The school year is over and more and more families, whether for work needs or by choice, decide to take their children to summer camps in order for children to enjoy and make new friends.
The supply of camps grows year after year: from the urban ones, to those that include overnight stays inside or outside the city itself. If you are still undecided or have not found a camp according to the personality and tastes of your children, take a look at the original proposals that we bring you.
Emotional Intelligence Camps
Learn from our emotions, put words to what we feelUnderstanding and understanding others are the keys to these types of camps that are gaining ground in recent years.
- From Grow Together with Art (Madrid) we propose this urban camp that will take place from June 23 to July 31 and is aimed at children between 2 and 7 years. In addition to learning about emotional intelligence, the kids will travel through different countries and know multiple ways of relating with the rest.
The price varies depending on the days chosen; from 150 euros for a week to 300 euros for 4 weeks.
- From Crece Bien (Madrid), emotional intelligence camps also include other activities such as social skills, creativity and leisure workshops and effective learning and study techniques.
They run from June 26 to September 8 and depending on the days chosen and the number of activities, the price varies, with the basic 5-day rate being 195 euros.
Camps to learn to speak in public
And if you want to go one step further in the type of camps we have just seen, you cannot miss this urban camp to manage emotions and learn to speak in public, taught by the Public Speaking School of Madrid.
From July 3 to 14, students between nine and 12 years old will learn different speaking techniques to be able to go to an auditorium, by the hand of an expert teacher in emotional intelligence and NLP. The price for this camp is 300 euros.
Technology camps
The technology and robotics camps are gaining followers every year, guaranteeing the excitement and fun of the little ones with activities such as: 3D printing and creation and development of APPS, video games or robots.
- The European College of Madrid, together with the technology company BQ, has launched a robotics campus to enjoy from June 16 to July 14.
You are still in time to target your children a week from July 3 to 7 which is called "Build a smart city" or a week from July 10 to 14 called "Design, program and undertake." Both camps are priced at 199 euros.
- In With More future you can select this type of camps by age or location as it covers several autonomous communities such as Madrid, Castilla León, Canarias and Aragón.
The ages vary depending on the theme from 5 years to adolescents over 13 years. The prices are also very diverse; depending on the type of camp, the location or if it includes overnight.
Film and circus camps
- One more year, the Price Theater in Madrid surprises us with an urban camp aimed at children between 5 and 15 who want to know the ins and outs of the circus learning to do acrobatics, juggling, magic or building their own puppets.
This circus camp will take place from July 3 to 28, with weekly (150 euros) or biweekly (260 euros) registrations
- But if your child likes movies, then you should not miss the Cinema Camp of Dream Zero Films, an urban camp that revolves around the world of cinema.
This camp is aimed at teenagers between 14 and 17 years old, in which they will learn script, production, editing, direction and interpretation and they will have the opportunity to put it into practice by developing their own short film.The enclave of this cinephile experience is Asturias and Zamora and the prices for a week of camping vary between 309 and 335 euros
Bold sports camps
For children who love action and sports, the opportunity to participate in a camp that makes them release adrenaline and have a great time is really tempting.
- In the natural enclave in Tierra de Pinares (Valladolid), children more intrepid athletes You can enjoy the Tatanka camps, especially aimed at children between 5 and 15 years old.
In this camp, in addition to practicing sports such as canoeing, archery or paddle surfing, the kids can carry out orchard, theater or farm workshops and practice English or French.
The duration of this camp is one, two or three weeks, with prices ranging between 380 and 1,260 euros.
- Children between 8 and 17 years old can participate in the Encantaria camps, which will take place both in Ordesa (Huesca), and in Rialp (Lérida). Both camps, located in a unique enclave, will offer children the opportunity to perform adventure sports like rafting, climbing, zip line or canoeing.
Both dates and prices of both camps are varied, also offering the option of transportation from different parts of Spain.
Science and nature camps
- Numerous theme parks about nature and animals They offer the opportunity to carry out urban camps but among all of them, this year we highlight the one offered by the City of Arts and Sciences of Valencia.
This urban camp will include Space adventures, greater knowledge of animals and their surroundings or a night's sleep. It is aimed at children between 5 to 12 years and lasts for 5 days. It will be taught in both the months of June and July and the rate is 240 euros.
- The National Museum of Science and Technology of Madrid (MUCYT) also organizes urban camps from June 26 to September 1 aimed at children between 3 and 12 years of age. In these camps, lasting one week, the children will become scientists and they will learn, while having fun, about science and technology. The price is 120 euros.
Music camps
- And for children who love music, in Clave de Sol offers a thematic camp in Burgo de Osma (Soria), which also includes music and instrument classes, children can also enjoy other types of recreational activities and swimming pool.
The camp will take place during the month of July and will be organized by fortnights, with a price of 595 euros, including overnight in the hostel "El Castillo".
- And from Medley, students between the ages of 7 and 17 will enjoy the Learning classical music and modern styles combined with other recreational activities related to nature or sport.
This overnight camp will take place at “El Molino de Butrera”, a farm located north of Burgos and will last the entire month of July, in shifts of one week or 15 days. Prices vary depending on the date chosen and offer the possibility of hiring transportation from various parts of Spain.
The thematic camps offer grows every year, giving children the opportunity to leave the classic multi-activity camp, to focus on what they really like and offering them the possibility to explore more deeply their hobbies and concernsPhotos | iStock, Thyssen Museum
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