https://www.acacamps.org/resources/healthy-teens

ACA is committed to promoting healthy lifestyles for youth.  In conjunction with its "Partnering With Parents" initiative, the American Camp Association is pleased to present a series...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/healthy-kids

Role Model Relationships: Making healthy human connections Health Begins with Youth: Get Your Kids Moving Now Camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/early-childhood-ages-4-7

Developmental Milestones Acquire greater ability to reason, plan, and remember Begin to better appreciate social conventions Experience a growing awareness of the feelings...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/middle-childhood-ages-8-10

Developmental Milestones Spend increasing amount of time with peers Form friendships with others in school and other activities Begin to formulate identity independently of...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/early-adolescence-ages-11-13

Developmental Milestones Increase vocabulary to 40,000 words (nearly double from ages 8-9) Choose friends based on common interests, rather than parent selection Begin the...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/national-parks-junior-ranger-program

Launched in 2010, children can become Let’s Move Outside Junior Rangers by participating in an outdoor activity that gets their hearts pumping and bodies moving. The ...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/natural-gifts-camp

Every summer, when I was in junior high and high school, my buddy Pete Sebring would disappear for a few weeks to a camp in the mountains west of Colorado Springs. I resented it. For me, those humid...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/family-fun-ideas-get-green

Encourage your kids to be "nature sleuths" and help them develop their own detective kit with magnifying glass, paper, and pencil to record interesting things they see in the backyard (e.g.,...

https://www.acacamps.org/download/explore-30-camp-reading-program-impact-report

https://www.acacamps.org/download/case-studies-lice