Camps
The Father-Daughter Connection
Lenn Kaptain was looking for a way to bond with his kindergarten-aged daughter when he signed up for the YMCA. Known today as the Adventure Guides, the three-year experience is designed to strengthen the relationship between children and their fathers.
Read moreA Camp For Children Who Like To Make Things
Inventors get the red-carpet treatment from the National Inventors Hall of Fame and then play starring roles in a summer camp curriculum.
Read moreGreat Summers Start With Right Questions
How will you fill your child’s summer? Does he or she need to develop new interests, get a dose of self-esteem, improve skills in sports or arts?
Read moreLeave Those Cell Phones Behind
A couple of memories standout for John Morgan about his boyhood experience attending a sleep-away summer camp: The cabin where he bunked lacked air conditioning, and the scheduled activities were few.
Read moreTheater Camp Invites Children To Shine
Summer Showtunes, a summer camp that teaches children the processes in musical theater performance, is back. The camp, which in
Read moreSummer Excitement Begins With Packing
The good news is you probably have many things your child needs for camp in your house. Take the packing
Read moreLights, Camera, Action at Camps
Her actors’ studio is turning 40, a Dallas institution, but Kathy Tyner wonders: Do people know we’re here? “Really, we’re
Read moreHockaday Offers Coed Summer Camps, Other Area Schools Do, Too
Summer camping doesn’t have to mean going far away from home. Many Dallas area private schools offer fun camps for
Read moreSending Your Love to Camp
You’ve hugged and kissed your children and confidently sent them off to camp. Next step, care packages! As someone who
Read more‘The Hardest Job You Will Ever Love’
A lot of hard work and training goes into making a great camp counselor, a role model who inspires children
Read moreWherefore Art Thou Camps Close to Home
To go to summer camp or not to go to camp? If that’s not your question, maybe this is: To
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