2008 Summer Day Camps Guide
Amanda Borozinski,
Sentinel Staff
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This year the Monadnock Region boasts an array of day camp activities for
children from 3-1/2 to 18 years old.
There are sports camps where children can perfect a three-point fadeaway
shot or a back flip off a balance beam. There are dance, comic-drawing, and
movement camps where children can develop their creative flare. There are
day camps and half-day camps that specialize in the traditional camp
experience – hiking, singing songs, orienteering, archery, horseback riding
and canoeing. There are even unique camps that teach children about ecology
and the environment, careers in healthcare or animal advocacy.
There is a camp for just about every child, and best of all, according to
Peter Scales, author/educator at The Search Institute (a nonprofit
organization whose mission is to “provide leadership, knowledge, and
resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities”), there are
camps with activities children aren’t yet aware they will enjoy. Camps, he
said, allow children to “explore talents, interests and values.”
Day camp is the perfect opportunity for children to try new things and then
come home each night and share the adventure with their parents.
