About
I am first and foremost the mom of two amazing children. Over the years, I’ve taught English in China, chased hurricanes, sold dishes, and once wore an oversized chicken suit and paraded around as Chuck the Duck. (I couldn’t make this stuff up.) When my kids are at school, I am a writer and media relations pro. My twitter bio @MomOnMars says I’m a psychologist wannabe, lifelong learner and book lover…not necessarily in that order.
That pretty much sums it up.
SA Busy Kids started as a nugget of an idea back in 2004 when I picked up a book at a Houston museum that listed everything you could ever want to know about every camp available in the city. I wished there were something like that in San Antonio. In 2009, I decided it was time to grab my shovel and my pan and get to work.
Two things I think are important about SA Busy Kids:
- Camps are listed here because they are camps. Not because they paid me anything to be on this site.
- People are strongly encouraged to post their own experiences with these camps. What makes community is engaging with each other, supporting neighbors and sharing wisdom. If you’ve had a good experience – or a bad one – please let the rest of us know. I remember when I was looking at summer activities for my son, a mom told me how the lunch hour at one particular camp was spent in a huge gym, with the kids participating in activities with limited direction and supervision. For her, it was a real selling point as her kids loved the “down time.” For me, it was a deciding factor because my son can’t handle those types of loosely-managed environments well. So, please. Stop by, look around and take a few minutes to leave a comment or two.
- I don’t have the resources to put together a quality control program that analyzes each camp for quality, safety and educational wherewithal. That’s a nice way to say I make no guarantees and assume no responsibility. Do your own research – check things out – and make sure you are comfortable with your choices.
This is a continuing work in progress. Let me know what you think and how I can make this work best for you.
Have a sunny day!
Debi
Catch me on the front lines, blogging at MySA.com
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