A memorable summer vacation is guaranteed 1.6 thousand. Packs of students

Will allocate 100 thousand. euros

This year’s children’s summer camps are planned to allocate 100,000. budget funds. « Over the past five years, the funds allocated by municipalities have doubled, the organizer of summer camps increased, and the need for children’s employment during the summer holidays, » said Jolanta Jankauskienė, deputy head of Kaunas District Municipality Culture, Education and Sports Division (Education).

The camps are divided into the age of pupils: 7-10, 11-14, 15-18 year olds. When organizing programs, it is recommended to include children growing up in large -scale or social risk families with special educational needs and arriving in Kaunas district from Ukraine for military actions in Ukraine or (or) refugees from other countries in Kaunas District Municipality.

List of priorities

According to J. Jankauskienė, the priority is given to all day (8 hours) of catering, with other sources of funding, promoting children’s creativity, initiative, citizenship development, development of children’s social emotional competences, oriented to prevention of violence and bullying, intending Steam (natural sciences, technology, engineering). For those involved in social partners, external lecturers.

Camps Pakaunės will organize this year’s cultural, educational and sports institutions subordinate to the Culture, Education and Sports Department of Kaunas District Municipality Administration: general education schools, non -formal children’s education schools, cultural centers, Kaunas District Municipal Public Library, Kaunas District Museum, Free Teachers, Associations, Public Institutions and Others.

Children will be offered sightseeing, cultural-educational travel, sports workouts, team games, experiential activities, art therapy classes, creative workshops, emotional and social education classes, interactive lectures and discussions, reading and language education, laboratory work, nature, Steam activities, Hikes, various creative, sports, dance, music classes, reading afternoons.

Way: Getting to know nature can be like that. / Photo by last year’s children’s summer camps

The secret of popularity

Although all the camps are truly attractive, some of the local space are being discharged as soon as the registration is announced. So where is the secret of popularity?

« Camps are popular, distinguished by active educational content, where entertainment is combined with learning, experiential, creative, cognitive activities, promoting children’s creativity, autonomy and cooperation, and developing the skills needed for life, »

The Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union Camp « Sagittarius Summer » has remained on the list for years. About 100 students participate in this camp every year, organizing full -day employment with overnight stays, developing children’s survival skills in theoretical and practical activities, and practical educational sessions, where students are practically implementing various tasks.

Children have the opportunity to get to know the outdoor conditions of the rifle through personal experience, to improve as personalities, to develop independence, personal and team responsibilities, to promote healthy lifestyle and active athletic activities, to develop citizenship and civic resistance. It is also a focus on the development of psychological preparation and social skills through individual and team methodologies, developing and strengthening the child’s personality through leadership, active leisure permit through military tasks, obstacles and relays.

Over the past five years, the funds allocated by municipalities have doubled, the organizer of the summer camps increased, and the need for children’s employment during the summer holidays has increased.

Tribute to MK Čiurlionis

Continued to line up since 2020. The camps of Kaunas District Museum, which guarantee the meaningful employment of children in the natural environment, are organized to introduce the history of the region. Observations, research and nature experiments are being prepared.

Children also enjoy from 2021. Camps of Kaunas District Public Library, which develop awareness, creativity, critical thinking, combining literature, reading, interactive tasks and modern technologies.

Asked what camp this year’s camps, she thinks should be the most interesting, Jankauskienė first named the camp of the Kačerginė School-Multifunctional Center « Active Leisure Hunting ». « Children will be organized in non -traditional spaces: Basakoji Trail, Dubrava Reserve Cognitive Trail, Hiking Club » Bagota Ciba « , Kulautuva Park, Kazlų Rūda Rope Park Stihl, » said a spokeswoman for the municipality.

You also promise to be the camp of Kaunas District Public Library “Reading Travel: Experience in the Summer!”. Children will be held interactive readings, and later they will engage in creative activities: ebru art, drawing therapy, clay and modeling workshops, origami, IT education with Lego Robotics. « The program is focused on Steam’s education through play and sensory cognition, » she said.

The Ežerėlis Cultural Center, which responded to the 150th anniversary of MK Čiurlionis, will invite you to the camp « Walks with Čiurlionis »: locations and cultural objects, children will participate in cognitive-study excursions at the MK Čiurlionis Museum, Alytus Regional Museum, Vilnius Čiurlionis House.

Variety: Campers love when entertainment is combined with learning, experiential, creative, cognitive activities, and promoting creativity. / Photo by last year’s children’s summer camps

Between five and thirteen

The shortest camps for five days; They are, by the way, the most – 68. There are camps that will last for 7-9 days. The camp Melnrage-2025, organized by Kaunas District Sports School, which lasts for the longest time.

The program will be conducted on the Melnrage seaside. Here the children will get acquainted with the nature of the Seaside Regional Park, visit the natural heritage object – the Dutch hat, the largest adventure park in the Baltic States, the Lithuanian Maritime Museum and the Dolphinarium, and the holiday water park. During the camp, hiking on the seashore will be organized to the Latvian border and Palanga. Students will participate in beach handball and street handball tournament

The list of funded summer camps is published on the website of Kaunas District Municipality https://www.krs.lt/savivaldybe/struktura-ir-kontaktai/adminstija-director/kultura-scoting… ;