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Kid Tip Thursdays: Your anxiety is their anxiety
Around the start of camp I always get flooded with parent emails & calls.. mostly from our young folks camper parents, who are...
Project-Based Learning & the Cardboard Creativity Movement
(This video & more info about Caine's Aracade available at www.cainesarcade.com) Some years ago, in my Social Work days, I was introduced...
How to Make Magic Happen (at Camp & in Life)
Maybe it's the "Luck of the Irish" that inspried me today, but I've been thinking a lot about MAGIC. St. Patrick's Day was always a...
5 Reasons "Traditional" Day Camp is Makin' a Comeback
To start, when I say "traditional" day camp, I am referring to a camp that offers a variety of camp activities, including art, crafts,...
Adults Are Chicken
On occasion I find myself having playdates with a very precocious 7-year-old. Last week was one of those special times, and I got to take...
Why It Can Be Good to Be "Hands-Off"
“Now what do I do?” Oh.Em.Gee. When kids need step-by-step instructions for how to just be, on an ongoing basis.... Are you for real??...
Anything but "GOOD JOB!"
Two little words make me want to jump out of my skin... such a simple phrase and yet it can wreak such havok. There is no faster way to...
We are all The Goldbergs.
“Mooooom!!! Dad won’t help me with my learning-based project.” So I was re-watching a hilar episode of “The Goldbergs” last night (as I...
Welcome to the Wildfolk Tribe!
Hello! Howdy! Hiya! WELCOME! We are so delighted to start out our brand spankin’ new Wildfolk Blog! My name is Cassie, though 'round here...
