End of SY 2013-14 is here are again!

Here are some options for your kids to do this summer most especially if you are from Dasmariñas City, Cavite.

If your kids are into sports, Vel Maris School Summer Camp 2014 focuses mainly on volleyball, basketball and badminton.

If your kids are inclined into music, Casa Musica de Dasmariñas offers a wide range of summer classes for music.

I got a chance to visit Water Camp Resort and Inn in Kawit, Cavite last weekend.  This is our first time to visit the place and be in Kawit.  Going to this place from Dasmariñas on a Sunday morning is easy as there were no traffic along Aguinaldo and Tirona highways.

We arrived at 9AM and the resort is full already.  There were long lines to pay the entrance fee and to enter the resort.  We didn’t get the cottage we preferred.  There were no more choices.  Blame it on the PEAK SEASON!

The entrance rates are: Adult Php 240; Kids below 4ft Php 220

There are available rooms for day or overnight stay that needs reservation and deposit prior to the date to avail.

There are six swimming pools – mini wave pool, kidney-shaped pool with slides, lazy river and children’s pool.  My kid loved the children’s pool because of the fountains and the lazy river too.  It has Little Josephine for the food, grilling stations and billiard tables.  You can bring in food but they don’t allow electrical cooking equipments inside.

I don’t have decent pictures as I was annoyed with the too much crowd.  Sharing the best of what I shot:

Kids pool with interactive fountains

Hotel Rooms

160m Lazy River

For this summer, my hubby and I enrolled 5 year old kid in the Swimming Clinic at Jardin de Dasmariñas Resort.  He had the Water Safety or the Toddlers course.  The class is for 10 days and 1 hour per session.

There are eight students for the class and two to three coaches for each session.  We were asked to buy goggles and kick board. 

On the first day, all the kids were given floaters and had water familiarization.  They let kids enjoy and play in the water and a little bubbling exercise.  For the succeeding days, they practiced the bubbling, breathing, floating and kicking until they became good at it.

Now that the course is done, I can say that my kid became not really a good swimmer but he knows the basics.  He now enjoys the water and loves it!  

My realization for this activity is that my son may be fast learner in school or in other things but to some other activities it takes some time for him to learn.  It might challenge the trainer on how he would make him learn but he’ll definitely learn.  It just takes time.

We will definitely enroll him again next summer.  Thanks to this summer clinic, my kid enjoyed summer!

To beat the summer heat, my kid and I had a little bonding at home last weekend.  We did homemade ice candies.  Our flavor – mocca!  It’s my kid’s first time to eat an ice candy and we enjoyed!  Such a nice bonding activity with my kiddo!

Here’s another option for your kids to do this summer.  Vel Maris School in Dasmariñas, Cavite has summer camp for this year 2012.  The camp offers basketball, volleyball, badminton, taekwondo, chess, dance workshop, art workshop and writing workshop.  The fee is Php1500 per participant per workshop.  It is open to all even for non-Vel Marians.

For this summer, Jardin de Dasmariñas Resort & Restaurant offers the following swimming classes:

1. Water Safety (Toddlers) for 3 to 6yo - P3,300

2. Basic Swim for 7yo and above - P2,800

3. Advance Swim for 7yo and above - P2,800

4. Competitive Swim for 7yo and above - P2,800

5. Basic Life Saving and Rescue - P4000

Each class is 1 hour per session for 10 days.

6. Sports Arnis for 7yo and above - P2,800

7. Combative Arnis for 7yo and above - P3,000

Each class is 1.5 hour per session for 12 days.


Jardin de Dasmariñas is in Sabang, of course in Dasmariñas City, Cavite.  To go there, from Dasma Bayan, you can take a jeep going to Imus palengke.  Take the jeepneys that will pass through Sabang not Aguinaldo Highway. Jardin de Dasmariñas is on the right side nearly in front of Parklane Subdivision.

For inquiries, you can contact: (046) 4160037/09272925708.

Checkout their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/jardindedasma

We will be enrolling our kid in the water safety class next week! :)