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2007 - November & December Interesting Articles
- Child Creativity Linked With Outdoor Free Time | steve-olson.com
- Child Creativity Linked With Outdoor Free Time
Are children today getting enough contact with the natural world? Do they still dig in the dirt, build forts, and observe?
Do we at camp really allow children outdoor free time? or are we to structured? - The boot-camp cure for Internet addiction
- Maybe we don't want universal access? Camp is the real thing.
- Key to active kids: Keep playtime simple
- Fancy playground equipment is fine for improving coordination and sharpening minds, but if you really want preschoolers to play hard, give them a ball, jump-rope or hula hoop, a study concludes.
July/August/September 2007 Articles
- Summer Camp Funded by Government?
- Interesting article from the UK.
- How to we deal with camper parent complaints...
- How do we train our staff to deal with parent and camper complaints...
- Camp counsellor roasts squirrel in front of kids
- Camp counsellors do some wierd things...
- Roasting squirrel over campfire has Sask Bible camp counsellor facing heat
- CHRISTOPHER LAKE, Sask. (CP) - A counsellor at a northern Saskatchewan Bible camp is feeling the heat for killing and roasting a squirrel over a campfire.
How you should stay out of the news...again... - Kids, the Internet, and the End of Privacy: The Greatest Generation Gap Since Rock and Roll
- As younger people reveal their private lives on the Internet, the older generation looks on with alarm and misapprehension not seen since the early days of rock and roll. The future belongs to the uninhibited.
This article is a little on the long side, but gives a good insight into how our campers and staff see the online world. - Marketing - Marketing Motivation - Get Your Marketing Unstuck
- Have you ever found yourself knowing exactly what you need to do about marketing your business... and then not doing it? You are not alone. Many self-employed professionals find that the hardest part of marketing isn't figuring out what to do. What's hard is actually doing it.
- Videos that can change your organization
- Stories are what change people's lives, and video is a great way to deliver stories. The web is now exploding with free videos (you knew that) and many of them are powerful enough to make a difference (it's not all salacious teen stuff). Here are a few to get you started.Feel free to add your top pi
May/June 2007 Interesting articles
- The Gentle Art of Saying NO
- It's a simple fact that you can never be productive if you take on too many commitments - you simply spread yourself too thin and will not be able to get anything done, at least not well or on time.
But requests for your time are coming in all the time - through phone, email, IM or in person. To stay productive, and minimize stress, you have to learn the Gentle Art of Saying No - an art that many people have problems with. - Agency urges government regulations for summer camps...
- This is an interesting article out of North Carolina.
- The Benefits of Summer Camp
- Year after year, kids discover such perfect summers at day or overnight camp. At overnight camps, in particular, boys and girls learn something about themselves, their environment, and even about their parents, by spending a few weeks away from home.
March/April 2007 Interesting Links
- Kids fatten up over summer
- This is an interesting article about kids and the summer time - these kids must not attend summer camp.
- Kids get chance to interact with nature at camps
- Kids get chance to interact with nature at camps , On the surface, summer camp is about campfires, hiking, and goofy skits. But these days, it's also a way to ensure that kids get to interact with nature, an interaction that is no longer a guarantee in a world where indoors holds so many options.
- The Effort Affect - teaching children to embrace obstacles...
- What Do We Tell The Kids?
The Effort Effect
According to a Stanford psychologist, you'll reach new heights if you learn to embrace the occasion
Here are Dweck's tips from Mindset:
* Listen to what you say to your kids, with an ear toward the messages you're sending about mind-set.
* Instead of praising children's intelligence or talent, focus on the processes they used.
Example: "That homework was so long and involved. I really admire the way you concentrated and finished it."
Example: "That picture has so many beautiful colors. Tell me about them."
Example: "You put so much thought into that essay. It really makes me think about Shakespeare in a new way."
* When your child messes up, give constructive criticism-feedback that helps the child understand how to fix the problem, rather than labeling or excusing the child.
* Pay attention to the goals you set for your children; having innate talent is not a goal, but expanding skills and knowledge is.
Don't worry about praising your children for their inherent goodness, though. It's important for children to learn they're basically good and that their parents love them unconditionally, Dweck says. "The problem arises when parents praise children in a way that makes them feel that they're good and love-worthy only when they behave in particular ways that please the parents." - Speed Stacking - a great camp activity - Rainy Day for sure
- A few years ago Jorgi tried to show me this activity. Since then I have seen it and purchased a large set for our camp and introduced it to other camps. The campers love it - they will play for hours.
- Camping to teach volunteerism
- Teach our youth about volunteerism.
- Donor fatigue: Do we tire of giving?
- This is an interesting look at donors for all of us in the not for profit fund raising sector.
- Whether you're 11 or 20, camp is valuable
- One of the girls said that her friends and teachers give her strange looks when they find out what she's doing this summer: the old "aren't you a bit old for summer camp?" "Look," I said, "wait until you're a sophomore in college and you tell people you're going back to camp."
- 12 Rules for Self-Leadership:
- Something that we should share with our more senior staff members...
