Confidence
How Muskoka Woods Summer Camp Can Help Your Child Develop Confidence
You’re a 12-year-old girl. Your parents signed you up for a week at Muskoka Woods and you don’t know anyone. You’ve just walked into your cabin for the first time and you’re staring at all new faces as you meet your cabin mates. You’re a nine-year-old boy. Sure,...
Tips for Coping with Anxiety While Your Child Is Away at Summer Camp
I remember when my son went away for the first time. Sure, he had gone for sleepovers at his best friend’s or at grandma’s or my sister’s, but this was his first time away away. It was a school trip and he was in an area I had never been, with people I didn’t know,...
Summer Camp Provides the Building Blocks for Life
When you think about the building blocks of life — the knowledge and skills we need to guide us through even the toughest moments — what do you think about? Social skills? Independence? Resilience? Having all of these abilities is paramount in achieving a happy,...
Overnight Summer Camp Sport Activities at Muskoka Woods
[photo] Dan Noble, program director for Muskoka Woods' Athletic Performance Institute (Right) and Toronto Maple Leafs forward, Mitch Marner (middle) look on as a Muskoka Woods guest trains during one of their activity choices. The physical, mental and social benefits...
Building confidence in girls
We originally published this article on July 11, 2019. We're republishing it today because the author, and Muskoka Woods Lead Facilitator, Ellen Duffield, had been invited to present her research on building confidence in girls at the UN conference on the Status of...
Tips to Prepare Your First-time Camper for Summer Camp
Attending camp for the very first time is a rite of passage. For a lot of kids it’s their first time away from the comforts of Mom and Dad, whether they’re just going for a full-day experience or even a week away. It’s a milestone that can stir up a mix of emotions —...
Benefits Of Co-ed Summer Camps For Kids
Every day when I pick up my kids from school, I notice a common theme on the playground: the boys and girls group together with their respective genders. Day in and day out, the boys typically play along the fringes of the soccer field while the girls congregate on...
How to prepare your anxious child for overnight summer camp
I wasn’t sure how my son was going to react to his first overnight experience at a camp. Sure, he was older now, but the last time I had tried to enroll him (just two years previously) in even just a day camp, I received a tearful call from him, begging to be picked...
5 Ways to Develop Leadership Skills in Your Children
Today’s children are tomorrow’s leaders. This may be hard to accept, especially if you don’t think your child is anywhere near ready to lead anything — or anyone. However, the truth is, every child has it in them to be a leader in some way, you just have to foster...
How to have a conversation with your kids about leaving cellphones at home
It’s more and more common for kids of all ages to own cell phones and other mobile devices. My 10-year-old daughter personally benefited from my last cell phone upgrade, inheriting my old iPhone. I figured it was a perfect way for her to familiarize herself with the...