, but with a caring camp counselor |
| summer. Most camp counselors are in their late teens | | | | most campers adjust easily. Think about what you and |
| or early twenties and are high school and college | | | | your child hope they'll get from going to camp. |