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It is a great idea to consider letting your children attend a Summer Camp for Kids. Summer camps everywhere have the people and facilities for teaching children everything from new skills to creating art projects to lifelong principles like sharing and respect. Kids can learn, have fun, and meet new friendships by spending part of their summer at camp. Being a camper can be a good experience for children as young as seven or eight until well into the teen years. A lot of movies are based on stories about summer camp adventures because so much universal coming of age happens to kids in these camps. Kids will also come to know more about nature because camps are usually located in the woods or near lakes or mountains.

At Overnight Camps campers are encouraged to participate in different kinds of activities. Whether your child enjoys outdoor activities, playing sports, indoor games, creating art projects, or canoe trips, he or she will surely enjoy time at the camp with other kids discovering new interests. Camp counselors provide guidance and are role models and mentors, adding to what your child has been taught at home and at school.

When it comes to selecting the right camp for your child, important camp information is needed and the right questions need to be asked. The best place to start is www.summercampadvice.com, a free website devoted entirely to helping parents and kids find the right summer camp for their particular needs. Acquiring that information takes time and patience, but the results can be priceless. Meanwhile, here are some basic areas of attention that you have to consider before you send your child off to summer camp.

The most important aspect of camp life will be the quality of attention your child receives. The ratio of camp staff and counselors to campers should also be considered. Are there enough counselors for all the kids who will stay at the camp? Are they kid-oriented, capable and do they have the right training, knowledge, and skills? Does the camp have a resident nurse on staff? Questions like these should be asked and explored well before you enroll your child at a summer camp, and the place to start is by having a conversation with the director of the camp you'd like to find out about.

As you narrow your choices find out as much as you can about each camp's staff, from the directors to counselors. This is actually the most important consideration in choosing a camp for your child. Ask what the directors' priorities are in choosing the staff, confirm that they do background checks and get a sense of the experience and age range of the staff. Most camp directors love to talk about their camp and many provide opportunities to meet and get to know staff members as well.

Ask for references. Established camps are more than happy to supply a list of current and former campers' families for reference. It is essential to call those references and ask about the camp. Ask about the good things as well as the bad things about the camp, about the staff, the camp food and the camp experience. Follow up by discussing what the references have said with the director of the camp.