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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/rainy-day-fun-rain-inspired-activities
Rainy Day Fun: Rain-Inspired ActivitiesRain 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
Coping with Homesickness: Preventative medicine and tried-and-true remediesHomesickness 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
Creating New Attitudes: Camp can shape the soulLet 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
Problem Solving at Camp: Creating win-win solutionsCamp 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
Teaching Health and Safety: Preparing staff for the unexpectedPreparing 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
Understanding Anger: Managing this constant riskCamp 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
The Basics of Universal Precautions: Teaching staff to avoid infectionUniversal 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
How-tos for Wholesome Camp MenusAs 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...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/facts-about-latex-allergies-understanding-who-might-be-affected
The Facts about Latex Allergies: Understanding who might be affectedIt seems everyone is allergic to something — animals, pollen, and certain foods. But some people are allergic to a product that we use and depend on everyday — natural latex rubber. Natural latex...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-crisis-management-responding-new-challenges
Camp Crisis Management: Responding to New ChallengesOver the past few years, the scope of crisis response plans for many camp programs has expanded as camps share specific crisis experiences and network with other industries, such as schools and law...