Category: staff training
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Mind Like Water – Summer Camp Director’s Best Friend
As we move closer to the beginning of the summer I am in a pretty calm state. This is based on years of being a camp director, but also on the adoption of the Getting Things Done methodology of managing my to-do’s and planning my days. The mind like water concept is essentially the idea…
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Days of Training Pay Off
It is officially the beginning of the summer. Campers are on-site at camp and all is well – already a staff trip to the hospital – head on head collision worthy of comedy video – ends in broken nose. It is at this point in my summer that, if I have done my job as…
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Canadian Report Sounds Alarm on Kids
Wow, there is a headline to get your attention. I attended a session recently at the International Camping Congress in Quebec CIty that covered some research done on camps and the book, “Last Child in the Woods”. The research was trying to show that camp was not part of the problem but part of the…
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The serious side to play
My brother in New Zealand forwarded me the following article about the serious side to play. This is an article which builds on the importance of unsturctured play and the ability for children just to do things. Camp can be such a programmed space that we do not give the children the ability to just…
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Camp Stuff 2008 – Maritime Conference Camp Training Event
I spent last weekend at Camp Stuff – an even put on by the Outdoor Recreational Ministries Unit of the Maritime Conference of the United Church. It was a great weekend with lots of sharing and learning. You can see photos of the weekend here. I did a talk about Creating Safe Spaces At Camp…