Summer camp is a positive experience for both children and parents. Although you may not admit it to yourself nor to anyone else, there’s the most obvious benefits for sending your child to summer camp: weeks of relaxation, a quiet house, chances to shop and wander, as well as provide quality time with your spouse!
However, as a responsible and caring parent, you certainly want the camp experience to be an enjoyable and constructive experience for your child. Some of the other benefits of sending your child away for the summer are worth noting.
Why Send Your Child To Summer Camp
Kids are happy when they’ve completed the school year and can get away from tight schedules, tests, reports, and all the other heavy pressures of formal education. When at camp, they benefit from the athletics and other pure enjoyment activities that don’t require anything more than just having fun.
Meet new kids at camp
During the school year, your child has certain relationships with classmates. Some are positive and some may be negative and bothersome. Summer camp allows your child to experience other friendships and daily contacts, including children from other neighbourhoods and different backgrounds.
Lots of sports, nature, and other new experiences
Away from the classroom and other school schedules, summer camp gives your child opportunities to explore summertime nature hikes, new types of sports, and constructive hobbies. What parents aren’t proud when their child brings home a hand-painted birdhouse or hand-molded ceramic pots?
Separation can be positive for parent and child
Being away from each other gives both parents and children many exciting experiences in independence. At camp, the child may enjoy relief from the over-protection and strict rules of the home. There will be a sense of maturity by being required to make independent decisions without parental supervision. Meanwhile, the parents can relax and pursue their own very welcome period of independence.
Take time for yourself
The parents of children at camp will find many benefits from the temporary separation, and be able to do positive things together and individually. They can find many ways to enjoy the relief from the daily responsibilities of childcare, child pick up and delivery, parent-teacher meetings, and other school-related duties.
There are many benefits of sending your child to summer camps. The best aspect of it is that both you and your child will enjoy your time apart, and then appreciate each other even more when you gather together again at the end of summer.
List of Camps in Ottawa
After School Programs
March Break and/or Summer Camps in Ottawa
- 5-Star Camps
- Above the Rim Basketball School
- Academie de la Capitale
- Actua
- Adventures in Engineering and Science
- Altitude Gym
- Bear Creek Outdoor Centre
- Bright Math Camp
- Britannia Yacht Club Sailing Camp
- Bytown Brigantine
- Camp IAWAH
- Camp Otterdale
- Canadian Golf & Country Club
- Canadian Museum of History Day Camp
- Capital Camps
- Capital Golf Centre
- Carleton U. Summer Camps and Children’s Programs
- Cedar Ridge Camp
- Centaur Riding School
- Children’s Village of Ottawa-Carleton
- City of Ottawa Day Camps
- Diefenbunker Summer Spy Camp
- Dovercourt Day Camps
- Fit & Fun Daycamp
- Frontier Trails Camp
- Futurekids
- GCGC Gymnastics
- CGIT Camp Kalalla
- Golden Lake Camp
- Greenbelt Riding School
- Greta Leeming Dance Camps
- Hila Science Camp
- Kanata Montessori School
- Marshes Golf Club – Junior Golf
- National Kids Camps
- Nepean Sailing Club
- Ottawa Athletic Club Summer Camps
- Ottawa BMX Association
- Ottawa Gymnastics Centre
- Ottawa Humane Society
- Ottawa River Canoe Club
- Ottawa River Runners Whitewater Kayak Club
- Ottawa Senators Summer Hockey Camps
- Ottawa South United Soccer Club
- Ottawa Tennis & Lawn Bowling Club
- Ottawa Youth Orchestra Summer Music Camp
- OYP Theatre Camps
- Papanack Zoo
- Pawsitively Pets Kids Camp
- Pedalheads
- The Putting Edge
- RA Centre Camps
- Ray’s Reptiles
- Rideau Tennis Club
- Royal City Soccer Club – Soccer Camps
- The School of Dance
- Shenkman Arts Summer Camps
- Spring Action Trampoline & Circus Camp
- Stabback Music Studio
- Suzart Musical Theatre Summer Camp
- Thunderbird Centre Sports Camp
- Turnbull School
- University of Ottawa Gees Gees
- Virtual Ventures Camps
- Westboro Academy Bilingual Day Camp
- YMCA/YWCA Day Camps
I remember going to summer camp it was a lot of fun There was always things to do
My son love summer camp, almost every year he went to Circle Square Ranch in Arden and he also went on a week long kayaking trip with the Ottawa Y. He has learn a lot from going to camp and enjoy his time there as well.
Those look like fun camps!
I loved going to summer camp as a kid. We looked at doing some camps this summer, but the cost of sending 3 kids to camp was not affordable on one income. Even day camps in our area are quite expensive. So, it’s camp Mom this summer.
Summer camp is so much fun and great learning experience!
Two of my grandchildren have just returned from summer camp. I was amazed at all the camp offered, it certainly was a lot of fun for them and the camp even sent photos of the activities daily to the parents – that certainly gives parents peace of mind too.
I went to away camp twice when I was a kid and it did wonders for me and I loved it
Great, took countless summer camps as a child. I really enjoyed experiencing cool adventures.. the out trips are always nice too.
I loved going away to camp as a child. I started to look forward to it every year after the first time.