Whether you are looking into youth leadership camps, summer camps for teenagers, or equestrian summer camps, here are a few facts that you need to know before decide whether sending your children to one is the best idea for you.
1. Because of the facts that sleep away camp is often a child’s first experience of being away from home, it is absolutely vital for them to feel comfortable with the place they are going to be staying at for the summer. Including them in the decision on where they want to go can boost the level of comfort that they have and prevent the need to go pick them up when they want to come home in the middle of the night.
2. Camp counselors, cabin leaders, or those who have participated in leadership camps, are usually in charge of a group of kids referred to as, “bunks”, “huts”, or “cabins”. These groups usually participate in activities together and are a means to instill friendship in a group that will be spending a lot of time together.
3. For the most part, in Australia, summer camps are nonexistent. As a result of the fact that the summer holidays occur over Christmas and New Years, time is usually spent with family. If children participate in a camp program it usually isn’t longer than two weeks long unlike some of the more popular options in the United States.
4. Besides learning the basic skills of how to ride a horse at horseback riding camp, kids also learn the basic skills of how to take care of a horse.
5. There are two different types of saddles that are commonly used for horseback riding, Western and English. Western is more related to cattle roping and English is related to the different equestrian events in the classic Olympic events. Links like this: www.longacre.com
i always wanted to be able to go to camp when i was younger but my parents could not afford it at all and now i think that i might not be able to send my kids