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Summer Camps
*2020 session cancelled*

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2020 Summer Camps
**Space is Limited**
​CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19

Contents
Camp Schedule
Gear & Guidelines
Daily Flow
Skills and Themes
Camp Descriptions
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Summer Camp Schedule 2020
​CANCELLED

Ages 6-12        9:00-3:00

June 22-June 26: Week 1:
Call of the Wild - Magic and Fairies in the Forest

July 6-July 10: Week 2:
Connecting with Plants - Nature Adventures


July 13-July 17: Week 3:
Forest Bushcraft - Tools of Survival


July 20-July 24: Week 4:
Songs of the Forest - Music, Myth, & Storytelling
 

July 27-July 31: Week 5:
Wilderness Skills - Learning from Animals & Birds


August 3-August 7: Week 6:
Off Grid Art - Creating Art in the Forest

August 10-August 14: Week 7:
Magical Wild Earth - Rocks, Bugs, & Mud


August 17-August 21: Week 8:
Epic Adventures - Tools, Tinkering & Fort Building
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  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

  • Arrivals
  • Welcome Circle  (stretching, singing, games, overview of the day, etc)
  • Morning Activity
  • “Self-Care Break” : Snack,  Water, Sunscreen, Bathroom
  • Main Activity
  • Lunch (Bathroom Break)
  • Free Play, Games
  • Afternoon Activity
  • “Self-Care Break”: Water, Sunscreen, Bathroom
  • End Circle (gratitudes, review day, favorite parts, closing thoughts)
  • Free Play, Games during pick up (generally the last 10 minutes)
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. 
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- 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. 

Past Camp Descriptions Examples

dates & camps posted above are accurate for current year. 

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

July 9-13, 2019

Instructors: Kendra 
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Focus & Structure: Studying plants and fine details. Playing big games. Hand crafts.  
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- plant identification
- foraging skills
- basic 1st aid concepts
- introduction to making plant medicine
- ecology
- intuition work
- invasive species removal & land remediation

Learn to identify plants in local forests and fields. We will explore plant communication and relationship while learning how to contribute to sustainable plant use practices. 

Come join us while we learn to make medicine, forage and weave the plants of the forest! 

We will play plant-based games, learn about other plant and animal relationships, explore camouflage and mimicry and more.

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Stealth, Camo, and Shelter, Ages 6-10

July 15-19, 2019

Instructors: TBD
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Focus & Structure: Lots of games, activity, self-led projects, group play, play-based learning
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-Fairy Houses
- Nest Building
- Animal Tracking
- survival shelters
- magical forts
- games, exploration, play, imagination 
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Come build, play and explore! We'll build forts and shelters of various kinds, from survival to imaginative worlds! We'll learn to sneak, hide, and camouflage ourselves to blend better with various environments.

Come learn about the homes, nests, burrows, etc of many animals throughout the Pacific Northwest, and the ecological relationships between plants and animals!

Mud, Bugs & Soil, Ages 6-10

Aug 5-9, 2019

​Instructors: Kendra
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Focus & Structure: Lots of games, group activities, self-led projects, group play, play-based learning
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- geology
- soils science
- entomology
- marine biology
- camouflage
- games
- free play
- mentorship
How do rocks and soil affect and determine the living things that grow and flourish around them? What is mud? How does soil get made?  

This geology and soils based camp will include lots of exciting information on how non-living things such as rocks serve as a basis for life and ecosystems. We'll make mud pies, and sand castles, as well as do marine biology surveys of mudflats and shorelines.

This will be a very play-based camp with lots of games, play based learning, songs and science.

Love the crawling, creeping, slithering creatures? This is the camp for you! We'll explore rotting logs, leaf litter and more to discover how insects and small critters help form the foundation of a might ecosystem! We'll play games, explore, sing songs, make friends and have a great time in the dirt together!

Plants, Crystals & Fairy Magic, Ages 6-10​

Jun 24-28, 2019

Instructors: Kendra & Colton
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Focus & Structure: Lots of games, group activities, self-led projects, group play, play-based learning
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- entomology
- forest ecology
- food web studies
- ecology games
- sneaking games
- fort building
- youth-led learning
- dirt 
- mud
- new friends!
Come learn about the various uses of plants! We'll explore plant medicine and edibles, and build magical fairy houses!

Do you love crystals, stones and shiny things? So do we and so do fairies! Come learn about their properties and how to use stones in your everyday life.

We'll play games, sing songs and examine the secret worlds of the forest!

Animal Tracking & Bird Language, Ages 6-10

July 23-27, 2019

Instructors: Kendra 
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Focus & Structure: Studying tracks, plants and fine details. Playing big games. 
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Animal Track Morphology
Scat Identification
Gaits
Ecology
Waterfowl
Birds of prey
Songbirds
Perching Birds
Ground Feeding Birds
Nest Building
Beak & Wing Anatomy
Did you know that much of the forest tunes into the songs and calls of birds? Did you know that tracking animal prints has been shown to increase reading skills?  

We will learn how to listen, explore awareness, and learn to identify animal sign and relationships. 
Come join this exciting week of learning about the deep connections of animals in their habitats. Ever wanted to know a bird by it's song? An animal by it's track? We'll play games, sing songs, explore and make friends while learning how to read nature sign and the stories within ecosystems!

Adventure Camp, Ages 6-10

July 29 - Aug 2, 2019

Instructors: TBD
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Focus & Structure: Lots of games, activity, self-led projects, group play, play-based learning
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- animal tracking
- ecology
- bird language
- games
- theater
- imagination
- storytelling 
- play
​- craft

Get excited! We're gonna play games, go to the beach, build forts, make crafts and more!

Wanna get a outside this summer and make friends? We'll learn about plants, animals, bugs, and rocks while having fun with songs, crafts and more!

Games, Forts, & Magic, Ages 6-10

Aug 12-16, 2019

Instructors: 
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Focus & Structure: Group focus, group collaboration, individual focus, free play
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- Rhythm
- Collaboration
- Guitar
- Percussion
- Singing
- Song Writing
- games
- free play
- working with sound
We'll play games, build forts and explore the magic of the forest!

Build fairy houses, learn about animal tracking, learn to speak the language of the birds! 
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Come join us for beach visits, learning about plants, animals and making mud pies!

This camp will be a blend of games and learning, with an emphasis on fun and adventure.
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