July 9, 2008

After breakfast we had cottage clean up. One of the full time counselors had a great way to facilitate this process by making game cards and handing out cards at random with various task to do such as picking up trash, sweeping, etc to each camper. The free flow activity we had this morning everyone dressed up as pirates and we ran around camp on a secret mission taking pictures of the other groups.

Canoeing this afternoon was different in that the campers were able to go out on a canoe by themselves. Of course the water was only a few feet deep where they could stand up had anyone tipped in the canoe as well as a few adults in canoes near by. The campers seemed to feel a great sense of empowerment from being able to go out on their own and it encouraged team work amongst the 2-3 that were in the same canoe.

I had my hour off during Arts and crafts then the campers returned to the cottage for cottage time. The desert tonight was AMAZING it was some yummy ice cream combined with the tastiest waffle ever! There were skits for the evening program, most of which were non-verbal to ensure everyone could understand them and avoid having to translate everything into each language.