https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/growing-camper-understanding-typical-developmental-traits-children

Each camper will be different. They will come from different backgrounds, different family structures, and different socio-economic classes. However, just as they are different, they are the same....

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/tips-camp-counselors-sage-advice-veteran-camp-director

As a camp counselor, your job is among the most important responsibilities anywhere - parents have entrusted their children to you. You have the charge of not only making sure they are safe, but of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/rainy-day-fun-rain-inspired-activities

Rain doesn't have to be an unwelcome guest at your camp. It can be an inspiration for camp activities. Rainy days offer an opportunity to teach campers more about weather and for them to see...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/coping-homesickness-preventative-medicine-tried-true-remedies

Homesickness is something that every counselor, activity instructor, nurse, administrative staff, and director will deal with at camp. It’s an inevitable phenomenon. What are the best ways to deal...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/creating-new-attitudes-camp-can-shape-soul

Let me introduce Pat, a thirteen-year-old returning for his second summer at camp. Little distinguished his first year at camp, but this season he has a definite attitude problem. It showed up...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/problem-solving-camp-creating-win-win-solutions

Camp can offer a child more than mere fun. Camp is also the ideal environment to help campers develop their problem-solving skills. Children learn problem solving through trial-and-error and modeling...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/teaching-health-safety-preparing-staff-unexpected

Preparing camp counselors for their role as staff members, community leaders, and knowledgeable caregivers is a daunting task. Many staff members are themselves students or adolescents unsure of the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/understanding-anger-managing-constant-risk

Camp administration can influence the behavior of its staff, but it cannot control it. One of the most problematic emotions to occur in the camp setting is anger — an emotion that affects people in a...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/basics-universal-precautions-teaching-staff-avoid-infection

Universal precautions refers to infection control measures that all health care workers and child care providers follow with the goal of protecting themselves and the children in their care from...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-tos-wholesome-camp-menus

As a camper, I distinctly remember the silver cafeteria trays and the colored globs of food that were plopped into the tray’s individual sections. That was then and this is now. The cooking arena in...