I will be profiling the best summer camps on Staten Island to send your preschooler to over the next few months. Attention will be paid to certain factors like school accreditation, rankings, and local reputation. As an educator myself, I realize that often times your child attends a summer camp that offers very limited access to physical and whole child activities. When you send your child to summer camp, even in a daycare setting it is important that you receive value and reputation as well as adequate child care service. Today I will spotlight the first in a series of the best summer camps for preschoolers.
Located on the College of Staten Island (CSI) campus, the Staten Island Day Camp offers the best amenities that one can find at a college campus. The lush, expansive campus gives young children the feeling that they are not just going to a day camp, but that they are in fact going to summer camp.
The next open house is Saturday, March 12, 2011 at CSI, Building 1R, the Sports and Recreation Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. By attending this informational session and learning more you will receive a $50 summer camp coupon.
Michael Halpern, Owner/Executive Director of Staten Island Day Camp, Inc., when reached at his office was enthusiastic and energetic and knowledgeable about what his summer camp has to offer. He ought to be, a former Physical Education Teacher and now retired NYC Board of Education Principal, Michael Halpern has been running his camp for 32 years. When he started running the camp at its former Willowbrook location, there were 40 children in attendance. Now the Staten Island Summer Day Camp has “close to 400 children in attendance.”
The Staten Island Day Camp Early Childhood program is designed to enhance the day camp experience for your young child. Michael Halpern adds, “A great beginning for our youngest children obviously needs to start with great educators.”
The Staten Island Day Camp is accredited by the Camping Association and there are over 750 standards that Halpern must follow to maintain the accreditation. Michael Halpern states, “I want to re-instate the social process of most children. One of the things that computers are doing is taking away the social experience of children.” He includes as activities water safety and other games that focus on physical education.
For more information about the camp’s programs, pricing, schedule, and hours of operation contact Michael Halpern, Owner/Executive Director, Staten Island Day Camp, Inc. 1-800-301-2267 or email sidaycamp@aol.com
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