Programs
Learning program
Curiosity,
with muddy hands
Learning campers study the world by touching it: turning compost at the farm, sketching wildflowers for the nature journal, throwing their first pot in the craft barn and testing water samples from the lake.
Teachers lead every session, groups stay small, and everything learned lands in a take-home portfolio — journals, prints, pottery and a summer's worth of "guess what I found" stories.
What's included
Nature study
Wildflower walks, bird counts, pond dipping and the famous frog census — real fieldwork with real clipboards.
Farm chores
Feeding hens, milking the cow, picking orchard fruit for Friday's pie — gentle jobs that teach care.
Arts & crafts
Pottery wheels, printmaking, woodcraft and friendship bracelets in the craft barn's eight studios.
Junior science
Lake-water testing, weather station readings and the egg-drop bridge contest off the lodge deck.
A typical learning day
- Morning circle, then farm chores with the hens and the cow.
- Nature study block: journals out on the lakeshore trail.
- Craft barn session: pottery, prints or woodcraft.
- Lunch at the lodge and quiet reading in the shade.
- Junior science: this week's lake-water experiment.
- Free swim and portfolio time before closing circle.
Learning questions
Is this school-like? Will my child enjoy it? +
There are no desks and no tests. Everything is hands-on — digging, building, painting, tasting — and campers consistently rank farm chores among their favorite hours.
What comes home in the portfolio? +
The nature journal, two prints, a glazed pot, a woodcraft project and the week's science log — plus a counselor note about what your child discovered.
Can learning combine with adventure activities? +
Yes. Every camper swims daily and joins Friday's all-camp games; learning campers can add riding or archery rotations on request.
Feed their curiosity
Learning runs in every age-group camp — juniors love it most.