Summer camp
Examples of such themes include the performing arts, music, magic, computer programming, language education, mathematics, children with special needs, and weight loss.
[1] This is largely to counter a trend in decreasing enrollment in summer camps, which some argue to have been brought about by smaller family sizes and the growth in supplemental educational programs.
[8] Mimicking Native American traditions such as council fires and storytelling generated a sense of community and inspired campers to become conscientious members of a group.
[9] In this era, camps were considered to be a natural pathway for young girls to develop healthy bodies, self-assurance and a sense of community.
In the United States and Canada, counselors for residential camps are typically drawn from older teens and college-aged adults (early 20s) because of the temporary, seasonal and low-paying aspects of the work.
[16] In the United States, there are numerous models of camp with an educational focus that cater to students of differing ages and academic interest.
Some camps, such as CTY and Duke TIP, are focused primarily on education or on educational-related activities, such as debate, history, or journalism.
[17] These provide high school students with the opportunity to study academic topics on a summer adventure travel program, typically in the wilderness or a foreign country.
Various camp programs offer preparation for the SAT Reasoning Test as part of a mixture of academic learning with summer fun.
These camp programs often outsource their SAT component from test preparation companies like The Princeton Review or Kaplan who provide the teachers and resources.
These programs offer a wide range of classes that may have little or no scholastic overlap but are taught with the purpose of broadening the student's conception and interest in many otherwise unknown areas of study.
Students typically explore subjects like photography, community service, drama, magic, scuba diving, video production, comic book design, crime scene forensics, cooking, yoga, and similar areas.
Many universities now offer technology-focused camps in the summer as a way of reaching future students, generating revenue and providing community service outreach.
These camps generally focus, through the medium of team sports, on the development of the whole child; not just how they are as an athlete, but also how they are as a person, a bunkmate, a teammate, and a friend.
Both multi-sport and single-sport camps tend to be run by experienced teachers and coaches (who typically have summers off from their school responsibilities).
The best sports camps succeed at challenging aspiring athletes both mentally and physically, while also promoting their social and leadership skills.
Many groups hold holiday day-camps for Primary aged children, and often run week-long adventure camps during the Spring, Autumn and Winter breaks.
Admission to these fairs is typically free, and the camps on display vary in their cost from completely subsidized fees to quite expensive.
[27][28] The Chilean Inglés Abre Puertas (English Opens Doors) program from the Ministry of Education runs each January and July English-language Summer and Winter camps, respectively.
The reason behind this was that Finnish pedagogues of that period, influenced by the values of the largely agrarian pre-WWII society, were convinced that an urban lifestyle was harmful to the development of children.
Activities in summer camps in India include rock climbing, backpacking, mountain biking, white water rafting, trekking, ropes, and wilderness craft.
Whilst Irish colleges are still popular, a greater variety of summer camps are now on offer catering for a range of interests.
They cover areas such as web design, video production, desktop publishing, etc., reflecting a more modern and diverse Ireland.
For example, all evangelical churches (mostly in the Galilee) hold a Vacation Bible School (VBS) which includes many activities for children.
Every year during the summer school holiday, the Youth and Science Association organizes Scientific camps in many regions in Tunisia where children and teenagers can learn new skills, develop their potential and have fun.
[33] Camps in the UK are also generally less specialised than in the United States and Canada, and most offer a fairly broad multi-activity programme of adventure activities alongside some fun social elements.
This is partly because summer camps in the UK grew as an offshoot of the activity holiday industry and were therefore influenced by their adventure-only outdoor program.
The UK has for the past few decades had a number of organisations that have established themselves more along the traditional model with a very wide range of holiday options as well as themed camps and major event days.
[36] A number of youth organisations, such as the Scout Association, Army Cadet Force and Air Training Corps, do often run more specialised summer camps for their membership, though these are not usually open to non-members.
Colonies were not based on outdoor pursuits or the "action-adventure" model, but were multi-activity holidays designed to appeal to a very wide range of children.
