Summer Camping At Sfkids

Take a look at the variety of offerings in San Francisco and around the Bay Area and you're sure to find the perfect place for your child's Summer Camp. Many of the Summer camps and enrichment classes provide scholarships and financial assistance so that all children can attend.

Date: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 10 am to 2 pm
Everett Middle School (new location)
450 Church Street (between 16th & 17th Streets)
Accessible by MUNI and BART
San Francisco families with children of all ages are invited to this free showcase of summer activities for children, youth, and teens.
Visit exhibitors to learn about:
Camps • Classes • Sports • Teen Opportunities

Note: All organizations will be (or are already) listed on SFkids.org Out of School Time page.
The SFkids staff will update the camp listings as information is available for 2013.
• Download the Summer Resource Fair flyer at  http://tinyurl.com/sfsummerfair2

• Watch for updated details and camp discounts on SFkids.org Facebook page.
• For more information, contact summerfair@sfkids.org.

Summer Camp At Welcome Day Camp

Welcome Day Camp (Ages 3 – 14) Summer Programs (Grades 1 – 12) Summer trips summer employment opportunities. Summer is a time to enjoy outdoors, and take advantage of all the opportunities that Chicago has to offer kids. Where each day will bring exciting activities from games and field trips to swimming and sports. Campers have the chance to play and learn together, and enjoy being kids!
Preschoolers to teenagers have opportunities to develop self-confidence, make new friends and, most of all, HAVE FUN!

DAY CAMP 2013 LINE-UP
The Discovery program is designed to introduce their youngest campers to day Summer Camp in a welcoming, fun way through games, activities, special field trip days, and much more! Led by counselors and early childhood educators, days are structured into group play, activities, and outdoor games, all of which provide campers a chance to "discover" the fun of day camp!

Activities: Campers engage in art projects, cooperative learning games, singing, movement, and outdoor play. While visiting performers come weekly to provide on-site field trips. Section B campers also may take local field trips.

Supervision and Safety: A 1:4 staff to camper ratio is maintained, allowing campers to explore, learn, and grow in a group of children under the guidance of trained counselors. Three and four-year olds are placed in separate groups and a mid-morning snack is provided. Campers must be toilet-trained.
Voyagers for Grades 1-2
Take a voyage through the summer with a program designed for the active and creative camper. Sports, crafts, scavenger hunts, field trips, and swim lessons will round out this camp experience.

Activities: Mask making, soccer, kite making, group games, basketball, scavenger hunts, outdoor education, beach days, kickball, computers, drama, zoo day, and much more!

Supervision: A 1:8 counselor to camper ratio is maintained in each camp group. Campers are grouped by grade level.

Adventurers for Grades 3-4
Campers will find fun and challenges in new experiences as well as in camp favorites such as swim lessons, creative arts, and sports. Activities may be mixed-ages depending on interest.

Activities: Kayaking, nature hikes, outdoor cooking, sculpture, free choice Wednesdays, sports and games, swim lessons three-four days each week, arts and crafts, drama, sports, computers, outdoor education, beach days, and more! Weekly adventure field trips may include visits to local climbing walls and water parks.

Supervision and Safety: Campers are grouped by grade level, and activities may include children of varying ages depending on interest and ability. A maximum 1:10 counselor to camper ratio will be maintained in each group.

Explorers for Grades 5-6 
Explorers will have the opportunity to learn about leadership, community, and friendship, all while enjoying new activities and camp favorites! Group and individually selected activities will give campers the chance to "explore" and challenge themselves.

Activities: Kayaking, nature hikes, sculpture, choice Wednesdays, sports and games, swim lessons three-four days each week, arts and crafts, drama, outdoor education, beach days, and more! Weekly adventure field trips may include visits to local climbing walls and water parks.

Supervision and Safety: Campers are grouped by grade level, and activities may include children of varying ages depending on interest and ability. A maximum 1:10 counselor to camper ratio will be maintained in each group.

Camp Trekker for Grades 5-8
Camp Trekker is based at the Latin School, but campers will travel off-site daily, visiting favorite Chicago attractions and hidden city treasures. Campers learn to plan and to traverse Chicago using public transportation, walking, and buses. Special field trips and visits to pools and water parks are included.

Activities: Scavenger hunts, group games, weekly water days, kayaking, outdoor cooking, water park day, arts and crafts, sports, computers, and much more!

Leaders in Training (LIT) for Grades 8-9
In this challenging program, LITs will develop organization skills, patience, and strategies for working with younger children, and will learn how to implement creative camp ideas. The schedule includes training in child development, camp health, safety, and leadership.
Application is required.
 
Bus Services for Campers
Latin Day Summer Camp contracts with an independent bus company to provide safe, reliable door-to-door bus service to our camp families. Busing is available within the following boundaries: from 600 north (Ohio Street) to 4600 north (Wilson Avenue) and from Lake Shore Drive to 1600 west (Ashland Avenue).
There is no mid-day bus service or bus service for Extended Day. Travel times vary and may total 45 minutes, depending on your location. Notification of your pick-up and drop-off times will be mailed to you before camp starts.

Note: for more information on the Summer Camp Programs at Latin School “Welcome Day Camp” please go through the website.

