https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/out-mouths-babes-unlocking-mysteries-language-voice

My ears have yet not drunk a hundred words Of thy tongue's uttering, yet I know the sound. Juliet, from Romeo and Juliet — by William Shakespeare BIG Questions Children learn...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/i-am-therefore-i-think

"Pooh," said Rabbit kindly, "you haven't any brain." "I know," said Pooh humbly. — from The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne Big Questions About 300 years before Winnie...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/bouncing-back-moving-forward-transactional-models-risk-resiliency

Big Questions If someone told you that you had a "retrospective, unidirectional bias" and had contracted the "availability heuristic," you might think you need to visit a doctor right away....

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/what-camp-staff-can-do-help-children-excerpt-homesick-happy

Dear Colleagues, When I sat down to write my new book, Homesick and Happy: How Time Away from Parents Can Help a Child Grow, I wanted to answer three questions: 1) Why is it...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camps-help-make-children-resilient

When Jacob arrived at his city’s day camp for his third season, the camp director was determined to avoid the problems Jacob was experiencing at school. Now eleven years old, Jacob had grown into a...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fighting-free-play

It seems a tug-of-war is going on in Canada. On one side are those who, in the name of safety and reducing liability, want to mandate the risk right out of childhood activities and free play time. On...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/pedagogically-speaking-part-1-how-schools-talk-about-what-camps-do

Clinging to the position that camp is different and unique will isolate us unless we can speak intelligently about how camp is an essential complement to what young people do for the other ten or 11...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camper-counselor-what-footprint-will-you-leave

If this is your first year receiving a paycheck at camp (no matter how small) instead of paying tuition, then this article is for you. New and veteran staff will also benefit from having a better...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/eleven-tips-build-resilience-campers

Recent events like Hurricane Sandy and the school shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary hit us hard. Across the country, we became consumed by news reports of these events and wondered how the lives of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/staff-training-what-do-you-expect

Summer camp staff training — what exactly is it? If you take all the ideas and definitions; all the content from years past provided by the American Camp Association (ACA), the health department, and...