Wake

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 group worked together to make. It featured a fence, a path, a mailbox, and even a doorbell! Of course we found critters like crayfish, snails, frogs, and a whole bunch of box turtles. We even made time to play some classic Schoolhouse games like Scout Mission. It was an excellent week. 

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 the creek during our daily water time. Of course, we found critters like crayfish and turtles and took some time to play classic Schoolhouse games like Six Feathers. It was a special and exciting week with an awesome group of campers! 

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 enjoyed hearing stories while they hiked the forest.  Take a look at the photos below to see why we ended each day dirty, tired, and happy! 

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 their adopted trees. They saw a bunch of critters including a northern water snake, frogs, and crayfish, and spent some down time working on their whittling skills. We did, of course, make time for some classic Schoolhouse games like Scout Mission, Windigo, and Six Feathers. It was a tree-riffic week!