Day camp

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Day camps are geared for schoolchildren. They offer activities in a larger social setting, usually in the children's home town or nearby.

If the children stay all day, a lunch is offered. The children return home in the evenings. Day camps can be booked by the day or by the week, depending on the institution organizing them.

Day camps are more than just daycare. Day camps foster children's emotional, social, and physical and creative growth through a range of interactive activities and relationships with role model counselors. Day camps generally focus on young children, typically ages 3-12, with the exception of specialized camps that aim to develop specific skill sets which attract campers up through adolescence.

Day camps are less expensive than normal camps (e.g., summer camps)), because they don't entail as many meals or as much supervised time each day as overnight camps.

Sports-focused day camps are ideal for younger athletes whose enthusiasm for a particular sport seems endless, or for high-energy kids who need a positive outlet for their energy.