October 11, 2017
Our lumberjacks sawed and chopped their way through a very fun week at Brumley Forest. They got to practice lumberjack skills like sawing with a crosscut saw, using a hatchet to chop and split wood, building a lumberjack camp (Timber!), making pine needle tea and flipping flapjacks! Our rambles through the forest and creek turned […]
October 5, 2017
Whittling, lashing, and fort-building–oh my! Our Whittling and Woodcraft campers had an exciting week focusing on woodworking of all kinds. They worked hard on individualized whittling projects and learned how to lash together furniture for their forest forts and huts. They even learned to use simple tools like a hand drill. They took a little break from all that building to […]
October 3, 2017
If it can be thrown, launched, chucked or tossed, we did it this week during Primitive Projectiles camp! On this adventure-filled journey through time we explored many innovations on projectiles over human history. On Monday we started off throwing rocks, then we moved on to slings, spears, atlatls, tomahawks, and archery as the week went […]
September 28, 2017
Our Treehugger campers lived up to their name this week, spending the week learning about native trees, making nature journals featuring trees, creating leaf rubbings, and even adopting their very own trees on Thursday. They also did some eclipse-viewing, learned a bit about map-making, and had the opportunity to make necklaces to help them remember […]
September 28, 2017
Our Otter campers had an exciting and busy week, jam-packed with everything from eclipse-viewing to game-playing, to critter-finding, to story-telling. They learned a bit about otters, and also found a bunch of other animals including a northern water snake, catfish, toads, a fishing spider, and many millipedes. They played both sneaking and running games and […]
September 26, 2017
Teamwork & Adventure was the name of the game for our Chart Your Own Course campers. This week’s unique theme kept the campers cracking codes, solving problems, identifying plants, and reading maps. They worked together not only to make decisions during our week-long Choose Your Own Adventure game, but also to build various projects in […]
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