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Summer Camps For Enriching And Rewarding Activities
By Leaf Treehorn
Kids and teens attend summer camps for the opportunity to experience
enriching and rewarding activities. They also go, because they
can gain knowledge in a specific field of interest.
There are summer camp programs on college campuses available
in large U.S. cities, like New York City, Los Angeles, Boston
and Philadelphia as well as other countries, like England.
Today’s teen can choose a program in which he or she can combine
multiple activities, like learning a language while in a community
service program in Venezuela or another exotic locale.
The Value Of Giving Back To The Community
Community service also teaches your child the value of giving
back. A summer camp with this in mind helps your teenager complete
high school community service requirements while he or she assists
in the construction of new classrooms, works with orphans, on
hurricane reconstruction on the Gulf Coast or by teaching a sport
to underprivileged kids in an urban setting.
For those who choose to review their options and take a year
off between high school and college, there are many summer camps
for them to experience. The United States is among the few countries
where kids follow a straight path from high school into college,
then on to graduate school and then to a profession.
Taking Time Off Between High School And College
American students are starting to consider taking some time off
between high school and college. During that year off, your child
can sail around the world, live with a family in a rural village
in another country or participate in community service projects.
Although learning a foreign language is not a new idea, combining
it with other interests is a new occurrence. There are many language
programs overseas that incorporate a home stay, where a student
is matched with a host family. This can enrich the student’s experience
in the form of a cultural exchange and community service.
Live With A Host Family
There are many activities to go along with language studies.
Teens can study photography, painting or cooking while learning
a language. They can study architecture while learning French.
There are even programs available for teens that offer the chance
to learn rare languages, like Arabic or Modern Greek here in the
U.S.
For more exotic and intensive travel, now your child can live
with a host family in a rural village, hike to ancient ruins and
help build a school for kids, all in a four week trip.
Study And Knowledge Centers Around The World
With the latest trends moving towards the more exotic, you can
find teen summer camps for travel to Thailand, Senegal, Bolivia
or any number of exotic and remote locations. While these programs
previously were about visiting busy tourist attractions, some
have transformed into study and knowledge centers.
Creating a more authentic and enriching cultural experience is
what their new objective is. Visit these sites for more information;
www.swopnet.com/geo_rodeowriter_2000/lang_camps.html
and www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/147.
About the Author:
Leaf Treehorn has written a number of articles on recreation, gardening tips and furniture including
Growing Vegetables,
Patchwork Quilting,
Down Comforter.
Keep a lookout for more of his articles on this website.
Little Known Camping Facts....
Kids go all year waiting for summer to arrive. But within a few
days sitting around the house gets boring. The solution is finding
some summer camps for your children to attend. Camps are great
ways for kids to make new friends and discover new things.
There are so many different camps they can go to. It may be a
church camp or even a wilderness camp...the options are endless.
But you do need to start shopping for the things that they need
to take with them.
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