Anonymous
Post 02/07/2016 22:03     Subject: camp for nerdy, precocious 3-4 year old
I think 3 is too young for camp. He doesn't need it yet.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2016 21:44     Subject: Re:camp for nerdy, precocious 3-4 year old
My DS who at 8 is still nerdy and was nerdy in preschool loved the camp at Audoboun and Club Scientific Chesapeake.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2016 15:32     Subject: camp for nerdy, precocious 3-4 year old
Anonymous wrote:If he likes music, he may like Camp Levine.


Second Camp Levine. They have a MD location at Strathmore.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2016 19:05     Subject: Re:camp for nerdy, precocious 3-4 year old
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.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2016 12:55     Subject: camp for nerdy, precocious 3-4 year old
If he likes music, he may like Camp Levine.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2016 07:07     Subject: camp for nerdy, precocious 3-4 year old
Does your preschool offer a summer program?
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2016 07:02     Subject: camp for nerdy, precocious 3-4 year old
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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe you labelled your preschooler 'nerdy'. And that you say he's not really into sports because 'can't really throw a ball'.

He's THREE.



I agree. Super weird.


what's weird about it? I have a three year old. clearly since birth much more interested in books and people than motivated by the physical world. kids are different.

Obviously kids are different. But call you by a pejorative term at such a young age is totally ridiculous.


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
Post 01/31/2016 21:03     Subject: camp for nerdy, precocious 3-4 year old
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.