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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/peg-you-speak-think
From Peg: Before You Speak — ThinkThere is a saying that advises, “Before you speak — think.” Ask yourself: T = Is it true? H = Is it helpful? I = Is it inspiring? N...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-open-letter-camp-staff
Risk Management: An Open Letter to Camp StaffTeam, This letter is addressed to all camp staff / team members — whether this summer is your first or your twentieth, and whether you have primary responsibility for supervising campers, are an...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-getting-more-out-construction-projects-without-paying-more-maybe-even-paying
Building Principles: Getting More Out of Construction Projects Without Paying More (and Maybe Even Paying Less!)We’ve explored construction contracts before and the idea that they set the rules for a short-term “marriage of convenience” — from proposal through amicable divorce. But this month, we’re going to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/play-camp-talking-funders-versus-preaching-choir
Play at Camp: Talking to the Funders versus Preaching to the ChoirCamp professionals just get it! Play is a valuable aspect of childhood and, of course, camp. It’s a given, an easy sell. But that’s just preaching to the choir. Explaining to funders the need to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/welcome-generation-camp
Welcome to Generation CampI live in Minnesota where the season’s changing is often dramatic and spectacular. One day it’s ten below zero and the next 65 with bright sun and birds gleefully singing. And although we are all...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/learning-disabilities-campers
Learning Disabilities in CampersHow often do you see the following examples occur in campers? Kenny, a bright ten-year-old, focuses his attention on the counselor's directions during an activity. He appears attentive, but always...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/toward-understanding-adhd-developmental-delay-self-control
Toward an Understanding of ADHD: A Developmental Delay in Self-controlJosh can't keep his hands to himself when waiting in line. Seth seems to act irresponsibly. Megan never completes an arts and crafts project. These campers' behaviors may have a common link -...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/programming-real-wild-wacky-wednesday
Programming: Real Wild Wacky WednesdayWhat day is it when hugs earn points and strange hats with funky costumes are the norm? It’s Wacky Wednesday — a fun-filled day where everything is topsy turvy, a bit bizarre, and very extraordinary...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/play-healing-therapeutic-recreations-role-coping-grief
Play and Healing: Therapeutic recreation's role in coping with griefCamp can be an ideal setting to help children cope with the death of a loved one. Since 1991, Camp ReLeaf, a weekend camp hosted by Triangle Hospice of Durham, North Carolina, has been helping...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/welcoming-teen-workers-school-work-program-can-help-you-find-fund-staff
Welcoming Teen Workers: A school-to-work program can help you find and fund staffImagine a camp program with the power to improve the academic and social behavior of participants and to positively impact participants’ readiness for work, social development, and lifelong learning...