San Antonio Busy Kids

Summer is here. And while you probably aren’t worried about summer brain drain yet, it’s something you might want to get ahead of curve on early. Students can lose one to two months of reading and math skills during the summer…and that can make the transition back to school in the fall more difficult than [...]

If you google camps for gifted kids in San Antonio – I promise you – you will be hard pressed to find much of anything local. Even if you go to Hoagies Gifted or the Texas Association for Gifted and Talented websites and look through their guides, the most you’re likely to find is …. [...]

It’s Paloma Blanca’s 15th Anniversary, and how are they celebrating? By giving your kids the chance to win a summer camp scholarship to Stillwater Sports Camp. The restaurant is awarding 15 summer camp scholarships to 15 deserving kids between the ages of 8 and 16, and they are looking for nominations! Just fill out a [...]

To take some of the pressure off your summer planning, here are eight more camps that offer financial assistance to help keep your kids busy this summer. The YMCA offers financial assistance through their Open Doors Scholarship Program. Just apply in person at your local YMCA facility and check out the camps they are offering this [...]

If you’re on a budget and haven’t found that perfect summer camp for your middle schooler, SA Busy Kids just found a San Antonio camp that could be a game changer for you. It’s the Science and Math Summer Academy  (SAMSA) at St. Philip’s College in San Antonio. For three weeks in July, your child [...]

Tuition for summer camps seems to grow exponentially every year. SA Busy Kids has corralled some of your best bets for enjoying a budget-friendly summer! Here are seven options, all under $100. Artpace offers free, year-round programs to encourage your kid to engage with the arts. They aim to foster creativity and education through their [...]

They say nothing in life is free. They – whoever “they” are – would be wrong. Because the Pre-Engineering Robotics and Java Programming Summer Program at St. Mary’s University is, in fact, free for accepted students.  Designed to teach high school students robotics and JAVA programming, there are three six-day camps during the summer of [...]

You may be well set with camps this summer because your kids go to the same ones every year – they fit like a comfortable old sweatshirt. On the other hand, you may be looking for something new and different…either because you just haven’t found the right BFF camp or you’re ready for a change [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Parents looking for a safe, structured environment for their children this summer need look no further than the Parks and Recreation Department’s Summer Youth Program. Hundreds of children sign up to participate but there’s always plenty of room at Community Center and Elementary School sites. Registration for community center sites is offered at any of [...]

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 [...]

I was just introduced to this amazing new website xkcd.com, which describes itself as a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. It’s really just one very funny guy sitting behind a computer who apparently enjoys words with no phonetic pronunciation and astronomy. I struggle with his comic above, because while I want to cheer [...]