21 Jun 2011, 2:18 pm
squirrelflight-77 wrote:
You just have to talk to people and ask a lot of questions. And dont discount Parks and Rec camps bc some are awesome! you just have to find out how they are being run. We have one in our area that I do not recommend bc the supervision is simply not there. Kids run wild while camp staff chat sort of deal. (I work in parks & rec, btw) Ours is done very well and Jordan has gone the past few summers with no problems. Our max number is 26 kids and they are decided into the 3 age groups so small groups. The camp is very organized. the summer schedule is already planned and in my hands. They keep a white board at the door that lists the next days activities and times and what your child needs to bring (bathing suit, etc). The children are all given a written copy of camp rules on day 1.
This works great for us bc it is highly structured so she always knows what they are doing that day and when and what she is supposed to have with her. The camp also has a field trips every day so its fun. Movie day, water park day, pool day, and I have backup care if she wants to leave early or not go. Last year her arthritis was bad so she just went on the field trips and then was picked up to go home. A good camp is well organized. Ask a bunch of questions..
This works great for us bc it is highly structured so she always knows what they are doing that day and when and what she is supposed to have with her. The camp also has a field trips every day so its fun. Movie day, water park day, pool day, and I have backup care if she wants to leave early or not go. Last year her arthritis was bad so she just went on the field trips and then was picked up to go home. A good camp is well organized. Ask a bunch of questions..
I didn't mean to dis the Y or Parks & Rec. These have both been great camps for our older NT son! They sometimes have upwards of 10-12 kids per adult though and that kind of ratio just won't work for youngest. I can totally understand those kinds of ratios for Parks & Rec, here anyway, because they offer the camps for VERY reasonable prices but the Y charges just as much as many other camps that have higher student-teacher ratios so that makes me a little disappointed that they don't have more staff.
21 Jun 2011, 6:30 pm
no worries.. I didnt take it as a slight or anything.. just wanted to encourage any readers to check them out too. I know one of my co workers ran a camp in a large city that took 80 kids.. that to me would be way more but smaller groups with a lot of structure work well for us. Not all camps are run well so you always need to ask a lot of questions and find out how much experience the head person has.
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