Program Category: Youth
Activities and classes for children ages 6-12, aimed at promoting physical, social, and emotional growth.
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Camp Ohiyesa’s Outdoor Education Program enables students to connect with each other and their teachers while they live, work, and play together. In addition, they gain respect for themselves, each other, and the natural world through experiences that don’t happen at school or home.
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At camp there are towers to climb, slides to ride, roaring campfires to gather around, and memories to be made. Ohiyesa Overnight camp is an American rite of passage that we’ve been passing on since 1918.
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Day Camp is a great introduction to the benefits and activities of a Camp Ohiyesa experience in an action-packed day. For kids in grades K-8 there is no better way to spend a week participating in safe, fun, quality programs.
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As one of Michigan’s longest-running summer camps, YMCA Camp Nissokone has more than 100 years of experience that ensures your child will have a positive experience.
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For over 100 years, groups have turned to Camp Nissokone to escape the daily grind. From school field trips to sports camps, company outings and family reunions, Camp Nissokone staff can customize a program that will perfectly fit your group’s needs.
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The Y is the most accessible community resource to prevent drowning and encourage a lifelong enjoyment of swimming. The YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit offers Swim Lessons for people of all ages.
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Y on the Fly is a collaborative that provides access to sports sampling, free play and free sports equipment to kids so they can play in their own neighborhoods.
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Besides increasing strength throughout the body, rock climbing helps develop balance and coordination. With the sport of climbing, you can improve endurance and feel an excitement that comes with this unique kind of challenge.
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At the Y, children learn basic basketball skills using age-appropriate equipment (i.e. smaller balls and baskets for preschool ages). They do fun drills and games that teach ball handling and shooting skills. Early in the program, skill work is stressed as they practice, and as players develop, coaches work on the idea of team play…
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Gymnastics and Dance classes at the YMCA give youth and adults a place to develop balance, coordination, and enjoy the benefits of creative movement.