https://www.acacamps.org/blog/children-summer-camp-researchers-delve-parent-anxiety-what-do-about-it

When Bridget Trogden and her husband sent their son, Jacob, to camp last month, she was understandably nervous about sending her 12-year old to an overnight program. The week-long residential...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-20-midsummer-safety-training-staff

In the 20th episode of CampWire, ACA talks with Ian Garner of Markel Insurance and Katie Johnson of ...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/nasa-space-place-activities-your-campers

NASA Space Place activities for summer camp attendees help campers to learn about space and earth science.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/moments-be-present-during-summer-camp-season

Summer camp season is a busy time for camp professionals, but don't forget to take time to soak it in.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/cant-get-no-satisfaction-better-way-get-useful-feedback-parents-caregivers-part-1

Parents. I have them. I know them. I am one. And I was a day camp director who interacted with parents daily (and in the evenings, over the weekends, and, yes, even once on Christmas day). I know the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/outdoor-education-camp-enriching-lives-through-positive-interactions-nature

In an increasingly connected world, today’s children experience an ever-decreasing connection to the natural world. As a result of hours of screen time, lengthening school days, and increasing...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/5-year-impact-study-phase-2-findings-relationship-skills

By now many of you have heard of ACA’s 5-Year Impact Study, a national research project focused on the lasting impacts of camp among campers and staff. We described the study and its research...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/they-pull-trigger-what-staff-campers-need-know

“You’ll shoot your eye out!” Ralphie Parker’s mother, teacher, and even Santa Claus uttered five words of warning in the 1983 classic movie A Christmas Story. All Ralphie wanted for...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/becoming-innovator-camp

As the late behavioral psychologist Carl Jung once wrote, “The greater the contrast, the greater the potential. Great energy only comes from a correspondingly great tension of opposites.” Some of the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/taking-big-step-buying-selling-camp

Over the past 20 years, we’ve been asked often to help buyers and sellers of camps in transition. With very few exceptions in the industry, most will only buy and sell one time in their career, so...