Posted in Summer Camp on Aug 29th, 2008
We thought you might enjoy seeing the work we’re doing at camp to the Junior Lodge. It’s a strong stone building, but its wooden floor began to show its age (over 80 years!), and over the summer it became clear that replacing it would be a good idea.
Here you can see how we removed [...]
Posted in Kids on Aug 27th, 2008
Back in July, Nancy Gibbs wrote a short article in Time Magazine called “The Meaning of Summer Camp.” [link] There’s a lot she discusses, but the article’s tagline gets to the heart of it: “It used to be about acquiring survival skills. Now it’s about the social skills that need work.” Parents used to send [...]
Posted in Camp on Aug 25th, 2008
Here’s something from this summer’s “Photo Phun” activity where the girls at camp run around with digital cameras taking pictures. In addition to learning about photography and how to use the cameras, they play loads of games… things like scavenger hunts, nature alphabet, and photo stories. This is an example by Deborah P. (passed along [...]
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