We’re getting excited about our summer camp guide. Find in at campguide.austin360.com.
For this year’s camp guide, we offer a choose-your-own adventure to find the choose the right camp based on your child’s personality.
We’ve been writing about camp for 25 years and have shared a lot of tips.
Jessica Gonzales, from the Oak Hill YMCA, is outnumbered as her camp kids spray her with water guns as part of the festivities in the summer camp Olympics. The YMCA of Austin hosts its Summer Camp Olympics each year. RALPH BARRERA/ AMERICAN-STATESMAN 2015
Here are some of our favorite camp tip stories:
How to pick a camp
How to find the right summer camp for your kids
The questions every parent should ask when choosing a summer camp
Know what to ask before signing kids up for camp
Let kids try something new, challenging at camps
Our to-do list
Get your camp plans made with our to-do list
Pick your camp: How to map out your summer schedule
Plan for camp Mommy or Daddy now
Safety/medical
Get swim lessons now before kids head off to camp
Take lice precautions before sending kids off to camp
Get your physical, medical forms lined up
Who’s on the list to pick up your child from camp?
Keep kids safe around water this summer
A guide to sun screen and sun protection
Packing tips
Find the right containers to pack for camp
Get packing for camp with these tips
Special considerations
Talk to camp early about child with different physical, emotional needs
Once at camp
Letters from camp: What they say and don’t say about your child