Now’s a Good Time to Teach Your Kid’s to Play on Their Own
Now’s a Good Time to Teach Your Kids to Play on Their Own Independent play is a skill your kids will use for the rest of their lives — and…
Cooking in Our Kitchen: Pasta Salads
Pasta salads are great for many things: barbecues, side dishes, camping, and meals. There are literally thousands of different recipes out there, surely enough to keep you busy all summer…
Cooking in Our Kitchen: Reese’s Pie
While much of what I make for the campers is more nutritionally sound, dessert almost never is. I’ve always considered it a treat and like to spoil the…
Cooking in Our Kitchen: General Tso’s Chicken
One of my family’s biggest cravings during this shutdown has been Chinese food. There aren’t any good takeout places around where we live. I have been making General Tso’s chicken…
What Camp Counselors Wish Parents Knew before Summer Camp.
By Beth Luberecki Ever wonder what your kids’ camp counselors are actually thinking? How annoyed are they by last-minute questions, helicopter parenting or missing supplies? We spoke with some current and…
Is Paying for Summer Camp a Challenge? Here’s how to Cover it without Breaking the Bank.
When Lacey Trezza learned that her parents couldn't afford the horse camp she wanted to attend during the summer, she took matters into her own hands.The 8-year-old hashed out a…
Cooking in Our Kitchen: Taco Tuesday
It’s almost everyone’s favorite day of the week at camp, Taco Tuesday! Whether it’s tacos, nachos or quesadillas we make this day extra special. We mix it up in three…
Scotland’s Outdoor Play Initiative has Some Lessons for the Rest of the World
Authors Michal Perlman Professor of Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto Catherine Bergeron Research Co-ordinator and PhD Student, Counselling Psychology, McGill University Nina Howe Professor of Early Childhood…
Cooking in Our Kitchen: Breakfast Scramble
I am not a morning person. My breakfast normally consists of a couple cups of coffee. But if there’s food, I’ll eat. Now with the kids being home all the…
THE DANGERS OF OVER- SCHEDULING YOUR CHILD
All things come to an end and so too shall this season of "shelter in place" during COVID-19. There may be ups and downs still to come but the hope…