Vital Engagement
In a world of virtual engagement parent’s can find summer camp as one of the few places left where vital engagement is so rich and positive in a “safe place for their children to thrive and develop a deeper sense of self."
Take on Summer!
Did you know that a child's chance to stay active decreases after school ends for summer? Even though summer has the potential of one to become active and explore something new, summer also has the potential for one to sit at home and be a couch potato. This is where we come in! This weekend MaryAnn and I will be traveling to the Ambler and Abington YMCAs in Pennsylvania to be part of their 2012 Healthy Kids Day. We will be joining them in an effort to encourage kids and parents to not be that couch potato this summer and [...]
Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge Comes to Camp!
Yesterday our friend, Erin, from Cedar Run came to visit us! She brought three different types of birds with her for our 55 campers to see. It was really neat to learn about where the birds came from, what they eat, and their personality. My personal favorite was the owl (pictured below). A big THANK YOU goes to Erin and all of our friends from Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge in Medford! It has been one great week here at Camp with our Spring Break Vacation Camp. I cannot believe that tomorrow is the last day! :( Another big THANK YOU goes to [...]
Social Media…Pinterest
Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of sitting in the same room with Ruben Castro (Our IT Director), Keith VanDerzee (The boss), Jason Ostroski (The Chef), and Rich Rinaldi (The smartest Internet guy) to talk about how Camp should use its social media. The purpose was to try and figure out the best ways for Camp to use Facebook, Twitter, out Blog, and our Website so that our Camp community could stay informed about what was going on at Camp. From this conversation, we learned about a new social media site called Pinterest. I had never heard about Pinterest [...]
School’s Out…
This week I have been in and out of Taunton Forge Elementary, one of our School's Out sites. The children have had a busy week while playing Valentine Bingo, eating ice cream from their Valentine's Day party, and of course, playing outside. On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to assist Aidan Kehoe in building various buildings out of Lincoln Logs. It was great to see his imagination at it's best as he created a building for the two men, Bob & Jackson, to guard from the "bad guys". Lynn Passarella Assistant School's Out Director
School’s Out keeps on crafting…
Nokomis Elementary's School's Out students are creating lots of different arts & craft projects for this upcoming holiday! This week they made a "flower pot" filled with sand and planted flowers, hearts, and stems. A great craft idea for their special family or friend!
Winter Wonderland
As the winter holidays are quickly approaching, our School's Out sites are creating awesome holiday crafts! Yesterday Indian Mills Elementary & Memorial were creating a beautiful winter wonderland scene. Happy Holidays!
School’s Out Science Experiments
For the past month I have been designing fun, science related activites for our school's out programs. These activities focus on direct immersion in scientific thought and experimentation in loose, fun, and creative ways. All of these activities are easy to do at home and my goal is to encourage students to take their curiosity about the natural world to the next level by trying these experiments outside of school. Over the past few weeks our various school's out sites have been participating in the egg-drop experiment. This involves the kids working in teams using a variety of materials to [...]
Fuse Beads!!
This week when I visited our School's Out program at Chairville fuse beads were such a hit! Our campers were making all kinds of fun creations from cupcakes to horses to dogs! I can't wait to see what they make next time.
School’s Out Craft!
This week at Nokomis School’s Out program the students crafted a fish simply made out of coffee filters. Students were able to choose marker colors of their choice to color the coffee filter with. With water added to the filter, the colors blended together to create a tie dye look. Students then cut out the filter into a fish shape and pasted it on a blue construction paper. Students were then able to add their own finishing touches to their fish. The finish products turned out great! Thank you Helene, Erin H., and Erin S. for making School’s Out at [...]