Many years ago I traveled from my hometown of Boston to four different cities in the United States — Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York — and conducted a series of focus groups with campers who lived near those cities. One of the questions I asked campers involved having them think about their favorite counselors. I had campers tell me what their favorite counselors did and said that put them at the top of their list. The answers were surprisingly uniform no matter where the campers came from.
So you’ve managed to secure a job working at a summer camp, and now you’re wondering what on Earth it takes to be a good summer camp counselor? We will guide you through it! We are going to guide through some tips on how to become the best possible summer camp counselor you can be, so that the kids
Add a few of these Nature Summer Camp Theme Activities to get your children enjoying natural materials and the great outdoors. Whether you are involved in a forest school, enjoy learning about nature, working on a nature theme, or just want a few fun outdoor activities, your kids will love these. These nature summer camp crafts can help make your child's outdoor experience more fun and engaging.
I use the website 1 + 1 + 1 = 1 to find some good thematic worksheet packets for different units we are doing in the classroom. Click here to go directly to the list of preschool packs. The different themes range in topics from favorite characters (like Mickey Mouse and Cars) to holidays, animals (baby animals, birds, bugs, cats, dogs), fairy tale characters (knights, princesses), community workers, and favorite children's books (Brown Bear, Hungry Caterpillar). Since these copy a variety of motivating topics for our kids, these can be used as a more motivating and exciting to way to work on some basic skills. Most of the packets are at least 15 pages, and some have twice that amount. The worksheets cover everything from flashcards, to tracing, pattern, graphing, color/shape/letter identification, cutting, and spelling. Last year, I used the Ocean worksheets to prep my kids on vocabulary before we went to a play about the ocean last year. Here are some of my favorite worksheets from that pack. I had to cut these out and make them into dice for my kids...but then they did great rolling their dice and recording their answers on the graphs. This year, I want to use the Camping pack with my class, since we are going on a field-trip to a camp next weekend. Here are some of my favorite worksheets from that packet! Here are the flashcards for camping vocabulary (they have these for pretty much all thematic packets) Here is a cute sorting task. And more tracing worksheets based on the vocabulary.
Space Summer Camp will be some of the most fun learning your kids will have all summer long! Easy DIY projects to explore space!
Use these free printable nature scavenger hunt books to encourage kids to write, draw, and read while exploring their world. I love to see kids have fun while learning. Kids love to explore their
Gracen and I are lucky enough to have one of her little friends join us for an afternoon of play each Wednesday. They play quite well together, so I put a few things out for them to explore in advance, then step back to let them play, helping communication and sharing happen when needed. We…
These robot crafts are so cute and fun! Buy the kits or DIY them yourself at home with your preschoolers for loads of creative fun. Knowing what to get my
As kids explore science, one of the fundamental concepts they will encounter is understanding solids, liquids, and gases - although it might...
Get outdoors with your kids and use these camping printables to make the most of your time together like scavenger hunts!
A grammar chart demonstrating prepositions of place and a few questionsto reinvest with using the theme of Minecraft. 5 fill-in-the-blank spots within 4 questions. - ESL worksheets
Camping is an amazing way to enjoy the great outdoors, and now you can bring that experience indoors with our free camping coloring pages.
Summer Camp at home Planner Printables for Free! It's the perfect way to plan your fun summer activities with a Summer Camp Theme Guide full of ideas that the kids are going to love! 9 Weeks of DIY Summer Camp to keep kids entertained all summer long.
Kids love to be helpers, so give them some amazing classroom jobs for students that will build responsibility and make your life in the classroom easier.
We love creating a Mexican Marketplace in our school and including different items sold at the marketplace. Decorative mirrors are commonly found in Mexico at the marketplace and are usually made …
Crafts, treats, and play ideas for a preschool camping theme. These activities would also be great for a kindergarten camping theme, or just for FUN! Come read about the preschol camping activities when you're planning your next theme.
Looking for art project ideas that will work perfectly for your summer art camp? This post outlines lesson ideas that will engage, delight and inspire your group of summer artists. The first part of this series detailed the business side of running an art camp. Today we will dive into the fun part: art projects.
Last month, I organized a beginning piano camp for kids...
Hello Everyone! Hope you're having a joyfilled day!! I wanted to share my "Me and My Community" social studies mini unit with you. If you are one of my kiddos reading this, have mom or dad print it off for you and get busy!! :) We've done many of these activities already, but it is still a great summer time filler! The unit contains 30 pages of poems, drawing and writing activities, anchor chart activities, a mini book for kids to make, citizenship, community workers, map skill activities, and much more. I have loved having time to organize it. Don't you love summer for just that reason? Here are a few pics of what is included! Unit contains three poems An 8 page mini book for kids to make Our "Me on the Map" anchor chart Craft Connection Inspired by finallyinfirst.blogspot.com :) Mini poster "What will you be?" anchor sample- unit contains all 4 cardinal directions and a compas rose Since you are part of my community, here's your free 30 page printable unit. Click Here! Hope you can use a least a bit of this!! I can't wait to use it again this fall!! Have a great rest of the day! Joyfully! Nancy
Free summer craft - popsicle
Prove you know your dinosaur facts and win the game. Some silly and some serious questions for dinosaur fans everywhere. Review the names of dinosaurs and some dinosaur facts before playing the game. Thanks to PhillipR for the template.Dinosaur fact sheet found here:https://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/key_to_dinosaur_game__game/past-simple-tense/108620 - ESL worksheets
Unlock a world of language discovery with engaging English Passages designed to captivate young minds! Click here to explore them all as a beginner!
Celebrate this summer's Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with these fun backyard activities for your sport-obsessed kids.
Print your Free Camp Coloring Pages for Kids! Color in tents, s'mores, the moon and stars, canoes, backpacks, and more!
