San Antonio Busy Kids

Camp in 1973… • Pink lemonade (fondly called bug juice in my circles) • Jacks (onsies, bounce, twosies, bounce, threesies, bounce) • Swimming until my skin gets all wrinkly • Sack lunches featuring cream cheese and grape jelly sandwiches (don’t knock it till you try it) • Singing songs on bumpy buses • Coming home [...]

I love finding new camps! Especially unique ones. And this one fits the bill perfectly: Texas AgriLife Extension’s Youth Entomology Summer Camp. That means BUGS! Creepy, crawly, squishy bugs. If you have a budding entomologist, this is a camp not to be missed. Taught by Molly Keck, your little scientist will learn how to put [...]

One of my favorite posts all year..where I get to pick the silliest, most fun, grossest camps around! Here are my pics for 2011. Each year, I pick some of my favorite camps to highlight. Hope you enjoy! The Awww, That’s So Cute Award: Waltz classes for kinder through 1st grade. Okay – I really [...]

I get my best blog ideas from questions readers ask me on twitter or facebook. Here’s the latest: where can I find good information about how to vet kids’ camps for safety? I love this question because safety is paramount…right above fun….on the best-camp-ever-ometer. Basically, safety falls into five essential areas: staff training staff to [...]

I love it when friends ask me for information on camps! It tells me what people are looking for and how I might be able to gather information that’s really useful. Keep those questions coming. Here’s this week’s question: “I’m looking for Spanish camps for my daughter. Do you know of any?” I was a [...]

It’s getting to be that time of year again. Many camps are already wooing parents with discounts for early registration, while others are still putting together their programs. Now’s the perfect time for you to start doing your research to find that one, perfect place that will keep your child happy, occupied and safe this [...]

Let the summer camp planning begin! December ’tis the season for scholarships and camp applications…and Southwest School of Art is the first one out of the bag. In the coming days, we’ll be letting you know just when and where to start all your applications. Southwest School of Art is accepting applications for Summer Art [...]

Wow…I can hardly believe the Fourth of July came and went so quickly, and we’re half way through the year already. Where does the time go? Twirl is happily rooted in camp…although that wasn’t the case for the last several weeks. Anybody else had an issue with camp counselors spreading negativity? Kids coming home crying? [...]

Camp CAMP has long been the gold standard camp for families with children who have special needs. But I’m delighted to see two new organizations beginning to offer this critical service to both the children and their families. First off, Eva’s Heroes. Of course, Eva Longoria has long been an advocate for children of special [...]

Sumobots…here we come! UTSA has started taking applications for its iTec Robotics summer camp. New for this year is a program for high school students. Also new is the $70 fee per student. Last year, the program was free. Still, at under $100 for two weeks, daily free breakfast and lunch and an amazing robotic [...]