My mom will be in charge of approving comments and making sure the Ellie Almanac is running smoothly. Once I get back from camp, the Ellie Almanac will become super active! I will be posting more often.
When I get back, would you like me to write an article about my experiences at camp? Let me know if you have "camp age" kids. If there is interest, I can also write an article about the benefits of camp and how it has helped me gain more self-confidence. Just leave a comment and tell me what you want me to write about.
See you mid-August.
Ellie
Hi Ellie. Glad to hear you are going to camp. I know a lot of kids think life without a computer is torture. But they survive nonetheless. :) It's good. When I was growing up, all we had for entertainment was riding our bikes, playing hideout in big boxes that refrigerator came in. We had no color TV until I was almost a teenager, no cell phones, no computers, no iPads, no video games. So we did not know what life was like without them. I think every child should have to go through at least a week without them. Just my opinion. Maybe it would make them appreciate them more. I love the fact that your mom is very on top of her child's activity with her technology. I'm sure we will see updates from her while you are at camp.
ReplyDeleteMy reason for my comment is this..I work for a private foundation in Houston who donates to a major YMCA camp in Trinity, Texas. I'd like to share something with you that you might think about doing while you are at camp. Last year the dining hall at the camp was destroyed by fire during the first week of camp. They are now rebuilding it, along with new cabins with updated air conditioning for the campers. The Camp Director was going through one of the cabins thinking of all the kids who had gone through there during the time he has been the Director. He turned over a mattress and found a letter that a camper wrote & left hoping the next camper would possibly find it. It was a letter telling what camp had meant, the friendships that were forged, just everything in that person's heart that camp meant.
Maybe you could write a letter and leave it under your mattress for the next camper with your name, maybe an email address so that camper could send you a note, and also request that the person who finds it either sign their name, with an email address and then add their own thoughts & leave it for the next camper in hope that it would be found again...oh yes and be sure to put a date on it!
Just a thought. It would be interesting to see if you left one & whether you got any feedback. Maybe it could be something for a future blog.
I have to thank one of my good friends for sharing one of your blogs. I told her maybe you could be inspiration for me to start mine up again. Have fun at camp & we look forward to hearing your camp adventures!
Pam Stanton
Richmond, Texas
Lucky you, Ellie!
ReplyDeleteSummer camp in New York was one of my favorite times of the year when I was a kid.
You're right that it helps build confidence -- and also independence, social skills, maturity and new talents. I even still remember the lyrics to Broadway musicals we performed on Parents' Weekend visits. (My wife wishes I didn't because I sometimes try to sing them.)
I enjoyed Stern Summer Camp so much I became a counselor when I was in high school. And get this: I'm in contact with some long-ago camp friends on Facebook!
You're onto something that will last, Ellie.