Summer camps offer a unique blend of fun, learning, and personal growth for children, making them a memorable experience. These camps are designed to create an environment where children can explore new interests, stay active, and build new friendships. Through various activities, such as arts and crafts, sports, and group activities, children are encouraged to step out of their comfort zones and embrace new challenges. 

Continued Development During the Summer

Not all summer camps are the same, but they should all provide similar benefits. The main goal of summer camp is to provide kids with an enriching opportunity over their long break from school. Students often experience the "summer slide" during summer breaks, which involves lost skills in math, reading, and spelling due to low brain exercise. Summer camps can provide experiential education during the summer, so that kids never stop learning and decrease the risk of falling behind in the new school year.

Camps can keep kids active all summer long. Through active play, group activities, sports, and field trips, campers keep their bodies and brains moving - all while avoiding the overuse of screens. Days are pre-planned and packed with fun activities to ensure campers never feel bored. Summer camps also allow kids to explore new passions and interests in an supportive environment that encourages growth. It's the perfect time to try new sports, show off their artistic skills, or step into leadership roles.

Recreational Camps: Fun For All

Recreational summer camps bring fun for any kid over the summer. These camps allow your kid to participate in various activities, such as arts & crafts, sports, group games, and field trips, allowing them to experience new things every single day. 

Campers are immersed into a new group of people during camps, allowing them to build brand new friendships and develop a sense of community outside of their everyday life. This give kids the opportunity to meet different types of people, improve their communication and social skills, and allow them to be themselves outside of their traditional environment. 

Essential skills and qualities can also be learned during camp that will encourage mental and emotional growth. Campers can experience improvements in:

• self-identity
• self-worth
• leadership
• respect
• self-esteem
• character
• compassion

Sports Camps: Level Up Your Game

Athletes know that there never truly is an offseason. Sports require constant training and development, both physically and mentally. Summer camps can help athletes grow even during the 'offseason' through training, exercise, and coaching.

Athletes can experience new coaching, which can teach them new skills and techniques - all while playing with new teammates and emphasizing the importance of teamwork. Players will also gain greater confidence in the game and in their abilities through repetition, positive feedback from coaches, and fun activities.

Sports camps aren't just for experienced athletes! Camps can help kids try out new sports in a supportive environment where they are encouraged to explore their interests without the pressure of competition. Many camps teach beginner skills and fundamentals, allowing kids to test new sports with little to no experience.

What a Good Summer Camp Experience Looks Like

Sending your child to summer camp might seem daunting, but with reliable and skilled camp counselors and coaches, Spooky Nook Champion Mill's camps are definitely worth considering!

Our summer camps run on a similar schedule to a typical school day, allowing kids to maintain their typical school-year routines through the summer and avoid the back-to-school 'slump'. With before/after care starting as early as 7am and ending as late as 6pm, we accommodate any working parents' schedule.

Each week of Spooky Nook Champion Mill's recreational camps are different! Weekly themes help guide activities, sports, games, crafts, and field trips so that campers never get bored. Each day is packed full of fun with activities, allowing campers to pursue things they're interested in and try out something new. 

Led by experienced coaches, sports camps at The Nook are educational, experimental, and exciting. Campers will enjoy learning new skills and sportsmanship in a comfortable, judge-free environment. Not only can kids improve as athletes, but they will meet and learn from new teammates and friends.

Even parents benefit from summer camps at The Nook! With an on-site fitness center, parents can have their alone time and meet their fitness goals all in one place. Day passes and memberships are available at any time! Parents will also become a part of a new community of local families. Once a Nook kid - always a Nook kid!