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The camp song mega list

Songs for younger campers (3-6)

-ABC song

-baby bumble bee

-days of the week

HIgh energy songs

-get loose

-get down get funky

-pop the corn

-man of the sea

-aunt hova’s chickens 

-purple soup

-baby shark

-rattlin’ bog

-green grass grows

-banana’s unite

-I must be on my way (good on the last day)

Low energy songs

-I caught a BUG

-princess pat

-dis is my hand

-If I were not a camper

-days of the week (different version)

-the llama song

-jay bird

-yogi bear

-yo ho mama bear

-flutella

-frogs on the log

Counsellor call out and participation

-the counsellor song

-show me how to get down

-rock the boat

I’ll update as I find more

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And this,

Thanks

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Working at camp has trained me so much that my automatic response to any ailment is to drink some water. All feelings, I drink water before I do anything else about it.

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It does not make you a bad camp counselor if your camp opens this summer but you choose not to work for your health. I know that we all talk about putting the kids first, but you also need to protect yourself. The reality is that, even if my camp had opened, my ability to go to camp and what I could do there would have been severely restricted due to a health condition and the health department’s rules for that condition, if I was allowed to go at all. And I’m guessing some of you also are in a high risk group.

So it is ok to prioritize your health and take the summer off if you don’t feel safe. You aren’t a bad camp staff for trying to protect yourself.

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Imagine typing out this letter and not stopping halfway and thinking “Hmmm, this makes me sound like the worst human being in the world.”

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I love all the comments about feeling called out and, honestly? Same.

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I’m sad guys. I was finally able to return to camp world for spring break camps after 2 years of no work, but everything closed because of the virus. I’m sad about that but I know it’s for the greater good. I hope everyone is staying safe out there and doing their part to flatten the curve.

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All I remember from summer camp is my cabin’s odd love-hate relationship with plastic spoons.

See, we hated spoons. (Don’t remember why.) But we also put them in our hair because no one had bobby pins. So we literally stole plastic spoons from the kitchen, wrote ‘there is no spoon’ or ‘this is not a spoon’ on them (in red sharpie) and we wore them in our hair.

If someone asked why we had spoons in our hair, we would just smile and say “what spoon?” and pretend to not know what they were talking about. We did this for TWO WEEKS. 

I still do it sometimes to mess with my friend’s heads

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More fun (and safe!) pranks to do while at camp!

“Pranks I used to do:

Pile all of their mattresses in the middle of the room Kidnap their Junior Counselor (sometimes called a CIT??) and make a scavenger hunt for them to find their JC/CIT. While their cabin looks for them, you can play games with their JC/CIT. Do the above but with mattresses Party prank! Throw a surprise dance party in their cabin! Heart attack! This is a great two night/long night activity. Spend the first night/first half of your night cutting out hearts and writing notes. Then COVER their cabin with the hearts. Make sure you have a sign that says “You’ve been heart attacked!” I’ll write if I remember any more!”

— greetingsfromkalamazoo

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rhodey/tony is good for many reasons

i love the best friends to lovers trope

i love the concept of rhodey being this wise sage figure to tony’s dumb 15 yo ass. as a dumb 17 yo. dumb boys. who are also rocket scientists.

i don’t want tony dating anybody while at MIT but…. puppy crush…….

remembering the puppy crush when they’re 40 hfdjjfj

the countless fics where tony is at the rhodes’ for a holiday and is basically adopted. idk if this is a comic canon or what but it’s so soft

long term loyalty and friendship……,,,,, and pining

pining until they finally get together

sweet kisses….. “we could have been doing this 30 years ago????” rhodey is smooth enough not to remind tony how goofy looking, tiny, annoying, and completely unappealing as a romantic option tony was when they met. just keep kissing the man rhodey

ok the point of that was sweet kisses

that one fic about every time tony proposes to rhodey

also the trope where they were married the whole time

whatever stage of relationship they are in, they are the same level of married

next time you ride with me

while i’m at it this is my absolute favourite tony/rhodey (with a twist. a dash of pepper, you might say.)

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Help the homesick camper by:

Do your research - find out about your camper from fellow staff

Walk and Talk - have your conversation as you stroll around camp

Give options - offer location options (a stroll vs under a tree)

Try an “Up and Out” - offer up a silly question

Overcome the mantras - help the camper avoid the mantras such as “I want to go home”

Buy time - ask the camper to give camp a chance

Continue to show interest - keep up your interest in the conversation

Tell a story

Encourage participation

Stay connected - continue to check in on the camper

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More fun (and safe!) pranks to do while at camp!

“Pranks I used to do:

Pile all of their mattresses in the middle of the room Kidnap their Junior Counselor (sometimes called a CIT??) and make a scavenger hunt for them to find their JC/CIT. While their cabin looks for them, you can play games with their JC/CIT. Do the above but with mattresses Party prank! Throw a surprise dance party in their cabin! Heart attack! This is a great two night/long night activity. Spend the first night/first half of your night cutting out hearts and writing notes. Then COVER their cabin with the hearts. Make sure you have a sign that says “You’ve been heart attacked!” I’ll write if I remember any more!”

— greetingsfromkalamazoo

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When cooking over the fire...

Counselor: “Your ravioli is going to have a very smoky flavor to it and people pay a lot of money for that, so feel honored.”