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Send a Book to Your Camper

#GirlsCanWrite

Every year parents labor over what goodies to send their kids in a care package. Stickers? Card games? Stationery? Pens? Autographable pillowcases? Candy (if allowed by the camp)? Ah the possibilities are endless (and several are available in the Letters to Camp Store powered by Amazon).

How about this: send your camper a book, written by a kid like them. As it turns out, I am acquainted with two such authors, Citra Tenore (age 12) and Maddie Siegel (who wrote her book when she was age 9).

(See important note at the bottom of this post)

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Write Better Letters, From the Experts, part I

Published July 13, 2015 ACA , Homesickness , Letter ideas , Letter-writing advice , Letters to camp , Links to other sites Leave a Comment
Tags: ACA, Advice, American Camp Association, Camp Deerhorn, Camp Greystone, Camp Towanda, Homesick & Happy, Letters to camp, Metropolis of Detroit Summer Camp, Overnight camp, sleepaway camp, URJ, URJ Camp George

A variety of resources can help you to write the best letters to your sleepaway campers. Today we’ll look at a few national organizations as well as summer camps themselves. In part II (tomorrow), we’ll look at what parenting experts and bloggers have to say.

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Kids Joke Sites

Published June 29, 2015 Funny , Funny letters , Jokes , Letter ideas , Letters to camp 1 Comment
Tags: Clean Jokes, Funny, Jokes, Kids Jokes, Letters to camp, Overnight camp, riddles, sleep-away camp, sleepaway camp, Summer camp

Humor: the top challenge when writing to kids at summer camp

Did you know that writing funny letters to kids at summer camp is the top challenge for letter-writers? The good news: relief is sight…

One of the best ways to amuse your summer camper is to include a joke or two in your letters and emails. Following is our updated list of kids joke sites, most of which have clean jokes that you can send to your younger campers.

Jokes are like a gift that keeps on giving: once you share a joke with your camper, they can share it with their friends too. And it will give you something to talk in your letters as well. Continue reading ‘Kids Joke Sites’

Relax!

Published June 22, 2015 First letter , Letter ideas , Letters to camp Leave a Comment
Tags: First letter, Letters to camp, Overnight camp, Recipe, sleepaway camp

Recipe for a Great First Letter

That very most dreaded Monday morning has arrived. Not because of work. Or the start of another week. Or that important appointment. Or because your in-laws are stopping by. No, today is dreaded because you have to write YOUR VERY LETTER TO YOUR OVERNIGHT CAMPER!

You Can Do It!

I know the feeling. And it’s OK, you can do this. Of course you can! (Yay you!)

Every Monday, campers’ parents and family people desperately search for tips on how to write letters to their sleepaway campers. But it’s OK, because letter writing (do people actually do that still?) is easier than you may think. Read on for the recipe for great letters. Continue reading ‘Relax!’

A Good Disconnect

Published July 19, 2012 Electronics , Letters to camp , Musings , Opinion , Overnight camp , Parenting 1 Comment
Tags: Cell phones, Email, Hollee Actman Becker, Kidsicknes, Letters to camp, Mashable, Musings, Overnight camp, Parenting, Slate, sleepaway camp, Suburb Babble, Summer camp, Time

When I was growing up, kids didn’t have the constant electronic tether to their parents that they do today. It caused the inevitable problems of course – for instance, never knowing where my brother was at dinner time (and having to call everyone in the neighborhood to find out), going to the wrong mall entrance to get picked up and missing our mom, not knowing when she’d get there to pick us up, etc.

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CampLib #3: Toilet Trouble!

Published July 15, 2012 CampLibs , CampLibs , Downloads , Fill-in-the-blank letter , Funny , Letter ideas , Letters to camp Leave a Comment
Tags: Camp letter ideas, Camper, CampLib, CampLibs, fill-in-the-blank letter, Funny, Funny letters to campers, Letters to camp, Mad Lib, Overnight camp, Parenting, sleepaway camp, Summer camp

Even More Fill In the Blank Fun

If you’re in a hurry, click here to download. Read on for more details.

Our first two CampLibs™ (Wake Up and About Your Room) were so popular that we’ve created our next CampLib in the series, Toilet Trouble! Continue reading ‘CampLib #3: Toilet Trouble!’

Asking Family & Friends to Write Your Camper

Published June 25, 2011 Getting ready for camp , Letters to camp Leave a Comment
Tags: family, Getting ready for camp, Grandparents, Letter to family, Letters to camp, Overnight camp, Preparing for camp, sleepaway camp, summercamp

Send a Quick Email

Every year, my sisters send great emails to family and friends so that everyone knows when their respective kids will be at camp, where to write and what is acceptable to send.

This is a great idea because it gets the camper’s extended family engaged in letter-writing – without the typical confusion of having to figure out the camp address, guessing what the camp will allow etc and only remembering to write after the camper comes home. Continue reading ‘Asking Family & Friends to Write Your Camper’

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Posts Tagged 'sleepaway camp'

Write Better Letters, From the Experts, part I

Kids Joke Sites

Humor: the top challenge when writing to kids at summer camp

Relax!

Recipe for a Great First Letter

You Can Do It!

A Good Disconnect

CampLib #3: Toilet Trouble!

Even More Fill In the Blank Fun

Asking Family & Friends to Write Your Camper

Send a Quick Email

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