Special Editions
Outdoor: Making the connection
"Not too many years ago, a child’s experience was limited by how far he or she could ride a bicycle or by the physical boundaries that parents set. Today, the real boundaries of a child’s life are set more by the number of available cable channels and videotapes, by ...
Performing Arts: Easing into the limelight
Bowing to thunderous applause from proud, camera-wielding parents may just seem like practice for young actors with dreams of Broadway, but for every child, healthy self-esteem is essential to future success. By creating a safe environment, performing arts camps work...
Special Needs: Equal opportunity sporting
For the able-bodied youth population, access to outdoor activity can occur with little to no financial cost. Kids can run, hike and swim without the need for expensive equipment, resources and staff. They engage in physical education programs through their schools ...
Kids Camp Guide 2013 | Introduction
Spending time with positive role models, making in-person social connections, building new skills, developing new knowledge, being exposed to new activities — the list of pragmatic reasons for what children gain from camp is a pretty long one. But let’s take it down ...
Friending off Facebook
When I look back at the summers of my youth, I think of the smell of the outdoors, of canoeing and horseback riding, of archery and s’mores around a campfire with friends. In a word, I think of camp...
Sports: Team, individual camps teach similar lessons
There’s a potential, fencing coach Scott Permer acknowledges, for parents to see individual sports camps as a little lonely...
