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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My rising 2nd grader goes to a day camp and a lot of his friends are telling him that they are going to sleep away camp next summer. It sounds like some will only go for a few weeks, but one says he’s going to sleep away camp the entire summer and so he won’t be back at the day camp at all. My kid has repeatedly told us that he really wants to go to sleep away camp. I thought for sure that 8 years old was way to young for sleep away camp, but a quick internet search and a few conversations with friends suggests this is actually an age when many campers start?

Based on what we know, we’re inclined to see if there’s a good camp that we can trust for maybe 2-3 weeks. Just wondering if this is crazy. We were not camp kids. [/quote]

Yes and all the top camps open their applications on Oct-ish and fill up quickly.  Look for a camp with a very long history where you can talk to the directors directly when you apply.  We send ours to Cheley in Colorado and have gone there for generations.  There are plenty of awesome camps all over the country though.  We only do the 4 week program, very few do 8 weeks.  The kids are completing 3rd or 9 years old for that program.  There is a "tester camp" for 8 year olds in August which is one week - perfect to see if your son is a camp kid.  It wasn't around for my older kids but my youngest did it and loved it!  When I picked her up she walked me to the registration table and said "all summer next year please".
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