Summer Learning Resources from the American Camp Association

Camping Magazine Articles Related to Summer Learning

• The Perfect Place to Read: Encouraging the Love of Reading at Camp (3/13)
• Positive Learning (5/10)
• Summer School and Summer Camp (3/10)
• The Experiential Classroom: Camp (3/10)
• Camps and Classrooms (11/09)
• The Power of Camp: Camp Changes Lives in Positive Ways (5/09)
• The Changing Role of Camps: School Partnerships Place Camps at the Heart of Educational Reform (2/02)

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Public Policy

• ACA Public Policy Position Statement on School Calendars (PDF)
• ACA Position Paper on Year-Round Education (PDF)
• How Did You Spend Your Summer Vacation? What Public Policies Do (and Don’t Do) to Support Summer Learning Opportunities for all Youth (PDF)

Education

• ACA Bookstore- Find great summer learning tools for educators, out-of-school time professionals, and other child and youth professionals
• Camp-School Partnership Guidebook (MS Word)- For information about how to create camp-school partnerships, read Creating Camp-School Partnerships: A Guidebook to Success published by the American Camp Association.