Interesting insights.
January/February 2007 Interesting Articles & Items
- What should your board be? What does it do?
- Governance models, board types or best practices? This is an article I found at CharityVilliage.com, if you don't read that website and you work for a not-for-profit - you should.
- Financial woes left church camp without a prayer
- It is sad to see camps close...
- Dorothy Walter Tribute Page
- Here is a tribute page to Dorthy Walter.
We will miss her spirit. - Summer camp increases positive attitudes
- Studies are great things. Statistics help us feel better about what we already know.
- How early do we have campers register?
- interesting article from St. Louis.
- Summer Camp Counselors: Just Who Exactly is Looking After Our Kids?
- My question is who is writing this article? It is interesting to read.
- Bark Lake Reunion
- Bark Lake Reunion at Bark Lake!
May 18-21 http://www.canadianidentity.com/wiki/index.php/Bark_Lake_Reunion_2007 - How to Run a Meeting Like Google
- Interesting post about meetings and making sure that they are effective...
- Kids shape up at summer camp
- Pass the word on about an article like this.
- Problem children ongoing concern
- Interesting article - this relates back to a speaker we had a couple of years ago at the Annual Conference - Dan Kindlon. I'll try and get a link to the study that is mentioned up as well
- The Rise in the Number of Children and Adolescents Who Exhibit Problematic Behaviors: Multiple Causes
- Here is the full study that the London Free Press article references.
- Seven steps to remarkable customer service
- I always find it interesting to read various articles from other field and take what we need to use for camping. This article has lots of things that we can take out of it.
- Kid Friendly Adventures with the sport of Geo-caching
- "Kids are used to computer games. They have an affinity for learning to use these kinds of devices," said his mother, Andrea Takahashi. "What made it most interesting was how easy it was to use and how applicable it was for everyday life."
- Treasure hunt gets an update
- Using a global positioning system or GPS, users can track locations of objects hidden in the woods - sometimes even underwater - by knowing coordinates normally given in latitude and longitude. The objects may be canisters with trinkets inside. Sometimes the search is like a scavenger hunt, as clues lead the seeker to different places.
- One summer can set a life's course
- Could a summer-camp experience influence career choices? We look at three adults who would adamantly agree that they very well could.
- Boston planning summer camp to reduce youth violence
- Hundreds of children from the city's poorest neighborhoods will be bused this summer to a $10 million day camp to be built on a Boston Harbor island as part a plan by Mayor Thomas Menino to divert them from lives of violence.
Fall 2006 Interesting Articles & Items
- Playing tag now a no-no at some US schools.
- Two Massachusetts primary schools this week joined a growing list of US schools that have banned the age-old game of tag for fear that children may get hurt and their parents will sue.
How silly is this? - What every female (and male) camper should see...
- This link was sent though to me by Dave Graham. Very interesting to watch.
- Interesting thoughts on follow ups.
- This is a great bit of insight into simple follow up calls.
Summer 2006 Interesting Articles
- Thoughts on Coaching Kids
- This is an interesting article for anyone who works with children.
- Summer Camp Is Home To The New Drug War
- Thoughts on the Medication that campers take.
April 2006 Interesting Links
- Photos from various OCA events
- This is a place to share OCA photos from conferences and gatherings.
- 10 Tips to Make Choosing Summer Camp More Enjoyable than Eating S`mores
- Interesting thoughts on summer camp and how a parent should think about it.
- The Benefits of Summer Camp
- Developing your child's independence and a love of the outdoors.
March 2006 Interesting Articles
These are the interesting links that I found in the month of March, 2006.
Every month I will put up the links that I have found and others have pointed me to. Here is the first batch. These are updated all of the time so please visit often.
- Camping Magazine - get all the articles for free
- This is a site that I found a while ago. It lets you read all of the articles from Camping Magazine - the official publication of the American Camping Association. Many of these articles are available for members only on the ACA website - but free here. What an amazing find.
- Nature deficit sends kids down a desolate path
- There's something many parents have been feeling but can't quite name: the increasing alienation between children and nature.
It's a loss that, in some ways, is too large to see but one that has profound implications. - New National Guidelines for treating and preventing life-threatening allergic reactions
- New guidelines released today by Canada's leading allergy organizations spell out the gold standard for treating life-threatening anaphylactic reactions, and outline the preventive strategies that should be in place in shools, camps, and similar settings.
- Allergy Safe Communities - Information and resources to help non-medical people better manage anaphylaxis.
- Information and resources to help non-medical people better manage anaphylaxis.
- ChangeThis - A world of thoughts that can change your perspective
- This is an interesting website that I found about change. We can all use a little change.
- Girl sent home from camp because of diabetes wins settlement
- We need to be aware of information like this. $45,000 paid out by a summer camp for sending a girl home because of diabetes...
- PlaySport :: Teaching kids games by playing games
- PlaySport :: Teaching kids games by playing games
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My name is Joe Richards and I am the editor of the Ontario Camping
Association Bulletin. I am a camping professional based
in St. Thomas,...