Theres Camping And Lots More At KOA

Whether you like to sleep under the stars or cuddle up in a cozy, Deluxe Cabin with a kitchen and bathroom KOA kampground offers something for everyone.

One may roll up in a coach, car or motorcycle and they’ll make you feel right at home. In fact for many KOA campers, Camping Cabins and Deluxe Cabins (Lodges, Kottages) represent the best of both worlds, days spent outdoors and nights spent out of the elements. Don't forget to check with your KOA for specific floor plans and amenities.  4,000+ Camping Cabins and Deluxe Cabins are camper ready, making it easy for even the novice camper while enjoying a cozy and peaceful camping experience in the privacy and security of your own unit.

In fact, many of their campers have enjoyed camping in a tent, and they’ve owned a motorhome. But staying in a Cabin allows them to spend sunny afternoons relaxing on the shady porch swing of their Camping Cabin or Deluxe Cabin making it a perfect compromise  somewhere between tent camping and a motel.

From their economical and practical one- and two-room Camping Cabin to their most luxurious Deluxe Cabin, you’re sure to find the accommodation that fits both your budget and your desires. And with a variety of floor plans sleeping four to six people you can rest assured you’ll find the same standard of cleanliness and care that KOA is known for.

And now, after a day at the beach, the woods, the pool or the theme park, you can swing open the door to your cozy Camping Cabin or Deluxe Cabin, and drift off in peaceful comfort. Many of these units feature heat, air conditioning, bathrooms and kitchens. Some even have flat-panel TV’s with surround sound. What a perfect way to end the day!

Madison YMCA Camp Adds New Sessions For Kids

The Madison YMCA camps as usual shall open its registration for full day and half day summer day camps, shortly. The camps shall commence from June 24 and extend till August 30. They are specifically for F.M. Kirby Children’s Center families, returning campers and YMCA members only.

This year the new camp 'Kids Quest', is designed for the convenience of its members. They are half a day Summer Camps for graders 3-5, with only 'morning round up' from 9 am – noon. The sessions include  classes in gymnastics, dance, crafts or sports. For families which prefer to send campers for an afternoon session from 1 pm- 4 pm, there is another camp which deals in science experiments, free play, swim lessons and open swim opportunities.

Both the events are conducted in the Madison YMCA Family Center. The nine weekly sessions kick start from June 24 and run through August 23. In addition to this the regular camps shall be conducted unhindered.

UC Berkeleys Summer Camps Are Challenging

The least on the mind in this hectic world is about Summer Camps. And before the truth dawns most slots are filled out while the choice are less numbered. To avoid last minute hassles it is ideal to settle down earlier in finding details about the camps that fit all requisites. UC Berkeley summer camps that range from education to hobbies, sports to arts, the choices are extensive. But being late would only leave the seeker sad over the filled sign.

UC Camps are challenging and entertaining. The list includes indoors and out, in labs and in campgrounds, in books and in pools, on just about any topic that might interest kids. The sessions are ideally suited as per the needs of the campers.

The fitness or sports camps include skateboard, rock climb, sail or sea kayak, windsurf or glide around on a stand-up paddleboard.

For academics many camps are sure to catch up with their passions. They are specifically designed to hone their skills specially aiding them to put their thoughts into words.

On the other hand, there is a special four-week Summer Camp for students known as Summer High School Apprentice Researchers Program (SHARP). This session deals with the concept to experience life in real lab, an ideal one for scientists and researchers.

Check out on the official website about the costs and schedules. Hurry up before it is too late. UC Berkeley sessions motivate the camper to turn experts in their passion.

Mercer County camps with awesome infrastructure

Mercer County Community College (MCCC)  Mercer County camps means a chance to indulge in state-of-art infrastructure at the West Windsor Campus, located on the 1200 Old Trenton Road. The campers are allowed to use the college’s full-service cafeteria, Olympic size pool, athletic fields, theater, tennis courts, air-conditioned classrooms and gymnasium.

Various activities include Camp College, Sports Camps and Tomato Patch Visual and Performing Arts workshop. While stipulated schedules for each camp varies and shuttles between eight weeks to four weeks to one-week, one-day and even half-day sessions. Everything depends on requirements, budget and preferred timings that a camper could spare.

Camp college include 70 odd events to chose from. In addition to the existing ones, the newly added are 'A Stitch in Time,' 'Broadway Love,' 'Digital Fiction,' 'Google-Eyed for Google Earth,' 'How America Works,' 'Origami,' 'Personal Power Publishing,' and 'Summer Math Challenge.' This camp is ideal for ages 3 to 13 years kids.

Sports Camps include over nine games taught like Baseball, Basketball, Field Hockey, Golf, Mountain Biking, Soccer, Softball, Speed Agility and Quickness camp and finally Tennis. All these camps are five day camps and they are for boys, girls and coeds too. The camps are handled by versatile coaches of the college.

Tomato Patch Visual and Performing Arts workshop are ideal for art lovers and students from grade five to grade 12 are eligible for this four week camp. This summer camps culminates with a 'Festival of Arts' at the end of the session where the family and friends would be invited to view the  live performance by students, as well as an art exhibit of student work. All the campers would receive a T shirt and a DVD of the live show along with a pizza party.