Days Are Getting Longer
confine kids to a regime of classroom and
three, they’re left to their own devices — or their
parents’ contrivance.
greeted with relief. I still
mornings, the breeze through
the freedom of a day — and
ordered by my own choosing.
do now, after Labor Day
Or they’re telling all us adults the answer they
they’re ready to go back to school.
each new school year is welcomed. Change of pace
is another. Boredom is a third.
to steer. Adaptation to structure requires one
another.
to plan, staff or occupy 90 open days.
That’s why God created camp.
what smart, creative and adventuresome people
job of filling the open days of kid summer.
whole lot of things.
to classroom imprisonment — remains a mainstay
name literally: At Echo Hill Outdoor School on the
— in one option — boats.
to learn on my own — far past childhood and in a
— how to make and break camp.
trail, water and fishing line are part of that camp,
Bay Environmental Center.
us, many camps use summer’s time off to teach kids
water skills.
Club teach kids to sail. At West River, adults can
camp.
water in boats they’ve made themselves. Changing
marshes and hunt fossils on sandy beaches.
is part of many camps. Splash camps sponsored by
camps by Anne Arundel County Recreation and
and much more.
many camps teach kids how to use their bodies skillfully
Stables offers riding and complete horse care.
Soccer kids sharpen their skills at Dynamic Soccer
Training Camp and U.S. Navy Boys Soccer Camp.
Martial artists meld mind and body at Black Belt
School of Martial Arts Karate Camp.
camps, and plenty of them. For pop musician aspirants,
Recording camp. Kids learn to enthrall
Recreation and Parks, Grace Brethren Church and
camps culminate in live performances.
Every week and every day is new at Annmarie
of Annapolis Area Christian School, where kids
are taught to achieve in work and play.
could have been more fun if my parents had this
fun if I’d had it. If you’re in the parent business
nowadays, you and your kids should read it together.
If you’re not, read it for fun — and dream.