Summer camps and summer programs for kids, teens and youth in the United States and Canada.

Summer Camps : Summer Camps for Kids, Teens & Youth

Summer camps provide your child with the chance to develop character, learn valuable life skills, make new friends, and discover new interests. Finding the right summer camps for your child are as important as helping them find the right college! At MySummerCamps.com, our goal is to help parents find kids and teen summer camps in Canada and the USA that will meet the needs of your child.

The key to finding the right summer camps is to first ask some questions. What do you and your child hope to achieve from the camp experience? Does your child have any special interests that they want to explore? Is a lot of structure desirable?

Once you've answered these basic questions you will be able to select the type of summer camps appropriate for your child. Camps fall into two major categories-traditional camps and specialty camps. Either type of camp is capable of providing a fantastic summer experience.

Traditional Summer Camps
Traditional camps offer a variety of activities including outdoor recreation, arts and crafts, individual activities, team activities, and more. Kids at traditional camps select their favorite activities from a list and spend as much or as little time on each activity as they choose. Traditional camps are best for children who love to do many different types of things or who are easily bored.

Traditional camps can be day camps or sleepaway camps. Day camps allow children to participate in camp activities during the day but stay at home with parents during the evening. Sleepaway camps are camps where kids stay at camp under the supervision of adult guardians for a week or a month at a time.

Specialized Summer Camps
Specialized camps focus their instruction on one activity like dance or basketball. This type of camp is geared towards children intent on improving performance in the specialized activity. Children who are extremely motivated in one specific activity and who can concentrate on one thing for long periods are best suited for specialty camps.

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Summer Camps News for Campers, Parents, Directors, Job Seekers and Vendors

Family: A camp for every child
Summer camps are not just a vehicle for getting your kids out of the house. Granted, that might be an added benefit—after all, bored kids can make the ... [ more ]

Hitchcock Nature Center sets Plant-astic Summer Day Camps
These camps are sponsored by the Pottawattamie County Conservation Board and allow children to experience nature up close. Summer day camps include outdoor ... [ more ]

New summer camps include Circus By The Sea
This summer, Circus by the Sea will come to Panama City Beach with a new day camp as well as performances. The camps designed for ages 7 to 12 will be 9 am ... [ more ]

Summer Fun Okay for Asthma Suffers Too
Summer camp can be just as fun for asthmatic kids as for others. Camps like Asthma Adventure Camp, which is run by the American Lung Association of Illinois ... [ more ]

Glorieta launches Rocky Mountain camps
GLORIETA, NM(BP)--Expanding on the success of Ridgecrest Summer Camps near Asheville, NC, which are running at nearly 100 percent capacity, LifeWay Glorieta ... [ more ]

Basketball camps set at Lindsey Wilson College
Both the overnight and day camps match boys and girls with other youngsters of similar size and ability. Girls Guard/Perimeter/Post Specialty Camp, ... [ more ]

Playing for faith 12-year-old Push the Rock sports camps look ...
At Push the Rock camps across the Lehigh Valley this summer, more than 600 students will hear Scripture verses during team time, pray before games and take ... [ more ]

Summer camps at PCHS
Champions for Children will once again be offering their popular Summer Enrichment Camps. There are eight, one-week sessions beginning on June 16 and ending ... [ more ]

AMSE offers summer camps, sports exhibit
It's time to plan for summer fun at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge, which offers three different full-day weekly camps, ... [ more ]

On Your Side: Cincinnati Summer Activities For Kids
"Every summer we offer 40 different camps in 11 to 17 different parks all over the city," added Vivian Wagner of Cincinnati Parks. ... [ more ]

Summer Ideas To Keep The Kids Busy
Summer camps and aquatic lessons, provided by the city of Sacramento, are other options for parents. Last summer, more than 500 kids joined the swim team ... [ more ]

Sports camps assist athletes locally, overseas
These Tanzanian kids in a very rural village of Lashaine have an elementary and middle school but no playing field. We’ve heard (from SMU alumnus Jenny ... [ more ]

Tips for making summer camp successful
In addition to traditional camps, specialty camps focus on adventure, fine arts, horseback riding, soccer, swimming, Web design and more. Where to start. ... [ more ]

Summer camps produce great memories
Canada's summer camps provide a great opportunity for young people to escape the hustle and bustle of city life and experience some of Canada's people and ... [ more ]

Gift your children a summer of adventure
"For summer camps, we have taken children to Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Vandalur Zoo, Vedanthangal bird sanctuary and Pulicat lake. ... [ more ]

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Summer camps and summer programs for kids, teens and youth in the United States and Canada.