Posted in Summer Camp on Jun 22nd, 2007
What could possibly be better than celebrating your own birthday? Why, celebrating everyone’s birthday on the same night of course!
The campers were so excited when they entered the dining hall for dinner to find that it was Birthday Night. We all sat at tables according to birth month, so that we could all celebrate together.
Dinner [...]
Posted in Children on Jun 15th, 2007
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 [...]
Posted in Camp on Jun 11th, 2007
That time has finally come! The time of year we wait for all winter long and wish all summer long would never end! I would have to say, for both the campers and the counselors, we all are very pumped camp has started!
I distinctly remember walking towards the hill yesterday and hearing Jeff and the [...]
Posted in Camp on May 23rd, 2007
When you ask people who attended a sleep away camp when they were a kid, you’ll find that they recall the experience, not only fondly, but also as one of the most important things they did as a child. A famous example here is Michael Eisner and his book about camp. There’s a lot [...]
Posted in Outdoors on May 14th, 2007
And speaking of relay races… here’s another classic summer camp activity. It’s the greased watermelon! There are several versions of this, but basically you take a good sized watermelon, coat it with shortening, toss it in the water (yep, it floats) and then you try to push it through the water as a [...]
Posted in Girls Camps on May 11th, 2007
Most Sunday afternoons at camp, we have an all-camp activity, a game or event where all of the age groups get together and play. Here’s an example where we split everyone up into three different teams (pink, blue and green!) and had different relay races… egg and spoon, leap frog, fill the cup, three-legged [...]
Posted in Outdoors on May 9th, 2007
Do you see the tiny bug on her finger? When you come to summer camp and spend so much time outdoors, you can bet you’ll run into some kind of cool spider, fly, ant, caterpillar, moth or butterfly just about every day. It’s almost an activity by itself— finding and learning about all [...]
Posted in Kids on Apr 13th, 2007
Hey we’re kids, and we’re ready for camp! We want to play outdoors this summer, dress like a goof ball, and run around trying new activities with our friends. How much longer do we have to wait? Well, once school is out, it won’t be long. In fact, you can see [...]
Posted in Gymnastics on Mar 14th, 2007
Summer camp gymnastics at Rockbrook in North Carolina, a traditional residential sleepaway summer camp for girls.
Posted in Games on Feb 12th, 2007
One of the best parts of being at camp, and particularly an all-girls camp, is how easy it is to relax and find yourself acting kind of goofy. There seems to always be a chance to dress up in some crazy costume or combine some things to wear that are just plain silly. [...]
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