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EBW Nature Center Summer Camp


*The event has already taken place on this date: Fri, 08/19/2016
What better way to spend your summer vacation than at the EBW Nature Center! The Nature Camp is designed for students PreK - Grade 2 (in spring) and the Eco Camp is designed for students Grade 3-6 (in spring).

Please help us keep this calendar up to date! If this activity is sold out, canceled, or otherwise needs alteration, email mindy@kidsoutandabout.com so we can update it immediately. If you have a question about the activity itself, please contact the organization administrator listed below.

  Full day (8:30 am - 4:30 pm) and half day (8:30 am - 12:45 pm) options are available as well as early drop off (7:30 am - 8:30 am) and late pick up (4:30 pm - 5:30 pm).  

The EBW Nature Center Summer Camp will be offering nine weeks of summer camp starting Monday, June 20 and running through Friday, August 19.  Each week has a different nature/science theme which is explored through literature, art, writing, hands-on experiments and outdoor exploration.  Mornings consist of lessons and activities that reflect upon the week's theme.  Afternoons consist of swimming, recreational games and outdoor exploration.  

Registration for 2016 Summer Camp will open early April 6, 2016, for residents and Friends of the EBW Nature Center.  

SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS

 

Nature Camp

4 Year Old Pre K-Grade 2 (in spring). Fun and educational program focuses on science, art, literacy and the outdoors. Using various children’s nature themed books explore and learn about the natural world with hands-on activities, crafts, animal visits, story times, hikes and recreational swimming. Each class led by an educator and assistant counselor (1:10 ratio) supported by volunteers, lifeguards and staff certified in first aid.  Financial assistance is available upon request by contacting the office.

Using Paul Showers’ Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science Books® this summer we will be taking a closer look at how our eyes, ears, mouths, bones and heart allow us to make the most of each camp day.  We will learn about the importance of keeping our bodies healthy, our skin protected, our blood pumping and our bellies full with healthy food so that we can have the best summer yet!

 

6/20 The Skeleton Inside You. Did you know that Hughie has more bones, and Thomas has more vertebrae in his neck, than we as humans do? Study how our bones give our body structure, let us move and protect our organs.

6/27 Hear Your Heart. Stethoscopes allow doctors to listen to the beating of our hearts. When we are swimming at Mill Woods our hearts are beating much faster than when we are listening to a relaxing story. Detect how no matter what we are doing our hearts are always pounding.

 

7/5 Look at Your Eyes. Whether our eyes are brown, green or blue we use them to look for our color group, to keep an eye out for our friends and to spy on our critters. Watch activities that explain how our eyes allow us to observe our surroundings. 

 

7/11 Ears are for Hearing. Counselors teaching. Kids laughing. Bonnie chirping. Listen to lessons about how our ears allow us to hear the sounds we associate with summer camp.

 

7/18 What Happens to a Hamburger? While we may not be eating hamburgers at camp we definitely consume plenty of food. Take in what happens to those veggies, fruit, sandwiches, and chips that we chow down on during snack and lunch times and absorb how they fuel us throughout  the day and make us strong.

 

7/25 A Drop of Blood.  Blood flows through our body, from the top of your head to the tips of your fingers and toes.  What does it do? Why do we need it?

 

8/1 Your Skin and Mine. From the top of your head to the soles of your feet, you are all wrapped up in skin.  Absorb how the sunscreen we apply and the hats and swim shirts we encourage campers to wear protect this vital organ.

 

8/8 How You Talk. Ribbit. Chirp. Squeak. Hello. From campers to counselors to Nature Center animals we all have our own unique way of communicating. Study how our tongues, teeth and vocal cords collectively work together allowing us to verbalize our thoughts.

 

8/15 Germs Make Me Sick. No one wants to miss a day of camp due to illness. Get your hands on how germs are all around us but just make sure you do not catch a bad germ! 

6/27 Hear Your Heart. Stethoscopes allow doctors to listen to the beating of our hearts. When we are swimming at Mill Woods our hearts are beating much faster than when we are listening to a relaxing story. Detect how no matter what we are doing our hearts are always pounding.

 

7/5 Look at Your Eyes. Whether our eyes are brown, green or blue we use them to look for our color group, to keep an eye out for our friends and to spy on our critters. Watch activities that explain how our eyes allow us to observe our surroundings. 

 

7/11 Ears are for Hearing. Counselors teaching. Kids laughing. Bonnie chirping. Listen to lessons about how our ears allow us to hear the sounds we associate with summer camp.

 

7/18 What Happens to a Hamburger? While we may not be eating hamburgers at camp we definitely consume plenty of food. Take in what happens to those veggies, fruit, sandwiches, and chips that we chow down on during snack and lunch times and absorb how they fuel us throughout  the day and make us strong.

 

7/25 A Drop of Blood.  Blood flows through our body, from the top of your head to the tips of your fingers and toes.  What does it do? Why do we need it?

 

8/1 Your Skin and Mine. From the top of your head to the soles of your feet, you are all wrapped up in skin.  Absorb how the sunscreen we apply and the hats and swim shirts we encourage campers to wear protect this vital organ.

 

8/8 How You Talk. Ribbit. Chirp. Squeak. Hello. From campers to counselors to Nature Center animals we all have our own unique way of communicating. Study how our tongues, teeth and vocal cords collectively work together allowing us to verbalize our thoughts.

 

8/15 Germs Make Me Sick. No one wants to miss a day of camp due to illness. Get your hands on how germs are all around us but just make sure you do not catch a bad germ! 


*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.

Location:

505 Silas Deane Highway
Wethersfield, CT, 06109
United States

Phone:

(860) 721-2800
Contact name: 
Information
The event has already taken place on this date: 
08/19/2016
Time: 
8:00A- 4:30P
Price: 
Member $195 Nonmember $210

Ages

4-5 years 6-8 years 9-12 years Teenagers