Nature Nature Buds: 4-5 Buds years( 4-6 old yr.) Wild Sprouts: 6-7 years old
Trail Blazers( 7-9 yr.)
Trail Outdoor Blazers Explorers: 8-9 years( 10-12 old yr.) Outdoor Explorers: 10-12 years old
August 14-18
AM: De Colores
¡ Hola! Exercise the creative half of your brain as well as the half that controls language learning. Make connections between some of the things we find during our adventures and the Spanish terms for them through songs, stories, and fun outdoor activities.
PM: Slimy Skins & Scales
Hop like frogs, croak like toads, crawl like turtles and slither like snakes! Set off on an adventure armed with nets, containers, and curiosity to find these slimy and scaly friends. Campers will also have a chance to meet and care for some of the residential reptiles that call Blandford their home.
Wildlife Helpers
Michigan is home to a wonderous variety of wildlife that need your help! Campers will create special items to help the wildlife in your backyard, work on projects to protect habitat diversity, and go behind the scenes in our wildlife care center to prepare food and enrichment items for our permanent residents.
VanGoats
Bring out the natural artist in your child with this week-long farm camp! Famous works of art( copies not the originals), nature explorations, and each camper’ s farm experience will be translated into their own artistic creations. Collaboratively, campers will work throughout the week to create and execute a mural design that will become a permanent farm installation. The week culminates with a“ Farm Art Exhibit.”
Wilderness Leaders
Develop skills as a leader in the outdoors during a week of adventure! From building a survival shelter and campfire for cooking, to planning a trip and finding our way with compass and map, campers will leave with a new sense of outdoor preparedness. We will take our skills off-site on Friday for a special day of adventure.
August 21-25
Single Day Camps | Nature Bud Sessions Duplicated for AM & PM
MONDAY- NATURE ' S SUPERHEROES: The animals around us have some pretty spectacular powers. Examine these gifts and design your own nature superhero character, complete with a secret identity and super powers.
TUESDAY-- OUTDOOR ADVENTURES: Take a walk on the adventurous side while exploring the wildest areas of Blandford. We will practice how to NOT to get lost and how to stay safe when on an adventure.
WEDNESDAY-- GO BUGGY: Discover the crawling, flying, and hopping bugs that call Blandford home. Campers will have a chance to use investigation tools to get an up close look at these little creatures as we explore different habitats from the forest to the meadow.
THURSDAY-- SUMMER GAMES: Celebrate the best of summer and the best of Blandford with our favorite camp games and adventures. Maybe you will work together as a team of crows trying to steal the egg from the eagle’ s nest or perhaps you’ ll pretend to be prey animals running through the forest from predators.
FRIDAY-- SEARCHIN ' FOR SASQUATCH: Do you know how to find the most elusive creatures in the forest? Seek out a squatch by looking for their unique habitat: find evidence of food, water sources, and safe shelter.