https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camp-alone

Being “Home Alone” did not always work out so well for Macaulay Caulkin.  He should have gone to camp alone, instead.  Many parents and children are under the false impression that camps...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/changing-places-changing-paces-recharging-reconnecting-reflecting-summer-camp

While the academic year holds ample opportunity for what are commonly referred to as “the three R’s” of reading, writing, and arithmetic, a job at summer camp offers unique experiential learning...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/five-ways-be-outstanding-counselor-summer

Hey, you! I know something about you. You want to be a great counselor this summer. You really do. And you can one of the best, most memorable counselors your camp has ever seen.  But this...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/slinky-smurf-evolving-groups-communities

Welcome to camp! Whether you are a resident or day camp counselor this summer, you will soon find yourself working with a variety of camper groups. These groups will most likely consist of kids of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/international-travel-issues-identified-aca-national-standards-commission

Travel and adventure have been part of camp since the beginning. The travel may be on foot, in a watercraft, by horse, or bicycle; travel might be in the city or open spaces, in the US or in far...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/tell-story-your-camps-impact-kids

I don’t think I’ve ever had a conversation with a camp staff member who didn’t have a great story about a transformational experience that happened to some child at their camp. The shy camper that...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/more-great-summer

I had been a camper at Cape Cod Sea Camps (CCSC) in Brewster, Massachusetts, from age 12 to 17, when I graduated from CCSC’s Junior Counselor Teen Leadership Program. Those summers at camp were some...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/twenty-insider-tips-working-adolescents-camp

Camp staff beware and be ready! You may have already been warned about your adolescent campers. Wild mood swings and impulsive behaviors will happen, or if you are lucky, you may simply be ignored....

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/dreams-our-children

Every parent dreams for their child. In the training of camp staff over the years, one of the most challenging assignments that we have as directors is to share with our staff what it is like to...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/youth-concussion-laws-camps-update

In 2011, the American Camp Association published “Concussions: What...