https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-window-world

They were the first accents I ever heard that were different than mine. Australian, Dutch, English, Scottish, and heaps of others flew through the wooded, cabin-filled area at my Riverhead, New York...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/conflict-camp-world-peace

Saving Civilization by Filling in the Gaps in Traditional Education Conversations online and off have focused recently on stopping violence and conflict. From Ferguson to France, from Baltimore to...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/return-tolerance

The scuffle was over almost as quickly as it started. The boys were playing a team game, and, as is common with nine-year-old boys, there was a disagreement about the rules. An argument quickly...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/plan-now-new-food-activity-programming

Before the last campfire at summer camp 2015 fades from your memory, focus some energy on developing new camp activities that involve the food service operation. Food activities can range from...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/brain-development-teens

School had never been a successful place for 13-year-old Manuel. He never felt smart enough or capable enough or emotionally safe enough to do well in school. For one thing, the "neck up" learning...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/girls-camp-fostering-community-causes-confidence

I spent the first 12 years of my life in a sleepy, rural town in the northeast corner of Connecticut. With both of my parents working full-time, my summer mornings began near dawn as I filled up my...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/capture-magic-middle-school-campers

When the recent "Great Recession" hit in 2008, it changed the attitudes and enrollment behaviors of many camps' clientele. But around that same time came another defining moment that has changed how...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/sos-youth-risk-seven-survival-skills-summer-camp

Our Nation is at risk. At least that was the opening salvo of an April 1983 report from the National Commission on Excellence in Education. The document, which covered everything from prosperity...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/preparing-kids-real-real-world

There's a summer camp where kids do whatever they want, with whomever they want, all day long, as long as they aren't physically endangering anyone or putting anyone down. There are no bed times....

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/leading-tomorrow-september

The fall season, for our association, marks a time similar to the first days of staff training. It is a time of bonding when veteran camp leaders are excited to share their stories of the season and...