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The Los Angeles Summer Camp Experience
Shelly Cartwright asked: Los Angeles is rich with a host of summer camp opportunities for your child. An increasing trend among Los Angeles families is to send their kids to several summer camps over the course of the summer, compared to the traditional way of picking a single camp alone.A confluence of factors — principally, [...]
Top 7 Points to Consider When Choosing a Camp for Your Child
Shelly Cartwright asked: Hopefully your child will be among the 12 million other kids going to camp this summer. The positive benefits kids gain from a camp experience – such as learning to take responsibility for themselves, making new friends, and building self-confidence and esteem – are well-documented and indisputable.You don’t want to make a [...]
How to Find an Aquatic Sports Summer Camp
Shelly Cartwright asked: What’s the best way for your child to be safe, have fun and beat the summer heat? Sign them up for a water sports or aquatic camp!Summertime and aquatic activities go hand-in-hand. According to Theresa Torrone, a volunteer for the American Camp Association (ACA), “Water sports camps are one of the fastest [...]
How to Choose a Summer Camp
Eric D. Naftulin asked: Choosing the right summer camp for your child can be a challenging and sometimes overwhelming task. Since there’s a seemingly endless variety of choices to consider, matching the ideal camp to your child’s interests, personality, and busy schedule can be daunting. Furthermore, as a parent, you have the responsiblity of ensuring [...]
How to Get Free Summer Camp
Eric D. Naftulin asked: Summer camp enrollment season is here. But the economy stinks and camp’s not cheap. If you’re looking to save few bucks on camp this year – or, even better, to send your kids to camp for FREE – here’s a great way to do it: Barter.Well, maybe not entirely free. But pretty [...]
How to Choose a Speciatly Summer Camp
Shelly Cartwright asked: Specialty summer camp programs have continued to grow in popularity each of the past several years. In fact, they’re the fastest growing segment of the entire summer camp industry. A “specialty” camp generally focuses on one or more related camp activities (just beach and surfing activities, for example), versus a traditional summer [...]
How to Choose a Surf Camp
Eric D. Naftulin asked: Where “general” or “traditional” camp programs have historically been the norm, specialty summer camp programs for kids and teens — which focus on one just one activity or a few related ones — are growing in popularity year after year. Nowhere is this more evident than along the southern California coastline, [...]
The Los Angeles Summer Camp Experience
Eric D. Naftulin asked: Los Angeles is rich with a host of summer camp opportunities for your child. An increasing trend among Los Angeles families is to send their kids to several summer camps over the course of the summer, versus the traditional way of picking a single camp alone.A confluence of factors — principally, [...]
How to Choose a Day Camp
Eric D. Naftulin asked: If you’re a parent considering summer camp opportunities for your child, you might consider a day camp rather than (or in addition to) a sleepaway camp experience.Parents often view sending their kids to day camps as a “stepping stone” to overnight camp. They might think day camps are for “younger kids” [...]
