2023 Schedule & Camp Themes:
Camper grade is based on camper's 2023-2024 school year grade!
Eight (8) Weeks to Choose From All Camps Will Run from 9:00am to 3:00pm
Warmup to Summer (1st-3rd and 4th-7th) Week 1- June 19 to June 23
Get those muscles moving during this high energy nature-game and teamwork focused camp to start the summer! Kids will be active throughout the week flying around like busy bees, collecting nuts as squirrels, looking for meals as mosquitoes, being a bear in the "river", and more. Different team games will get campers working together on building projects, trivia, and high energy events to complete the week's challenges. This camp theme is only offered once for 2023!
Explorers (1st-3rd) and Survivors (4th-7th) Week 2- June 26 to June 30
Kids learn the basics of what it takes to explore the wilderness and some basic survival techniques. Both groups will learn the basics of what to bring on a trip in the wilderness and what to do if you're lost. Explorers will focus on what to look for while walking (plants, wildlife, safety, etc.) through games, creature features, and projects. Survivors will create a survival shelter, learn about ways to get clean water, learn what’s needed to build a fire, and how identify native plants and animals. Survivor is our most popular camp!
*NEW* Bug Hunt (1st-3rd) and Bird Brains (4th-7th) Week 3- July 10 to July 14
Explore the feathery and leggy creatures of the Yakima Area Arboretum! Younger campers spend their days looking for smaller creatures that might be hiding under rocks and logs, in the soil, or even just in the grass. Older campers learn about birds, focusing on their sounds and identifying their tracks, while also cataloging the many bird nests on grounds and figuring out who they may belong to. This camp theme is only offered once for 2023!
Funky Forests (1st-3rd and 4th-7th) Week 4- July 17 to July 21
Campers learn about what goes on in our forests. Both groups will learn the basics of what makes up our forests and what the trees there can tell us! They’ll learn about how forest fires move through terrain, what you can find in the forest above and below ground, and the effects of removing too many trees from the landscape. This camp theme is only offered once for 2023!
Explorers (1st-3rd) and Survivors (4th-7th) Week 5- July 24 to July 28
Kids learn the basics of what it takes to explore the wilderness and some basic survival techniques. Both groups will learn the basics of what to bring on a trip in the wilderness and what to do if you're lost. Explorers will focus on what to look for while walking (plants, wildlife, safety, etc.) through games, creature features, and projects. Survivors will create a survival shelter, learn about ways to get clean water, learn what’s needed to build a fire, and how identify native plants and animals. Survivor is our most popular camp!
Leap, Slither, and Crawl (1st-3rd) and Call, Growl, and Howl (4th-7th) Week 6- July 31 to August 4
Explore the creatures of the Yakima Area Arboretum. Younger campers spend their days looking for smaller creatures that might be leaping, slithering, or crawling through the grounds and trees. Older campers learn about larger and stealthier animals, focusing on their sounds and identifying their tracks. This camp theme is only offered once for 2023!
Art and Nature (1st-3rd) and Creature Creations (4th-7th) Week 7- August 7 to August 11 Campers will be inspired to create natural art and recreate engineering feats found in the natural world. Art and Nature campers will use natural materials to use for art projects which may include making their own creatures, wind chimes, and other fun projects with natural materials that they will get to take home. Creature Creations campers will learn from lessons that can include making "owl pellets" to dissect at home and more. This camp theme is only offered once for 2023!
Best of Camp (1st-3rd and 4th-7th) Week 8- August 14 to August 18 Kids will end the summer with a week filled with a little bit of everything! High energy games, group projects, crafting survival gear, going on off-grounds expeditions, making creature creations and more. This is a fun week-long "field day" experience for the campers at the end of summer before school starts up the following week. This camp theme is only offered once for 2023!
Cancellation/Refund Policy: If you need to cancel your child’s Nature Day Camp session for any reason, please contact us immediately. If the session is cancelled with at least 21 days’ notice for Nature Day Camp you will receive a full refund minus a $30 processing fee for Nature Day Camp. If the session is cancelled by you with less than 21 days, no refund will be given. |