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Hatch, Stanley – Camping Magazine, 1987
Describes why lake hikes practiced at Girl Scout Camp Bonnie Brae (Massachusetts) are an ideal camp activity to teach aquatic ecology and engage the senses. Discusses program benefits: camper/counselor interaction, personal and group challenge, and conflict resolution. (NEC)
Descriptors: Camping, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning, Outdoor Education
Chenery, Mary F. – Camping Magazine, 1987
Describes the four-day resident Mother-Child Camp of the Portland (Oregon) YWCA for mothers and children from the age of two and one-half and up. Outlines purposes, daily schedule, costs, staffing, and indicates special considerations to accommodate needs of young children. (NEC)
Descriptors: Camping, Children, Mothers, Outdoor Activities
Popkin, Herman – Camping Magazine, 1987
Blue Star Camps (Hendersonville, North Carolina) used talents of an internationally known architectural artist to emphasize a world peace dimension in their 1985 eight-week coed summer program. Past creative programs have included mock United Nations sessions, mock presidential conventions/elections, lunar landing salute, bicentennial celebration,…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Camping, Creative Activities, Experiential Learning
Goode, Marsha; Broesamle, Barbara – Camping Magazine, 1987
Describes nine-day residential camp for Michigan teenage mothers/babies to enhance personal growth and develop responsible social skills. Outlines goals, pre-camp planning, staff, activities, evaluation. Reports 31 teen moms (ages 13-21) and 35 babies attended in 1986. Indicates participants were in therapy, experienced abuse, had low self-esteem,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Camping, Early Parenthood, Educational Objectives
Hyman, Kim Houston – Camping Magazine, 1987
Camp Kingsmont, a weight reduction and fitness facility for boys and girls located near West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, traditionally celebrates International Day each July. Campers design costumes, prepare native dances and songs, enjoy an outdoor feast, stage an "International Beautyless Contest," and gather around a bonfire to view a…
Descriptors: Camping, Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
