August 3, 2018
Questions to Ask Your Summer Streams Camper – Thursday
If you’re wondering what your camper has been up to this week, here are some questions to get the conversation started…
Summer
August 3, 2018
Questions to Ask Your Newt Camper – Thursday
If you’re wondering what your camper has been up to this week, here are some questions to get the conversation started…
August 3, 2018
Dragonfly Photo Gallery
Dragonfly campers had a great week filled with games, stories, and plenty of animal sightings! Our campers ducked, dodged, ran, and hid during some classic Schoolhouse games like Six Feathers, Sock Wars, Beckon and more. Creek time was a fantastic way to cool off and campers splashed hard, skipped rocks, got muddy, and caught plenty of […]
August 3, 2018
Wild Plants and Herbs Photo Gallery
We had a very fun week learning all about the wild plants & herbs and their incredible properties! Campers worked on their identification skills, sampled some edible plants like autumn olive and wood sorrel, made some plant presses, and even made some leaf rubbings. We learned all about essential oils and the different properties they […]
August 3, 2018
Pollywogs and Frogs Photo Gallery
We had a great week exploring Umstead State Park together. We studied the life cycle of frogs and were lucky enough to see them in various phases of that life cycle while exploring the creek and forest. In addition to frogs and tadpoles, we also found a variety of spiders, some crayfish, and even got […]
August 2, 2018
Treefrog Photo Gallery
This week was wet and wild in Treefrog camp. We saw a number of grubs, toads, and snakes. The animals loved all the rain and so did we! The river swelled which revived our creeks, allowing us to explore new waterways. Along with water exploration we played a bunch of games, climbed trees, built tarp […]