https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/cultivating-constructive-camper-habits
Cultivating Constructive Camper HabitsIt is the middle of the summer. You have probably already greeted many new and returning campers and have enjoyed some of the fun that camp offers. You have also probably discovered or rediscovered...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/trenches-play-date-camp
In the Trenches: Play-Date at CampDear Bob, We often have campers who, no matter how carefully we try to place them in a group, just don't seem to fit in. Most of the time a camper like this will simply keep a low profile or just...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/trenches-counselors-good-judgment
In the Trenches: A Counselor’s Good JudgmentCamp directors: Please share this column with your staff. During the camp season it's more important than ever for them to read this. Taking care of other people's children, as you do at...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/trenches-working-effectively-internally-distracted-campers
In the Trenches: Working Effectively with Internally Distracted CampersDuring a mid-summer visit to a four-week, coed, residential camp, I spoke with the division leader (DL) of the youngest girls and learned about an eight-year-old camper whom I will call Eva. Eva had...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/trenches-plugged-or-unplugged-benefits-each-camp
In the Trenches: Plugged or Unplugged — The Benefits of Each at CampI just got off the phone with the very thoughtful and reflective Jamie Cole, one of the owner/directors of Camp Robin Hood in Freedom, New Hampshire. She wanted to know my thoughts about a new policy...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/trenches-countering-fear-darkness
In the Trenches: Countering Fear and DarknessDear Bob, Do you have any thoughts about what to say to staff or campers who may have fears or anxiety in the aftermath of the Newtown shootings and the bombings at the Boston...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/2017-camping-magazine-editorial-index
2017 Camping Magazine Editorial IndexView an archive of editorial indexes. Featured Articles Anxiety and the Importance of Play An...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-severe-weather-flood-risks
Risk Management: Severe Weather — Flood RisksExtreme weather events seem to be happening more frequently. The root cause is still the subject of heated debate. Is the severity just a cyclical change, or is global warming precipitating an...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/5000-girls-camp-kear-sarge-reunion-story
5,000 Girls of Camp Kear Sarge — A Reunion StoryStanding on a dark platform at Grand Central Station in June 1965, I saw a huge pile of black trunks with silver latch hooks and little locks just like mine. I had watched my mother pack my...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/rogue-camp-volunteer-management-when-old-campers-love-camp-too-much
Rogue Camp Volunteer Management: When Old Campers Love Camp Too MuchAt the ACA National Conference in Atlanta in 2016, 4-H camp directors from across the country spent a day exploring relevant topics. Nationally, 4-H is one branch of the Extension Services, which...