Cory Doctorow wrote a nice post reminding us of the classic book about children and learning by John Holt, “How Children Learn” (originally published in 1967).  The book, which has been revised and reprinted, can still be found on many education course reading lists because it makes a very important point teachers and parents easily [...]

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How old are the youngest children that attend Rockbrook? That question does come up now and then, and at times the answer is surprising. If a girl has completed kindergraten, she can come to camp, assuming of course both she and her parents are ready for camp. An outgoing and social personality, [...]

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It was a big time this weekend in Brevard as loads of people came out for the annual Halloween Fest. The highlight of the day is a costume parade for anyone who wants to dress up and join in, and sure enough we spotted two Rockbrook campers! There’s Eliza as an iPod and [...]

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“Evening program tonight is going to be counselor impersonations!!!” And the crowd goes wild. Since the second day of camp, my campers have been slyly saying two words, “counselor impersonation”, every time they caught me doing something out of the ordinary or weird or funny; I wasn’t sure if I should take it as a [...]

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Auction and Harry Potter night rolled into one? Whose crazy idea was this? I don’t know but it was a great one!
Campers showed up at the dining hall for evening program dressed up in their hogwarts gear and ready for a great time. Each table was given a handful of Rockbrook bucks to bid with. [...]

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Yesterday, I was outside setting up tye-dye materials for class and I felt a raindrop on my head. The next thing I know, it starts pouring rain. All the outside activities met up in the dining hall to do rainy-day alternatives. It’s really not so fun getting rained out of your activity! In the dining [...]

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Here’s a photo from one of our special evening events… it’s “auction!” Each cabin group gets a bunch of play “Rockbrook Money” to spend by bidding on mystery prizes. The prizes are mysterious because some are exciting like some cookies or other yummy snack, and others are crazier like jumping in the lake [...]

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Summer camp for children and girl.

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