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i want to be a camp councillor during the summer but dont have alot of ideas about how to keep clildren occupied in a unique way. Any ideas?
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(Im not sure if its a sleepaway camp or day camp but whatever) My counselor made up really stupid songs to the tune of our favorite songs. For some reason we liked them. I was little. You could teach your kids hand games you know, or make up ur own. Make up crafts to do during spare time.
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Any good camp will have what is called 'pre-camp.' It's a time before the summer starts when all the staff live on camp and learn the camp songs, games, and other activities they can do with children.
Most camps have really busy schedules - the kids will be in activity after activity, and it's the just the in between time that you'll need to entertain them. Pre-camp will help you build appropriate skills to work with the kids, and you'll also find that you'll naturally develop Magical Entertainment Skills, which every good counselor becomes an expert at.
This isn't something that can be taught, but it IS something that can be learned. So interview at several camps, get a feel for them, and ask about their training. Nobody comes to camp knowing everything, but they leave knowing SO MUCH MORE than they came with.
And if it's this summer you want a job for - hurry up! Most camps begin hiring in January or February, so you'll need to move quickly to find a job. You can do a search on the internet, call your local Girl Scout council/YMCA for an application, or ask around and see which camps sound good.
Camp is an incredible place, so the very best of luck finding the right camp for you!
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Try making up some stories, about underwater and in space. play i spy, and name that object, try cards or sand boxes.
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Now i don't suggest taking my advice if you have problems with being arrested but here's some ideas. don't entertain, give them sleeping pills. throw them a dead animal they love that stuff. give them one toy sit back and watch them fight, you may need to instigate a little with things like "come on you can take billy he's small and wears glasses." Teach them the wonders of an opium den.
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Unique ideas could be (not v.unique but) try and get them to write poems or songs about how they feel. They can be funny, jokey or serious its down to them. You can get them to put on their own play/drama production, again funny or serious. As for unique ideas, my mum does drama therapy, but what she did was to write all her subjects names on to stickers, and to give them all the stickers with someone elses name on. This way all the children get to give an insight on each other, especially as your councilling.
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