https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/they-pull-trigger-what-staff-campers-need-know
Before They Pull the Trigger: What Staff and Campers Need to Know“You’ll shoot your eye out!” Ralphie Parker’s mother, teacher, and even Santa Claus uttered five words of warning in the 1983 classic movie A Christmas Story. All Ralphie wanted for...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/best-practices-inclusive-camping-roundtable-discussion-programming
Best Practices in Inclusive Camping: A Roundtable Discussion on ProgrammingLearn how to have an inclusive summer camp by providing physical inclusion, functional inclusion, and social inclusion.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/equipment-management-maximizing-fun-games
Equipment Management: Maximizing the Fun and Games“It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt.” Have you ever asked your staff to stop and really consider that adage? What does it actually mean? One interpretation is...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fun-everyone-adapting-activities-campers-all-abilities
Fun for Everyone: Adapting Activities for Campers of All AbilitiesImagine a camp program staff is preparing an experiential game of Hawks and Squirrels to demonstrate the predator-prey relationship and role of resources in the natural environment. The campers who...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/knowing-how-play-requires-strategy-structure
Knowing How to Play Requires Strategy and StructurePlay is an important part of how children grow. It is a universal phenomenon that has been passed down from generation to generation as a societal, expressive, and educational practice....