October 3, 2017

Primitive Projectiles Photo Gallery

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 […]

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September 28, 2017

Treehugger Photo Gallery

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 […]

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September 28, 2017

Otter Photo Gallery

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 […]

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September 26, 2017

Chart Your Own Course Photo Gallery

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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September 26, 2017

Fox Photo Gallery

Our Fox campers had a delightful week full of woods-hiking, game-playing, and creek-splashing. We learned a bit about foxes, including how to identify their tracks and how to tell the difference between a grey fox and a red fox. The most exciting and unique part of the week was the large and fancy hut the […]

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September 8, 2017

Native Ways Photo Gallery

Our Native Ways campers had a busy week full of eclipse-watching, hatchet-throwing, spear-launching, fire-building, trap-setting and much more! When not working on their new skills, campers enjoyed some classic Schoolhouse games like Windigo and Six Feathers. They saw critters of all kinds and had an especially successful time catching some of the biggest snakes we’ve […]

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