https://www.acacamps.org/resources/innovations-improving-youth-experiences-summer-programs

In 2004-2005 the American Camp Association completed a Program Improvement Project with twenty-three ACA-accredited camps to learn what strategies and approaches would help strengthen the experiences...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/metaphors-camp-lives

by Mark Shivers  In my time training summer staff, one of the most important and powerful practices has been working towards identity formation through metaphor development. Metaphor is much...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/me-us

By Bob and Rob Wipfler. A part of Camp 101, a blog series for ACA.  Educators love to talk amongst themselves about their students.  So do camp directors, and our family enjoys...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/dear-parents-guardians-alike

Send your kids to camp. For your benefit. For theirs. For the camp and for the campers there. Send your kids to camp.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/overnight-camp-right-option

Overnight camp can be an incredible growing experience for your child. Maybe you went yourself – or you wish you had. But for whatever reason, you just know your child will thrive in cabin-sleepover-...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/preparing-camp-tips-campers-parents

Guest post by Brooke Cheley-Klebe I love those rare moments of parenthood when I am not preparing for the next thing. Most of the time as a parent, I feel as if my day is full of...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/turns-out-tv-has-not-destroyed-my-child

As a product of camp, I have always assumed to know a lot about kids, youth development, and, well — parenting. But then, it happened. I became a parent myself.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-talk-your-child-about-choosing-healthy-food-camp

Guest post by Diana K. Rice, RD, staff dietitian of The Kids Cook Monday. As any parent knows, equipping kids with the life skills they’ll need to make good decisions and live...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/thanks-sending-me-alcatraz-laying-groundwork-your-childs-first-sleep-away-camp-experience

by Bob and Rob Wipfler. Part of Camp 101, a guest blog series for ACA.  Getting your child ready for camp can be challenging, but there are ways to overcome and ensure that they are...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/talking-about-camp-your-first-time-camper

You’ve done your research, worked as a family to find the right camp for your child’s experience, and signed up your camper for the experience of a lifetime! Naturally, leading up to the...