⛑ We have taken protective measures against Covid 19.
⛑ We have taken protective measures against Covid 19.
🏡 Pensiunea Dor de Munte Straja is safe in the context of the Covid 19 pandemic, being in an isolated area at an altitude of 1360 m.
To protect the participants and the guesthouse staff, and also for the smooth running of the activities, we have taken the following measures against the spread of Covid 19:
✅Accommodation and meals rules:
1. The guesthouse will operate as a closed circuit, so only camp participants will have access to the property.
2. On arrival, the temperature of guests and staff will be taken. If it exceeds 37.3⁰C, they will not be allowed into the establishment. Participants must present a certificate from their family doctor stating that they are not registered with chronic transmissible diseases.
3. The maximum authorized number of places in the guesthouse will be respected. What's more, at least one free space will be left in each room! If the situation requires it, only one participant will stay in each room.
4. In the common areas you will find disinfectant and masks provided free of charge. All common areas will be disinfected at least 3 times a day.
5. Food will be served during the time slots: 8:30-9:30, 13:00-14:30 and 19:00-20:30, outside the guesthouse, out on the terrace. The tables will be at least 1.5 m apart. Food will be served on disposable plastic plates and with disposable plastic cutlery.
6. When the law permits, we will serve food in the enclosed spaces of the restaurant, if the camp organizer requests it in certain situations, respecting all the rules imposed by the authorities.
7. Breakfast can be served in the room or outside on the terrace, depending on the situation.
7. The guesthouse staff who come into contact with the tourists will be protected with a protective mask and gloves.
8. The camp participants have a well-established hygiene and room-tidying schedule.
9. Participants will be instructed to follow the protective and self-protective measures against Covid 19. Notices with the recommended measures will be displayed in plain sight, and the instructors will constantly ensure that they are followed.
✅Activities rules
1. All activities will take place outdoors: morning warm-up, hikes, games, adventure park, zip line, wall climbing, health education lessons, sports lessons, cultural-educational lessons, campfire, film on the projector, and more.
2. Participants will avoid physical contact and keep an appropriate distance from their peers during the activities.
3. Personalized bandanas will be provided free of charge that can, if needed, cover the mouth and nose during activities and beyond.
✔Please note that we will keep in touch with the authorities to stay up to date with developments related to the state of alert and to ensure that we meet all the legal measures.
✔Our camps promote health above all.
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Details and enrollment:
💻Web: www.taberestraja.ro
📱Tel: 0727851654
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Summer camp – short topical articles
Short articles written by our instructors – Tabere Straja – Summer Camps
- How do we talk to children about the COVID-19 virus?
- We present the recipe for the Fruitylicious bar.
- Can we protect ourselves from the COVID-19 pandemic with the help of food or dietary supplements?
- What are the benefits of children spending time cooking?
The instructors of the summer camps: the health camp for overweight children, the adventure camp for school-age children, the adventure and nutrition camp for preschoolers and the sport and nutrition camp for adults have prepared for you a few interesting, and also useful, articles.
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How do we talk to children about the COVID-19 virus?
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👩🏼🏫Our psychologist Andreea Şilochi from the Health Camp for Overweight Children recommends a timely article!!
❗️It is VERY IMPORTANT how we talk to children about the COVID-19 virus:
https://www.nasponline.org/…/talking-to-children-about-covi…
🔴We all know that the media has a great influence on people, especially when they are experiencing strong emotions or going through a critical period or situation.
During this time, we are all bombarded with various news stories, some of them true, others false, made with the aim of triggering or amplifying strong negative emotions, such as fear or even panic.
To better understand this phenomenon of fake news, we recommend the following short video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwjwQvXohdI
🔴So, we also offer you a series of official online sources that you can follow to find information about the COVID-19 virus:
– http://www.ms.ro/coronavirus-covid-19/
– https://www.who.int/emergen…/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
Recommendations from the article suggested in the links – about how we talk to children about COVID-19:
– try to be a role model for your children – children usually react to a parent's reactions, learning from the example they set;
– be aware of how you talk to them about COVID-19 – this can increase or decrease the fear they may feel – reassure them that you are with them and that you are there to give them the security they need; listen to them when they talk about how they feel and respond to them with honesty and gentleness;
– explain to them the importance of social distancing – tell them that a set of rules from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other specialists must be followed, including keeping a distance from others, precisely to keep COVID-19 infection at bay;
– do breathing exercises together with them, to calm strong emotions;
– focus on the positive things – enjoy your family and the time spent with them and pursue your projects and passions; give children the chance to connect with their friends online
– set a daily routine and follow it – it helps increase the sense of control, calm and well-being; do physical exercise together with the little ones;
– identify projects through which you can help others – for example – check in on vulnerable people, such as the elderly, and offer them your support;
– give children love and affection – they need it, especially during this time;
– monitor the activity of watching television and reading news on social media sites; these can negatively influence emotions of fear and anxiety, many of them being false and, moreover, capable of creating confusion in children;
– explain to children that much of the news on social media sites is untrue and may contain inaccurate information; talk to children about suitable and appropriate information related to COVID-19;
– when you talk to children, let their questions guide you – answer them honestly, but don't give details that aren't necessary – don't avoid passing on the information that experts suggest is crucial for children's well-being – give them information to increase their sense of control and reduce their fear;
– explain the safety steps to them in a simple and honest way – for example – This virus spreads among people who are close to one another, when someone sneezes or coughs, or when someone touches objects or surfaces infected with the virus
– stay up to date and get your information from official sources
– take the child's age into account when giving them information – for example, with a child in elementary school (grades 1-4), you can explain the basic rules, the fact that we have to wash our hands to stay away from the virus, reassuring them that you are with them and will protect them, so they are safe; with a teenager, you can explain in depth, involving them in decisions about the activities you can do together at home.
