Competitive Play at Moosilauke

By Sam, Counselor-in-Training, age 16

Competition has probably been one of the most memorable experiences for me at Camp Moosilauke. Friendly competition against other camps and even your friends can show your true character. Every game you either watch or participate in is fun, exciting, and positive.

Here at Moosilauke, it doesn’t matter if you win, lose, or tie. Having fun is the key ingredient during different competitions. Sure you might not perform the way you wanted to in any given game, but there are many different opportunities throughout the summer in competition where you can work to achieve your goals.

Imagine a Place...

By Bill McMahon, Co-Director

Design in your mind the perfect place for boys to live, learn and grow. A place…

• Where they eat three sit down meals a day with an adult.
• Where at the end of every meal every boy willingly helps clean the table.
• Where there are no cell phones, video games, texting, sexting, or IMing. None. Instead, boys talk face-to-face. And they read at night.
• Where boys clean their room and make their bed every morning as part of their routine.
• Where college students spend all day long mentoring younger boys, and teaching them new skills.
• Where boys feel supported to try new things.

Why Kids Succeed: the Importance of Mindset and What it Means for How We Provide Praise

By Bill McMahon, Co-Director

If you thought the core theories about how kids learn and grow best are set and have not changed for decades you would be dead wrong. New and meaningful research is coming out every year, and much of it is not necessarily intuitive.

A professor at Stanford named Carol Dweck has written a fascinating book about self-theories called Mindset: the New Psychology of Success. She posits that there are two core mindsets that kids (and adults) have. One is a “fixed” mindset. People with this mindset believe their intelligence and talent is fixed. The other is a “growth” mindset. People in this category see intelligence and talent as a malleable quality; a potential that can be developed.

Trips for the Inter B's

By Noah, Inter B camper, age 11

One of the first trips of the year, the Inter B’s took a trip to Baker Cliffs.  Baker Cliffs is a natural place where you can jump off the rocks like a diving board.  The water was cold, and made the air seem warm.  After that, the Inter B’s went to Fat Bob’s, an ice cream store in Warren, New Hampshire.  Everyone picked their flavor, talked to their friends, and had fun.