Well my house is trashed, but what a fantastic experience. I must be the only person I know, who gets withdrawal symptoms after a camp - I miss those kids!
The choice of Fairytales for our theme was perfect. The students were totally engaged and excited about their work. It was quite an intense, exhausting camp, but we wanted it to be stimulating, and more than just glorified babysitting. So many camps just let students space out for the majority of the day, we figured that if parents were paying for our services, we should be doing something meaningful with their children.
We got really positive feedback from all of the parents. Now all we have to do is convince more people of our ideas, especially in Fairfax County!
After talking to some of the parents, Amy and I have decided that it would be a good idea to run mini camps on Teacher Work Days, and some of those other little holidays that parents find difficult to take off. I wonder if schools would be interested in us running those on-campus, so that students could be dropped off as usual in the morning (it might save my carpet as well!).
The choice of Fairytales for our theme was perfect. The students were totally engaged and excited about their work. It was quite an intense, exhausting camp, but we wanted it to be stimulating, and more than just glorified babysitting. So many camps just let students space out for the majority of the day, we figured that if parents were paying for our services, we should be doing something meaningful with their children.
We got really positive feedback from all of the parents. Now all we have to do is convince more people of our ideas, especially in Fairfax County!
After talking to some of the parents, Amy and I have decided that it would be a good idea to run mini camps on Teacher Work Days, and some of those other little holidays that parents find difficult to take off. I wonder if schools would be interested in us running those on-campus, so that students could be dropped off as usual in the morning (it might save my carpet as well!).
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