As a short-term study trip, international summer camps are a trend, the choice of parents for their children this summer. Although it is a short trip with only a few weeks, when deciding to send children to international summer camps, parents and students also need to consider carefully, carefully in each stage and activities.
Summer is also the season for parents to look for their children for international summer camps that match their parents' and children's interests. International summer camp is a place for children to step outside the world, accumulate experience, life skills for children, increase social knowledge, foreign language proficiency, and understand the country that wants to study in the future.
When giving your child an international summer camp, parents and students should note the following:
Choose a reputable company
Many parents who have sent their children to international camps complain about the services of many centers, from having little contact, reporting the situation of their children to the expensive ones, but always in a state of "riding a horse. flowers ”or 'jobless', few useful activities after language lessons.
Therefore, when planning to enroll their children in the international summer camp, parents should consult through many companies, carefully ask the counselor about the status of the students when participating in the course.
Parents should choose companies that have detailed schedule, even hourly, for their children, and find out about accommodation for their children and have clear contracts and terms to avoid spending. fees incurred after the course.
Normally, the quality of the summer camp is based on how much time you have to study English, how much time your child is going to visit, the picnic and the accommodation conditions such as homestay, host family or dormitory, hotel ... Parents need to learn and consult to consider choosing a course for their children.
When deciding to let their children participate in the international summer camp, parents should also choose centers that are highly appreciated by the previous ones, have experience in organizing international summer camps, study abroad ... to help their children have one. useful summer, parents feel secure at home and not annoyed by the costs incurred that are not included in the agreement.
Select summer camps that fit your interests, strengths and future directions
When parents guide their children to international summer camps, it is also a good idea to consult with their children to choose which summer camps will suit their future interests, health and orientation. Parents ask what they like when going to a summer camp, such as wanting to learn a foreign language, life skills or simply take a break and then close the location.
Students can freely choose their own summer camps such as: Sounds of Hope (SOH) summer camp, IDEA - summer camp, science and technology summer camp ... and choose which country you want to visit. Currently, most summer camps in countries such as the US, UK, Canada ... are given priority because of advanced education, the opportunity to study abroad for children in the future and English is the main language in countries. this.
Let your children know about their schedule so that their children are not passive, let them be ready in their heart to experience, learn new things, voluntarily meet, play and interact with strangers, confidently explore the environment.
In older children around 15-17 years, parents can also let their children learn and then give their own suggestions to their children directly to register for summer camps that they want to let their children learn autonomy and self-responsibility. With my decision, at the same time let me try the environmental experience that I want to study in the future.
Prepare your child's psychology before the trip
Having to be independent, take care of yourself and live together with other students ... will be different from being spoiled by your parents at home, let them know and practice for children, help them not to be depressed. before these changes.
Let's practice sports to improve health instead of hugging computers and phones every day, teaching children to cook simple dishes, handling small injuries, planning, time schedules for every day, and including reasonable spending.
These are the most basic things in the trip to help children to be surprised and help their children imagine where they will go, what to do and for what purpose in the trip.
In addition to the above, parents need to prepare all necessary supplies for their children in each trip, see the weather forecast for their place ... so they have a healthy, meaningful, rewarding and fun summer camp.
