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[quote=Anonymous]It's a tradeoff

2 years ago my 4yo was at one camp the whole summer and seemed to love it.

Last year same 5yo said he didn't want to go back (which surprised us) and instead just do as much sports as possible.  Couldn't find a true full-day multi-sport camp that was logistically realistic for us, so he bounced around between 4 different camps over the summer (two single-week, two multi-week) to maximize the sports exposure depending on their program offering that week that we could sign up for.  One of the 4 camps was a robot/lego-focused camp (FunBotLab), which I knew he was into... so we sent him there on weeks when there wasn't a good "all sports" option for him I could find. He also had one week of theatre camp because I thought he'd enjoy that as well.

This year same 6yo has stated he wants to do Baseball again (@ Potomac, a 1-week camp) and other than that just do FunBot.  Complained that last year was too much making new friends at each camp, so wants more consistency so he can have more reliable camp friendships week-to-week over the summer, and that FunBot was his favorite last year.

I think my key takeaway is there's a tradeoff between breadth and depth (including relationships with staff and other kids), that the right answer depends on your kid, that your kids preferences will evolve year-to-year, and so just do the best you can.  In general for extracurriculars (activities during school-year as well as summer camp options) we try to let our kids be invested in these decisions as much as possible, and ask them to commit to seeing a program through for some reasonable period of time. It helps them understand the impact of their choices and build a bit more grit to stick with things that aren't quite the way they imagined, and there also seems to be less "...but I don't want to do X!" battles if they had a hand in choosing X in the first place.[/quote]

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