Developmental Relationships—Are We Cultivating Them?
Developmental Relationships—connections that help us learn, grow, give back and become our best selves—are fundamental to a thriving life.
Empowering an Educator
As we all know, early childhood educators are overlooked and placed on the back burner when it comes to recognition and educating children. Many think of us as babysitters, but I know what we do classifies us as more.
Hidden Talents
Just as I’ve found some of my own hidden talents, so have the countless number of children who’ve attended Camp Fire!
Camper Spotlight: Making Camp Special
Summer camp is a phenomenal chance to form new and long-lasting friendships.
Mindfulness
We must learn to take some time for “you” time which better enables us to handle our many responsibilities. What this may look like is different for everyone but that makes it no less important for any of us.
Our Values In Action – Approaching New Projects
At Camp Fire First Texas, we strive not merely to state our values but to put them in action by embodying and encompassing what they represent.
Camper Spotlight: Two Friends
Summer camp is a phenomenal chance to form new and long-lasting friendships.
A REAL Summer Camp Story
Like many other kids my age, I grew up watching camp movies like The Parent Trap and Camp Rock. Though those movies admittedly aren't the most realistic portrayal of summer camp, watching them made me long to have a magical summer camp experience as the main characters had.
Camper Spotlight: Breaking Boredom
Summer vacation can be the most enchanting time of a child’s life, or it can be the most boring. And a boring summer vacation is like a firework with no color or sound; it lacks the magic. Serenity relates to this idea wholeheartedly as she feels summer is a “waste of time” without camp.
How to Set Smart Goals—Whether You’re a Kid or a Kid-at-Heart
When kids and teens learn how to make this kind of thoughtful, holistic, consistent progress toward their goals, they take those skills into the rest of their life.
Six Foolproof Strategies for Going After Goals
We teach Camp Fire kids that meeting their goals takes planning, practice and progress-monitoring. It’s not something that just happens. We make goals happen.
Young people want to shape the world – now
A recent survey by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE) found “83 percent [of youth ages 18-24] say they believe young people have the power to change the country.” That’s exactly what we want young people in Camp Fire to discover, practice, and believe: Their contributions and leadership matter to their communities, our country, and the wider world NOW – not just in the future.
