2019 Summer Camps
Contents
Camp Schedule
Gear & Guidelines
Daily Flow
Skills and Themes
Camp Descriptions
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Camp Schedule
Gear & Guidelines
Daily Flow
Skills and Themes
Camp Descriptions
Click Here for Tuition Info
Click Here for Teen Programs
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Camp Schedule 2019: Ages 6-10
June 24-28: Plants, Crystals & Fairy Magic July 8-12: Plant Medicine & Wildcrafting July 15-19: Stealth, Camo, & Shelter July 22-26: Animal Tracking & Bird Language July 29-Aug 2: Adventure Camp Aug 5-9: Mud, Bugs & Soil Aug 12-16: Games, Forts & Magic We invite you to notice our commentary on the amount of focus or group work versus individual and play-based rating for each camp and determine which camp best fits your participants interests. *Youth will only be allowed to use knife that are 'fixed blade' with a finger guard. We provide knives for learning. Please let us know if you send your participant with a tool such as a knife. We will ask them to keep it in their backpack unless they are supervised. Daily Flow
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Summer Gear
Please come prepared with the following: - water bottle - backpack/bag participant can easily carry - lunch with extra snacks (we do not allow food sharing) - sunscreen, hat, sunglasses, longsleeve layer to block sun - closed-toed shoes - extra change of clothes - child specific gear: diapers, wipes, bug spray, medications, etc *please no toys unless they are nature exploration related and can be shared. For more info check out our Program Handbook Group Agreements for Participation We will cover these every morning with kids and support them in maintaining our group agreements. Please take the time to review and go over them with your participant. - No Violence with words or actions We do not allow gun play or games that encourage violence towards one another. We do allow games with competition in addition to our collaborative curriculum. Conflict is inevitable, and important. We will work with participants to navigate and communicate through conflict. In addition to respecting humans, we encourage participants to respect the more-than-human world of plants and creatures, and help teach skills to build awareness, listening and relationship to our surroundings. - No exclusive behavior Participants are encouraged to engage with the whole group and allow others to join their play and exploration. This is not an play date, it's a community. - You must participate & be willing to listen to safety guidelines Youth do not have to play a game or do an activity if they don't want to, however they will be encouraged to stay close to the group and offered another alternative. If the participant needs some down time, we will find the best way to support them within the context of the environment and activity. - No food sharing This is out of respect to families and youth regarding special diets and allergies. Participants who are unwilling to follow our guidelines, which are designed specifically to maintain physical and emotionally safe environments for learning and play, may be asked to reconsider their participation and risk being asked to leave if they do not change their behavior. We are interested in working with families to make the program work for everyone. |
Skills & Themes
All of our camps will incorporate a combination of these skills, based on the experience and skill set of the instructors.
- Bird Language: What are the birds saying about what is happening all around us? We will learn how to notice and identify stories playing out all around us.
- Animal Tracking: Nature is full of stories, and the signs to read them are all around us! We will learn basic concepts of tracking as well as learn the energies and lessons of different animals!
- Friction Fire: Learn to collect tinder bundles and fuel, then make fire with friction and cook on it!
- Forest Aid: Basic first aid concepts, plants that heal & healing ecologies.
- Plant Medicine:Learn concepts of plant communication and plant medicine while crafting healing potions!
- Exploring Ancestry: We will inquire into our own cultural ancestry, while learning about the Indigenous history of the land we are on and the people who live here.
- Shelter Building: Learn to use tarps, branches, fallen logs and leaves as shelter!
- Fiber Arts: Learning to weave and crafts using natural fiber and forest materials.
- Sensory Awareness: We will use our senses to notice and track our surroundings and learn to read nature sign.
- Self Awareness: We all have impact on others and on spaces. Through mentorship, nature observation, and natural movement will will learn more about our relationship to our environment.
- Natural Movement: The way we move and engage with our body and our environment shapes our experience and affects our brain development. Through play, craft and games we will engage in a deeper exploration of our relationship to our bodies and how we use them.
- Consent: Learning about consent through activities, games, discussion and crafts. Learning to respect ourselves, other people, plants and animals.
- Accountability: How can we be accountable to ourselves and our community? Let's explore together.
- Animal Tracking: Nature is full of stories, and the signs to read them are all around us! We will learn basic concepts of tracking as well as learn the energies and lessons of different animals!
- Friction Fire: We will learn concepts of how to tend and invite the element of fire.
- Plant Medicine: Each plant holds stories and medicine. We will explore relationship with plants, and the medicines they offer their ecosystem as well as how they affect the human body.
Camp Descriptions
under construction. dates posted above are accurate.
Please notice our notes about focus and structure to find the camp that will best suit your participant's interests and needs.
Plant Medicine & Wildcrafting: Baskets, Foraging, & Herbal Medicine, Ages 6-10
Stealth, Camo, and Shelter, Ages 6-10
Mud, Bugs & Soil, Ages 6-10
Plants, Crystals & Fairy Magic, Ages 6-10
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Animal Tracking & Bird Language, Ages 6-10
Adventure Camp, Ages 6-10
Games, Forts, & Magic, Ages 6-10
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