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Summer Camp Survival Tip #2- Get Rest
Camp is stressful, the kids are loud and rambunctious, and it seems like you are always running from one place to another. The best thing you can do for yourself is to get rest. This applies to everyone from directors, to music people, to counselors and even campers.
The camp I still go to the most often usually gathers the counselors on the Sunday before camp starts to go over programming, decorate, setup crafts etc. This is a great time that we reconnect with old friends and make new ones. It is also when the temptation to stay up late playing 42 or spades, or just catching up can be the most harmful. The next day we have 300-500 campers coming in buses, cars and trucks. They are full of energy, mostly from Dr Pepper and Twizzlers, and they are ready to go. You need to be fully rested to be in a good, happy, helpful mood when they arrive.
The first night with kids is also an important time to emphasise going to bed early. Trust me if you don’t start it off at the beginning of the week, you’ll never get them to go to sleep later in the week.
Finally for those of us who do music and don’t have campers it is often a temptation to stay up as well. Don’t do it as much as possible. I have found that there is a correlation between the amount of sleep I have and the amount of voice I have at the end of the week. This year I’ll have three camps in a row so this is very important. Find time in the day to do what you need to do for the next day, make powerpoints, write out chords etc… But when bedtime comes, take that opportunity.
Again if you have summer camp survival tips then please email them to me and I’ll get them up here.
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