https://www.acacamps.org/blog/summer-camp-social-supplement-modern-society

By Peg Smith & Andy Pritikin What an amazing world we live in, with more information and connections at our fingertips than we could ever imagine. This brave new world has come with a...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/farm-campfire-experience

Guest post by Diana K. Rice, RD As a registered dietitian and staff member of The Kids Cook Monday, I’ve seen firsthand how efforts to...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/7-reasons-why-your-middle-schooler-needs-camp

Guest blog by Anne Archer Yetsko When I Googled the phrase “middle school,” two of the top hits were “Middle school survival” and “Middle school: the worst...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/worried-about-sending-your-child-college-camp-can-help

So the moment has come! You are pulling up to the freshman dorm of the university that will be the home of your child for the next four years. Classes have been selected, a roommate has been randomly...

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Uso el término “antiguo barrio” para describir las comunidades en las que vivían las personas que eran niños hace veinte años (o más). El antiguo barrio era un lugar en el que los niños podían jugar...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-four-aspects-national-conference-we-should-all-experience

I was born a camp brat. From the age of six years old, I had no choice but to live the camp life as my mother began her career in camp administration. My early camp years were spent causing headaches...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/prediction-trifecta-promise

The Prediction I often talk about the early childhood movement. Beginning with thought leaders such as John Dewey in the early twentieth century, continuing with Jean Piaget through the mid-1900s...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/bunks-are-good-brains-neuroscience-sleepaway-camp

Tina Payne Bryson, PhD, will be delivering the opening keynote address at the 2014 ACA National Conference. Bryson is the coauthor (with Dan Siegel) of the bestselling ...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/success-through-giving

Bestselling author and top-rated Wharton School professor Adam Grant will be speaking at the 2014 ACA National Conference on Thursday, February 6. In an interview with ACA,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/growing-relationships-nature-experiences

At age eleven, Rue Mapp was programming computers while growing up on her family’s ranch in northern California, participating in both recreational and organized camp experiences (with the Girl...