Past camps…

Tracking!

Last years tracking camp was such a success. This summer we will get deeper into these same subjects with new and old nature experiences.

The Senses:

Monday: Sight, Owl Eyes, Intro to tracking and sit spots

Tuesday: Hearing, Deer ears

Wednesday: Smell, Dog nose & Taste, Snake Tongue

Thursday: Touch, Raccoon Touch

Friday: Awareness, Culmination of all the senses (meet at Settlers Park weather permitting)

Flowers, Fairies, Butterflies, and Birds!

As the first day of Summer is nearing we will explore natures magic. This week we will get deeper into the birds in our area as well as insects, summer flowers, and, of course Fairies!

*Nature Sprites reserves the right to cancel any camp if the minimum registration is not met, at which time the payment for that session will be fully refunded.

Please fill out all forms on our website WWW.Naturesprites.org, click on Summer Camp. Bring these forms with on the first day of camp. If you have been to previous camps and have had changes in the past year please update your forms.

About Melanie Weingart

Melanie Weingart has been working with children for over fourteen years. She has taught pre-school, directed hike programs for children as well as camps, and has experience in teaching abroad. She is a naturalist and is currently studying at the Wilderness Awareness School. In addition she has studied Coyote Mentoring for children with Simon Harrison. Melanie also holds a Bachelor’s in History from CU where she had a focus in childrearing in early America. Her love of nature inspires children and adults alike. It is her goal to connect us all with the magic that can be found in the natural world. It is everyone’s birthright! She can often be found in the foothills of Boulder getting dirt time and communing with plants, rocks, and animals.

About Lauren Bond Kovsky

Lauren Bond Kovsky, MA is a life coach, wilderness guide, naturalist, ski instructor, and teacher with over 15 years of experience in outdoor education. In her years as a wilderness guide, it became clear that her passion is helping people change their perception and create the kind of reality in which they want to live. She believes that everyone has something meaningful they are meant to do with their lives and is dedicated to helping people discover what that is. She is a graduate of Newfield’s certified coach training program and the Environmental Leadership program at Naropa University. In addition, she is a student of world-renowned wilderness survival and awareness expert Tom Brown, Jr. Lauren lives in Boulder, Colorado.

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Here you will find more information on camp, our Parent handbook, and important camp forms.

To register

Send the registration form  Nature Sprites Summer Camp Registration Form and a $50 holding fee OR full fee

Please fill out all forms on our website WWW.Naturesprites.org, click on Summer Camp.  Bring these forms with on the first day of camp.

Nature Sprites Summer Camp Handbook
Nature Sprites Summer Camp Handbook 2013

Nature Sprites Summer Camp Forms (Please print, fill out, and sign, we must have these forms by the first day of camp or your child will not be able to attend.  Thanks so much!)

Nature sprites Summer Camp Forms

The following is a loose schedule of the day.  It can change do to the children’s energy, interest, and engagement level.

8:15 Welcoming to Summer Camp

8:30-9 gathering and community circle time

9-10 Games/outing

10-11:30 Art/main activity depending on what themed week we are on in Camp

12-12:30 Lunch

12:30-1  rest time

1-2:45  This time will primarily be for games and finishing up art, projects, endeavors that were previously unfinished.

2:45-3:15 Clean up and closing circle

~Nature Sprites, Boulder, CO: Connecting Children With the Magic of Nature
through inspiring in-home childcare and nature camps.~