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Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/mini-games-gamesCurt “Moose” Jackson is with Sam to share his best games and best gaming practices.This mini-pod is all about games!Games are the bread and butter of a great camp staff member and you can never have too many favourites.We’re grateful for Curt to join us on this episode! If you want more Camp Programming goodness, check out his podcast at https://www.summercamppro.com/scp-pod/ In this episode, we cover:Why include games in training?How do you teach staff, to teach games, to campersHow can you make your own game?What equipment can you provide your counselors to keep in their backpacks?“New” games, Inclusive games, transition games.-Bonus ResourcesSam’s game guide - School Age New Games IICurt's Hip Pocket Activities Booklet - Thanks, Curt!Curt is offering a free copy to our listeners. Just use the discount code DAYCAMPPOD (doesn't need to be in caps). It will be good all through May.Here is the link...https://patchworkmarketplace.com/product/hip-pocket-activities-booklet-template/-Do you have a suggestion for a future show? Let us know by email: daycampquestions@gocamp.pro-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:AM Skier Insurance    http://www.amskier.com/Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS)   https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/circle-tacoUsing circles (…and tacos?) to help our campers be their best this summer. Welcome, Emily Golinsky!Most Day Camps fancy themselves masters in the art of Circle Time, but we doubt that most look at it as an act of restorative justice. To quote a golden Bob Ditter metaphor, camp is about making change, and Emily Golinsky is going to walk us through a framework that you are going to want to use with your team this summer, when we start seeing challenging behaviors. She also has a phenomenal metaphorical take on our lovable, less typical kids involving Tacos that we can’t wait for you to hear.-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-Day Camp Tip of the WeekAndy: Adding another level of hierarchy to the mix to support the  increased needs of campers this summer - “Assistant Division Leader”Sam: Building a better sprinkler systemEmily: “Kids do well when they can“-Additional Resources - Thanks, Emily!The Awkward Taco: Social Skills at CampRestorative Circles & Circles for Conflict Resolution-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampSam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park DistrictEmily Golinsky, Trainer, Professional Development Leader & Consultant - Bright Moose, LLC-Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:AM Skier Insurance    http://www.amskier.com/Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS)   https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/mini-camp-training-dave-malterWelcome back to the Podcast, Dave Malter!Andy and the great Professor Dave Malter are here to talk about the complexities that will go into training staff to serve kids that have been living in a pandemic for a WHOLE YEAR now.It’s going to be a different kind of training, so we need to bring in the pros to help us get ready.Thanks to Professor Dave for coming and sharing his insights.-Do you have a suggestion for a future show? Let us know by email: daycampquestions@gocamp.proYOUR HOST:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampGUEST:David Malter aka “Professor Dave”, Speaker, Trainer and Consultant - ProfessorDave.campAndy PritikinDavid Malter - AKA Professor DaveSPONSORS:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:AM Skier Insurance    http://www.amskier.com/Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS)   https://crs4rec.com/Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/frank-brandweinWelcome back, Michael Brandwein!Like a day camp guardian angel, Michael Brandwein has been bestowing wisdom upon us for longer than many of our listeners may roam this earth- How does that make you feel, Michael? The defending champion of Day Camp Pod guests returns in our third season to defend his belt- in a unique way that you’ve likely not experienced him before. Michael, like all of us, is supremely concerned about mental health this camp season- including OUR OWN, and he’s back to share his awesome insight and perspective with us.-Do you have a suggestion for a future show? Let us know by email: daycampquestions@gocamp.proReview us on iTunes!-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-Day Camp Tip of the WeekAndy: Michael’s Multiple Soccer Goals - Kick it up a notch!!!Sam: Hungry HipposTiff: Big Life Journal & Kindness is Cool Boxes!-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampTiffany Gratton-McDuffie, Executive Director - Purposeful PlaySam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park DistrictMichael Brandwein, Speaker, Trainer and Author - https://www.michaelbrandwein.com/store-More from Michael!Michael’s six bestselling books are Training Terrific Staff, Vols. 1 and 2, Skill of the Day: What Great Leaders of Young People Do & Say, Super Staff SuperVision, Learning Leadership: How to Develop Outstanding Teen Leadership Programs at Camp, and his latest, Growing Great Qualities in Kids: The L.A.S.E.R.B.E.A.M. Technique for Bringing Out the Best in Young People. All are available directly at www.michaelbrandwein.com/storeTo reach Michael regarding staff and leadership training, virtual and face-to-face, please contact him at mail@michaelbrandwein.com-Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:AM Skier Insurance    http://www.amskier.com/Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS)   https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/mini-camp-activitiesSPONSORED CONTENT - Thanks to Camptivities for their support!Day Camp schedules come in all ways shapes and forms, but most of us have the same goals- to create a wide-ranging and engaging program that kids can enjoy and learn from. Set activities, electives, special events.All present challenges to balance, and there are very few pieces of software that have proven to be able to do it. Today we talk with Ryan Rosen from Camp Kinneret and Camptivities about all of this, and more.-Do you have a suggestion for a future show? Let us know by email: daycampquestions@gocamp.pro-YOUR HOST:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampGUEST:Ryan Rosen, Director - Camp Kinneret & Founder - Camptivities-SPONSORS:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:AM Skier Insurance    http://www.amskier.com/Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS)   https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/liquid-sunshineIt’s time to learn to dance in the rain, folks!At day camp we don’t have rainy days, we have Liquid Sunshine, and it’s not raining until we say it is. My brother lives in Seattle, where it rains almost every day, and nobody complains. As we camp directors like to say- “there’s no such thing as bad weather, just inadequate clothing.” Rainy days are more than a weather phenomenon, they are a state of mind, AND… they are an amazing exercise in PREPARATION- Put your galoshes on people, it’s time to get wet!