Camp Kent After School Program
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Preschool-Grade 2
Mondays 11/10-12/15 from 4pm-6pm - Please note this program has been cancelled
Join us for six weeks of adventures throughout the trails at Battis Farm, Powow Conservation Area and Camp Kent Nature Center. Explore Lake Gardner's beautiful shoreline, as well as the forested trails and plentiful wildlife all around. We will create art in nature, with examples told through storytelling and nature themed books. Lets collect a variety of materials to sculpt nature mandalas, fairy houses, shelters, and so much more. We will study maps and our surrounding environment to create our own treasure maps and stories. Learn how to use tools like magnifying glasses, binoculars, focus tables and science guides. We will document our learning in nature journals to take home at the end of the session, while leaving our marks in the pines and on the lakeshore. Looking forward to a wonderful time outside, learning about all the plants and animals that also call this place home!
Activities may include: Leaf rubbing, Nature Journals, Map making, Fairy homes, Fort building, Nature Mandalas, Low elements rope course, Climbing wall.
Grades 2-5
Wednesdays 11/12-12/17 from 4pm-6pm
(Please note: No program will run on Wednesday 11/26. The program will run on Tuesday 11/25 that week).
Join us for six weeks of adventures throughout the trails at Battis Farm, Powow Conservation Area and Camp Kent Nature Center. Explore Lake Gardner's beautiful shoreline, as well as the forested trails and plentiful wildlife all around. We will use map and compass to learn about navigation and create our own scavenger hunt. Let’s learn how to identify birds and other wildlife by their vocalizations using Merlin Bird ID, as well as our collection of science guides. We will spend the fall and early winter learning how to track animals, using our senses, some scientific materials, and our handy trail cameras! As always, we will focus on Leave No Trace practices, and what it means to be a great steward to this land. We will create art by sculpting nature mandalas, building fairy houses, making shelters, doing leaf rubbings, and recording in our nature journals. Looking forward to a season of after school fun in the great outdoors!
Activities may include: Leaf rubbing, Nature Journals, Map and compass, Fairy homes, Fort building, Nature Mandalas, Fire building, Ropes course, Climbing wall.
Supply List
- *Please wear hiking boots with tall socks or rubber boots with wool socks. Even if it hasn't rained or snowed, the meadows will typically be wet.
- *Snack
- *Water
- *Extra socks
- *Layers
- *Rain shell
- *Warm hat
- *Warm gloves/liner gloves
- *Head lamp or flashlight
- *Please refrain from bringing any special toys or goods from home that could get lost
Please note:
*We operate on a Leave No Trace policy- so campers must carry out all of their trash!
*Parents are required to provide transportation to and from the program.
Please call Christine at Camp Kent with any questions or recommendations via weather per session.
(978) 518-6588