Life at the Bay

Children are spending an increasing amount of time indoors due to all the technology that can be easily accessed inside their homes. The internet, television, mobile phones, gaming consoles and tablets have replaced traditional outdoor games, such as hopscotch, hide and go seek, tag and field sports. Outdoor play offers social, mental and physical benefits for children. Outdoor play is an essential part of summer camps, where technology isn’t allowed and children can overcome their “nature deficit disorder”. Here are five reasons why you should send your kids to summer camp for them to indulge in outdoor play:    1. Combat Obesity Due to technology turning our kids into couch potatoes, lack of exercise is the main reason why kids are becoming obese. Children should be active for at least an hour a day, which means they should be running, climbing and jumping in the outdoors. Summer camp programs have kids active in the outdoors all day long whilst still having ...

Send your kids camping they said, it would be fun they said. For the kids yes, but for the parents… uh uh. Especially, not when it comes down to the packing.    However, like always… you can chill out, because we at Sugar Bay have certainly got your backs. We know that packing your child’s suitcase for camp can be difficult, this is why we always send through a packing list for each and every of our holiday camps. However, very often we find that our campers pack more than what’s required of them and this is usually why we have to deal with lost property. It is imperative parents understand that the full camping experience cannot be achieved without the correct gear.    Here is a list of the essential camping gear all campers require:   Like the popular rhyme-“Head and shoulders, knees and toes”, we’ve decided to start from the top. Every camper needs to have packed: 1. Head:  · A Sun Hat/Cap   · A Beani...