Are children encouraged to bring a soccer ball or baseball and gloves?
The children’s program does have them going outside to do activities that augment the goal of the camp, which is passing on the dance tradition to our children. As such, there is not a significant block of time for unstructured activities. There is a large open area in front of the leadership center which would lend itself to some informal soccer activity to burn off still more energy. Having a hardball around brings with it some baggage – if children are far enough away from windows and small kids they are far from supervision. Without a playing field, a baseball and bat is just a loose cannon waiting to hit a car, window, or small child. Having a wiffle ball and bat eliminates a lot of those concerns. So, in the final analysis, children are neither encouraged or discouraged from bringing those things. Children can play soccer anywhere, but this week is special. We hope to provide children with lots of other things to do. They may feel more comfortable bringing them, so they can spend
