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1-4pm, Wednesdays Nov 30th - Feb 8th, week break for Christmas (No program on December 28)
Ages: 6-12
Through exploring, stories, play, adventure, traditional skills, and crafts, children are supported to develop a stronger connection to themselves, the natural world, and their community. Skills introduced include plant identification, animal tracking, shelter building, fire safety, bird language, storytelling, and hazard awareness.
Cost: Sliding Scale Options are $180, $240, or $300.
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3-5pm, Thursdays Dec 1st - Feb 9th, 2 week break for Christmas (No program on December 22 & 29)
Ages: 6-12
Through exploring, stories, play, adventure, traditional skills, and crafts, children are supported to develop a stronger connection to themselves, the natural world, and their community. Skills introduced include plant identification, wild tending, animal tracking, shelter building, fire safety, bird language, storytelling, and hazard awareness.
Cost: Sliding Scale Options are $110, $145,or $180.
*Winter Trekkers is full; please email mfellinger@agrariacenter.org to be put on the waiting list.
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Dec 28-30, 9am - 3pm
Ages: 6-12
Join us for this active, 3-day outdoor winter camp learning the art of navigation known as orienteering. Children will learn how to find north using clues from nature, use a compass to follow directions to a secret place and learn how to measure distance and direction on a map to discover a hidden treasure. Children will also create their own treasure adventure for their friends. Children will go home with the skills they need to find safety when they’re lost and with their very own compass.
Wayfinding activities will be interspersed with campfire warming, as needed, and winter nature play in the Dogwood Kids Village. (a nature play area featuring a fire kitchen, fort building, nature museum of found items, and a play camp).
Cost: Sliding Scale Options are $120, $160, or $200.
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Jan 14 & 15 (MLK Weekend), 9am - 3pm
Ages: 6-12
Winter is a great time to explore Food, Farm, and Fire with the Land School at Agraria! Get dressed for the weather and spend this active, outdoor 2-day camp learning through themed hands-on activities and nature play. For Food & Farm, children will start seeds for a winter garden, discover what’s growing in our hoop houses, and share a meal. For Fire, children will learn to start a friction fire safely, prepare a nutritious, foraged tea and farm fresh food over an open fire.
Activities will be interspersed with practicing the ancient art of storytelling around a campfire and winter nature play in the Dogwood Kids Village. (a nature play area featuring a fire kitchen, fort building, nature museum of found items, and a play camp).
Cost: Sliding Scale Options are $80, $110, and $140.
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Feb 18 & 19 (President’s Day Weekend), 9am - 3pm
Ages: 6-12
February is a great month to see animal tracks and collect tree sap for syrup! Dress warmly and get ready to explore and play games as we search for animal homes, antler sheds, and other signs that animals are moving about the land. Learn how different animals move and match tracks to their owners. Make plaster casts of footprints to create your own animal crime scene. Between looking for animal signs, learn how to tap trees and which trees have the tastiest sap. We will finish out our camp with a sap boil and syrup tasting!
Tapping and tracking activities will be interspersed with campfire warming, as needed, and winter nature play in the Dogwood Kids Village. (a nature play area featuring a fire kitchen, fort building, nature museum of found items, and a play camp).
Cost: Sliding Scale Options are $80, $110, or $140.
Questions? Contact Education Administrator Maureen Fellinger at mfellinger@agrariacenter.org