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Language activity groups:

language activities

For campers who speak little or none of the second language we highly encourage them to sign up to our Communication activity session.

There are two sessions per day given specifically to the second language - one is to learn English and the other to learn French. We focus on vocabulary development and ease with the second language. On our daily program sheet it is called COMMUNICATION. These communication groups learn by doing. There is never a moment when the children will be sitting in a classroom.

We suggest you download our pdf Vocabulary List to help your child learn some of the words and phrases most commonly used at camp.

Prior to coming to camp, we encourage you to download the pdf Language Form that allows the child and parents to agree that they will sign up for this Communication program. There is no extra charge! The language activity is often looked upon as a school classroom situation by the camper but it really is not and you as parents must make that clear to your child.

If you talk to some of our campers who have been with us several years then you will realise that learning the second language did not occur in one 2 week session. When spending time at camp, perhaps for the first summer, it takes a little time to acclimatize and relax before the learning begins. The relaxed atmosphere at a summer camp is often what a child needs to rid him or her of their self-consciousness regarding the use of the second language.