So with less than 2 weeks to go, most of my time is going to be spent on getting this event ready. The “haunted house” is actually going to be in a small community center. We have one room divided by a partition to work with. It’s taken some creative planning but we’ll have a…
Here’s a crazy idea, offer a trip to Europe for high school kids in your area. Uh, yes you can go too. What’s that? You’ve already been to Europe? Well how about Australia? You say you don’t know the first thing about putting a trip together? I know, it’s a lot to think about. Where…
As I was out shopping for Halloween props yesterday, I saw a father and son playing with a remote control car in a parking lot. I thought back to when I was 10 years old and I had a remote control car. It was a cheap Toys ‘R’ Us car but I had a blast…
I was reading an article yesterday about a parks and recreation youth basketball league for kids. What caught my eye was that although it’s a league, where teams play against each other, nobody keeps score. It’s all for fun. Which begs the question, “Is competing against others not fun?” Having worked at a few resident…
An eight-year-old boy approached an old man in front of a wishing well, looked up into his eyes, and said: ”I understand you’re a very wise man. I’d like to know the secret of life.” The old man looked down at the youngster and replied: ”I’ve thought a lot in my lifetime, and the secret can be…
Are you looking to offer a different kind of drama program. A radio theater program may just be the thing. Who is this program geared towards? Well. there are three types of kids: Kids that are interested in creating different voices (voice over) Kids that love all types of acting Kids that want to act…
The Youth Film Project is a gem that I’m finding not many people know about. It’s a free film curriculum resource for anyone who works with youth…teachers, after school workers, mentors, parents and any group facilitator of youth. Free downloadable curricula is available for facilitators to use with youth that uses movies to promote reading,…
I love to play Knockout with middle schoolers. It’s a great game. Here are the rules: First of all you need two basketballs and half of a basketball court. When we play there are usually 7-15 people, but you can play with only a few people or as many as you’d like. Everyone lines up…
You’re assigned to run the archery area for family camp. What do you do? A. Set it up and run the activity like it’s always been run. Why change what works? B. Do something that makes it different like attaching balloons or cut outs of villains on the hay bales. You are asked to make…
