Day Camp
At what time do you need to get the campers attention, take head count, and review the rules/expectations?
9:15am
At what time do you need to get campers attention, take head count, and review rules/expectations?
9:15am
When does extended care start and end for Day Camp and where does it take place?
Start: 8am in camp house
End: 5pm in camp house
During drop-off on Monday morning a parent says that they want to order lunch for their child. What do you do?
Make them a lunch sheet
It's the top of the hour and all of the campers are getting out of the pool. Where do they go?
To the fence. All campers should have 2 hands on the fence so that they can be counted.
Your group has finished the themed game with 15 minutes left before you change stations. What should you do?
What are the drop-off and pick-up times for Mini Camp?
Drop-off: 9am
Pick-up: 1pm
When does extended care start and end for Mini Camp and where is it?
Start: 8am in camp house
End: 3pm in Kid's stuff
A parent asks you a question that you think you know the answer to, but you are not 100% sure. What do you do?
If you are unsure, get Savannah, Katie, or Levi. Do not answer questions that you do not know the answer to.
You're the aquatic observer. You have 35 campers that day. You have repeatedly counted and are only getting 34 campers. What do you do?
1. Double check your count
2. Communicate with counselors in areas if campers were switching locations or using the restroom.
3. Calmly communicate with Savannah, Katie, or Levi
What should a day camp counselor be doing during tennis on Thursdays?
Managing camper behavior, make sure campers are listening and participating, counselor participates if needed.
Counselors need to be involved and engaged.
True or false: Mini Camp does all of the same events as Day Camp
False; Mini Camp only does Friday events
True or False: If a camper is enrolled in extended care, they need to be at extended care for the full time (from drop off to pick up)
False; guardians can drop their camper off and pick their camper up anywhere in the drop-off and pick-up window.
It's 5:15pm and you still have a camper who has not been picked up from extended care. What do you do?
Bring them to Kid's Stuff and tell the Kid's Stuff Employee to call Savannah.
True or False: Every child should change out of their bathing suits after swim time.
False; the campers enrolled in extended care do not need to change out of their swimsuits. All other campers need to change out of their swimsuits.
A camper gets signed out for a dentist appointment at 10:25am on Wednesday morning. Their parent tells you that they should be back around 11:30am. What is your course of action?
First, make sure that the camper is properly signed out with a parent signature, and make sure that counselors in your group know that the number of campers has changed.
We go to fitness inside on Wednesdays from 11-11:45, so a floater or counselor needs to head back to the camp house at 11:20 to sign the camper back in when they get back.
Where does mini camp do their craft?
Mini camp house
True or False: Campers must all be in the same area during extended care swim/sand pit time.
True; 1 counselor takes the kids to EITHER the pool or the sand pit. Kids must stay in one area for the counselor to monitor.
A parent comes in upset about something that happened at camp the previous day. What do you do?
Get Savannah, Katie, or Levi so that they can talk to the parent about the issue.
How often does the aquatic observer count and record the number of campers?
Every 10 minutes.
It is time for swim time, but there are only 3 counselors available. What do you do?
Wait at the fence until at least 5 counselors are ready to start swim time.
You have gone to get the lunches for mini camp, and one camper thinks that they have a hot lunch, but there is not a hot lunch ordered for them. What do you do?
1. Check the lunch sheet to see if they are marked Y or N for lunch.
2. Check their bag to see if they have a cold lunch packed.
3. Communicate with Savannah, Katie, or Levi if the camper still needs lunch.
How do you know when you can take the Mini Campers to extended care?
When all of the campers are picked up except the ones enrolled in Mini Camp.
A camper is not on the check-in sheet. What do you do?
Get Savannah, Katie, or Levi
True or False: Campers can buy food and drinks from concessions during swim time.