Swimming Boating Adventure Archery Sports Arts & Crafts Woodworking	Ceramics Nature Theater Arts Creative Music Video Pioneering
	Swimming Our pools are staffed with Red Cross certified instructors. Their primary job is to teach the basic water safety rules and skills in order to make each child as safe as possible in, on, or around any body of water. Each child is encouraged to progress at his or her own comfortable rate in the Red Cross program. Boating Boating is a new and unique experience to many of the children who attend our camp. All children are required to wear life jackets at all times. Basic instruction in rowing and canoeing start at first grade level. This is one of our areas where safety skills and techniques are first and foremost. Top Adventure Adventure is one of our most popular and challenging areas. This activity has been planned to encourage campers to try something new and different--some areas which may initially create anxiety. It is our belief that as a child matures, he or she needs to learn to be familiar with the anxiety that precedes any new venture, cope with uncertainty and dare to enter fully into new situations. Top Archery Safety, care and proper use of equipment are first in our archery area. Basic skills in target practice and field archery are taught by qualified instructors. The camper's skills are developed under close guidance and at his or her own pace. Top Sports The focus at Franklin Country Day Camp is on the 'new games' concept. Group, rather than individual competition, invites all children to participate, enjoy and benefit. Top Arts & Crafts Learning by doing is one of the basic philosophies of our arts & crafts program. Each activity inherently teaches children basic skills of eye-hand coordination, direction following, use of tools, and use of different media. Emphasis is placed on the fact that each child's work is unique and good. Thus, their natural creativity is fostered, leaving each camper with a feeling of success at having completed a project that is their own creation. Top Woodworking Safety, along with proper use and care of equipment comes first in our woodworking shop. Campers use hand tools only. Children are aided in designing projects for themselves and combine their own creativity with tool skills acquired. At times, projects for the camp itself are designed by the campers. Top Ceramics The basic 'earth' art form is used by the counselor to develop both manual skills and artistic creativity. Glazed clay products made by campers, range from rudimentary forms to sophisticated sculptures. All ceramic creations result in deep personal satisfaction to their makers. Top Nature Our nature program is designed to provide a child with a rich emotional out-of-doors experience. The basic theme is that man, himself, is a part of the wild natural environment, and his decisiions concerning the out-of-doors must be made with the utmost care and wisdom. We are not concerned with teaching children the fifty most common trees of North America, but rather we attemp to stimulate their curiositied and inherent desire to explore the natural world. Our counselors teach respect for everything that grows, creeps, swims of flies. It is through learning this respect that we hope to create a generation highly conscious of their responsibility for the preservation of nature. Top Theater Arts From elaborate productions to simple stunts and skits, this area allows children to become anyone or anything they wish, from monsters, or a New York Rockette, to Ghandi. Top Creative Music A jug band, playing the kazoo, arranging Wagner or Beethoven to enhance movies produced, acted and written by campers, skits, song writing, musical charades and pantomime are just a few of the extremely creative ideas that have emanated from our musical area. The enthusiastic participation in our camp 'sing time' after lunch is sometimes overwhelming. Top Video Our own FCDC weekly news program is written, directed and video taped by our campers. Each group participates at its own level, with activities ranging from 'disco dancing' to more elaborate productions. Every child is a 'star' in this area. Top Pioneering Orienteering, outdoor cooking, wilderness survival, trail blazing, cosmetically produced realistic first aid, and monkey bridges are just a few of our pioneering activities. Most importantly, a camper learns along with the 'skills of the woods' self-worth and the way to independence. The program is kept flexible enough to incorporate the original ideas of our campers. Top