- For thrill-seeking children, consider a summer camp program that includes white water rafting, wilderness trekking, rock climbing, caving, sailing, windsurfing or mountaineering. Adventure Treks offers summer camp programs, such as a 16-day camping adventure in the Appalachian Mountains, with rock climbing, caving, sea kayaking and a zip-line canopy tour. For an international summer camp adventure, consider a scuba diving trip or ecoadventure to destinations such as the Caribbean, Australia, Mexico or Egypt.
- For a budding artist or an aspiring actress, consider an artistic camp that specializes in the child's interests. The US Performing Arts Camps offer parents and children the opportunity to choose a specialty from a wide variety of artistic programs, including dance, film, musical theater and acting. In addition to daily classes in the chosen specialty, campers also participate in recreational activities, parties and other special events. The Long Lake Camp for the Arts offers a fine arts camp, where campers can participate in jewelry making, fashion design, photography, ceramics and sculpture making and painting and drawing.
- A multitude of camps offer camping sessions for children where they can choose the daily activities in which they would like to participate. For example, Lake Greeley Camp allows kids to build their daily schedules from areas such as athletic activities, creative and performing arts, horseback riding, gymnastics and aquatics. Campers can learn how to rock climb, swing on a flying trapeze and try out a skateboard at the skate park. The Mountain Meadow Ranch offers a variety of programs to choose from as well, such as animal care, archery, mountain biking, ceramics, photography and high ropes courses.
- Children can spend a summer at a sports camp that gives them the opportunity to try out a wide variety of sports, or families can choose a camp that specializes in a particular sport. US Sports Camps offers a variety of single-focus summer camps, such as tennis, golf, volleyball, field hockey, basketball, water polo and baseball. The Building Up Sports Academy offers weeklong multi-sport camps that include basketball clinics, soccer drills, football games and a variety of sports-related games.
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