Yoyojoe – Born To Camp

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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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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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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