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Summer Zoo Camps in Michigan

Summer zoo camps in Michigan are places where kids can go and pass a few days of summer doing and seeing fun things they will remember all year long. Sure it can get pretty hot and sticky during summer school vacation, especially in the city . But parents and their kids soon discover that when kids are occupied doing things they like, such as spending time around animals and participating in zoo adventures, they tend to overlook the heat and humidity and concentrate on the fun. And fun is what they will be having along with a good measure of learning and socialization when they select from among these summer zoo camps in Michigan .

Detroit Zoo Summer Safari, Detroit, Michigan. At the Zoo in Detroit, Michigan they call their summer program for kids “Summer Safari. It really seems a perfect name because for the hours that kids spend at the Detroit Zoo they will feel transported out of their ordinarily daily life to a whole new and exciting adventure, just like a true safari ought to be. The folks at Detroit Zoo have really given lots of thought to how to make their summer program work for working parents. You can tailor your own use of the Summer Safari program selecting from a combination of single day , half day and full day programs to satisfy your child’s interest in a zoo experience and your ability to get your child to zoo. Further accommodation is provided by the zoo through pre and post program extended day offerings. You really can make the Detroit summer zoo camp work for you.l

Detroit Zoo Summer Safari is opened to children 4-14 and a full day program runs from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. While your child is at camp he or she will be involved in zoo feature tours, games, crafts and animal centered activities. The goal of the Summer Safari is to allow kids the time and the place to learn more about animals, how they survive and what human beings can do to help maintain threatened species and environments. Rates for participation are fully dependent on the number of hours your child will be spending involved in the Summer Safari program

For more information about Summer Safari or for registration call at 248-541-5717.

Binder Park Zoo Camp, Battle Creek, Michigan. In Battle Creek Michigan, the Binder Park Zoo Camp has also picked up on the “convenience thing. They have prepared several weeks of exciting things to do for each age group in attendance. According to a family’s schedule, interests and financial ability kids can attend a day program or put together days to form several weeks of camp fun. The choices really are up to you and will make you feel as relaxed about your selection as summer itself.

The important thing is that once your kids get there they will find that the Binder Park Zoo Camp in Battle Creek, Michigan can share with them a real window into the lives of animals, their habitats and their connection with human beings around the world. This is a place for kids to have fun learning. Of course kids can play games, sing songs, become involved in activities and learn about animals and animal life almost anywhere. To have the chance to do all these things in the great setting of a zoo like Binder Park makes learning seem real and fun is all around. For first timers there will be lots to discover and uncover about life at the zoo. For those who are repeat participants, there will the chance to build on what they have already learned about animal life in previous summers.

Binder Park Zoo offers scholarship assistance that can help to make this zoo experience possible for those with financial limitations. For more information
about the Binder Park Zoo Camp experience call at 269-979-1351.

Potter Park “Zoocambi 2008”, Lansing, Michigan, When Potter Park introduced its summer camp program for 2008 it offered a new perspective. This years program is aimed at responding to the interaction the zoo has had with parents, camp teachers and kids to construct a program that will best serve the needs, interests and abilities of all participants.

“Zoocambi 2008” will operate in two sessions with a program in the morning and another in the afternoon. Snacks will be provided at both sessions. But for those children who are interested, there is also a full day program plan available in which kids come for the morning session, bring a lunch or money to purchase a lunch and stay through until the beginning of the afternoon session. Seven new learning programs have been added and older sessions have been reviewed to give kids the best and most interesting view of the zoo that is possible. For younger children their are sessions that allow them to investigate the habitat, eating habits, and sense perceptions of animals.

Older kids will check out the wildlife according to continents and habitats using the zoo as their school book. They will get to investigate a variety of environmental settings and learn about the threats to animal survival. The oldest group of kids, those from Grade 5-7 will find sessions that allow them to visit the underwater zoo exhibits and learn what that habitat has to offer. They will also get a chance to learn what it is like to work at the zoo as a “zoo keeper for a day”. For every kids from Grade 1-7 there are fun things to see and do at Potter Park Zoocambi 2008.

To register your child or make further inquiries call at 517-702-4745