Kids Camp: There's something for everyone

Alex Pacheco’s instructions to his dancers are precise and full of life lessons.

On this afternoon he has two dozen teenagers on Simply Ballroom’s dance floor learning the foxtrot.

From jazz theory to movie making, these camps have it all.

ROSE THEATER

DURHAM MUSEUM

If dinosaurs delight your youngster, you’ll want to check out the Durham Museum camp offerings. Coinciding with one of the museum’s exhibits — Tyrannosaurs: Meet the Family — dinosaur-themed camps include Dinosaur Discovery and Science of Scotty (the name of the 65-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton and start of the exhibit). The Durham will offer 11 other camps on a variety of topics.

After a car accident in 1998, Meg Busing was left struggling with seizures and figuring out how to deal with her new way of life. After trying different medications with no relief for a decade, Busing underwent brain surgery. The surgery was a success, and she has been seizure free since.

Busing, who served as a counselor at a summer camp in California for families of kids with cancer before she went to nursing school, wanted to do the same thing in Nebraska for kids with epilepsy. Meg, along with husband Kael Busing, started Camp YouCan and their own nonprofit, the Midwest YouCan Foundation.

These camps for special needs kids are sure to fill their summer with field trips, fun and friendship.

CAMP HIGH HOPES

It’s the last day of ranch camp. Campers say a final goodbye to their horses. Tears are shed and phone numbers of new friends are exchanged.

But they leave with a head full of knowledge, a heart full of memories and a small boot-shaped keychain with the name of their beloved horse.

Play with animals every day or explore their world during one of these great summer camps.

NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY’S CAMP KINDNESS

Learn about archery or more about nature at one of these outdoor camps.

CAMP RIVERCREST

The inch-high blue anime cat is Grace Hessenthaler’s favorite.

The Central High School freshman drew the cat — a character in the Japanese manga series “Fairy Tail” — before cutting it out and turning it into a button. She made about three dozen buttons from original artwork or by scissoring images from magazines at the Joslyn Museum summer art camp.

THAT POTTERY PLACE

Students will work on a variety of projects, including mosaics, glass fusing and canvas painting. Four-day, three-day and one-day sessions are offered.