Think summer camp ends once the school year begins? Think again. Summer day camp has lasting benefits for children in New Jersey.
1. Friendships. The most obvious lifelong benefit of summer camp is the opportunity to make friends outside of school. As soon as camp begins, your child is interacting with a whole new group of people and is likely to form lifelong bonds with many of them.
2. Teamwork. In a collaborative environment like summer day camp, your child will learn the importance of collaboration. Activities are structured to encourage respect for others, appreciation for diversity, and the ability to build trust.
3. Leadership. Summer camp is a lot of fun, but in the course of playing sports and learning new skills, your child is developing valuable leadership and communications skills that will prove valuable in school and long beyond.
4. Discipline. Children who attend summer camp develop self-discipline, because they understand the intrinsic motivation of working hard, learning new skills, and achieving their goals. The model of discipline learned at summer camp is totally different from what they learn at home or school.
5. Self confidence. Free to pursue activities that excite and interest them, many children develop confidence in their abilities in ways they could not achieve in any other environment. At camp, children are learning new skills. Mastery of those skills increases self-esteem and self-confidence.
6. Survival and nature skills. Summer camps take full advantage of the natural environment and beauty at Black Bear Lake. At camp, students can learn important safety and survival skills that they take with them their whole lives.
Discover what summer day camp has to offer for your children. Look into Black Bear Lake programs now for the upcoming summer session.