https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/mini-camp-taste-sleep-away-camp

In the early 2000s, at one of ACA’s national conferences, Bonnie and Sam Dawson were discussing with several other camp directors ways of improving programs and increasing enrollment at Camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/20-20-toolbox-hybrid-summer-camp-program-rethinks-family-engagement

The Boston Nature Center (BNC), an urban Mass Audubon sanctuary, offers public programs year-round. Located in the Boston neighborhood of Mattapan, two miles of trails and boardwalks traverse meadows...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/best-program-innovation-2012-eleanor-eells-winners

“Better Camping for All.” It’s not just a long-time slogan of members of the American Camp Association; it’s a call to action. As we strive to embody this phrase and create excellence in programming...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-keeping-code

“First of all, Miss Turner, returning you to shore was never part of our agreement. Second, you are not a pirate, so the Pirate’s Code does not apply. And third, the Pirate’s Code is more of a set of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-tiger-fun-saving-world-taking-camp-seriously

Beneath Amy Chua’s personal struggle in Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother lies a deeper ambivalence about learning: What on earth should we do with our children outside of school, during...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/cracking-childrens-secret-code

I don't want to play. I hate kickball. — Sophia, age five Ben doesn't like me. He's always mad at me. — Betrand, age nine This place stinks. All the activities are stupid...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/deceleration-how-radically-slowing-your-pace-can-make-you-smarter

Galileo Galilei did not go blind looking at the sun through his telescope, despite the urban legend promulgated by manufacturers of sun filters and even NASA. Instead, his blindness in his early...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-camp-directors-wish

Soon hundreds of children and camp staff from all over the world will be joining me here at my camp. This is the beginning of the much anticipated and long-awaited summer of 2013. My wish is that...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/cool-counselor-right-reasons

When I first began teaching and working with kids, I began by thinking, “We are all going to get along. I am going to be the best teacher these kids have ever had, and we are going to be friends.” I...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/where-camp-happens

When was the first time you really felt camp? Whether you are a longtime camp person or this is your f irst summer, chances are that the answer to that question is (or will be) intangible,...