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…
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…
Helping Our Kids Manage Disappointment Over Cancelled Summer Plans
https://vimeo.com/417064795 In this video, Dr. Tina Payne Bryson talks about the disappointment our kids might feel as their summer activities are being cancelled due to the pandemic. There may be…
The Camp Experience is Transformational
The impact that CAMP had on my life.I first went away to an overnight camp with my church at age 10. I had been to sleepovers and even away from…
Unless we can ensure that each of us is safe at camp, we all have to stay home.
On April 20, after consultation with health service professionals and prayer by our board and leadership team, Wildwood Ranch announced to our parents, families and staff members that we were…