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Summer Day Camps

"My daughter was thrilled with camp and eager to come every day. She was tired at night and happy in the morning."
-Judy Sohl

Wilderness Awareness Day Camps
Ages 6-12, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. daily;
$280/week; Price includes a free t-shirt, field guide, and pocket nature notebook!) See our calendar for dates and registration info

Wilderness Awareness School’s one-of-a-kind Day Camps are tailored according to age and specific group needs. Through creative play and exploration, children work together in small groups gaining nature awareness and knowledge of plants, mammals, tracking, birds and survival.

Our highly trained instructors guide students into experiences that nurture their connection to the earth and allow them to feel at home in nature.

Our curriculum is all of nature, including:
Nature Basics & Hazards
Tracking & Mammals
Edible, Medicinal & Poisonous plants
Ecology & Natural Communities
Survival & Trees
Birds & Bird Language

For all of our courses, fun and adventure are only part of the story. Important tangible and intangible skills like teamwork and communication; thankfulness; awareness; patience; common sense; self confidence; respect for self, each other and nature; and problem solving are woven invisibly into each day. For example, campers might learn inner stillness through the need to sneak up on another group. They might learn teamwork and communication through talking circles or the need to quickly build a group shelter. Our focus is on helping campers to build skills that will serve them for a lifetime.

Our 1:5 staff-student ratio helps assure that our instructors can attend to the individual needs of every camper, and create opportunities for individual mentoring--guiding students through their own interests into experiences that nurture their connections to nature, and help develop greater understanding and appreciation of the natural world.

Also see:

• Frequently Asked Camp Questions
• Advanced Day Camps (ages 10-12)
• Overnight Camps (ages 11-14)
• and Teen Expeditions (ages 13-18)

Calendar and Registration
Scholarship Information
Download our 2008 Summer Camps flyer PDF