camper

Camper homesickness can be varied and unique, so you will need to delve deeper to understand a camper's specific struggles at camp.

The next step is to find a time when you can take the two or three campers on the "play-date." The activity itself should be something that can be easily arranged and is active or just a lot of fun, like baking cookies, roasting marshmallows at a campfire site (boys in particular love making fires), or going to the water park or swimming together (as long as they can be in a group by themselves with the counselor away from other campers).

Many of them take their kids out of campgrounds for the afternoon and when they bring them back, campers seem to be more relaxed and ready for the following week.

The camp promotes the quality of fortitude and encourages campers to be bold and try new activities and build new skills.

Some folks boast of waiting lists and high numbers of returning campers. Other directors talk worriedly about decreases in enrollment and less interested children going to camp.

The real power in our campers' ability to decrease bullying is helping them learn how to lighten up.

* Severe homesickness is preventable in first-year campers.

* For all camps, but particularly those that are co-ed, set clear limits regarding what constitutes appropriate and inappropriate physical contact between campers, between staff members, and of course, between staff and campers.

The camp, of course, will want to describe the camp experience in a way that attracts campers interested in what the camp has to offer and in numbers which are profitable.

The old camp mission statement, written forty, sixty, or eighty years ago may no longer resonate with today's campers and parents.

When it comes to transportation of campers, it is a bit like dealing with medical information--there is no room for error.

Montgomery is a former camper, counselor, and program coordinator--and has directed two camps and one environmental education center.

This simple plan can be easily adopted and implemented in the camp arena with completion punch cards for campers to hang around their necks, and incentive prizes to those who complete the daily program.

It is important to focus on the camper's strengths, resources, and skills.

So you have finally set up a camper e-mail system for your camp parents, and they love it.