2016 Nature Day Camp

 

Don't spend your summer indoors! Discover how much fun it is to spend time outdoors, exploring, playing, and learning about nature!

The Yakima Area Arboretum is committed to offering first rate environmental education to our Nature Day Campers.  We believe that facilitating positive outdoor experiences while developing an understanding of local ecology can yield a powerful and lasting educational experience that helps create more informed, sensitive, and thoughtful citizens.  We strive to provide a collaborative learning environment that blends the arts, sciences, and playfulness, that actively engages the hearts, hands, and minds of our students

For the 2016 summer season, the Yakima Area Arboretum will be introducing themes for each week of camp. These themes will help guide the games, lessons, activities, and exploration of each camp week to offer a wider variety for multi-week campers and a more focused week based on your child's interest.

Camp tuition includes a t-shirt and twice daily snacks.  Campers should come prepared each day with:

• Sunscreen already applied
• Backpack
• Lunch
• Water bottle
• Durable clothes and shoes that can get wet and dirty 
  

2016 Camp Themes:

Art & Nature - 1st through 7th Graders

Campers will be inspired to create art through nature. Lessons include different methods artists use to create art that is inspired by nature and created with objects found in nature.

Weeks:

• July 18-22 3 Spots Left!

Water World - 1st through 7th grade

Campers will get wet this summer with a week of water exploration. Discover the critters that live in our water, learn where our water comes from, and cool off with water inspired games.

Weeks:

• July 11-15 CAMP IS FULL!
• July 25-29
• August 8-12

Leap, Slither, & Crawl - 1st through 3rd Graders

Explore the smaller creatures of the Yakima Area Arboretum. Campers spend their days looking for creatures that might be leaping, slithering, or crawling.

Weeks:

• June 27- July 1 CAMP IS FULL!
• August 1-5
• August 15-19 CAMP IS FULL!

Survivor - 4th through 7th Graders

Campers learn what it takes to survive in the wilderness. Learn how to create a survival shelter, how to use a compass, purify water for drinking, build a fire, and identify native plants and animals.

Weeks:

• June 27- July 1 CAMP IS FULL!
• August 1-5 CAMP IS FULL!
• August 15-19 CAMP IS FULL!

Nature in Motion - 2nd through 5th grade ($120)

Campers spend the week outside moving, playing, and letting loose. Learn how fun it can be; being active outdoors while learning a thing or two about our natural world in this high energy camp.

Week:

• July 5-8 DONE

Team Building & Leadership - 7th through 9th Graders ($120)

Becoming a leader is not an easy task. Campers learn how to work as a team and develop their leadership skills in this outdoor-based camp through activities, team challanges, games, and lessons.

Week:

• July 5-8 DONE

Cancellation/Refund Policy

If you need to cancel your child's Nature Day Camp session for any reason, please contact us immediately.  If the session is cancelled with at least 14 days notice you will receive a full refund minus a $20 processing fee.  If the session is cancelled with less than 14 days, no refund will be given

After Camp Childcare

Pre-arranged after camp child care available from 3 pm - 5 pm ($10/child/hour). Call the Arboretum at        509-248-7337 to make arrangements. 

Nature Day Camp is Sponsored by the Following Organizations:

Yakima Area Arboretum

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