International Camps Gaining Importance Amongst Indian Children
International Adventure camps are gaining importance for Indian Children
Camps, summer camps, adventure camps, overnighter camps are terms a majority of Indian parents even in this day and age are not comfortable with. The need to send children far away during vacation doesn't seem compelling enough. Most have comfortable sized houses or joint families or neighborhood friends to fill up all the time during vacation. And now with cable TV and gizmos like iPads the remaining time too is accounted for. Then of course there is the study and the holiday homework and voila the holidays are done.
But there has been a section of parents who are realizing that so much of unstructured play time is proving detrimental. Lazy habits creeping in, disconnect from the outdoors, too much time on TV and of course the regular "what do I dooo now?"
Using some part of the vacation to develop many social, emotional and educational needs, which our marks oriented education is ignoring, is gaining acceptance and importance.
Adventure camps step in to take care of so many areas that especially our Indian children need addressed. Let's look at some of these
1. Confidence Building
Most of our children are considered clever if they do well academically. Most other areas of talent like sports even now are not given high importance and are distant thirds. Many suffer from lack of self esteem due to the kind of academic and social competitions that shape their lives at school.
2. Independence
Indian children to date are pampered with maids, drivers, house-help, studies help and of course the mom dad help that they are not used to taking even the littlest decisions for themselves.
3. Social Confidence
A lot of children have adjustment issues due to lack of social confidence as they lead very closeted lives. Cooperation and respecting others and their points of view isn't taken for granted anymore.Social labels like shy, aggressive bully etc get stuck and everyone gets slotted.
4. International Exposure
Thrown into a flattened world many of our children going overseas to seek higher education suffer from cultural shocks. Watching movies and TV programs is one thing but actually close interaction with the rest of the world is another.
5. Physical Inactivity
Being plugged to technology or books makes for a complete sedentary life. Lack of public parks, open spaces & overburdening of school works makes for very passive lifestyles.
6. Connect with Nature
Children especially in the larger cities have lost touch with nature due to the urban lifestyles they lead. As a test take them to any florist and ask them to identify flowers beyond a rose and a lily and watch most of them fumble. Mountains & rivers are a far cry for them.
Summer Camps or Adventure camps provide a sho
rt, intense experience to address all the above issues. Aside from the opportunity to try out new sports, & outdoor activities, camps allow kids the chance to embark on new social adventures. In an environment close to nature where most are strangers' children are free of labels and pressures.They can find new exciting avenues of physical, social and environmental expressions.
For the average Indian children they provide the perfect setting to become resilient and make like long friendships all on their own without peer parental or academic pressure. They can discover aspects of their personalities that provide them immense confidence which otherwise would have got lost in the race for academic excellence.
Adventure camps are indeed life changing experiences and helping children emerge into confident global citizens of tomorrow.
Camps, summer camps, adventure camps, overnighter camps are terms a majority of Indian parents even in this day and age are not comfortable with. The need to send children far away during vacation doesn't seem compelling enough. Most have comfortable sized houses or joint families or neighborhood friends to fill up all the time during vacation. And now with cable TV and gizmos like iPads the remaining time too is accounted for. Then of course there is the study and the holiday homework and voila the holidays are done.
But there has been a section of parents who are realizing that so much of unstructured play time is proving detrimental. Lazy habits creeping in, disconnect from the outdoors, too much time on TV and of course the regular "what do I dooo now?"
Using some part of the vacation to develop many social, emotional and educational needs, which our marks oriented education is ignoring, is gaining acceptance and importance.
Adventure camps step in to take care of so many areas that especially our Indian children need addressed. Let's look at some of these
1. Confidence Building
Most of our children are considered clever if they do well academically. Most other areas of talent like sports even now are not given high importance and are distant thirds. Many suffer from lack of self esteem due to the kind of academic and social competitions that shape their lives at school.
2. Independence
Indian children to date are pampered with maids, drivers, house-help, studies help and of course the mom dad help that they are not used to taking even the littlest decisions for themselves.
3. Social Confidence
A lot of children have adjustment issues due to lack of social confidence as they lead very closeted lives. Cooperation and respecting others and their points of view isn't taken for granted anymore.Social labels like shy, aggressive bully etc get stuck and everyone gets slotted.
4. International Exposure
Thrown into a flattened world many of our children going overseas to seek higher education suffer from cultural shocks. Watching movies and TV programs is one thing but actually close interaction with the rest of the world is another.
5. Physical Inactivity
Being plugged to technology or books makes for a complete sedentary life. Lack of public parks, open spaces & overburdening of school works makes for very passive lifestyles.
6. Connect with Nature
Children especially in the larger cities have lost touch with nature due to the urban lifestyles they lead. As a test take them to any florist and ask them to identify flowers beyond a rose and a lily and watch most of them fumble. Mountains & rivers are a far cry for them.
Summer Camps or Adventure camps provide a sho
rt, intense experience to address all the above issues. Aside from the opportunity to try out new sports, & outdoor activities, camps allow kids the chance to embark on new social adventures. In an environment close to nature where most are strangers' children are free of labels and pressures.They can find new exciting avenues of physical, social and environmental expressions.
For the average Indian children they provide the perfect setting to become resilient and make like long friendships all on their own without peer parental or academic pressure. They can discover aspects of their personalities that provide them immense confidence which otherwise would have got lost in the race for academic excellence.
Adventure camps are indeed life changing experiences and helping children emerge into confident global citizens of tomorrow.
Les Elfes India is the Indian wing of Les Elfes International,
offering Spring, Summer & Winter camps for 8-18 in Switzerland. We
have been take children from Indian since the last 17 years Experiences
at Les Elfes are structures to open the heart and mind and show how
magical life can be.
Les Elfes Camp ensures active participation, in a very broad choice of exciting activities with high degree of learning in a fun way & in a very international environment. All this is achieved along with a guarantee of maximum safety through our caring & experienced staff. Campers always return home with great experiences, fantastic memories and lifelong friendships.
Focus during a Les Elfes camp is comprehensive and covers every aspect of a child's development. These include:
Personal
Social
Physical &
Intellectual
Les Elfes Camp ensures active participation, in a very broad choice of exciting activities with high degree of learning in a fun way & in a very international environment. All this is achieved along with a guarantee of maximum safety through our caring & experienced staff. Campers always return home with great experiences, fantastic memories and lifelong friendships.
Focus during a Les Elfes camp is comprehensive and covers every aspect of a child's development. These include:
Personal
Social
Physical &
Intellectual
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