Camps
Facilitation can be challenging to teach, but when your counselors “get it,” the results are phenomenal. Check out these training tools, with exercises in facilitation, staff schedules, expectations, and examples, and consider if they have a place in your staff training.
A comprehensive summer camp resource for families—offering expert advice from camp professionals on camp selection, readiness, child and youth development, and issues of importance to families.
The Andy Roddick Foundation invites you to ARF Summer at Home — a free, eight-week virtual summer camp for students in Kindergarten to 5th grade. Through engaging video lessons, ARF Summer at Home offers hands-on learning activities as we Explore Our World. ARF Summer At Home gives administrators, teachers and families what they need to provide students with a self-paced learning experience.
Develop your county camp counselor training program. Workshops led by camp counselor work team.
Directory of summer camps can help you in your search for the best day camps, overnight camps and teen tour/travel camps for the summer. Camp Resource makes your search for coed, boys only or girls only summer camp programs easy by listing summer camps by camp type, camp specialty and regional location.
A resource for camp directors who need ideas for day trips as well as resources on how to improve your camp programs and help get the word out.
Discover Camp is a resource for parents of children with disabilities selecting a camp for their child for the first time.
A directory of summer camps in all categories with plenty of information for which camp is the best choice.
A large resource of fun children’s games that have been tested and played by real kids. These are group games for kids (and adults!) that can be used for any occasion, especially summer camp or children’s programs.
K12 Inc. Summer Camp offers tuition-free, career-oriented summer courses in coding, video game design and programming, business and marketing, health care, and more—some of which will even earn students high school credit.
KidsCamping is a great new site dedicated to collecting and publishing ideas and articles to make camping with you kids even more fun and exciting. Whether you are introducing you toddler or teen to camping we’ve got ideas and advice for a great camping trip. Passing on the love of camping is one of the greatest gifts we can give to our kids or grandkids. You have our promise that this site is safe for kids of all ages.