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Saturday, November 11 – 8:30AM Children are watching cartoons. Teenagers are fast asleep. Retail workers are getting ready for their shifts. Parents of young kids are working on their second …

Another amazing summer at camp has ended and we are facing another chilly Canadian winter before we get back to our home away from home again next year. But before …

A musical might be about a boy teaching a small town the importance of expressing yourself through dance. It might be about an elephant who learns how to stand up …

The benefits of camp for a youngster, particularly for many of the campers that we work with at Camp Kodiak, are numerous and clear. However we know that the cost …

I have been teaching special education in Ontario for almost 20 years, and I have found that too often parents are left feeling powerless in meetings about their own children …

Camp Kodiak’s story started long before our first summer. It started with my father’s personal experiences with school failure and then his quest to help students like him in the …

In my never-ending quest to find good books on parenting and education, I was pointed in the direction of The Out-Of-Sync Child, a book about sensory processing disorder. I dutifully …

This week I posted a question on my Facebook page: What did you learn at Camp Kodiak? I got scores of responses from campers past and present, and most of …

At Camp Kodiak we work hard to establish a daily routine that will make all of our campers feel comfortable. So what does that daily routine look like? Wake Up …

April is tax time in Canada. As that deadline draws nearer, parents can become more reflective on how they can save money, reduce unnecessary expenses, and make their money stretch …