camp for nerdy, precocious 3-4 year old
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Camos for 3-4 yr olds are preschool based. They are still much more about social development than academics. Being a bookworm is fine-- I associate a nerd with someone that lacks the ability to effectively communicate socially with others-- not just being smart.
So give your child the opportunity to develop the skills that he lacks. Let him play soccer, do art, eat lunch socially. That's all he really needs right now. He's too young to attend a reading based camp or a machine oriented camp. |
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OP here. I really didn't mean to start a flame war here. I'm an IT exec and DH is a theoretical physicist. We do not consider "nerd" a bad word -- and in my field, it's rather a compliment -- it suggests someone is competent at what we do. So I am not trying to stifle my son's growth or insult him. But it's clear that he prefers reading, thinking, playing pretend games to physical play. Even our nursery school teacher, with no prompting from us, described him this way. It's fine if a camp has spots but I went to a sports focused camp as a preschooler and I don't think he would doing that all day. He's really going to want some story time, maybe a field trip somewhere new, or more pretend or social play than purely running around. That's all I was asking. |
Anonymous
| Does your preschool offer a summer program? |
Anonymous
| If he likes music, he may like Camp Levine. |
Anonymous
OP, your response made me laugh out loud. Nerd is not a bad word at all.  Depending on where you work and or where in Maryland you are, NPS Summer Horizons might be worth a look.
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Anonymous
Second Camp Levine. They have a MD location at Strathmore. |
Anonymous
| My DS who at 8 is still nerdy and was nerdy in preschool loved the camp at Audoboun and Club Scientific Chesapeake. |
Anonymous
| I think 3 is too young for camp. He doesn't need it yet. |