You may be wondering if you really need to send your child to a day camp this Summer, here are some short-term and long – term benefits of a day camp to help you make up your mind.

1. Physical and Mental Activity

Summer breaks can impact negatively on children in two major ways.

The danger of slipping behind academically over the break and the fact that kids are prone to gain weight when they are out of school.

To avoid this from happening, day summer camps provides kids with active time for playing and thinking, which means less time on the couch or in front of a screen.

2. Improve their Social Skills

The prevailing complexities of our societies have made children spend more time indoors which could affect their social skills.

Exposing your children to a more diverse group of children than what they may interact with regularly at a  day summer camps can help improve their social skills.

3. Teach them to Embrace Structured Schedules

When children spend all summer watching TV without a structured routine, returning to daily classroom routine can be a challenge during the first week of school resumption.

Even when day camps don’t last all summer, it helps to hold children accountable in learning a structured routine.

This often helps with the ease of transition into the new school year.

4. Boost Their Self-confidence

At camps, there are no mom and dad there, so kids have no choice than to mingle.

This requires them to gather their thoughts as they interact, which is the best way to boost self-confidence.

All that experience add up to a lot of growth that can give your children the confidence to handle challenges at school and later in life.

At Spring Lake School, we have put together the best day summer camp for your kids. Take advantage of our Summer Steam Adventure this summer. Register here.