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Parents usually hear "school readiness" in the context of kindergarten. The habits that make a five-year-old ready for a classroom, following a routine, working alongside other kids, trying something new without a parent nearby, are the same habits...
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Most families researching summer camp options end up with a list of questions to ask a director. Fewer end up with a list of what to actually watch...
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Most camp searches start with a location and end with a list of activities. For Lower Merion families, the more useful question is what a child at a...
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Summer camp shopping starts with a simple question that gets complicated fast: does this schedule cover my workday? A camp that ends at 3:30 PM might...
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By week three of camp, plenty of parents notice the same thing: the kid who was thrilled in June is dragging his feet in July. The cause is usually...
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Some kids count down the days until camp starts. Others come home wrung out by the second week and ask not to go back. If that second description...
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School readiness gets treated like an academic checklist: letters, numbers, the alphabet song. The skills that predict how a child handles a...
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You spent weeks on your summer camp selection: comparing programs, reading reviews, touring campuses, checking ratios. Then the first morning...
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Every camp brochure says the same three things: hands-on, age-appropriate, and fun. None of that tells a parent whether a program will work for their...
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A recent Bright Horizons/Harris Poll survey found that 90% of working parents lose sleep over planning summer childcare and schedules, according...
3 min read
Parents usually hear "school readiness" in the context of kindergarten. The habits that make a five-year-old ready for a classroom, following a routine, working alongside other kids, trying something new without a parent nearby, are the same habits...
Read More
4 min read
Most families researching summer camp options end up with a list of questions to ask a director. Fewer end up with a list of what to actually watch...
3 min read
Most camp searches start with a location and end with a list of activities. For Lower Merion families, the more useful question is what a child at a...
3 min read
Summer camp shopping starts with a simple question that gets complicated fast: does this schedule cover my workday? A camp that ends at 3:30 PM might...
4 min read
By week three of camp, plenty of parents notice the same thing: the kid who was thrilled in June is dragging his feet in July. The cause is usually...
3 min read
Some kids count down the days until camp starts. Others come home wrung out by the second week and ask not to go back. If that second description...
4 min read
School readiness gets treated like an academic checklist: letters, numbers, the alphabet song. The skills that predict how a child handles a...
4 min read
You spent weeks on your summer camp selection: comparing programs, reading reviews, touring campuses, checking ratios. Then the first morning...
4 min read
Every camp brochure says the same three things: hands-on, age-appropriate, and fun. None of that tells a parent whether a program will work for their...
4 min read
A recent Bright Horizons/Harris Poll survey found that 90% of working parents lose sleep over planning summer childcare and schedules, according...
