Category: staff training
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Where Do The Children Play? Documentary to show our staff…
This is an interesting item that I came across and one that I continue to think about – do we let our campers play at camp? Sure then are outside – but are they really having free play? Here is a link to a documentary called: Where Do The Children Play? I came across this…
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How do you treat your camp staff?
Over the past couple of months I’ve been thinking about a presentation that I saw at Think Camp in November. Gab Raill from Camp Oureau presented a session that revolved around the opening that the sentiment “If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all” leads to more problems in our…
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What we need to teach our staff before they meet campers and parents
I was reading today on a blog and the heading about body language caught my attention. As camp directors, it is our job to make sure that we give the skills to our staff members to be great staff for us, but also to be great people. Cairn leads in-service sessions with their staff every…
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Canadian Camping (June 1956) – Something Happens Amid Laughter and Song
This is an excerpt from a Canadian Camping magazine, June 1956. Something Happens Amid Laughter and Song Carolyn M. Schmidt, Institute of Child Study, Toronto As if by magic, summer days flash by and soon it is time to return home. The counsellor watches these same children leave, their camping days over for another year…
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The value of summer camp
This came out today and I thought that we could all relate to it and link to it from our camp sites… It is a great article on the value of summer camp. Stay up-to-date with yoyojoe.com by subscribing.