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too much game time, not enough tech.

This was my daughters second summer at Lavner Camps. Next year will be her third summer, and i anticipate many summers after that. Like most parents today, I used to dread summer planning. Especially that first summer when we just "threw everything at the wall and saw what stuck". I had heard about Lavner camps through friends and gave them a look. I liked the idea of balancing out her summer experience with some structured and focused tech time... what i found after her weeks at Lavner camp was a daughter with an unquenchable interest in science, tech and coding...

I loved hearing about her day's spent at camp, her
new desire to play minecraft with her older cousins and especially when she said "mom, I want to make computer programs when i grow up" - now I have no idea what her future will bring, but I liked hearing her say that over her prior plan which was "to live with you and dad forever"...

Tech based learning aside - i found the camps to be well run, the staff to be caring and focused, and when i had one question on something on the website, i was quickly contacted with a polite, delightful and efficient answer to my question.

It's a well run camp, they've got great locations in the mainline area (i think they're the only camp at Villanova - don't know how they got that locked down) and our experience with them has been nothing but positive.

If you're not sure about sending your kids to one of their camps - this mom is telling you that you should go ahead and do it. I know i'm glad i did!

Great summer camp at UW that my kid has done 2 years in a row. They offer lots of different options that all kids would enjoy.

It was great for my kid to hyper-focus on a subject they loved and to do so in a small group of like-minded kids.

I was really expecting for my child to learn technical skilss since he is 10. But, unfortunately, it was more of a babysitting camp where the kids were taught one thing and then left on their own with a lot of free time and choosing their digital engagement and pages. They even watch whole movies while at camp. Although, the kids certainly need brakes, it was more on the free-time side than on the learning side. My son went to two camps He did one thing the first day and some follow up the next day, but that was pretty much it. After that it was him choosing how to spend his time and chose for hours Minecraft and other digital games when he was there to learn a particular skill. He was at camp from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. for five days each time and it was disappointing that he learned little regarding the camp's subject.

The camp was small and inclusive. They engaged my daughter and she really enjoyed her time.

Lots of camp options and instructors are very knowledgeable and very enthusiastic.

An excellent experience for my child. Would recommend it for anyone

They were responsive, well-organized, and my daughter had an amazing time.

My son really enjoyed the Python coding camp, and learned a lot.

Another great summer with Lavner! We can’t wait for next year :)

Staff was very caring and excellent, my child rated it very high, learned alot and had fun.

Outstanding and excellent program. Excellent staff and students were well cared for The Director, Andrea, was approachable and followed through on each request. My grandson loved it so much we signed him up for a second week!

Staff and the course was perfect!

I was a little concerned after the first day when my son said that the instructor hadn’t played the Kerbal space program game that was at the center of the week. The week & activities did pick up as the camp progressed & he still had fun. However don’t think that I would have spent the money on this camp had I known that instructors not well versed in the activity.

Per my son, the teacher told them she could not even draw. This was a digital art class. There was not much instruction, they kind of did what they wanted. he went with 2 friends, they were disappointed. we expected more.

My son enjoyed the camp. I was able to get in and out of the camp relatively easily

Thanks for everything.my son sahin has a great time

My son took the Lego battle bots class this summer. I love the idea of learning how to build from scratch, with goals, parameters, and revisions. I really wished I had more to show for the camp though. It's very expensive, the initial communication was poor (but much better after I contacted someone), so I'd like more than a lanyard (which I threw away) and a t-shirt (which is okay). I had to send my 7 year old son in with a camera to record his work (and he didn't quite get a picture of his robot).