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Follow Your Kids’ Interests through Summer Day Camps

May 17, 2011 By Deb Chitwood

Will (6) showing his clay work at the Creative Earthworks Family Day, 1991.

Will (6) showing his clay work at the Creative Earthworks Family Day, 1991.

Without consciously trying, our family developed a tradition of having our kids involved in summer day camps. Looking back, I can see how those camps had tremendous benefits for my kids.

Some of the main benefits I saw were….

Today, I’m the guest poster at ChristinaChitwood.com, my daughter’s blog. Follow me there to read the rest of the article “Follow Your Kids’ Interests through Summer Day Camps.”

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Filed Under: Homeschooling Tagged With: kids' interests, summer camps, summer day camp

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  1. Alicia says

    May 18, 2011 at 10:00 pm

    This is such an adorable picture! Sounds like the Summer camps are just awesome!

    • Deb says

      May 18, 2011 at 10:36 pm

      Thanks, Alicia! My kids really had some great times with them! 🙂

  2. Michelle Willow says

    May 17, 2011 at 11:31 pm

    We don’t have any available here but I can surely see the benefits of sending kids to one of those. 🙂

    • Deb says

      May 17, 2011 at 11:38 pm

      Thanks for your comment, Michelle! They are fun and enriching experiences for kids. My kids had a lot of fun even with things like the public library’s summer reading program. 🙂

  3. Leslie says

    May 17, 2011 at 9:21 pm

    After reading about your children for so long, I loved seeing your daughter’s blog! Its obvious she is an amazing young woman – no surprise given her lovely Mom and her incredible upbringing! 🙂 Thanks for the link!
    PS. I’m with you on summer camps! 🙂

    • Deb says

      May 17, 2011 at 10:16 pm

      Thanks so much for your very kind comment, Leslie! That just made my day! 🙂

  4. Nipon says

    May 17, 2011 at 7:49 am

    Yes,summer camps are very helpful,They can learn some new things

    • Deb says

      May 17, 2011 at 4:21 pm

      Thanks for your comment! I was always amazed at how much my kids benefited from each summer camp they attended. 🙂

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