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/middle-adolescence-age-14-16

Developmental Milestones Increase their hypothetical reasoning abilities Conduct increasing future planning Experience further sexual maturation and explore issues of...

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/child-adolescent-development-articles-parents

The Boy in the Boat - Life Lessons Learned at Camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/school-breaks-shouldnt-be-break-learning

School breaks are not the time to take a break from learning. Unfortunately, this is what often happens, resulting in a significant drop in students’ mastery of core concepts. The ...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/want-independent-confident-resilient-kid-camp-can-help

While it’s easy to think of ways to teach our kids to do laundry or solve math problems, finding a way to instill important character traits isn’t as simple. The way we model traits we want our...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/too-much-screen-time-four-ways-summer-camp-can-help

Children between eight and ten years old currently spend nearly eight hours a day on media. Adolescents average nearly eleven hours per day, seven days a week, on screens. The negative impact of this...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/whats-best-age-camp

You probably want a number here.  If you’re only going to read these first two sentences, then I’ll pick the age of nine. But my real answer is a bit more complex. When...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/3-weeks-summer-camp-what-i-learned-educator-being-camp-parent

I feel like I just spent three weeks at Jewish summer camp. I experienced the highs of color war, the exhilaration of kayaking in the lake, the fear of the high ropes course, and the spirit of...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/why-summer-camp

Consider giving your kids an old-school, summer camp experience that they will learn from and cherish for the rest of their lives — it could end up being the wisest parental investment you ever...