The Benefits of Enrolling Your Child in a Summer Program
As summer approaches, parents are looking for ways to keep their children engaged, active, and learning during the long break. A well-structured summer program offers the perfect solution, providing opportunities for academic, social, and physical growth – all while ensuring kids have fun!
Here’s how a summer camp or enrichment program can benefit your child.
Top Benefits of Summer Camp for Kids
1. Staying Active and Healthy
Without gym class and recess, staying active during summer can be a challenge. Summer camps encourage movement through outdoor games, sports, and team-based activities that enhance motor skills, coordination, balance, and agility. These activities not only keep children physically fit, but also reduce stress, boost cognitive function, and increase energy levels.
In today’s screen-dominated world, summer programs provide a refreshing break from technology. Instead of spending hours indoors, children engage in large motor challenges that make exercise and outdoor play an enjoyable part of their daily routine.
2. Learning Through Play and Creativity
A common concern for parents is the “summer slide,” when children lose academic skills over the break. Traditional summer schools can feel tedious in their approach to academics, but summer camps take a different tactic by blending education with fun! Hands-on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) projects, reading activities, and problem-solving challenges keep children’s minds sharp while fostering creativity and critical thinking.
3. Socialization, Teamwork, and Leadership
Summer programs provide valuable social experiences that children might miss outside of school. Camps create a sense of community where kids build friendships, practice teamwork, and develop essential communication skills in a supportive environment.
Through team sports, group projects, and leadership opportunities, children gain confidence, learn to collaborate, and step outside their comfort zones – skills that benefit them well beyond the summer months.
4. Building Independence and Responsibility
The transition from a structured school year to an unstructured summer can be difficult for both kids and parents. Summer programs strike a balance by maintaining a routine while allowing children the freedom to explore their interests. This structure helps kids develop independence, build self-confidence, and make responsible decisions while still enjoying the flexibility of summer.
With opportunities to try new activities and make choices, children learn responsibility in a way that feels natural and rewarding.
A Summer of Discovery, Growth, and Fun at New Horizon Academy
At New Horizon Academy’s Camp Discovery, summer is more than just a break. It’s a chance for children to explore, learn, and grow in a dynamic, enriching environment. Our summer program keeps kids curious, active, and socially connected while fostering essential life skills.
Children engage in hands-on STEAM challenges that explore motion, gravity, and energy, sparking curiosity and a love for science. Young chefs learn culinary skills, preparing recipes families can enjoy together. Through New Horizon Academy’s Caring Beyond the Classroom program, kids participate in community service projects such as crafting gifts for senior citizens and writing letters to troops, fostering empathy and social responsibility.
Our Summer Book Club makes reading interactive and rewarding, encouraging kids to track progress and celebrate achievements. High-energy games promote physical health, teamwork, and confidence, while our Character Education Curriculum instills values like respect, responsibility, fairness, and inclusion through engaging activities.
Enroll in Our Summer Program
By enrolling your child in Camp Discovery at New Horizon Academy, you’re giving them a summer filled with adventure, learning, and meaningful experiences. Your child will stay active, engaged, and socially connected while making lifelong memories.
New Horizon Academy is a nationally accredited preschool and early learning provider with over 100 schools in Minnesota, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, and Kansas. Our preschool and pre-k programs use a research-based curriculum to prepare children for kindergarten through a variety of developmentally appropriate and engaging activities to support physical, cognitive, language, and social-emotional development.
Schedule a tour to learn more about our highly trained teachers, safe and secure facilities, and commitment to providing the highest quality education and care. Contact a New Horizon Academy school near you today!
