Many children find it difficult to remain awake until their fathers come home from shul on Friday nights during the summer. If they have already reached the age of chinuch they should recite their own kiddush early, even during daylight hours, then wash for hamotzi and eat their meal.
This applies to children in overnight camps as well. The only limitation is not to have them recite kiddush before plag haminchah, according to the times posted on the calendars for their particular location.
If they must go to sleep before plag haminchah, they should not recite kiddush at night at all. They should recite the night-time kiddush before eating their meal the following morning (without the “yom hashishi” paragraph).
If they go to sleep before Shabbat ends, they should recite havdalah on Sunday morning.
Rav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, shlita, member of the Badatz of Crown Heights, reprinted from crownheightsconnect.com
