Summer Camp!

-- BREAKING NEWS! Summer Camp is now happening June 30-July4! Enroll your child today! -- 

Summer camp is underway at Kahlon Family Services headquarters this week, and we couldn't be more thrilled with how our first camp is taking shape. With a heavy focus on behavior and social skills, our campers have already been taking risks and learning how to think about the needs of others.

If you're wondering what our day looks like, we always start off with yoga. We are pioneering some field research when it comes to the benefits of our yoga program on the daily affect of the kids involved, by taking statistics on the child's mood/anxiety levels before and after the yoga session has taken place. We don't just want to present another yoga class to your child, we want to be sure that it's an effective life skills tool.

We have a set schedule for camp, with slight variations on a daily basis to provide an opportunity for the kids to use flexible thinking strategies. We endeavor to undertake the most physically challenging tasks in the morning while the day is new, by taking the campers to an obstacle course nearby and working on gross motor skills.

Back at the headquarters, we have been working on projects that encourage our campers to change the behaviors they are struggling with, in order to build a better life for themselves. For example, we work on size of the problem (e.g. Big problems deserve big reactions, small problems deserve small reactions), Superflex (Michele Garcia-Winner curriculum) and other activities specifically customized to meet the specific child's needs.

It wouldn't be summer camp without field trips! Because everything we do has an underlying behavioral purpose, we take field trips that help feed our goals. We are taking a trip to the beach, while stopping at a cafe for a snack. At the beach, kids need to agree on a shared activity and stay within a set boundary. Also, we are taking a trip to Golden Gate Park, for a picnic and some time at the De Young Museum. During this time, our campers are learning about which kinds of foods others may enjoy at a picnic, how to behave socially around mealtime outdoors and being out in the community.

Yoga is the "bookends" of our day, and we love ending with our second yoga session. We focus on breath work, daily meditation and mindfulness.

If you are interested in having your child join us in the upcoming weeks, contact us today at info@kahlonfamilyservices.com