The internet can provide a lot of help in finding summer day camps near your area that match your child's interest as well as family income. Try some of the links in the related links section for summer camp search engines. The trick is to identify something your child really loves. No matter what your child's interest, there is a camp that will accommodate it. Some of the questions you will want answered before signing up are below.
Some camps run for only a week or two.
Others run all summer long. Another thing to consider is the hours of operation. My daughter's piano camp runs all summer long, but the hours of operation are only from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. My son's science camp, on the other hand, runs from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, but only admits students for one week of the summer. Some camps offer more of a babysitting service than a camp. While they do a good job of keeping the kids busy, happy and out of trouble, they don't offer much instruction or challenge.