Flying Ninja Fairies... Building a Culture of Play at Camp

1. Flying Ninja Fairies Building a Culture of Play at Camp Camping Coast to Coast

3. Laura Kriegel! Age 4! Rochester, NY

4. Jack Schott! Age 3! Buffalo, NY

5. All About The Staff

6. What Staff Need Understanding ! Tools ! Skills ! Practice ! Permission !

7. Play by Stuart Brown What is Play? A State Of Being ! Voluntary ! Apparent Purposelessness ! Improvisational Potential ! Pleasurable

9. Play = Happiness

10. Stuart Brown Broadens Perceptions ! Increases Social Intelligence ! Improves Health ! Reduces Stress ! Increases Brain Size ! ! Some Beneﬁts of Play

11. Beneﬁts of Imaginative Play Language Skills Imagination and play in the electronic age Singer, D.G.& Singer, J.L. (2005). Self Expression Play in Child Development and Psychotherapy Russ, S.W. (2004) Self Regulation Make-Believe play: Wellspring for development of self-regulation. Berk, L. E., Mann, T.D., & Ogan, A.T. (2006). !Empathy Children, play, and development (3rd ed.) Hughes, F.P. (1999). Problem Solving Children, play, and development (3rd ed.) Hughes, F.P. (1999). Creativity The house of make believe: Children's play and the developing imagination Singer, D. G. & Singer, J. L. (1990).

12. Self-Determination Theory Richard Ryan: University of Rochester

13. Relatedness ! Competence ! Autonomy ! ! !

15. Barriers to Play

16. Barriers to Play Supervision! Bullying! Time/Scheduling! Parents Perception! Older Campers! Staff Understanding

17. What is Play at Camp? Apparently Purposeless ! Camper Driven ! Fun

18. Tools Facilities ! Activities ! Program Structure

19. Facilities Facilities

20. Fort Pawnee! YMCA Camp Kitaki! Louisville, NE

25. Natural Play Area! Vanderkamp Center! Cleveland, NY

34. Natural Play Area! YMCA Camp Seymour! Gig Harbor, WA

35. The Mound! YMCA Camp Kern! Oregonia, OH

36. The Mound! YMCA Camp Kern! Oregonia, OH

37. Water Oasis! YMCA Camp Day Croix! Hudson, WI

40. Explorer Village! Camp Gray! Reedsburg, WI

41. Play Area! YMCA Camp Jewell! Colebrook, CT

44. Giant Labyrinth ! Camp Augusta! Nevada City, CA

45. Game Area! Camp Augusta! Nevada City, CA

46. Activities

47. Super Crazy Adventure Time! Camp Gray! Reedsburg, WI

51. Toilet Tours! Educo Leadership Adventures! Fort Collins, CO

52. Prospectors All Day! Sanborn Western Camps! Florissant, CO

53. LOTR 2 Day! Sanborn Western Camps! Florissant, CO

54. Program ! Structure

55. Harry Potter Camp! YMCA Camp Kern! Oregonia, OH

56. Quidditch Pitch! YMCA Camp Kern! Oregonia, OH

57. LARP Quest Camp! Sherman Lake Outdoor Center! Augusta, MI

58. Renisance Adventures! Denver, CO

59. Beam Camp! Strafford, NH

62. Vanderkamp Center! Cleveland, NY

63. questing gnome Questing Gnome! Vanderkamp Center! Cleveland, NY

64. Skills

65. Skills Framing

66. Skills Connection

67. Skills Redirection

68. Skills Intervention

69. Skills Transition

70. SkillsFraming ! Connecting ! Redirecting ! Intervening ! Transitioning !

71. Practice

72. Free Play Training! YMCA Camp Collins! Gresham, OR

73. Themed Staff Training Opening! YMCA Camp Kern! Oregonia, OH

74. Play Training ! YMCA Camp Seymour! Gig Harbor, WA

75. Permission

77. Thank You!

78. Laura Kriegel and Jack Schott! ! CampingCoastToCoast.org! ! CampingCoastToCoast@gmail.com! ! @CampCoast2Coast!

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