Everybody Gets a Chance to Play at Summer Camp

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Choose a Sport

• Everybody Gets a Chance to Play at Summer Camp

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Glorious games are the big, wildly fun highlight
of summer day camp, and the best part
is that everybody gets to play.
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From relay races to water
balloon battles and traditional
sports like basketball, everybody
participates at summer day camp for kids.
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Theres no reason to sit around indoors with a
video game controller in hand when a fun-filled
world of games, crafts and field
trips is waiting, maybe just around
the corner.
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Summer is a time to let loose and enjoy
the great outdoors, and sporting activities are
perfect for getting kids accustomed to healthy
exercise, lots of fresh air and some
new athletic skills.
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Along the way, theyll be building happy memories
with old friends and new ones.
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Kids find that being on a team,
even for the day, with campers
they dont know can foster great opportunities
for making new friends.
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No one expects you to be anyone except who you
are at camp, and its great to be free of the
social hierarchy of school. Kids who may have
been afraid to try a new sport or activity will
do so more willingly at camp because theres NO
PRESSURE.
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Camp counselors are experts at being sure
everybody gets a fair chance to play and that
nobody is ignored, teased or not chosen.
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Summer camp is a place to get a fresh start,
and for the kid who's always picked last
in gym class, this is a chance to get into the
game and maybe along the way find he's
really not too bad at running relays, whacking
balls or sliding into base.
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Counselors know how to help youngsters get along,
encouraging positive behavior and stepping in to
prevent teasing and bullying.
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• Summer camp is a place to try new things,
  make new friends and have loads of good,
  old-fashioned fun.

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Sportsmanship is big at summer camp, and
counselors are well-trained in promoting fair
play and gracious athletic behavior.
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Its just as important to be a good winner as
a good loser, and kids can carry these lessons
with them for a lifetime.
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And its not just the less athletic campers who
get a chance to learn some valuable
sports-related lessons at camp.
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Youngsters who are used to only playing with kids
at their level of skill learn how to function as
a team with kids of all abilities, providing
valuable lessons in the age-old saying theres
no I in TEAM.
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They learn to be helpful and supportive and
maybe even a little empathetic, how to cheer on
a fellow camper for making that amazing basket
or the game-saving hit.
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Theres a never-ending variety of athletic
activities at day camp, with daily schedules are
usually set up by age group.
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Traditional sports run the whole gamut from
tennis lessons to high-spirited softball games
and fast-paced basketball shoot-outs.
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Kids can learn a new sport, pick some pointers
on a favorite or just get out there and work up a
healthy sweat.
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Campers especially love games they associate
just with camp
- big, boisterous all-inclusive activities like
ga-ga ball often come to be one of the high
points of the day.
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Of course, since its summer, any sport in the
water is wildly popular, from swimming classes
to contests and games.
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Depending on the camp, kids will be diving for
pennies, having water balloon battles in canoes
or enjoying mini-regattas out on the lake.
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And along the way, theyll be learning new
skills, making memories and having a summertime
blast.
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• Let your kids enjoy
• the experience
• of summer day camp
• 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 to see the fun your child will have at
Maplewood Summer Day Camp.
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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 [phone]
• FAX [phone]