For all children, it is important to encourage them to talk about how they feel and what they think about this situation, and to listen to them!
– stay connected to school – find learning resources, online platforms, ask the children (especially teenagers) about the information received from school that could help you – talk to the teachers if you are worried about how (the child) is coping with the situation – for example – if you notice they don't have time for all the online homework
– familiarize yourself with the symptoms of COVID-19 (fever, dry cough, breathing difficulties – which appear within 14 days of exposure to the virus) – for some, the symptoms are similar to those of a cold, for others, they are more severe
– emphasize hygiene and a healthy lifestyle – encourage children to wash their hands (for the little ones – they can hum a children's song for 20 seconds)
– praise children's healthy behaviors (sneezing into their elbow, washing their hands, throwing away the tissue they sneezed into, etc.)
– unfortunately, handshakes and hugs must be limited during this time
– encourage children to eat healthily, sleep and exercise – remember, what matters is what they see their parents do, not what their parents tell them to do!
– be aware of their mental health – if you notice the following symptoms in children, persisting for more than two weeks, consult a specialist:
– for preschoolers (under 7) – if you notice them sucking their thumb, sweating excessively, wetting the bed or their clothes, clinging to their parents, fear of the dark, loss of appetite, withdrawn behaviors;
– for children in elementary school (grades 1-4) – irritability, aggression, nightmares, avoiding school, reduced concentration and withdrawal from activities with friends or family;
– for teenagers – sleep deficits, disrupted eating (eating either more or less), restlessness, increased conflicts, delinquent behavior, reduced concentration.
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We present the recipe for the Fruitylicious bar
👩🏼🏫Together with Larisa Rusu, the Tabere Straja nutritionist, we want to present the recipe for the Fruitylicious bar.
👩🏼🍳Let's remember what we used to do at camp.
📸We look forward to photos in the comments section, if you make the bars at home.
📄Recipe for a seed snack bar
Ingredients:
Walnuts/hazelnuts/almonds/seeds, muesli/oat flakes, banana (essential to bind the rest of the ingredients together), honey, dried fruit/goji berries/raisins, *coconut flakes, *chocolate chips, milk (to soften the oat flakes).
Method:
Mash the banana
Pour milk over the oat flakes to soften them
Mix the dry ingredients in a larger bowl, then add the mashed banana
Spread the mixture into a tray lined with baking paper
Put it all in the oven for 10-15 min at 180 degrees Celsius, until the color turns golden-brown.
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Can we protect ourselves from the COVID-19 pandemic with the help of food or dietary supplements?
🦠COVID-19- Raluca Topan a nutritionist-dietician on the Tabere Straja team, has prepared an informative text for us.
In the context of the current pandemic and the widespread fear of catching the virus, a series of miraculous claims and tips have appeared in the press and on social media about certain miracle foods and supplements that strengthen the immune system and help us avoid developing the virus.
Can we improve and strengthen our immune system with the help of food?
When we talk about the immune system, it is more useful to talk about how a healthy and balanced diet can help it function NORMALLY and ideally, certainly not about "boosting" it.
Put more simply, we cannot "boost" our immune system through food, and no specific food or supplement can prevent catching the COVID-19 virus. Good hygiene practice remains the best way to avoid infection.
To date, the European Food Safety Authority has not authorized any legislation for a food, food product or supplement to be labeled as having a protective role against infection.
There are many nutrients involved in the normal functioning of the immune system (including Copper, Folate, Iron, Selenium, Zinc and vitamins A, B6, B12, C and D), so I would rather encourage maintaining a healthy and balanced diet during this time, to support immune function.
We don't recommend eating any specific food at the expense of another; instead I encourage you to eat a wide variety of foods, from all the food groups, to maintain a balanced and healthy diet.
Foods, as such, in their natural form, contain plenty of nutrients that help support the immune system.
By eating as varied a range of foods as possible, from all the food groups, we will manage to give our bodies all the nutrients they need, without resorting to "miracle" supplements.
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What are the benefits of children spending time cooking?
We know that during this time it's a challenge to find activities that keep the little ones busy for a long time, but that are also useful to them, so we have a suggestion:
Keep them in the kitchen alongside you!
What are the benefits of children spending time cooking? Here are a few of them:
- It promotes healthy eating, the first and, in my opinion, most important benefit. By spending time cooking, children learn which foods are the most nutritious and which are the healthy ways of preparing food, and so they develop habits that can be kept up for life.
- By getting involved in the process, they will be much more open and curious and will try new dishes, which we know they are normally so skeptical about.
- It builds self-confidence: I'm sure you too remember your first successful recipe, what a lovely feeling, isn't it? When a child manages to complete a recipe successfully, even with help, they will surely feel proud. What's more, as children cook more, their level of independence grows, which in turn boosts self-esteem.
- It improves reading and math skills: ask them to read the recipes, which helps improve reading comprehension, and to do the measurements themselves, so you can revisit lessons learned at school (e.g. "If this recipe uses 2 eggs, how many would we use if we made it 3 times this week?")
- It increases the ability to concentrate and pay attention: you have to explain to them that, in order to get a satisfying result, they need to follow the instructions step by step and stay focused. Children will be very receptive and will understand that in order to enjoy the result they have to work very carefully.
– It strengthens emotional bonds: Cooking is a process the whole family can enjoy, so make this habit a routine and bring your loved ones closer!
It's quite possible the whole thing will end with more mess than usual, but you will certainly be helping the little ones develop harmoniously. Or who knows? You might discover you have a future cook in the family! 😊
Borbely Adelina, nutritionist-dietician at Tabere Straja
The health camp for overweight children; The adventure camp for school-age children; The adventure and nutrition camp for preschoolers; The sport and nutrition camp for adults; Summer camps 2020;