Educational Camps for Texas Students

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Summer vacation will be here in about 8 weeks. Every spring I get anxious wondering what will I do with my four kids over the summer? How do I keep them entertained? How can I keep their brains from going mush from watching too much TV, or playing on their IPads, Kindles, Xbox’s or phones? When they were younger, it was easy. The zoo, the beach, camping and theme parks were always favorites. Now that our children are older, it is harder to keep them on task and focused.  We want them to have a break from school, but we also want them to be productive individuals.  Summer camps are a great opportunity to meet other kids as well as discover new adventures.

I have several friends who send their children to “sleep away camps” for several weeks. There are many great camps to chose from in the state of Texas. Our children tried a sleep away camp for one week, but did not like it. Secretly, I was very grateful! Although I wanted them to have the opportunity to get out of the valley and experience something different, I missed them terribly!
Summer Time

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This year, we are taking a different approach to summer camp. I took on the daunting task of finding an educational camp for our three older children. Our criteria was:
a) something challenging but fun
b) preferably one to two weeks long
c) a day camp
d) in the state of Texas

I was pleasantly surprised to find (GOOGLE) many educational camps through out the state.  Our own university, UTPA, has several camps on engineering and sciences. The list below range in ages from 6-17 years old.  Please visit the websites to get more information.

1.  Aquatic Sciences Adventure Camp

www.eardc.txstate.edu/education-center

2.  ID Tech Camp

www.idtech.com

3.  Education in Action (Lone Star Leadership Academy)

www.educationaction.org

4.  TexPrep at UTPA

www.utpa.edu

5.  Archaeology Camp at Crow Canyon

www.crowcanyon.org

6.  Armand Bayou Nature Summer Eco Camp

www.abnc.org

7.  Badgerdog Creative Writing Summer Camp

www.austinlibrary.com

8.  Baylor’s University for Young People (UYP)

www.baylor.edu/soe/ccle

9.  Science: It’s a Girl Thing

www.ideal.ttu.edu

10. Bricks 4 Kidz

www.bricks4kidz.com

 

Let us hear from you! Send us a quick comment if you know of other educational camps in Texas that your kids have loved!

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Rina Gonzalez
Rina is a stay at home mom living in McAllen. She has been married to her soul mate, Jaime, for 14 years, and they are the proud parents of Sofia (12yrs), Olivia (10yrs), Joaquin (6yrs), and Lucia (3yrs). Managing and creating schedules is her forte starting with the kids extracurricular activities such as sports, music, dance and educational programs. Rina enjoys planning family trips to the ranch, the island, and more exotic places. She always makes time during her days to regularly meet with her bible study group. Although Rina is a girly girl who loves to shop for a good bargain and enjoys her occasional pedicure and manicure, she enjoys hunting and the great outdoors too.

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  1. I manage Camps on The RIo …I am very interested in starting educational camps here in the RGV. I am looking for other interested folks to look into plans for the fall and winter months.

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