Pick The Best Summer Camps in Minnesota

Nature! Many recent studies show that children simply do not get out in the natural wilderness enough. The positive side of increased exposure to nature includes reduced stress, a healthy burning off of energy and a general feeling of well-being. Life in today's world, so often an environment several steps removed from nature, can be a challenge to our kids. Swift Nature Camp, a Summer Kids Camp in Minnesota, offers an enjoyable way to get kids back to the balance of natural landscape.

Canoeing can begin as a challenge, but for children a canoe is an opportunity to develop new skills and to become proficient at directing the adventures they have only watched before. A Minnesota lake or river gives a child at summer camp a feeling unlike any other. A feeling of freedom and accomplishment and confidence. A canoe becomes much more than a mode of transport: it's a way to explore and discover nature, and discover oneself in the process.

Once they get near the water, children's minds turn to fishing. Thoughts turn to the wonder of what could be swimming under your canoe and the chance that maybe, just maybe you might just catch one ot those mysterious Minnesota Muskies. The heart fills with the sense of what's possible. Those are feelings that every child at Swift Nature Camp has.

Have you ever heard the plaintive, haunting wail of a loon at night? It is a sound that is sure to send a chill down any child's spine the first time he or she hears it. Once campers learn that loons are skilled divers able to hold their breath for nearly 25 minutes, they find a new respect for these unique water foul. At Swift Nature Camp in Minnesota we have 8 nesting pairs of loons on our lake. Kids adore watching the little loons hop on their mom's back for a free ride.

Every night at Swift Nature Camp, campers make the time to go to the Minnesota Lake shore and just take in the natural beauty of the setting sun. It is during this time that peace comes to everyone, relaxing at the quiet end of a marvelous busy day.

In nature, smells are just as meaningful as sights and sounds. In the thick woods of Minnesota, the air is so clear that with every breath comes the unforgettable sweet smell of the pines. The memory of that sweet smell of the pines is just one of the great memories kids at camp will carry for the rest of their lives.

Has your child seen a wild eagle? Few have. At Swift Nature Camp in Minnesota, eagles are a common sight. Every day you can see them soar in ever higher circles. Or, just as quickly, one might head out over the lake and with its claws reaching down to catch some unsuspecting fish swimming by. This is just one example of what nature in Minnesota is all about. This is all just part of an Overnight Summer Camp experience.

At Swift Nature Camp, located in Minnesota, campers get hands-on learning experience with current forestry practices as they walk through Jack Pine clear-cut and regeneration areas, and they are able to observe and learn about much of the nature and wildlife that abound throughout the forest. At the pond the kids catch a variety of critters, including insects, frogs and leeches, and receive a lesson about the various wetland invertebrates they find. In the SNC Nature Center the children get the opportunity to take care of other kinds of animals and can even bring their own from home.

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