Summer Camps and Kids Activities Guide for 2013

Summer Camps Guide - North Texas Kids Magazine

11th Annual Guide to Summer Camps

and Kids Activities

Whether you live in Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano, Frisco, Richardson, Grapevine or Arlington, North Texas Kids can help you find the perfect summer camps for your child.

There are several summer camp programs in North Texas to choose from, where your children can make new friends, learn a new skill and engage their creativity and imagination!  Make it even more fun by organizing a group of your child’s friends to attend the same camp at the same time.

Our Summer Camps and Kids Activities Guide is broken down into categories so you can easily find what you’re looking for. Click on one of the links below to start your search.

North Texas Kids Summer Camps Guide

Summer Camps – Search by Category

 

Thousands of Students are Set to Compete in the National Science Bowl

National Science Bowl

National Science Bowl Continues through March 9th

“The battle of wits has begun,” said the Man in Black in the movie, The Princess Bride. That’ll soon be true for the students competing in the Department of Energy’s National Science Bowl too. Starting on January 19th and continuing through March 9th, thousands of middle and high school students will compete in 120 regional competitions all across the country as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The prizes aren’t quite on par with winning the hand of a princess, but offer pretty bright prospects nonetheless.

Scribble Cakes: Where you can Decorate Your Cake and Eat it Too

Scribbles Cakes

Scribble Cakes: A Unique Birthday Party Idea

The greatest joy that has come with every party is the experience to see what a child can accomplish!

How Scribble Cakes got Started

The success of Scribble Cakes – DFW Cake Decorating Parties evolved from a Grandmother’s love for her granddaughter, Katelyn.  Kim’s daughter was at odds of what to do for her daughter’s 5th birthday.  They had already thrown the typical birthday parties and really wanted to come up with something unique.

Youth Art Contest to Support Endangered Species Day

Endangered Species Day - Youth Art Contest

Annual Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest

Parents, teachers and scout leaders tell your kids to start the drawing engines and participate in the annual Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest, an integral part of the eighth annual national Endangered Species Day, celebrated on May 17, 2013.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and numerous conservation organizations will observe Endangered Species Day to recognize conservation efforts underway across the nation aimed at helping America’s imperiled species. This year also commemorates the 40th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act.

Started in 2006 by the United States Congress, Endangered Species Day is a celebration of the nation’s rarest plant and animal species. The Youth Art Contest provides students from kindergarten to high school with an opportunity to learn about threatened and endangered species and express their knowledge and support through artwork. Young artists who are home schooled and participate in youth groups are also eligible to submit their art. Previous winners have come from California, Minnesota, New Jersey, Louisiana and as far away as Alaska. Entries must be postmarked by March 15, 2013.

Kids Need Daily Recess Time

Recess Time

NWF Advocates for Policy Changes to Bring Back Daily Recess

Most adults remember daily recess as a time they were able to let off steam, exercise their bodies and refresh their minds. Today however, as many as nine million children (approximately thirty percent of elementary schools) get far less recess time according to a 2011 study by researchers at the University of Illinois.  Worse still is the fact that schools with predominately non-white student populations are least likely to have sufficient recess periods.

The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) is tackling this problem head on by launching their “Ranger Rick Restores Recess Campaign”. Ranger Rick of course is the beloved mascot of NWF’s award-winning children’s magazines Ranger Rick and Ranger Rick Jr.