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Partnering with Parents
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Mountain Day Camp Partners With Parents
Mountain Day Camp is about more than just your child's individual development. It is about building community. Each family that sends a child to Mountain Day Camp becomes an important part of our camp community.
To ensure the ongoing strength of this community, we encourage parents to get involved in their child's experiences at camp. Our goal is to set each camper up for a successful camp experience. We look forward to talking with parents about their child's growth in our four focus areas of connectedness, ownership, identity, and expertise. Camp staff is available throughout the summer to answer any questions and take constructive suggestions about how to improve our program.
And, we want families to join in the fun! Each summer, we host a Family BBQ. At the Family BBQ, parents can meet the other families in our camp community, get to know camp staff, make play dates with new friends, and participate in some of our favorite camp activities! See you there! We host many other family events throughout the year to help foster connections among families.
The MDC Blog
The MDC Blog is Mountain Day Camp's way of communicating about child development related articles, Photos, MDC Events, Summer Session information and daily happenings at camp. Visit the MDC Blog to learn more!
American Camp Association Parent Resources
Articles from MDC Directors
Download a PDF of recent articles written by Betsy Strohmaier, Mountain Day Camp Director, published in Boulder County Kids:
MDC Parent Reading List
Because of Mountain Day Camp's developmental philosophy, we try to keep up on the most current research. Here are a few of the current favorites that parents might also enjoy:
- Last Child Into the Woods by Richard Louv
- The Power of Play by David Elkind
- The Blessing of a Skinned Knee by Wendy Mogel
Keeping Kids Safe Online
Letting kids go online does not have to be a scary experience for parents. Keeping communication open and computers in an easy to monitor place are the first steps to keeping kids safe. Remember that many cell phones have internet plans, text and photo messaging that fall into the online category.
Here are some helpful links for parents with resources to filtering software and more:
- www.cde.state.co.us : A complete online guide for parents prepared by the Colorado Department of Education
- www.wiredkids.org : A charity sponsored website dedicated to protecting children and other internet users from cybercrime.
Resources on Bullying
We want to prevent bullying at camp, in schools and in the larger community in which we all live. Together, parents and childcare professionals must keep an open dialogue with children about this topic to help with prevention. Here are some helpful resources about bullying:
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