Yoyojoe - Born To Camp

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 discover [...]

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Very action oriented - if you do it without action - you might as well not do it…

Oh, Chester, Chester have you heard about Harry,
He just got back from the ar-mee,
I hear he knows how to wear a rose.
Hip-hip horray for the ar-mee.
Here it is with the actions:
Oh, Chester, Chester (slap your chest with [...]

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I just found this article through the Children & Nature Network.  Maybe what we need at camp isn’t more high tech programs or fancy expensive programs (read Mountain Boarding, Water Skiing, High Ropes); maybe what we need is a return to easy, more freedom for children programming…check out this article on 50 Ways to Get [...]

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