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UrduThe summer holiday break is often considered a time of fun and relaxation for school children, but hand in hand with a respite from routine comes an increase in sedentary behaviour and screen time, and in turn, poorer health and academic outcomes.
Tag: Summer Camp
Summer Camp Ready: Tips From Hackensack Meridian Health Pediatricians On Preparing Your Child For A Healthy Summer Camp Season
Pediatrician tips to prepare your child for a healthy happy time at summer camp.
Pool Safety: What You Need to Know for a Safe Swimming Season
The school year is winding down, summer is around the corner and that means more children are splashing into swimming pools, whether in a backyard, at summer camp, or at recreation center pools.
Summer Camp Goals for Kids with Allergies and Asthma: Stay Safe and Have Fun
Parents of children with allergies and asthma often face an added layer of concern about summer camp as they wonder how they will keep their kids safe from allergy and asthma flares, while allowing them to have great summer fun.
Setting a new course for All About Energy, a data-driven program for Chicago high school students
All About Energy challenges high school students from across Chicago to research data and raise awareness of environmental justice issues that affect local communities.
National Poll: Safety not always top of mind for parents choosing kids’ summer camps
Less than half of parents rate general safety policies as essential to their camp decision, according to the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health.
This Summer, Camps Need to Protect Kids From COVID-19, and Allergy and Asthma Triggers
This summer, camps for kids will not only have to protect kids from COVID-19, but kids with allergies and asthma will need to be kept safe from an allergic reaction or asthma flare.
Practicing ‘Mindfulness’ in Summer Camp Benefits Campers and Counselors Alike
A project shows how implementing an evidence-based mindfulness program in a summer camp setting decreases emotional distress in school age children and empowers campers and counselors alike – enhancing camper-counselor relationships. Mindfulness – a state of consciousness that fosters awareness – has the potential to help regulate emotions and behaviors. Mindful breathing, mindful bodies, and mindful listening assisted in bringing awareness to campers in the program and provided skills to address stressful experiences.
Study: Many Summer Camps Don’t Require Childhood Immunizations
Nearly half of summer camps surveyed by researchers didn’t have official policies requiring campers be vaccinated, according to findings led by Michigan Medicine C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in JAMA Pediatrics.
Of 378 camps represented, just 174 reportedly had immunization policies for campers and 133 (39%) mandated staffers be vaccinated.
Argonne provides STEM opportunities for more than 800 students during pandemic
The laboratory’s Educational Programs and Outreach department successfully transitioned all of its summer programming to a virtual learning environment.
Free ArtPlay workshops for teachers will share tips for virtual teaching Aug. 11, Aug. 17
When musical theater and visual arts summer camps went online at the University of Alabama at Birmingham this summer, staff did not know what to expect. The award-winning camps, presented by UAB’s ArtPlay, are always popular, to the point of selling out all available spaces. Despite the teachers’ fears, campers and their parents loved the new virtual camps.
UNH Researchers Offer Tips for Parents About Summer Camps During COVID-19
Summer camps everywhere are facing the difficult decision of whether to open this year. For families the challenge is choosing whether to let their children attend. Experts at the University of New Hampshire have developed a tip sheet meant to help parents navigate information and guide them to make informed and comforting decisions whether to send children camp during the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic.