Can you believe we are only just about a month from camp? Sometimes it feels like camp was last week, others like it was an eternity ago. But let's take a moment and think about one of the tougher parts of camp. Think about managing difficult behaviors at camp. What do/will you do for homesick campers? Campers that don't seem to fit in with the group? Campers that won't seem to follow directions? Share your best behavior strategy with us!
I'll go first: I had a particularly challenging group one year as a counselor and one girl was consistently left out and downright overrun by her cabinmates. Even when we tried things like using an object to take a turn to talk, others tried to run right over her. Later in the week, we needed to clean the cabin and the girls decided they wanted to go for clean cabin. I told them that was fine, but that the girl that had been left out would be in charge--period. She would tell them what to clean, how to clean it, and when it was clean enough. It worked beautifully. She came out of her shell and they learned to appreciate her wisdom. Thankfully she didn't make them clean everything to spotless! :-)
