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Download full textDepartment of the Navy, Washington, DC. – 1985
This booklet offers information on a variety of programs being offered for Navy youth by the Navy Recreation Services. The guide illustrates the types of programs being conducted, and highlights some exceptional programs. A chart presents a listing of youth team sports, indoor and outdoor sports, special events, fitness camps, parent clubs, and…
Descriptors: Athletics, Day Camp Programs, Outdoor Activities, Parent Participation
Kramer, Joyce – Camping Magazine, 1991
Describes value and instruction of vaulting, gymnastics on horseback, in residential camp environment. Emphasizes safety practices concerning ring preparation, warming up, and horse selection and training. Describes vaulter equipment, learning process, programs, and games. Defines 13 vaulting terms. (TES)
Descriptors: Games, Gymnastics, Horseback Riding, Horses
Peer reviewedNolan, Karen – Nature Study, 1981
Children with physical handicaps can participate in many of the same summer camp activities as non-disabled persons. Described are the programs at Camp Merry Heart, operated by New Jersey's Easter Seal Society. (WB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Outdoor Activities, Physical Disabilities, Physical Education
Peer reviewedSable, Janet – Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 1992
Presents a model of integrated residential camping, providing a resource for other models. The model program creates an inclusionary environment responsive to the needs and interests of children with and without disabilities. Parental responses, anecdotal information on interactions, and descriptions of changes in attitudes are included. (SM)
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Children, Cooperative Learning, Demonstration Programs
Wolf, Ione M.; Buchan, S. Josh – 1980
The report describes the development and implementation of an international summer camp for mildly handicapped children and a training program for pre- and inservice elementary and special education personnel. The camp was begun in 1967 on Guam and served 200 children for a 7 week period. Participants chose five of the following 12 activities:…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Day Camp Programs, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Van Matre, Steve – 1979
This book describes a 5-day program of imaginative activities designed to help elementary school children learn how their world functions through seeing, smelling, tasting, touching, and hearing. The book is designed to help children understand energy flow, the cycles of basic materials, the diversity of life, natural communities, change,…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Discovery Learning, Ecology, Elementary Education
Walker, Pam; And Others – 1990
This information package compiles several resources for supporting children and teens with severe disabilities in integrated recreation/leisure activities. The package contains: (1) an overview article by Pam Walker titled "Supports for Children and Teens with Developmental Disabilities in Integrated Recreation/Leisure Activities," with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Community Programs, Delivery Systems
