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All Summer Camps are $300/week, with additional materials fees between $5-$20/week

Next Camp: 

RECLAIMING THE LORAX  
August 11 - 15
Ages 5 - 12
Location: Portola Redwoods State Park (Family camping available)

Kids will experience the environment and be taught real-world examples of environmental challenges described in the Lorax.  At the end of the week, they get to demonstrate what they've learned in a fun PLAY!  The goal is to inspire kids to participate in environmental activism through direct connection with nature.  We'll have fun improvisation games, create costumes, and learn about how interconnected the world really is.

Some things children can expect to experience...
  • Hiking, playing, and connecting with the natural world
  • Improvisation and costume-making activities
  • Inspiring outdoor locations for creative thinking
  • Silly adults who are passionate about environmental issues

Weeklong Discussion Topics:
  • Why is the environment important?  
  • How can we use lessons from The Lorax to understand the world we live in?  
  • What are ways that children can make a difference?

Contact  with any questions.

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General Camp Program Notes

We're so excited you want to participate in our Wild 2014 Summer Camps! Here are some details:
  • COST is $300/week or $75/day with additional materials fees between $5-$20/week
  • Overnight solo camper (based on guides' discretion) $80/nights 
  • Space is limited to 21 kids per day, with a guide:child ratio of 1:7
  • All guides have extensive outdoor education experience with Wilderness First Aid Certifications (or higher)
  • Drop-off is 9:45am - 10:00am ; Pick-up is 3:45-4:00pm
  • Kids need to bring a backpack with reusable water bottle, sketch notebook, change of clothes, watershoes & food for the day 
  • Guides may camp at some locations, and invite you to join us!  Please let us know ASAP if your child and/or family would like to join us so we can book adjacent sites
*Families are responsible for their own camping and parking fees

WILD ADVENTURES AND SKILLS June 23 -27 - 1 Spot Left! 
 Ages 7 - 13 
Location:  Huddart Park (Family camping available!)

Weeklong discussion themes...
  • What skills would we need to survive in the wilderness? 
  • What can we learn from the wild animals? 
  • How can we work as a team to accomplish our goals?

Skills kids can expect to learn at Wild Adventures and Skills...

  • Knife safety, tool making, and shelter building
  • Orienteering, plant and mushroom identification
  • Wildcrafting nature art
  • Multiple fire starting methods & fire safety
  • Tracking skills, including scat and print identification
  • Archery practice
  • Fun team building games and time to play

Contact  with any questions.

WILD EXPLORATION July 14 - 18   
Ages 8 - 14 
Locations (Updated 7/15/14):
  • Monday July 14 - Lower Steven’s Creek, Cupertino
  • Tuesday July 15 - Uvas Canyon, Santa Clara County
  • Wednesday July 16 - Lower Steven’s Creek, Cupertino
  • Thursday July 17 - Uvas Canyon, Santa Clara County
  • Friday July 18 - Lower Steven’s Creek, Cupertino

Get ready to discover Wild Waterways and your Wild Bodies in exciting new ways!  We will be studying the health of a variety of riparian ecosystems, as well as learning how to care for our ourselves using plants and natural materials. Kids will get to make their own natural medicines and do scientific water quality analysis every day, with plenty of time for hiking and personal exploration as well.

Wild Exploration Program Notes
We invite families to come see what the kids have learned Friday afternoon from 2-4pm.  Children may take the opportunity to demonstrate skills they have learned throughout the week.

Because we will be moving around to different destinations, talk in advance about carpooling!  Please let us know if your family or your child have interest in camping at any of the available locations.  *Families will be responsible for their own parking and camping fees.

Some things children can expect to EXPLORE at camp...
  • Hiking, getting wet and having fun!
  • Learning to identify and use local medicinal plants
  • Making tinctures, salves, teas and poltuices to take home
  • Practicing aquatic invertebrate sampling and water quality assessments 
  • Gaining a basic understanding of first aid from adults with EMT experience
  • An understanding of basic human body systems (circulatory, respiratory, digestive and nervous)

Weeklong Discussion Topics...
  • The importance of water for ecosystem health
  • Environmental activism through scientific exploration
  • Plant and human & plant and plant relationships
  • How first aid knowledge can be used in your everyday life 

Contact with any questions.

RECLAIMING THE LORAX  August 11 - 15
Ages 5 - 12
Location: Portola Redwoods State Park (Family camping available)

Kids will experience the environment and be taught real-world examples of environmental challenges described in the Lorax.  At the end of the week, they get to demonstrate what they've learned in a fun PLAY!  The goal is to inspire kids to participate in environmental activism through direct connection with nature.  We'll have fun improvisation games, create costumes, and learn about how interconnected the world really is.

Some things children can expect to experience...
  • Hiking, playing, and connecting with the natural world
  • Improvisation and costume-making activities
  • Inspiring outdoor locations for creative thinking
  • Silly adults who are passionate about environmental issues

Weeklong Discussion Topics:
  • Why is the environment important?  
  • How can we use lessons from The Lorax to understand the world we live in?  
  • What are ways that children can make a difference?

Contact  with any questions.

Payment & Refund Policy

We will be invoicing families directly for the camps they Register for, including a non-refundable $50 deposit. If your plans change and you need to cancel, we can refund you the remaining amount if you find another child to take your place.  
"What makes people smart, curious, alert, observant, competent, confident, resourceful, persistent - in the broadest and best sense, intelligent - is not having access to more and more learning places, resources, and specialists, but being able in their lives to do a wide variety of interesting things that matter, things that challenge their ingenuity, skill, and judgement, and that make an obvious difference in their lives and the lives of people around them." 

- John Holt, Teach Your Own 
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