Single Day Summer Camp Pass

Monday — Earth: The Living Soil

Kids meet the living landscape of earth underfoot from granite boulders to microbes in soil.

MORNING

9:00 – 9:30 AM Opening Circle & Story: the Living Landscape

9:30 – 10:00 AM Rock and soil discovery, from boulders to topsoil

10:00 – 10:30 AM  Meeting the animals and learning how manure is composted 

10:30-10:45 AM Snack Break; nature journals

10:30 – 11:15 PM Compost – meet the FBI and turn compost 

11:15 – 12:00 PM Plant seeds in garden beds 

AFTERNOON

12:00 – 1:00 PM — Lunch Break

1:00 – 2:00 PM Scavenger hunt- rocks, leaves, feathers- items for sun prints on Wed 

2:00 – 2:45 PM Collecting clay from Jurassic Jungle and modeling clay bowls 

2:45 – 3:00 PM Closing Reflection: Reciprocity, regeneration, sustainability – giving back to the earth

 

Tuesday — Water: The Farm’s Lifeblood

Campers follow water across the farm, from the spring to the animals that drink from it.

MORNING

9:00 – 9:15 AM Opening Circle

9:15 – 10:30 AM Follow water across the farm, visit the spring (fish!), water the garden

10:30 – 10:45 AM Snack Break

10:45 – 12:00 PM Building filtration systems from rock, gravel, and sand

AFTERNOON

12:00 – 1:00 PM — Lunch Break

1:00 – 1:45 PM Water games and exploration – Drip, Drip, Drop etc

1:25 – 2:45 PM Watercolor river paintings (and painting in nature journals?)

2:45 – 3:00 PM Closing Reflection: How do we care for water?

 

Wednesday — Sun: The Gift of Light 

Kids explore the power of light and learn how plants turn sunlight into food.

MORNING

9:00 – 9:15 AM Opening Circle

9:15 – 10:15 AM Shadow games, sun dials, observing how plants lean toward the light

10:15 – 10:30 AM Snack Break

10:30 – 12:00 PM Making sun prints with found materials, harvesting herbs, making sun tea

AFTERNOON

12:00 – 1:00 PM — Lunch Break – how has the sun changed since morning?

1:00 – 2:00 PM Caring for goats, including milking, and collecting eggs

1:00 – 2:00 PM Making fresh mozzarella from goat milk for Thursday’s pizza

2:00 – 2:45 PM Seed saving, propagation, how plants grow

2:45 – 3:00 PM Closing Reflection: How does sunlight become food?

 

Thursday — Air: Wind and Wings

The week comes full circle as campers explore weather, wind, seed saving, and a farm feast.

MORNING

9:00 – 9:15 AM Opening Circle

9:15 – 10:15 AM Weather walk, cloud watching, and wind ribbon dances

10:15 – 10:30 AM Snack Break

10:30 – 11:15 AM Why trees need wind to grow strong

11:15 – 12:00 PM Breath games – sailboats, balloons, bubbles

AFTERNOON

12:00 – 1:30 PM Farm Feast (Lunch): Garden salad and wood-fired pizza with fresh cheese

1:30 – 2:15 PM Decorating nature journals with cyanotype art, saved seeds to take home

2:15 – 3:00 PM Closing Fire Circle: songs, gratitude, and sharing