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SUMMER CAMP
Single Activity or
Multiple Activities
Find out if the camps you might be interested in are
specialized and focus on one activity or if they offer
multiple activities. Many camps are geared toward one
specific activity, like chess, coding, writing, or more
sports-oriented activities like basketball or soccer. Other
camps offer kids a range of activities from sports, to crafts,
to performing arts. Camps that focus on a single activity
typically aim to strengthen kids’ abilities in that particular
area. Camps that offer many different activities try to
introduce kids to different things. So ask yourself – and your
kids - whether the goal is simply to have fun and try new
things, or whether the goal is to enhance some particular
skill of theirs.
Single or Multiple Camps
Finally, ask yourself whether you want to send your kids to
one camp for all or part of the summer or whether your
kids will go to multiple camps. There are good reasons for
either choice. On the one hand, sending your kids to a
single camp can save you time and money shuttling
between camps. It would also let your kids cultivate friend-
ships for a longer period of time. On the other hand,
sending your kids to several camps would let them to
explore different interests and make more new friends.
Tanni Haas, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of
Communication Arts, Sciences, and Disorders at the City
University of New York – Brooklyn College.
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SUMMER CAMP
PROGRAMS
Half & Full Day Camps
(Ages 5-17)
Cub Club Programs
(Ages 2-5)
To register call 407.323.4450 x 123,
email [email protected],
or go online at www.centralfloridazoo.org
3755 W Seminole Blvd (I-4 exit 104), Sanford
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