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It is a great idea to consider letting your children attend summer camp. 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 films 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 the environment because camps are usually located in the woods or near lakes or mountains.

Campers are encouraged to participate in different kinds of activities. Whether your kid 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.

Before you decide to place your kid into an Kids Summer Camp, it is important to learn a few things about camps in general and the one you choose in particular. Knowing the right information will help you pick the right camp. The following paragraphs are a place to begin. For a complete and comprehensive free guide to choosing the best summer camp for your child, www.SummerCampAdvice.com has been created purely for that purpose and is highly recommended.

Here are some helpful hints, courtesy of www.SummerCampAdvisor.com. Find out the philosophy of the camp. Camps offer different overall themes with programs that follow those themes. There are different types of camps, offering anything from general traditional camp activities to very focused areas of emphasis which may be a particular sport, religious education, or science and nature. There are camps that offer rugged high adventure, team sports, skateboarding camps, and there are traditional camps with familiar activities. It is important to find out what the camp's mission or purpose is. A look at the camp video can bring a glimpse of how the camp's activities reflect its philosophy.

You should also decide whether you want your child to go to a private or a non-profit summer camp. Private resident camps are more expensive but might offer new facilities and modern equipment. On the other hand, non-profit camps usually charge lower fees and can still offer properly maintained facilities and camp equipment. The heart of every camp is the staff, and nothing is more important to a camper's experience. When selecting a camp, you have to consider budget, size, location, staff-to-camper ratio, length of stay and the condition of the camp facilities. There are perfectly good choices of summer camp for every budget, and they can be found with careful searching.

Another important consideration is the fit between the duration of the camp program and the age of your kid. Young kids can be enrolled in programs as short as a two weeks while older ones can join summer camps that last for two months. Choosing the right overnight summer camp depends as much on what you know about your kid as what you learn about that camp.