When you combine the ease and affordability of fast food with the ability to literally record days worth of TV to be accessed at any time, your result is kids who are eating junk while watching junk. They are spending more time in front of a screen than they are playing outside. Sometimes the only… 続きを読む »
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4 Tips For The Perfect Cannonball
Things every camper should bring to camp to ensure an amazing summer: Extra underwear Bathing suit This classified, top secret, limited edition guide to doing the perfect cannonball. As the summer temperatures peak, most campers find themselves lounging around the beautiful swimming pools available at some of America’s Finest Summer Camps, or splashing the day… 続きを読む »
Looking Forward to Summer Camp
As we head into the colder winter months, children are settled into their school routines and deep into schoolwork, homework and after school schedules. This is also the time of year for children to look forward to the carefree summer months ahead at sleepaway camp. For Americas Finest Summer Camps’ campers – and camp staff… 続きを読む »
The Anatomy of S’mores
At Americas Finest Summer Camps, everyone looks forward to getting in on the action and making s’mores. But what is it about s’mores that gets us asking for – you guessed it – some more? The sticky, ooey, gooey, utterly delicious ingredients, that’s what! People say there is a National S’mores Day celebrated on August… 続きを読む »
So Now What?
After the initial feelings of elation that come from having completed their first summer at camp, many first year counselors are left wondering what comes next. For some, the choice to return to camp (or not) is an obvious one. For others, there are many factors involved, impending college graduations or internships, the prospect of… 続きを読む »
My Bunk
While I am now surrounded by the comforts of home, I would gladly give them all up again just to be back at camp, sleeping in my bunk. I must admit that the first few days of falling asleep in a quiet room, sleeping in my own bed, and waking up without bugles ringing in… 続きを読む »
The First Few Days Home From Camp
Another summer is drawing to a close, and the children have returned home from camp. You’ve made a significant dent in the laundry and are beginning to think about school supply shopping. The only problem is that your campers haven’t come out of their rooms since they returned. For parents who are wondering just what… 続きを読む »
Bringing Away Life Skills
For most campers, when the summer of 2014 draws to a close, there is always next summer to which they can look forward. For the oldest campers, however, farewell this summer means farewell forever to their years as campers. Even though a significant number of former campers choose to return to summer camp as staff… 続きを読む »
Special Events at Camp
Along with the regular daily schedule, camp special events are unique days that make camp–well–special. The guest blog this week is from Camp Weequahic and explores the amazing special events that take place at one of America’s Finest Summer Camps. Once a week we take a break from our scheduled activities for a special event… 続きを読む »
5 Minutes at Camp
We focus a lot on how much happens at camp over the course of the summer, but the amount of activity that takes place in just 5 minutes on any given day is mind blowing to anyone who is not familiar with camp. Five minutes at summer camp is like a symphony: many individual components… 続きを読む »