-Do you have a suggestion for a future show? Let us know by email: daycampquestions@gocamp.pro-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-Day Camp Tip of the WeekAndy: Lightning Protection (www.bblightning.com) - And cans of soda for prizesSam: Picture Scavenger HuntTiff: Do things that adults do- Paint ‘n’ Sip (Paint ‘n’ Pop Tart), Mocktails and Karaoke, Vision Boards, etc.Cricket: Ask your staff- get ideas from them, use PINTEREST!!!-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampTiffany Gratton-McDuffie, Executive Director - Purposeful PlaySam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park DistrictCricket Snearing, 30 years as Administrative Director and Rockwood Adventures Teen Travel Director at Sesame, Current Summer Ceramics Teacher at Camp Walden, NY-SPONSORS:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:AM Skier Insurance    http://www.amskier.com/Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS)   https://crs4rec.com/Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/mini-advocacy-goldWelcome back, Jonathan Gold!Review us on iTunes!Please help us welcome back the man, the myth, the legend, Jonathan Gold to this Day Camp Mini-Pod!Tune in to hear more about:WHY Government advocacy- It’s like an insurance policy- and it’s also a bit pricey.Forming your own State Government Advocacy program like we did. www.njcgap.org Examples of how it worked for usIt’s really hard and frustrating, and usually doesn’t workPandemic Open Houses for Recruiting Campers this SummerIf you want kids to come to you face-to-face in June, their parents are willing to come to you now face-to-face and visit your camp… AND THEY WILL SIGN UP!!!You will show them that you know what you’re doing- give them confidenceAnd you can figure out how to do it safely and effectivelywww.youcanbook.mehttps://calendly.com/ Andy’s effective Virtual Open HousesDo you have a suggestion for a future show? Let us know by email: daycampquestions@gocamp.pro-YOUR HOST:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampGUEST:Jonathan M. Gold, MBA, PhD, Camp Owner/Director - the Arbor Group of Camps-SPONSORS:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:AM Skier Insurance    http://www.amskier.com/Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS)   https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/you-can-do-itA Love Letter for Camps Considering Running in 2021 - from Go Camp ProReview us on iTunes!If you’re able to run camp this summer, we want to make sure you know you can do it.This special Go Camp Pro Podcast is for camps out there who are on the fence about running this summer. We support each other in this industry and we believe that it’s on all of us to help each other succeed. Here’s one of our contributions.Chris Hudson from Camp Highlight - who did no run in 2020 sits down with Andy Pritikin from Liberty Lake and Kelly Espinosa from Kennolyn Camps, who did run in 2020. Tune in to hear about why camp is more important than ever and learn about Andy and Kelly’s fears, tears and cheers when it comes to running camp during a pandemic.We don’t know many things right now, but we know that kids will need camp this summer more than ever. They NEED you.We are in the business of changing children’s lives and they’ve never needed a life-changing moment more than this one.If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampKelly Espinosa, Day Camp Director - Kennolyn CampsChris Hudson, Camp Director - Camp Highlight-SPONSORS:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:AM Skier Insurance    http://www.amskier.com/Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS)   https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/mike-stillsonMeet Mike Stillson - A True Day Camp Maverick!Review us on iTunes!The Camp Industry has some great leaders. We've interviewed a bunch of them, and we’ve got another one for you. Mike Stillson showed tremendous leadership in guiding his organization to open last summer, and continue programming through the offseason. Regionally, as the reigning President of the Western Association of Independent Camps, he’s been a steady hand in moderating the ins and outs of the pandemic for day and resident camps west of the Rocky Mountains. Nationally he co-founded “Save Next Summer” to help ensure that ALL camps in North America can flourish in 2021. We can’t wait to introduce you to all to Mike-Do you have a suggestion for a future show? Let us know by email: daycampquestions@gocamp.pro-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-Day Camp Tip of the WeekAndy: Automated Marketing SystemsSam: Pie Irons and Dutch OvensMike: Calendly, COVID Reports & GET VACCINATED-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampTiffany Gratton-McDuffie, Executive Director - Purposeful PlaySam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park DistrictMike Stillson, Executive Director - Valley Trails Summer Camps-SPONSORS:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:AM Skier Insurance    http://www.amskier.com/Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS)   https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/mini-marcy-browerA spotlight on a wonderful woman in camping, Marcy BrowerReview us on iTunes!There are some amazing people who blaze a trail for change;Marcy and Bob founded and operated Circle M Day Camp in Wheeling Illinois for 45 years, one of the first private camps to hire minority staff and enroll minority children.Her interest in opportunities for children eventually influenced the whole of private camping in the national organization of private camps.Marcy and Bob founded the Mid states Camping conference in 1993. And Marcy was an American Camp Association Illinois Board member and then served on the National Board and an endless list of committees.Marcy was active in the civil rights movement and in the struggle for the rights of the LGBTQ community, particularly in ACA. She raised funds for civil rights groups and labor unions by sponsoring folk music concerts on the campgrounds during the 1960s, and marched with Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington in 1963.Here is an article they wrote in the 1960’s for American Camp Association:https://www.acacamps.org/resource-library/articles/desegregating-circle-m-day-camp-determination-succeed-Do you have a suggestion for a future show? Let us know by email: daycampquestions@gocamp.pro-YOUR HOSTS:Sam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park District, Vice president ACA IllinoisGUESTS:Colette Marquardt, Executive Director of ACA Illinois-SPONSORS:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:AM Skier Insurance    http://www.amskier.com/Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS)   https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!