2024 Schedule & Camp Themes:
Camper grade is based on camper's 2024-2025 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 24 to June 28
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 2024!
Explorers (1st-3rd) and Survivors (4th-7th) BOTH FULL - WAITLIST ONLY Week 2- July 8 to July 12
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!
Bug Hunt (1st-3rd) FULL - WAITLIST ONLY and Bird Brains (4th-7th) Week 3- July 15 to July 19
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 thanks to the week's sponsor the Yakima Valley Audubon Society! This camp theme is only offered once for 2024!
Funky Forests (1st-3rd and 4th-7th) Week 4- July 22 to July 26
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 2024!
Explorers (1st-3rd) and Survivors (4th-7th) BOTH FULL - WAITLIST ONLY Week 5- July 29 to August 2
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- August 5 to August 9
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 2024!
Best of Camp (1st-3rd and 4th-7th) Week 7- August 12 to August 16 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 2024!
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. |