Posts by AV Camp
Top 7 Tips For Motivating First Time Campers With Anxiety
We both know your child is going to enjoy the fun and activities at Adventure Valley Summer Day Camp. It’s clear when looking at the happy faces in our gallery or looking at the fun programs we offer that Adventure Valley has all the fun your child is looking for this summer. However, unless your…
Read MoreWhy Our Campers Make Great Leaders – Youth Leadership Programs @ Adventure Valley Day Camp
Strong leadership is one of the most important qualities your child can possess. In work, school and in our own family we rely on great leaders and strive to become great ones ourselves. That’s why developing strong leadership skills is the desired outcome for all our young campers, especially the older campers enrolled in youth…
Read More5 Ways Children Benefit from Summer Day Camps
What’s your child doing this summer? When the final school bell rings, your children’s schedule for 2 months opens right up. Are you hoping for it to be filled with physical activity and more learning? If so, Adventure Valley Day Camp in Toronto has a wide array of summer programs that promote physical activity, learning,…
Read More5 Great Sports Your Kids Can Do This Summer! – Adventure Valley Summer Day Camp
Is your child going to join in the fun this summer? Adventure Valley Summer Day Camp is where youth sports live! Our day camp also helps children discover a whole bunch of fun new sports and activities to become involved in.
Read MoreCamp Kids are Resilient Kids
According to Psychology Today and Psychologist Michael Ungar (Ph.D.), sending your kids to sleepover or day camp will help them become very resilient to life stress ahead. Michael conducted a study in which he spoke to 300 camp directors about how to make kids more resilient to stress, and he discovered that summer camps are…
Read MoreAVDC2017: Frequently Asked Questions
Parents, understandably, have an unlimited number of questions when it comes to sending their kids to camp – so we wanted to address the topics they’ve been asking about most lately! What are your camper to staff ratios? Romper (just finished N) and Hopper (just finished JK) cabins have 3 counselors and a max of…
Read MoreTop 10 Photos from Summer 2016
Each summer we take oodles and oodles of pictures, and each photo is awesome in its own way – but there will always be a few that stand out above the rest. Whether it’s the smiles, the costumes, the poses, or the facial expressions, there are some features that just make a moment undeniably and forever…
Read MoreLet’s Get Rad!
This past summer the newest kids’ accessory took camp by absolute storm. Introducing…RaDTaG bracelets! They way these bracelets worked is everyone in camp (staff included!) was given an AV-branded silicone band that’s meant to be decorated with themed tags. Everyone then went about their daily activities trying to earn relevant tags for specific things they…
Read MoreQ&A with Honey Bee!
Honey Bee is one of AV’s latest and greatest staff members. She experienced her first summer at AV this year, and then decided to stick around and help out in the off-season! Here’s the scoop: How did you first hear about camp? Did you go to any camp as a kid? I first heard about…
Read MoreMake Halloween Spooky, Not Scary
Halloween is an exciting time of year for all (kids = trick or treating, adults = trick or treat leftovers (shh)) – but inevitably there are some safety issues when it comes to being out on the streets on this long-anticipated holiday. …
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