It is the position of the City of Regina that no child, regardless of his/her medication needs as described above, be denied access to its programs. These guidelines will assist staff in providing sup...

Policies for the administration of emergency medication and the participation of alergic children in summer camp. Includes forms.

Sample of a letter to parents advising of exposure to chicken pox.

A sampling of games intended to to avoid elimination, encourage group effort, and maintain maximum activity levels. Each game involves teams working together to attain a goal.

This activity is intended to introduce each person to a group and learn some information about them.

Details are given of various games that can be played with frisbees.Originally published in OPHEA Journal, Fall 1998.

This is a planning guide for Girls’ Days, which are aimed at providing a wide range of enjoyable opportunities for young women in the areas of physical activity, nutrition, mind and spirit, self estee...

Sample of a letter to parents advising of exposure to head lice.

This resource defines what a playday who, who should be involved and how, and gives pointers on play leaders, games for different age groups, equipment, sites and additional resources.

A section of the policies and procedures manual providing guidelines, rules, and general information to program and camp staff.

A new version of Simon Says that emphasizes fitness moves and keeps everyone involved. No special equipment required.

This manual contains sections on program planning, risk management, behaviour management, arts and crafts and games - suitable for playground leaders.

PlaySport embraces "Teaching Games for Understanding", an approach that taps into kids' inherent desire to play by 'teaching kids games by playing games'. By playing games that are fun and adaptable t...

Policy and procedure for the administration of prescribed medications at camps and programs.

This document provides a policy and procedures for dealing with children not picked up after closure of the swimming pool.

A section of the policies and procedures manual providing guidelines, rules, and general information to program and camp staff.

This form is for establishing expenses and fees when planning programs.

Contains many ideas for cooperative games, organized by age group, setting and level of activity.

This is a form which can be used to evaluate recreation staff on a variety of topics, including general factors, interpersonal effectiveness, programming and administration/organization.

This manual provides detailed policies and procedures to be followed by summer camp staff and a series of appendices including: minor incident/accident log; discipline log;discipline report letter; ac...

This twelve page document includes general objectives, a philosophy on special needs participants, job descriptions, and terms of employment. Also included are rules for children, childrens' personal...

Sample of an eight week staff work schedule for a summer day camp program.

This is a form suitable for evalutaing summer or student staff.

The article summarizes the documentary, "A Gift of Summer: The Story of Dr. Dan Offord and the Kids of Christie Lake Camp." Christie Lake Camp is a summer camp for underpriviledged and troubled youth...

This study shows participating in accredited summer camps in Canada leads to positive social integration and citizenship, greater environmental awareness, improved self-confidence and personal d...