Creative Play with Susky and Forest!

07/03/2018

Brother and sister villages, Forest and Susky, combined their creativity today and made up a fun new game that mixed trivia and bowling using a giant inflatable ball and as you may see in the photos, they used their own counsellors as the bowling pins!

Creative play is such an important part of programming here in Frost Valley. Using familiar materials and games but in a new and imaginative way is what we encourage as it helps child development and social skills and is a great way to get children to share their thoughts feelings and ideas. The campers in Susky and Forest worked really well together today and their own invention proved pretty popular with the counsellors too! No counsellors were harmed in the playing of this game….just serious fun was had!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ashley Loftus

Ashley is in her third year working at Frost Valley YMCA. Hailing from Co.Waterford in Ireland, Ashley is on an 18 month training visa, working as the Assistant Wawayanda Director in Summer and as a Program Instructor year round. Her background is in digital media with a degree in Digital Media and Communications from the University of Wolverhampton. Ashley found herself working for theater companies and after school programs for youth's and sought some new experiences here in the States that would fulfill her passion for working with young people and in the outdoors.