Top 3 Factors to Consider in a Virtual Summer Camp

Exploring the outdoors and socializing with friends in person is what we all want for our children’s summer camp experience. However, what is preferable is not currently practical, given safety concerns due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the reality that many parents need to work full-time from home. Virtual summer camp may be our best, if not only, solution right now. To select the virtual summer camp that will keep children connected and stimulated, albeit socially distanced, parents should consider three important factors.

Maysaa BaznaAugust 11, 2020virtual learning, virtual camps, Online learning

Going Places with Pono!

Each Pono child has their favorite thing about school, and mine is field trips! I love going out into the city and exploring. We take two or three trips a week. There is a wide variety, such as going to a science lab to dissect cow eyeballs, to City Wing Tsun for kung fu, and to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. At the end of every term we have a long trip, when we go to a place that’s farther away and takes more time to get to, like the Statue of Liberty, Philadelphia, and the Cradle of Aviation Museum. We even took a really, really long trip last year to Costa Rica! My personal favorite was when we visited our science teacher, Dr. A, in upstate New York. We had a BBQ lunch (yum!), played badminton (not my best sport, but it was fun!), ran around, caught bugs, and harvested radishes from her garden.

When school was cancelled because of COVID-19, I was really disappointed. We could do math and literature online but not field trips. Or so I thought.

Field Trips, Student PostsPono Student AuthorApril 21, 2020field trips, long trips, international trips, virtual learningComment