From Lissa Jo, one of our new tutors: This is my first year as a camp tutor. After 25 years as a classroom teacher I have never seen the rate of success these students are able to accomplish. These kids get hooked on books! My favorite time of day is the morning reading hour. You [...]
From the Tutors: It is hard to believe we finished week five and six of summer 2011 at Camp Spring Creek. With five tutors, staff, energetic campers, wonderful counselors and the van der Vorst family all working together, this year at camp is proving to a blast! Along with the daily activities of tutoring, typing, [...]
So, my glitch with the tutors and counselors entries from week three was because the text was formatted on a MAC and for the first (and only) time this summer, I tried posting to the blog using a PC. Ah, so there really is a difference! Anyway, this post includes the missing posts from week [...]
From a Tutor’s Perspective….. week 3, July 9, 2010 On my first day at Camp Spring Creek, all campers, tutors and counselors gathered immediately after breakfast for the Reading Hour. What amazed me was the remarkable organization of the event. Book selection was based on student reading and interest level. With the focus of [...]
