Your child can make new friends this summer.
At Freedom Aquatic and Fitness Center, all counselors are trained to help children make new friends and form relationships at summer camp.
All of Freedom Center’s counselors are taught how to manage the interaction between children who have never met before and who may have different backgrounds or ages. Early on in the week, counselors can see how the children interact with each other and handle making new friends.
Counselors can see some children gradually jumping into conversations while other children immediately immerse themselves.
By the end of the first week, children at Freedom’s summer camps have already met multiple new friends. The children begin to invite each other to birthday parties, camping groups, and vacations with their families.
Many children who participate in camp go to different schools on opposite sides Prince William County, however the bond made at summer camp keeps children together throughout the school year.
Plus, it’s not uncommon for parents to send Freedom Center counselors pictures of the activities that children do with their camp friends. Even parents themselves benefit from this by forming friendships with other parents.
Camp counselors work very hard to look at how best to bring children together so they can have a fun time at camp. Counselors deal with various scenarios, read research-based articles, and collaborate with different counselors in the area that will visit and speak with them. In preparation, counselors spend much of their time just talking to each other on how to develop skills to truly motivate children to step out of their comfort zone.
For example, counselors will help children become comfortable with playing games with other children and giving them the confidence children need to play soccer when they’re not the best player.
Children can take these skills and apply them to other areas in their life and as they get older.
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