Charlotte Summer Camps for Special Needs
Our latest 'Thrive' column
New Adventures at Family Camp
Share special experiences and create lasting memories with the kids.
Spring Into Camp
Springtime is decision time for planning summer fun. No doubt about it, everyone is talking about camp, and the time has come to sign up.
Keeping Healthy at Camp
Camp is great way to stay active during the summer, interact with others and beat an indoor summer slump.
Worried About Weight?
New guidelines issued in January by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which makes medical-care recommendations based on the latest research, urge pediatricians to screen children 6 and older for obesity and to refer obese children to a comprehensive weight-management program
Camp's Best Kept Secret: Emotional Intelligence and Your Child
Why consider summer camp for your child? Perhaps you hope to raise a sports superstar. Maybe you are desperate for an alternative to a summer of day care, chauffeuring and video games.
Excited About Summer Camp
Parents want their children to experience an important rite of childhood — camp.
Camp Research - Do Your Homework Now
It's never to soon to start researching summer camps for your child. Four tips on how to get started.
To Buy or Not to Buy
Is Summer Camp Insurance a Good Idea? It’s no secret that summer camps can be expensive. By the time you add travel costs to the already high cost of specialty sleep away camps, the total sticker price is enough to send parents into shock.
Ready, Set, Camp! Making the Right Choice for Your Child
You are considering a summer camp, but how to choose? There’s a camp that is ideally suited for every child, providing a summer of growth and fun whether your child attends a day or overnight camp, a specialized or traditional camp.
How the Internet Changed the Way We Choose Summer Camps
Traditional sleepaway camps may still offer kids the opportunity to experience a low-tech life that’s in tune with Mother Nature, but the explosive growth of the summer camp industry and the ever-expanding capabilities of the World Wide Web have changed, not just the definition of "summer camp," but also the ways we research the programs for our children.
Preparing for Day Camp
Camp season is upon us. Before sending your child to day camp, here are some suggestions.
Creative Care Packages
While your camper is busy camping and you are spending your days missing them or doing the "Happy Dance," show them that they are not too far away with these creative care package ideas. Choose one and call it done or do one a week for those who camp for weeks on end.
A New View of Homesickness
A new report urges parents and children's doctors to change their thinking about homesickness among children, to see it as a nearly universal but highly preventable and treatable phenomenon — rather than an unavoidable part of childhood.
5 Benefits to Family Camp
Parents across the country pick their children up from camp to hear them tell tales of new friends, singing songs around the campfire, and other unique programming, such as rock star lessons, swimming with manatees, rock climbing, and even trapeze lessons! Listening attentively, parents find themselves wishing they could have gone to camp too, and now, they can!
What's So Great About Camp?
Ah, camp — what images do you conjure when you remember summer camp when you were a child? Roasting s’mores over a campfire, rolling out your sleeping bag in a cozy cabin, splashing in a lake, making new friends and writing letters?
7 Ways to Make Summer Camp Affordable for Families
While it's hard to put a price tag on their children's learning and growth, parents certainly have their family budgets to think about when considering camp.
Camp Tips and Tidbits
Web sites, products and ideas for summer camp fun!
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