2025 Schedule & Camp Themes:
Camper grade is based on camper's 2025-2026 school year grade!
Nine (9) 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 16 to June 20
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 2025!
Explorers (1st-3rd) and Survivors (4th-7th) Week 2- June 23 to June 27
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!
-NO CAMP WEEK OF JUNE 30 TO JULY 4TH DUE TO HOLIDAY-
Bug Hunt (1st-3rd) and Bird Brains (4th-7th) Week 3- July 7 to July 11
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 2025!
Funky Forests (1st-3rd and 4th-7th) Week 4- July 14 to July 18
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 2025!
Explorers (1st-3rd) and Survivors (4th-7th) Week 5- July 21 to July 25
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 28 to August 1
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 2025!
Art in Nature (1st-3rd and 4th-7th) Week 7- August 4 to August 8
Campers will be inspired to create and discover art in nature. Lessons will include different methods artists use to create art that is inspired by nature and created with objects found in nature. This camp theme is only offered once for 2025!
Explorers (1st-3rd) and Survivors (4th-7th) Week 8- August 11 to August 15
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!
Best of Camp (1st-3rd and 4th-7th) Week 9- August 18 to August 22 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 2025!
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. |