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

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Building camp driven play at summer camp starts with staff. Staff need to understand why play, the tools to create a playful environment, the skills to manage that environment, practice, and permission. See more of Camping Coast to Coast at campingcoasttocoast.org

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

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

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

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

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).

Self-Determination Theory
Richard Ryan: University of Rochester

Relatedness
!
Competence
!
Autonomy
!
!
!

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

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

Tools
Facilities
!
Activities
!
Program Structure

Fort Pawnee!
YMCA Camp Kitaki!
Louisville, NE

Natural Play Area!
Vanderkamp Center!
Cleveland, NY

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

Water Oasis!
YMCA Camp Day Croix!
Hudson, WI

Explorer Village!
Camp Gray!
Reedsburg, WI

Play Area!
YMCA Camp Jewell!
Colebrook, CT

Giant Labyrinth !
Camp Augusta!
Nevada City, CA

Game Area!
Camp Augusta!
Nevada City, CA

Super Crazy Adventure Time!
Camp Gray!
Reedsburg, WI

Toilet Tours!
Educo Leadership Adventures!
Fort Collins, CO

Prospectors All Day!
Sanborn Western Camps!
Florissant, CO

LOTR 2 Day!
Sanborn Western Camps!
Florissant, CO

Harry Potter Camp!
YMCA Camp Kern!
Oregonia, OH

Quidditch Pitch!
YMCA Camp Kern!
Oregonia, OH

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

questing gnome
Questing Gnome!
Vanderkamp Center!
Cleveland, NY

SkillsFraming
!
Connecting
!
Redirecting
!
Intervening
!
Transitioning
!

Free Play Training!
YMCA Camp Collins!
Gresham, OR

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

Play Training !
YMCA Camp Seymour!
Gig Harbor, WA

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

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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 ! ! !

14.

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

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

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

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