Saturday Night Sing Song
Saturday was a full day at Camp and campers are definitely in the flow of Camp. Yesterday (Saturday) we had regular scheduled activities as campers co...
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How Days Looked To Are Now The Past
Tonight at Sing Song, our last of the summer, we will sing Summer next to last on the line up. This notorious Sing Song request, written by my Dad, ha...
Wednesday Night Cookout
Today is THE TURN at camp! Session 5 has been flying by, and it’s hard to believe we’re already halfway through! This afternoon was spent at Hike to ....
Director Update: Soccer, Slip n' Slide Snocones
We can’t believe it’s already Thursday of Session 5! Thursday’s are notoriously known for cabin’s getting to choose their own activity, AKA Connect. T...
Terrific Tuesday
Today at Camp was truly encouraging in so many facets. Campers hit the ground running today with a full schedule of activities. The fact that we toppe...
Parent Book Club #5 - Stopping to Reflect
Today we dive into Chapter 14 of Unschooling Rules entitled Create and use periods of reflection. It’s amazing to think that many of us (myself especi...
Fishing First Sing Song
A full slate of activities were on tap today as our Session 5 sleepaway campers got their first taste of the Huawni Schedule. Campers enjoyed Huawni P...
Making History: Opening Day Session 5
Today was an exciting mile marker for the history of Camp Huawni. Not only are we celebrating 54 summers, but we also kicked off our 8th week of the s...
Summer Tree Moments
Summer Tree is a unique campus wide gatherings where Campers have the opportunity to express their feelings and show gratitude, respect, authenticity,...
Tug O War
As Tribal Competition Team day came to a close yesterday, you’d think the fun was officially over. Well….not at Huawni. Some things never change, and ...
Parent Book Club #4 - Environment Matters
Today we delve deeper into Chapter 9 of Unschooling Rules, entitled Sitting through a classroom lecture is not just unnatural for most people, it is p...
Movie On The Lawn TC Update
One of the fun and unique things about Session 4 is that we continue to get opportunities to mix up our schedule. Throwing in surprises here and there...
Ready, Set, Swim!
Time to SWIM BIKE & RUN! This Session we had ….. Campers. The Huawni Kids Triathlon includes Swimming the length of the Critter Pond, biking the c...
Miss Huawni
Miss Huawni is a pageant-style competition that happens every second Monday night. Each girl’s cabin, as well as each Tribe chooses a Miss Huawni Repr...
Sundays at Camp
Sunday is such a calm and peaceful day for Campers, it gives them a chance to rest and enjoy the activities of the day. Yesterday morning we took a tr...
Chilling Out on Purpose
The weekend at Huawni is very chill. We want to give Campers ample time to slow down a bit and really just relax. Unstructured play (a fancy new term ...
Weekend Change Up
The weekend has arrived here at Huawni and with it comes a change in schedule. We call Friday here at Huawni the Turn, which signifies a mix up in the...
Tribal Competition Begins!
This session we initiated 32 new Campers into both Caddo and Tejas Tribes! Today is the start of Individual Competition, where Campers compete for the...
Parent Book Club #3 - Critical Skills Seldom Taught
Today we will discuss Chapter 4 – Twenty-five critical skills are seldom taught, tested, or graded in high school So what twenty-five skills do our ch...
The Phantom Strikes!
It was just another normal day at Camp Huawni as we raised the flag this morning….or was it?? As we normally do, we invited cabins to come up at flag ...
Sing Song #1 (Almost Live from KWNI Soundcloud Radio)
So many things that we do at Huawni are simple. One of those is Sing Song, where all of camp gathers to sing traditional camp songs. You wouldn’t thin...
First Day of Activities Awakening Our Senses
Monday here at Session 4 was very pleasant. While a lot of Texas has been getting soaked, it’s been overcast, dry, and cool here at Huawni. We would l...
Opening Day Session 4!
On a beautiful overcast day in East Texas, with a cool breeze blowing, we opened the Huawni Gates for the fourth time this summer to welcome in our ne...
Session 3 Summer Tree
Yesterday Camp gathered around the boughs of the Summer Tree as campers and staff got a chance to speak what was on their hearts. Here’s a snippet of ...
Celebrating Session 3
Our 4th of July Celebration yesterday was a special addition to what is turning out to be a great session for our Session 3 campers. As this session n...
Huawni on July 4th!
It’s raining at Camp and we are so very grateful! Yesterday in the late afternoon we got a big rain and it has really cooled off Camp! After all-day T...
Swim, Bike, and Run!
Our Session 3 Triathlon results are in and we are so proud of all of our campers who completed this challenging course! The Huawni Kids Triathlon is a...
Simple Sundays
The weekend is officially over, but the memories are anything but gone. Sunday at Camp is a day to slow down, focus on the main things in life, and en...