I remember vividly getting on the bus to go to sleepaway camp for the first time. Another girl, about my age and height was wearing the exact same shirt I was: an orange and white tie-dyed short sleeve shirt. Hey, it was the 70’s. I was leaving home for a month, a really long time since I had never been away from home before. I was excited and nervous and anxious and I cried as the bus pulled out of the parking lot, heading for an all-girls camp in New Hampshire. Summer camp here I come.
That summer I learned a lot of things: that I had an intense love of horses and horseback riding, I discovered a passion for fresh picked New Hampshire blueberries… and I went skinny dipping for the first (and last) time ever in a lake so clean you would swear you were in a bathtub. I also learned that it was okay to be alone and I could take care of myself. While I never went back to that particular summer camp, I count it as a pivotal experience in my life.
Summer is the perfect time to explore interests, go in educational directions that might not be possible in a traditional school, uncover creativity, and passions for learning. Choosing the right summer camp can give parents huge anxiety, but there are so many great options out there.
One summer camp that is providing the perfect combination of fun and education is Galileo Camps. With camps for pre-K – 8th grade in the Los Angeles area and the San Francisco area, there are a wide range of hands-on learning programs your kids can sign up for. Things like digital photography, fashion design, inventor’s workshop, go-kart design, video game design and chefology. And more!
I sat down with my daughter, Lauryn, to give her a taste of some of the imaginative projects the camp provides. We learned a little about positive and negative charges and how they are used in electricity.
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New families can save $30 when you sign up for Camp Galileo or Galileo Summer Quest at one of the Los Angeles locations. Enter promotional code 2015GALILEOCAMPSLA. Limited to one use per family. Not valid in combination with additional offers or for previous purchases. Offer valid through 5/31.
New families in the San Francisco area use promotional code 2015GALILEOCAMPSF. Same rules apply.
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