The Camp Program Lab

The Summer Camp Life Trio are back this week with some interesting thoughts on teaching skills to the campers. What does teaching skills to campers look like? What skills should I teach? Who is teaching? Why is my car on fire? If you’ve ever asked yourself those questions, then check out the podcast this week!

While you may still be on a Counselor Hunt for hiring, these hunts are all about the hide-and-seek game that’s played during the summer with the campers! All three of our hosts definitely have differing ideas of the best way to play this game, so check it out for a variety of ideas on this fun camp pastime!

Chris and Kelie are in the middle of their own staff training at their camps and therefore know how tedious it can be! During this episode, they give some fun and easy-to-add ideas to help make those Training Weeks better. Just some simple things that you can quickly add to your agenda to take Staff Training from blah to yeah!

The Scamp Life Podcasters have a very timely 2-part episode all about Social Distancing Activities. These two episodes are a perfect listen for you program staff and counselors. We recommend sending the link to this episode to those staff members or saving it to listen to during staff training this year!

The trio have a very timely 2-part episode all about Social Distancing Activities. These two episodes are a perfect listen for you program staff and counselors. We recommend sending the link to this episode to those staff members or saving it to listen to during staff training this year!

Does your camp have kiddos who get homesick? Does your camp have parents who have a hard time letting their kids go? Do you work at a camp?!?!? Check in with the Scamp Life Crew this week for some excellent tips on dealing with homesick campers as well as parents who have a bit of a hard time leaving! This week’s episode also makes for great listening to summer staff as they will be dealing with a lot of this!

The group talks with Royleane Allen of 413 Strengthgear this week to discuss all things camp store again (but this time from a vendor’s point of view)! Royleane has some great tips and tricks for Camp Store Directors on what they should and should not buy for their store. Check out this episode if you are prepping your store for the summer!

Our podcast trio welcome back Samantha Townsend of Kennolyn Camps this week to discuss changes she will be making to camp this summer. There’s lots of changes and great ideas to help with new COVID restrictions.  If you run an sleep-away camp and plan to open this summer, check out this week’s episode for some things you maybe didn’t think of!

Kellie and Curt interview Shanelle Lambert-Rauh, director of Whippoorwill Farm Day Camp, about the lessons learned from running day camp in 2020 and how those will apply to the 2021 summer season. If you run a day camp and weren't able to offer programs last summer, this is the episode for you. You'll get some great insight on things you may not have thought about.

In this fun episode, the three camp pros discuss all the things staff don't like about camp. From curfews to cell phones to paperwork, they cover pretty much everything. The best part? The Scamp Life Crew give some great suggestions on how to help your staff deal with some of these things they hate! Check out this week as you prep for staff training this summer to nip any problems in the bud!