https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-exploring-concept-risk
Risk Management: Exploring the Concept of RiskMost people can handle — or tolerate — a certain degree of risk. The edginess provided by risk adds verve to being human, and often gives us that gentle kick in the seat of our pants needed to prod...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/edge-view-ahead
The Edge: The View AheadAt my camp we have a special ceremony for the campers who will be aging out of the camp program. Many of those campers have been attending Camp Broadstone for the past six years, and the thoughts of...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/nothing-changes-your-summer-home
Nothing Changes at Your Summer HomeA return to camp reminds our writer how it feels to be home. A school teacher in Pinckney, Michigan, Jeff Miner had been a camp counselor or program director for just about every summer for...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-educator-lessons-learned-history
Camp as Educator: Lessons Learned from HistoryBy the time Charles W. Eliot, former president of Harvard University, reportedly claimed in 1922, “the organized summer camp is the most important step in education that America has given the world...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/putting-camp-childhood-equation
Putting Camp in the Childhood EquationIn preparation for the 2010 camp season, the American Camp Association® (ACA) enlisted the expertise of Rachel Simmons and Dr. Michael Thompson, best-selling authors and specialists on the trials,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/cool-under-pressure-how-do-what-you-know-how-do-when-you-most-need-do-it
Cool Under Pressure: How to Do What You Know How to Do When You Most Need to Do ItThis may seem like an unusual subject for an article on camp counseling, but as you read on, I think you'll find it actually is a most relevant topic. Consider this: Anyone can perform well when...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/confessions-disciplinarian-how-managing-camper-behavior-can-save-summer
Confessions of a Disciplinarian: How Managing Camper Behavior Can Save the SummerLike many camp directors — and other educators for that matter — I am frequently thrust into the unenviable role of disciplinarian. And, frankly, I don't feel that I'm very good at it. That is my...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/cracking-childrens-secret-code
Cracking Children's SECRET CodeI 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/memo-staff-talking-out-both-sides-my-mouth
Memo to Staff: Talking Out of Both Sides of My MouthI am standing in the middle of the woodshop of a sailing camp for boys on Cape Cod examining the hunk of wood that is on its way to becoming a fully functional model sailboat when I hear the ruckus...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/positive-learning
Positive LearningIt's a beautiful July morning at Camp Nevva GoHoma. Let's get out of the office which we know is like Grand Central Station with campers, staffers, specialists, administrative personnel, parents...