YELLS Summer Camp Songs
YELLS Summer Camp youth have enjoyed some great Camp Songs over the years! Each day starts off with camp songs to get youth motivated and unified. Here are some examples of their favorites:
Alive, Awake, Alert, and Motivated!:
I am a Youth Leader:
Drippin’ in Success:
I Can
YELLS Family
U-N-I-T-Y
Other Summer Camp Song Resources:
Boom Chicka Boom:
Ultimate Camp Resources Camp Songs with Videos:
https://www.ultimatecampresource.com/camp-videos/camp-songs-with-videos/
Assembly Challenges
Assembly Challenges are a way for our Summer Camp Family Groups to build camaraderie and practice YELLS Values through some friendly competitions. Youth from various ages are in “Family” cohorts with the same camp counselor leaders throughout the summer. It’s an extra group of peers and team members that they can build relationships with and work as a team outside of their age groups. Each day before lunch, Family groups compete in challenges that get them to work together, cheer each other on, and practice good sportsmanship and YELLS Values, all while having fun – and often getting a bit messy!
Cottonball Reindeer Nose 
Cheeto Face 
Soccer Squeeze 
Soccer Squeeze 
Sundae Drop 
Cottonball Reindeer Nose
Cheerio Face Challenge Team Challenge:
Cotton-Nose Reindeer Team Challenge:
Balloon Train:
Water Bucket Race:
CheeTOES:
Fish Toss:
Cup Stacker Challenge:
Egg Tower Competition:
At the start of camp, YELLS Family teams are challenged to uplift and support their “Egg Baby” by building the tallest tower that will safely hold their egg. They must earn supplies for their tower by completing team challenges. This activity kicks off the first week of camp for youth to bond with their camp family team and tackle challenges that set camp expectations and teach YELLS Values.
Visit this album for more pics and videos of the Egg Tower Competition: https://photos.app.goo.gl/h7ancyp5gc68EBfr9
Additional Activity Resources:
The YELLS approach and the Kolb Experiential Learning Model call for us to use concrete and engaging experiences to expose youth to new concepts and learning. Then, we can use the debrief process to help youth reflect on that experience and guide them to discover new ideas, skills, and mindsets. Based on adaptations to an activity and intentional debrief questions, you can use just about any experience to teach a concept. Our goal as YELLS staff is to find the most fun and out of the box activities that we can adapt to teach our values and the skills we hope youth will learn. Here are some resources for highly engaging activities that can be adapted to teach our YELLS Foundational Concepts.
Visit the following links for ideas for highly engaging activities:
- Young Life Leaders Blog – Game Ideas
- Youth Group Games
- Team Building Exercises for Adults
- Cooperative Group Games from Ultimate Camp Resource
- Videos of Games and Activities from Ultimate Camp Resource
TikTok Activity Resources:
- TikTok | Group Games
- Actually Fun Group Games
- @gettishow on TikTok for Solo Cup/party games
- @jkezzyfan on TikTok for Solo Cup/party games
Strategic Search Terms:
Try the following search terms in google, pinterest, youtube, or TikTok:
- youth retreat activities
- teen retreat ideas
- youth ministry games
- “duct tape teambuilding”
- minute to win it games
- waiting games
- teambuilding activities
- servant-leadership activities
- team energizers
