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Weekly Themes
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Session One June 30 - July 3 (Mon - Thur - 4 days)
Trickster Coyote Week - Coyote stories teach us about many aspects of life in a community of others and the crazy mischevious antics of Coyote often have us laughing together. We'll explore these stories, as well as get aquainted and get right down to business as we play some of Free Spirit Nature Camp's favorite co-operative and creative games.
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Session Two July 7 - July 17 (9 days + overnite)
Creature Council - Meeting of the Animals - We will discover the vast community of living creatures and ANIMALS that share our world through activities like farm animal care, pond study, making animal masks, playing animal games and more. We’ll create our own pageant of the creature community, with a "Council of All Beings" at the end of the week.
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Session Three - July 21 - July 31 (9 days + overnite)
Sense of Place - "Thinking Like A Mountain"* - This week we explore our connections with our local environment, as we strive to be aware of the land and the native flora & fauna. We will sharpen our outdoor skills with opportunities for friction fires, outdoor cooking, tracking, nature awareness, outdoor shelter building, and camping without impact. We will get to know the earth as we look forward to digging clay from the pond, learning about camouflage, and learning knife use skills.
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Session Four - August 4 - 8 (5 days)
Recycled Festival - Green Week - Activities this week include exploring Solar and alternative energy, peace cranes, recycled crafts, paper-maiche animal masks and sewing our own clothes. We will consider our impact on our natural environment and ways to live "greener" lifestyles. We will strive to "leave no trace" and learn to travel and camp in the wilderness without harming the natural environment.
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Session Five - August 11 - 15 (5 days)
Grandmother Spider Week - This week we concentrate on things related to the AIR: Insects, Birds, Clouds, and Weather, are explored through activities such as Dissecting Owl Pellets, building Birdhouses, exploring the Chicken Barn, making Kites and wind socks, creating bubbles and hatching butterflies. We will hear Grandmother Spider stories and other favorite Native American Stories this week.
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Session Six - August 18 - 22 (Mon - Thur 4 days)
Free Spirit FAVORITES - Every summer we discover activities that are so successful we want to do them again! Add those to the traditional favorites and you get an unforgettable week of camp highlights. We finish up the week and the season with our annual Parade and Festival. This week will likely feature tie-dye, drumming, ga-ga, games, camoflage, hiking, canoeing, fire-making and cooking, and some new surprises.
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Each week there is a new and exciting focus and
every day the campers experience, learn, and explore a new aspect
of that theme. The activities, stories, crafts, games, songs,
and atmosphere communicate the wekly nature theme. Favorite themes
in the past have been: Creature Week, Outdoor Adventure Week,
Whats the Weather?, Coming of Corn, Four Directions Week, Week
of the Creepy, crawly, Furry and Feathered.
Click here for more
weekly themes of the Past
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