How to Bring Elements of the Summer Camp Experience to Any Program

Posted by on May 01, 2011

That Old Camp Magic
How to Bring Elements of the Summer Camp Experience to Any Program

Description:  Experience the songs, s’mores and structure of summer camp!  This workshop is ideal for practitioners who work in Youth Development and Out-of-School Time (OST) programs and are seeking to create a summer camp experience for children ages 5-14. In this workshop, participants will learn how to incorporate key elements of summer (overnight) camp into their OST program. Each of the facilitators has spent most of her childhood and adult summers at camp, either as a camper, a counselor or a supervisor of theater/arts programs.  This is a highly participatory workshop and participants will experience several camp activities.

Goals: Teach after school practitioners key elements of what make summer camp, “camp”, including introducing them to common camp songs, camp rituals and routines.  Provide participants time to practice what they learn and to map out some of the changes they want to make or add to their camp program.

Time: 2 hrs.
Agencies are encouraged to send a minimum of two people.

Objectives:
·         Learn at least five to eight new camp songs
·         Learn how to create daily rituals
·         Learn how to create a campfire without the fire!
·         Learn two to three rainy day activities
·         Understand how summer camp supports youth engagement, a key element of positive youth development

Facilitators: Rebecca Fabiano, MS.Ed,  Sherri Hope Culver
Contact: Rebecca Fabiano  917-742-1415      Rebecca_Fabiano@yahoo.com