Summer Camp and Its Lifelong Benefits to Children

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AND ITS LIFELONG BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN
SUMMER CAMP
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• Its easy to think of summer camp as just a place
  for swimming lessons, dodge ball, boating and
  arts and crafts, an easy solution to summer
  boredom for kids.

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• Of course, all these things are true, and summer
  camp memories are made of canoe expeditions,
  swimming competitions, tie-dye t-shirts and
  rousing camp songs.

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• However, while kids are having a blast playing
  games, making summer friends and learning new
  skills

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• they are also absorbing a host of vitally
  important life lessons that will last long after
  the last bus ride home from camp.

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THE PLUSES OF
PERSEVERANCE
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• Its not always easy to set a goal and then
  battle on through hardships and setbacks to meet
  it, whether its trying to

Finally swim the length of the pool.
Making it across the highest wire in the ropes
course.
Mustering the courage to try a speaking role in
the camp skit.
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• At summer camp, kids have a safe, nurturing
  environment perfect for trying out new skills and
  learning how to keep going through initial
  failures to meet a goal.

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Maybe they get tongue-tied on stage at first and
need a little prompting to keep going
or maybe they start to get discouraged at
repeated failures to make it up to the next level
of swimming classes.
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• But many learn the rewards of finally succeeding
  with practice, perseverance and a bit of
  morale-boosting.

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• Not only do kids benefit from the help of staff
  and other campers, but they can also learn how
  rewarding it can be to be the person cheering on
  a friend or camp mate whos trying hard to meet
  their own goals.

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No I
IN TEAM
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• There are of course loads of games and activities
  at camp, and many of them have sneaky ways of
  helping kids learn to function as a team while
  they are having piles of fun in the sun.

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• More obvious team builders include rope course
  activities, many of which are specifically geared
  to this all-important skill.

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• However, there are a vast variety of ways camp
  encourages kids to figure out how to work toward
  a common goal with a group.

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• Whether its going all out in a color wars event
  or helping a struggling fellow softball teammate
  perfect her swing, camp is chock full of
  opportunities to learn there is no I in team.

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• Needless to say, this skill is highly valued
  everywhere in our society from school to the
  athletic field to the work place.

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HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS AND
INFLUENCE PEOPLE
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• Camp is a great place to learn how to make
  friends, a skill more difficult than it sounds
  for many.

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• Some people are by nature out-going, but many of
  kids need to learn a few skills that build
  confidence

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• and make meeting new people and making friends
  easier, whether at camp, in school or in the
  far-distant grownup world.

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• Summer camp is where kids can shed whatever role
  they may feel pigeonholed in at home and reach
  out to all sorts of new people.

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• Camp counselors are specially trained to help
  kids reach out to others and even how to cope
  with the inevitable occasional rejection.

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• By the end of camp, most kids have a host of new
  summer friends that make the anticipation of next
  summers fun even more enticing.

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• Let your kids enjoy the
• summer camp experience at Maplewood Summer Day
  Camp.

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• Experienced staff will keep your child both safe
  and busy with arts and crafts, games, water
  sports, gymnastics and more.

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• Visit the site at http//www.maplewoodyearround.co
  m

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MAPLEWOOD COUNTRY DAY CAMP AND ENRICHMENT CENTER
150 Foundry St. (Route 106) PO Box 88
(Mailing) South Easton, MA 02375 Email
info_at_maplewoodyearround.com Telephone (508)
238-2387 FAX [phone]
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