https://www.acacamps.org/blog/brain-food-back-school-mondays-nutrition-expert-offers-tips

This blog from ACA’s Educational Ally The Monday Campaigns is designed to help you keep those healthy camp habits alive at the start of school! Some of these tips your child might have...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/10-2

Guest post by Marla Coleman 10-for-2. It often feels like we live 10 months for 2 months! Campers. Staff. Directors. (And dare we say parents, too?). Sadly, those precious...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/singing-campfires

What is something that everyone who has ever gone to camp has done that is virtually impossible to re-create in any other setting? Campfires, of course! Our camp is 76 summers old and there are some...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/longing-home

Guest post by Lydia Pettis When I was eight years old I spent four weeks at a summer camp for girls in West Virginia. My mother grew up in this camp, and I imagine she hoped I would grow to...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/helping-children-invent-future

Guest post by Scott Brody American fifteen year olds are lagging behind students from other nations in math and science, according to the results of an...

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/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/8-thoughts-importance-making-each-other-better

Guest post by Posie Taylor With all of the ACA spring conferences and trainings coming up, I’ve been thinking about the importance in participating in and leading educational...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/dear-mom-dad-come-get-me-now

Guest post by Missy Schenck        The first time I went away to summer camp I had just finished the third grade. All first-year campers have nagging...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/practicing-independence

At camp, some kids practice sports, some practice instruments, and some practice their belly flops. But one thing that ALL campers practice is independence! Camp provides a nurturing and safe...